Doug Knapton is an experienced brand designer and art director who has 10+ years of experience creating visual identities, web design, print design, and motion design.

He specialize in transforming strategic decision-making into clear actionable communication. His work has been recognized by the Webby Awards, Fast Company's Innovation by Design, Indigo Design Award, and Anthem awards

Email → dougknapton@gmail.com
IG → dougknapton

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Philosophy

Design projects are always better with collaboration. I specialize in finding ways we can collaborate that elevate what makes your organization unique. Graphic design might feel opaque at first, but it’s my personal mission to make the process fun and rewarding.

Effective design is strategically simple. In today's crowded digital landscape, simplicity isn't just an aesthetic choice—it's the key to making a memorable initial impression and ensuring your brand communication is clear and distinctive.

Expertise

Led over 50+ visual branding and web design projects from end-to-end. 

Plan and lead collaborative workshops, learning conversations, interviews, and synthesis sessions.

Lead User Experience activities like user testing, wireframes and high-fidelity visual prototyping, and requirement taxonomy documentation.

Articulate design decisions by leading accessible easy-to-follow presentations and deliver clear written rationale for every deliverable.

Deliver high-fidelity visual design user interfaces to client and engineering teams in intuitive easy-to-use formats

Ensure product quality with thorough user-testing research, design system documentation,  quality assurance (QA), live-code inspection, and user acceptance Testing (UAT)

Core Services

Brand Identity Design, Guidelines Development, and Business Collateral Services

Website UX/UI Design Services (Wordpress & SquareSpace)

Art Direction and Design Strategy Services

Presentation and Report Design Services

Social Media Templates and Design Services

Ready to take your visual branding to the next level?

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