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I help small businesses, nonprofits, and educational institutions improve their visual communication.

I am passionate about using design as a tool for change; this focus started early in my career at the design firm Red Rooster Group, where I helped nonprofits increase membership and reach through brand strategy and design. Then from 2015 to 2017, I was proud to help fund journalism at The New York Times as the Senior Art Director of their (then) fledgling branded content studio, T Brand.

Since starting my own consulting business in 2017, I have helped clients who are at a pivotal point: their business is growing or changing, and they know that better branding and design is needed to support that shift. I provide a range of services from high-level strategy to hands-on design, copywriting, and even team workshops and coaching. 

Email me at hello@shainley.com to get in touch about a project, or learn more about my teaching experience and services here.

SERVICES

  • Brand strategy & development

  • ​Website design

  • Illustration art direction

  • Product UI / UX

  • Presentation decks

  • Reports (online & print)

  • Marketing + social media assets

SELECT CLIENTS

  • California Academy of Sciences

  • Hearst Corporation

  • NurtureNW 

  • The Primary School

  • Hatch (formerly Playful Software)

  • Scholars at Risk Network

  • SFMOMA 

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