Hi, I’m Mattea!
I’m a visual communication designer who loves blending strategy, creativity, and play.
I earned my BFA from Indiana Wesleyan University and now contract with Elevation Church as a graphic designer, creating visuals that help people connect with messages in meaningful ways. I believe design is a powerful tool for connection and transformation, and I enjoy exploring new creative disciplines to keep my work fresh and inspired.
Thanks for visiting! Feel free to get in touch.
My creative process involves a balance of human-centered design, which develops an empathetic understanding of the problem, design thinking, which creates a strategic plan, and collaboration, which ensures the design solution pushes past its limits.
Creative Process
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Asking questions about the problem to develop a deeper understanding of the goals of the project and be considerate of the clients’ needs.
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Diving deep into research and beginning to identify connections and patterns that will help drive the process to isolate a core problem to determine a direction.
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Creating design goals and strategizing a design solution for the core problem.
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Testing a variety of ideas/strategies to see what works and doesn’t work to reveal new insights and directions that will help establish the final design.
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Producing and activating all the details of the final design.
A little more …
I’m adopted into a multi-racial family.
My footwear of choice will always be Birkenstock®.
I have coffee ice cream and fruit every year for my birthday.
A favorite past time is exploring old and new neighborhoods.
I’m always down to play some pickleball ;).