Stunning brands. Stand-out websites.

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Brand and Website Design for Small Business Founders

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Your brand is more than your logo. It’s the way your audience perceives and interacts with your business. It’s an experience. Let’s elevate that experience together.

Core Services

Bespoke Brand Design

A fully custom visual identity that you can feel confident sharing with the world. We’ll deliver a bespoke visual identity that includes a logo suite, illustrations, typography, custom color palette, print assets and an editable social media package. You’ll also receive a comprehensive style guide for applying your new brand identity.

Foundational Strategy

Elevate your website content and brand copywriting. Establish an in-depth understanding of your brand’s unique personality, attract the right audience, build trust with that audience and set your business apart from the crowd.

Website Design

A beautifully built Squarespace website that positions you as a stand-out brand. We’ll handle your Squarespace account set up, and a personalized training video when your project is complete. Each website design is mobile-responsive and set up with basic SEO.

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Work

Brand and Website design by Charlotte, NC Brand & Website Designer Shannon Gallaher with City & Sea Creative

Your DIY brand got you this far but it won’t take you where you have the potential to go. Let’s get you there.

People will draw conclusions about you and your business within seconds of checking out your website or scrolling through your Instagram profile. While we can’t climb into the minds of our target audience and control their thoughts, we do have some control over how they perceive you and your business. We do this by creating a high-end visual identity that positions you as an industry expert who means business.

The Brand Building Blueprint is a free resource by City & Sea Creative, Brand and Website Designer for small business

FREE RESOURCE

Step-by-step guide on how to strategically build your small business brand from the ground up

Discover your dream client or customer
Build trust with core values
Determine your brand promise
Craft your mission & vision statement
Identify your brand vision & design style
Create a brand mood board
Unveil a hierarchy of information for a successful website

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Mockup of Semi Custom Brand Kit, Juniper Lane, designed by Shannon Gallaher of City & Sea Creative

Readymade Brand Kits

Semi-custom brand packages, professionally tailored just for you

With a decade of design experience in the marketing industry, I founded City & Sea with the purpose of helping driven founders bring their brands to life with confidence. I’m passionate about creating strategy-backed visual identities and websites that are designed with intention and built to perform. Every business owner deserves a brand they’re proud to share with the world. I’d be honored to create yours.

I pride myself on my streamlined client process. You’ll know when to expect each and every deliverable and will hear from me as I approach each design milestone. Brand and Website design is a big investment, and I value your experience as much as I do producing beautifully designed deliverables.

Photo of Founder and Designer Shannon Gallaher of City & Sea Creative Studio, Brand and Website Design Studio in Charlotte, NC

Hi! I’m Shannon

Caitlyn Dominic's head shot for review of Brand & Website Design Services by Shannon Gallaher of City and Sea Creative, Design Studio in Charlotte NC

“Shannon exceeded my expectations and did a phenomenal job at executing my vision.”

“The process was extremely streamlined and organized, which I love. I knew exactly how the process would go before I committed to the project, and from there, everything went very smoothly. Shannon is amazing at communicating the process and also responds very promptly to any emails, questions, or feedback.”