Good design is a combination
of creativity and intuition
backed by a clear marketing plan
Good design is part of a good marketing. Whether you are promoting you a product, an identity, or an experience — your design needs to communicate what you provide, and why your product is meaningful, valuable or necessary. Each industry has its specific goals and returns. Sometimes it is capital. Sometimes it is an concert hall full of waiting ears. Sometimes it is a community looking to grow and spread awareness. Each project has its own specific audience and its own definition of success.
Our strength as a design firm is our willingness to listen to you, our client and develop YOUR marketing plan. Design isn't just a way of dressing up your ideas. It's a way to articulate your ideas. When you bring People to Patrons into a project, we're looking to you to tell us what our design needs to accomplish. We take your company's ambitions in communication and marketing, and we make them happen.
Gabriella Cook, Lead Creative
Gabriella is People to Patron's lead creative, project manager and client relations representative. With a background in design, marketing and communication she offers insight to clients' needs and questions. She works under the idea that the key to great client relationships is asking the right questions. She began her design career working for major arts institutions including the Seattle Symphony and the Seattle Art Museum. Since then she has worked with small to mid-size companies, helping them to achieve their marketing goals.
Daniel Newsome, Developer
Daniel is a development lead for people to People to Patrons. Having programmed since the age of 12, Daniel was one of the youngest Software Development Engineers at Microsoft at 17 years of age. He went on to start a number of technology and consulting companies, working for everything from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. His development experience spans everything from C++ and Pascal to Cold Fusion, .NET and PHP. He considers himself a language-agnostic programmer with the ability to code anything, and quickly. He also does video editing, sound engineering, and has written several books on various programming topics for Word Press. He has coded a number of. He is an active member of Facebook development groups, and is currently proud to be exploring on the new methods of interactive marketing. His personal website can be found at www.dansdancerevolution.com
What our clients say
“Gabriella is an extremely talented designer with a solid understanding of branding, marketing and production. She works with an organized, professional manner, offers quick turnarounds and quickly grasps creative direction and feedback. All in all, she is a pleasure to work with and gets the job done.”
— Debbie Glasband, Marketing Director, Lori Bonn
"Gabriella has been a joy to work with! From the first initial meeting, to drafts and final product – she made the process easy and provided a wealth of experience and knowledge about what would reach audiences the best."
— Andrew McMasters, Artistic Director of Wing-It Productions
"Gabriella has designed CD art, business cards, and merchandise for my jazz bands. She took the time to understand exactly how I wanted to represent my groups and then designed art that looks like our music sounds. She also was able to solve the problem of promoting two bands with one business card in a way that was both aesthetically interesting and practically functional."
— Glenn Crytzer, Band Leader for the Blue Rhythm Band
Good design is a combination
of creativity and intuition
backed by a clear marketing plan
Good design is part of a good marketing. Whether you are promoting you a product, an identity, or an experience — your design needs to communicate what you provide, and why your product is meaningful, valuable or necessary. Each industry has its specific goals and returns. Sometimes it is capital. Sometimes it is an concert hall full of waiting ears. Sometimes it is a community looking to grow and spread awareness. Each project has its own specific audience and its own definition of success.
Our strength as a design firm is our willingness to listen to you, our client and develop YOUR marketing plan. Design isn't just a way of dressing up your ideas. Its a way to articulating your ideas. When you bring People to Patrons into a project, we're looking to you to tell us what our design needs to accomplish. We take your companies ambitions in communication and marketing and we make them happen.