Graphic Design & Visual Brand Consulting for Marketing and Branding Professionals
Need a project finished and don’t want to mess with layers of meetings, multiple negotiations of time and scope, and unnecessary time delays? Need someone who is deep in expertise and experience, but doesn’t want to steal your client? Need some support to just get the work out the door? I can help you!
I specialize in assisting book editors and publishers, advertising agencies, and graphic designers complete their client work in a straightforward, affordable, professional manner. No nonsense – no ego – no stress!
When you need solid page layout skills, or graphic design enhancement for your clients’ projects… and need it done NOW… I can help you.
and yes, this is one of my cats helping me paint.
Hi, I’m Kandra. Graphic designer, brand consultant, soap maker, online retail shop owner. I’ve done many things throughout my career, but they all have something in common: I help people look and feel better. Whether this means top-notch, effective marketing collateral for their business or advice to budding soap makers, my goal is to “bring the joy” to people while using my unique combo of creativity and analytical skills.
I have over 25 years of experience working in graphic design and branding, including owning my own firm for several years offering design, website development, and branding for a wide range of businesses from solopreneurs to larger corporations. The joy I receive from helping people communicate their story and mission is why I continue to support other professionals with their clients.
These days, in addition to screen time designing client projects, you are just as likely to find me supporting my online community of soapmakers (over at SoapyFriends.com), enjoying the local music scene in Tucson, painting with my cats, or gardening. Life is too short to not spend it doing the things you love!
Types of Projects I Love:
- Book Layout
- Design and layout for print marketing
- Page Layout (I go ga-ga over style sheets)
- Brainstorming and thumbnailing
- Social Media Images and Videos
- Image Editing
- WordPress site content build outs
- Logo Development
- Brand Messaging
- Audience Demographic Research
I’m fluent in the following software:
Adobe Creative Suite | Microsoft Office | Canva | Adobe Express | WordPress | WooCommerce | Astra Theme for WordPress | Kindle Direct Publishing
and Various Social Media Management Platforms…
I work on a PC, sometimes outback in the garden, and occasionally play World Of Warcraft with my adult children (because you’re never too old for playtime!)
And about that AI stuff…
I was skeptical at first, but I’m a convert now! If you use it wisely, it’s a fantastic resource for brainstorming, organizing thoughts, and helping humans be a bit more human. I especially love using it to help small business take on more of their own marketing and branding needs.
Take some of the pressure off your projects and let me support you and your clients! As I think I may have mentioned earlier –
I can help you!
grocery shopping on a bike… because it brings joy to a chore!
Working with Phases took the horror out of the branding process. They helped us streamline our website maintenance, and at the same time they were able to align our brand with our current and future growth while maintaining our existing haunted reputation. We now have a site that we can maintain and update with the same ease as scaring our clients each and every Halloween.
Kandra and her team at Phases Design Studio always take the time up front to find out about your company and your project before they start any branding or design work, plus they know how the web works. They have a knack for being able to figure out what you’re looking for before you do.
We trusted them to redesign our website because we’ve collaborated with them several times and have always been really pleased with their work.
We’ve been working with Phases Design Studio for over 4 years and we’ve always been very happy with Kandra’s team’s branding and graphic design work. They’re very well-organized and effective and complete their projects on time. Kandra’s team makes sure that a project is always done right by gathering the critical user information and client input up front, then combining that information with her team’s branding expertise to produce results that are both aesthetically pleasing and very user-friendly. We always look forward to collaborating with Phases!
Our mission was to successfully launch new franchisees in the competitive Custom Picture Framing market using primarily direct mail. Phases Design Studio worked closely with us to plan and build the right messaging and color schemes to maximize the impact at an affordable cost. Clients responded, and the results were immediate.
As we look forward to the future with our ambitions to grow, we are excited about our new look. We believe it will be around for a long time to come. We thank Kandra Churchwell, Creative Director at Phases Design Studio for her creativity, outstanding implementation, and exceptional customer service.
Phases Design Studio creatively and professionally produced Peak Communication’s trade dress and every other company and marketing resource we use. As a start-up company specializing in the sales of telecommunications equipment and services, we required everything necessary to present an impressive and exciting image of the business to potential customers. Armed with our suggestions, vision and preferred concepts, Phases transformed those into an attractive and impressive logo, mark, and a high-quality letterhead and proposal design, that they then applied to the company’s web site and marketing materials.
Mrs. Churchwell has fine attention to detail, and highly developed creative and practical inspiration. Her work product is emblematic of her skills, and her personal and professional attributes show through in each and every piece she generates. In our opinion, Phases Design Studio is a one stop shop with skills and abilities that rival the larger and more expensive marketing firms and ad designers.
Additional testimonials are right here.