Dana James-Mwangi Email & Phone Number

Memphis, Tennessee, Us

Cheers Creative is an award-winning brand and web strategy consultancy that, through its workshops and courses, helps entrepreneurs make the best decisions to amplify their brands.In 2012, I originally started Cheers to provide brand identity and website design to small business owners. From the brand and web work that I created and directed, I helped my former design clients gain outstanding results, including: • Food entrepreneurs, with their well-designed packaging, get product placement in high-end grocery stores• Clients with events and conferences gain over $10 million dollars in event sponsorships through well-designed pitch decks and brand visuals• Clients with personal brands gain 5-future speaking gigs through their websites• Independent music artists getting signed to music labels such as Verve Label group• Video bloggers/influencers go from getting brand partnership deals under $5,000 to attracting brand deals as high as $43,000, with the help of attractive branding, websites, media kits, and moreIn 2016, I started offering 1-on-1 intensives and group workshops through Cheers to help business owners and organizations clarify their brand messaging, identify their core audiences, refine their product/service offerings, shape their brand values and more. I also performed extensive brand and website audits for new business owners and more established brands.I have taken my 15+ years of graphic and web design experience and created an online self-paced branding course to help entrepreneurs brand themselves online. In 2020, through Cheers, I developed and launched an online branding accelerator which is now known as the Brave Branding Academy™. The Brave Branding Academy™ helps entrepreneurs make bold branding decisions in their businesses. It helps them tell their brand stories in unconventional ways, close sales with streamlined systems, and improve their websites to boost their online presence.

Through my personal brand, I have:- Delivered keynote speeches about entrepreneurship, creativity, and branding to non-profit organizations, colleges, and national conferences.- Acted as a college guest instructor and created/delivered workshops to help graphic design majors prepare for professional careers after graduation- Coached freelance graphic and web designers on how to land high-paying design projects, create structure and boundaries in their businesses, showcase their portfolio work and more.- Delivered motivational/pep talks to companies’ in-house creative teams to boost the morale and inspire their graphic designersI have spoken at events and conferences for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Women’s Business Center South, Awwwards, the University of Memphis, Enterprising Women of Color, the Momference, and other notable organizations.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Grow with Google Digital Coaches provide digital skills training and coaching to help Black and Latinx small businesses reach new customers, thrive online, and grow. The program exists to help eliminate the digital divide for black and brown founders.In 2020, I was selected alongside 20 successful entrepreneurs in the United States to serve as Grow with Google Digital Coaches for their local regions. I taught Google tools, digital skills and more to hundreds Black and Latinx business owners living and working in the state of Tennessee.As part of my role, I chose and interviewed over 30 black Tennessee-based entrepreneurs, highlighting them as guest speakers in my workshops. My work with Grow with Google has helped the program reach over 100,000 business owners. The program’s work was also recognized in Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Awards.

Southaven, Ms, Us

• Created package design for housewares items in keeping with company branding guidelines• Designed and managed 280+ page product catalog• Designed magazine ads/posters featuring Whitmor products • Developed logos and package design concepts for Whitmor's Back-to-College Housewares line

Conway, Arkansas, Us

• Designed direct mailing materials for several financial institutions such as Wells Fargo, SunTrust and HSBC