Senior Designer & Creative Operations Specialist

Driven by curiosity.
Refined by experience.

I build creative operations from scratch, scale brand systems across hundreds of locations, and deliver under pressure.

What I Do
Brand Systems & Creative Strategy

From print to digital, apparel to logos — I develop cohesive visual identities and the systems that keep them consistent across every touchpoint.

How I Operate
Creative Operations at Scale

I built a creative intake and workflow system that managed requests across a 145-location brand — from brief to delivery — with zero team infrastructure.

Where I'm Headed
Creative Project Manager · Graphic Design Manager

Looking to bring my production depth, operational expertise, and creative range to a team where I can manage projects, lead workflows, and help a brand's creative output reach its full potential.

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Selected Work

Meow Meow & Company brand packaging
Brand Identity
Meow Meow & Company
Full brand identity for a luxury pet supply startup — logo, submark, typography, color palette, and packaging.
Susquehanna Realty Management social media graphic
Social Media Management
Susquehanna Realty Management
Ongoing social content design and copywriting — 3x weekly posting across platforms to grow visibility with property owners and investors in the Susquehanna Valley.
MyRacehorse Monomoy Girl social media campaign
Social Media Design
MyRacehorse.com — Monomoy Girl
Instagram carousel campaign promoting filly Monomoy Girl's race at Oaklawn Park — post position announcement, race day assets, and jockey quote card.
Freedman's Saddlery advertorial editorial layout
Print & Editorial
Freedman's Saddlery — Advertorial
Luxury equestrian advertorial placed in multiple national publications — editorial layout designed for a high-end boutique saddlery brand.
Be-You-Tiful female empowerment apparel
Apparel Design
Be-You-Tiful — Society6
Self-initiated apparel design celebrating female empowerment, sold independently on Society6.
Turner Insurance Group logo design
Logo Design
Turner Insurance Group
Monogram logo designed to convey trust and professionalism for an independent insurance firm — navy, gold, and refined serif letterforms.
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Case Studies

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Creative Operations
Building a Creative Department from Zero
The Challenge

Joined as the sole designer for a brand spanning 145 locations with no existing creative workflow, intake process, or asset system. Every request was ad hoc. Nothing was consistent.

My Approach

Designed and implemented a full creative intake system — standardized briefing, request triage, template libraries, and delivery workflows — all while producing daily creative output.

The Outcome

779 projects delivered in a single year. Consistent brand standards across all 145 locations. A repeatable system that could scale beyond one designer.

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Social Media Design & Strategy
Susquehanna Realty — Elevating an Existing Social Presence
The Challenge

A Lancaster, PA property management company operating across the Susquehanna Valley had been maintaining its own social media but needed a more consistent, professional presence to meaningfully increase visibility and build credibility with property owners and investors in a competitive regional market.

My Approach

Took over full management of the client's social channels — developing a cohesive visual system aligned with her brand, writing all copy, and producing three posts per week across platforms. Design and copy are handled together to ensure every post serves both the visual brand and the strategic goal of attracting owners and investors, not just renters.

The Outcome

A consistently professional and strategically focused social presence that reliably reaches the client's target audience — with ongoing retainer engagement reflecting the client's confidence in both the strategy and the execution.

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Brand Identity
Meow Meow & Company — Full Brand Identity
The Challenge

A luxury pet supply startup entering a crowded market needed an identity that felt premium and distinctive from day one — with nothing to build on. No existing brand equity, no visual language, no guidelines. Everything had to be created from scratch.

My Approach

Developed a complete brand system rooted in refined elegance rather than the playful aesthetic typical of pet brands. Designed a primary logo, a versatile submark, curated font pairings, and a restrained color palette of cream, black, and gold — then extended the system to packaging with a bespoke tissue paper pattern that carried the brand into the unboxing experience.

The Outcome

A fully launch-ready brand identity system that positioned Meow Meow & Company as a luxury alternative in the pet supply space — cohesive, scalable, and built to extend across every future touchpoint.

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How I Work

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Systems Thinking

I don't just design assets — I build the infrastructure that makes consistent creative possible at scale. Intake processes, template systems, brand standards, and workflow design are as important to me as the final file.

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Range Without Compromise

Print. Digital. Social. Apparel. Logos. B2B and B2C. I've worked across mediums and industries without letting range dilute quality. Every project gets the same rigor regardless of format.

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Ready to Lead

Four years of running a solo creative operation at scale is leadership experience. I've managed stakeholders, prioritized competing requests, set brand standards, and delivered at volume — all without a team to delegate to.

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Getting to Know Me

DeEtta Schey DeEtta with Abby and Bruno
Minnesota · Oregon · Colorado · Back to Minnesota

I'm a Minnesota native who took the long way home — living in Oregon and Colorado before returning to the land of lakes and long winters that somehow still feels like the right place to be. My passions outside of design are pretty straightforward: dogs, horses, and mountains. Preferably all three at once.

I love to write, and I'm currently working on my first thriller novel — because apparently designing 779 projects a year wasn't keeping me busy enough. I find my deepest inspiration in nature and firmly believe there is no problem so big that a walk in the woods can't put it back into perspective.

My home office comes fully staffed with two highly opinionated supervisors: Abby, a 7-year-old Australian Kelpie, and Bruno, an 8-year-old Border Collie/Aussie cross. They monitor my productivity closely and have a zero-tolerance policy for skipped walks. I consider their judgment impeccable.

Currently Reading
Writing my first thriller novel
Office Staff
Abby & Bruno — mandatory walk enforcers
Inspiration Found In
Woods, mountains & wide open spaces
Let's Talk

Ready for the right opportunity.

I call Minnesota home but am actively seeking fully-remote opportunities with companies that promote growth, longevity and work-life balance.