Chris Olson provides comprehensive branding and website design solutions for small businesses, studios, and agencies. She specializes in crafting bespoke brand identities, AI creative strategy, marketing collateral, and visual design. Leveraging expertise in UI/UX design, illustration, and social media strategy, she delivers comprehensive design solutions that elevate brands and enhance user engagement. Her work also encompasses product design and editorial direction, reflecting a holistic approach to digital storytelling. Check out her creative portfolio at www.chrisolsondesigns.com.Specialties: Designer: branding, AI design and strategy, UI/UX design, custom web design, editorial illustration, data visualization art, artwork for surface design, hand lettering, icons, logos, and custom illustration. TEXTILE DESIGN & SURFACE DESIGN: • Create unique designs and pattern collections according to a creative brief for home decor, apparel, quilting and stationery markets that fit your company's specific needs, consumer, and brand. • Develop production-ready files for manufacturers including vector illustration and creating repeats. • Prepare the perfect repeat surface pattern. This includes meeting your design challenge—including multi-directional repeats, simple set repeats, repeats with more ground space, small scale repeats and large repeats.• Additional surface design services include vector illustration, developing color ways and trend research.CONTENT MARKETING: Social media editor and writer, blog editor, photo editor, book production editor, copywriter, social media writer.CLIENTS and COLLABORATIONS: Papyrus Greeting Cards and Stationery, Pattern Observer, Textile Design Lab, BlogHer.com, Altitude Summit, Apartment34.com, Momathon Blog.com, Pals Forever Animal Rescue, Penrose St. Francis Health Foundation, Pikes Peak Writers.KEYWORDS: ui/ux design, web designer, designer, surface pattern designer, graphic designer, illustrator, vector illustration, original artwork