As a small town business owner, your brand is your reputation…
I help small town businesses upgrade from DIY marketing to a polished, cohesive brand identity that builds trust, improves credibility, & attracts loyal customers—in just a matter of days!
Generic marketing templates
Tailored-to-you assets
Where overthinking meets rushing = DIY
Professionally designed in a day
Amateur looking assets = no trust
Concise, compelling design
I get it. As a small business owner, you’re used to wearing all the hats.
In the early stages, doing everything yourself is part of getting off the ground—and it works, until it doesn’t.
As your business grows, there comes a point where certain tasks stop being “scrappy” and start becoming a bottleneck. Design is one of the most common. It’s no longer just a nice-to-have; it directly impacts how visible, credible, and trustworthy your business appears.
Yet many business owners find themselves stuck in familiar patterns:
Relying on the same materials they started with, even though their business has evolved
Spending hours scrolling through Canva templates, unsure what actually fits
Using AI-generated design that technically works, but doesn’t truly represent their brand
The result is a lot of time spent creating something—without creating anything that meaningfully moves the business forward.
Now imagine achieving that clarity and polish without months of emails, revisions, or stalled momentum. A design and marketing intensive compresses weeks of decision-making and execution into a single, focused day—so you don’t just delegate design, you actually move your business forward.
What benefits do design & marketing intensives provide?
Instant momentum & ROI: You go from “stuck in design purgatory” to done and ready to launch in a single day.
Professional polish & consistency: You walk away with cohesive, audience-centric materials that elevate your brand perception.
Time & mental focus regained: Instead of managing a back-and-forth design process for weeks, you can re-focus on what you do best.
Empowered autonomy: With designed templates and assets, you gain design systems that you can maintain internally, reducing future dependency.
Things we can do in a Design & Marketing Intensive can include:
Branding
Simple logo/visual brand
Visually branded Canva templates
Web/Digital Design
2-3 page websites
Email Design
Marketing Assets
Digital assets for social or email sharing
Flyers/handouts
Presentation design
Publications
Short reports or informational documents
Simple book design (aimed for self-publishing)
This is not an exhaustive list, just a starting point!
If you have a punch list of random design and marketing needs, we can do that too.
It’s important to note that when you schedule a Design & Marketing Intensive, you are booking me for the above, not a set of deliverables.
With my experience and my very efficient process, I can achieve maximum results in our time together. How much we are able to accomplish depends on your quick response to my messages throughout our day and thoroughly completing the prep work prior to starting, so keep that in mind when you choose your date.
Process
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Once you book, I’ll review your project requests and reach out with any pre-work you need to complete before our day. We will also schedule a Kickoff Call in the week prior to your Design & Marketing Intensive day to go over your list, pre-work, and expectations for the day.
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On your booked Design & Marketing Intensive day, we’ll communicate through a messenger app of your choice. I’ll let you know when I begin and we’ll knock out your list together! I’ll be heads down working for you, and I’ll reach out when I have items ready for your review and input.
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After we’ve completed our day together, I’ll save one hour of time to finalize your deliverables. I’ll also be available for 30 days via email as part of this support process to answer any questions you may have and outline any next steps you may need.
Ready for a brand system that works for you?
Download my free guide, The “Look Legit” Brand Check. Learn what’s missing in your small business, what matters next, and how to move forward with clarity.
What People Are Saying
“Elise is very easy to work with and a smart designer to boot! The Intensive allowed me to get several projects settled and out of the way, quickly and efficiently. Being able to see her quick changes in real time allowed us to complete projects in no time at all.”
—Senior Designer at W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., Design & Marketing Intensive Client
“The ease of working with Elise, coupled with her role as a thought partner (beyond merely a designer or an executor) are what I value most about working together. Elise is flexible, has a real “can do attitude,” and brings zero drama or ego to the table.”
—Laurie Smolenski, Development Director
“Elise has a knack for extracting a cohesive design vision for a project, sometimes with little or unclear direction. None of our project success would have been possible without Elise’s vision and technical abilities.”
—Anthony Hernandez, Senior Communications Associate
“Elise has impeccable taste and is a true problem-solver. I’d recommend Elise wholeheartedly. She just gets it, and consistently makes my job easier!”
—Mary Sasso, Marketing Director
Local roots. Professional polish.
After years of designing for universities, nonprofits, and national organizations through my design collective, I realized my next passion is to be close to home, helping local entrepreneurs bring their vision to life.
Whether you’re opening your first café, refreshing a service business, or running a community program, I bring strategy, creativity, and small-business sensibility to every project.
I live right here in Erie, Colorado, and love collaborating with the people who make this community thrive.
