Meet your new favorite design duo.
Emerald is a Midwestern design studio, launching brands built to impress.
As a team, we have a few non-negotiables that keep us moving in the right direction — every hour, every day.
The best thing about Emerald is collaboration. We thrive on partnering with your team — to bring out the best in your vision.
Great design leads to great business. Armed with the right branding, our clients connect deeper with their ideal audience — leading to higher conversions, sales, and other good things.
We love what we do — and we’re adamant proponents that showing up as our truest selves creates the best work.
brands launched
websites launched
years of experience
times asked if we’re related*
Charlee is a designer and entrepreneur. Before launching Emerald, Charlee cut her teeth working at an agency and in-house at a tech startup. Her favorite parts of the day include lovely conversations with clients and trying out new Webflow tricks (there are just so many!).
Charlee can be found testing out a new recipe and taking strolls in her neighborhood. She and her husband are also the proud owners of Pine Hill Cabin in beautiful Brown County, Indiana.
Leah is a digital designer with a special love for branding — and bringing brands to life. Before becoming a Partner at Emerald, she spent four years at a creative agency, working primarily with startups and financial institutions. She loves working collaboratively with Emerald’s clients and asking big questions — so she can deeply understand the design problem.
Whether designing a logo, moodboard, website, or fun swag, Leah does it all while catching up on her favorite podcasts. The best way to win her ♥️? Drop your best podcast rec!
Sometimes, we lean on the expertise of like-minded people to help you reach your brand goals.
We partner with Kat Neis of NEIS, a Midwest-based communications studio for clients interested in copywriting, messaging, and verbal identity work.
Big-time neighborhood walkers
Green thumb enthusiasts
Avid podcast aficionados
Vegan recipe testing
Chex mix connoisseurs
Hosting euchre nights
Beading
Every year, we select a non-profit or cause doing meaningful work and give them some design love.
Know an organization that’d be the right fit and could use the help?
Apply here
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