One experienced partner for your website, branding, and marketing, not a rotating cast of freelancers and vendors.
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Most small businesses don’t need a 20-person agency. They need one person who actually understands their business, stays reachable, and sticks around. Too often, growing a business online means juggling a freelance designer, a separate developer, a marketing contractor, and a hosting company that’s never heard of any of them. Each one only sees their own slice of the project, and the business owner is stuck coordinating all of it.
Elk Emporium exists to close that gap: one experienced partner who can handle the website, the branding, the print materials, and the ongoing care that comes after launch, so a business owner can focus on running their business, not managing vendors.
Every client works directly with me, not a project coordinator relaying messages back and forth. That means clear communication, straight answers, and no surprises about who’s actually doing the work.
I’d rather build something that fits a business well and lasts than churn out generic templates as fast as possible. That shows up in how projects are scoped (realistic timelines, not rushed promises), how problems get handled (directly and early, rather than buried until launch), and how relationships tend to play out afterward. Many clients stick around for years, not just a single project.
Practical advice matters more to me than technical jargon. If something isn’t worth doing for a business, I’ll say so, even if it means a smaller project.
It’s a fair question: why trust one person with a website, branding, print materials, and ongoing support, instead of hiring specialists for each piece?
In practice, the opposite is usually true. When one person handles the whole picture, nothing gets lost in translation between a designer who’s never talked to the developer, or a marketing contractor who’s never seen the brand guide. Decisions stay consistent, feedback doesn’t get relayed through three different people, and there’s one person accountable for the outcome, not a chain of vendors pointing at each other when something goes wrong.
This doesn’t mean doing everything alone in every case. For specific print production runs or specialized vendor needs, coordinating trusted vendors is part of the job too. It means one person is always steering the project and directly accountable to you.
Before Elk Emporium, my career moved through a few different roles, each one building toward this.
Hands-on with more than screens: designing packaging, producing print materials, and even installing vinyl signage and branded graphics myself. That's why the print advice here comes from actually having made and installed the stuff.
Producing marketing materials for automotive dealerships nationwide, with tight deadlines and strict brand compliance across manufacturer standards. That's where I learned to move fast without cutting corners.
Leading design and development teams and outside vendors through full projects, from kickoff to launch, across a wide range of industries. That role taught me how to keep a project organized and a client informed.
Where all of that came together into one person a client deals with directly: the design instincts, the production experience, and the project management discipline, without the layers in between.
I hold an Associate of Science in Web/Multimedia Management and a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, both from Daytona State College.
Alongside Elk Emporium, I also maintain a few long-term marketing and brand consulting relationships that I’m proud to be part of.
One is with Spot Fitness App, an Orlando-based startup. That work keeps me sharp on modern digital marketing and the kind of fast-moving, growth-focused thinking that also benefits Elk Emporium’s clients.
Another is with Viking Pure Solutions, a company I’ve partnered with since 2020. I built their website from the ground up and designed their entire brand identity, including their logo. They’ve since grown into a nationwide brand, and it’s one of the relationships I’m most proud of.
Relationships like these are a good example of what tends to happen when a client and I are a good fit: the work doesn’t end at launch. It keeps going.
Outside of work, I relocated to Raleigh in August 2025, got engaged in December 2025, and will be getting married right here in Raleigh in October 2026. My fiancée and I are genuinely excited to put down roots in this area, and I’m looking forward to being part of the local business community for years to come.
Curious about my broader career, including the digital strategy work I do alongside Elk Emporium? Connect with me on LinkedIn.
Elk Emporium was founded in Daytona Beach, Florida, and grew there for three years before I relocated to Raleigh in 2025. That move didn’t close the door on Florida. Client relationships there are still active, and I visit several times a year. Raleigh is where I’m building the next chapter, but it’s not a replacement for what came before it.
From the first conversation on, you'll know where things stand.
Plain language instead of jargon, and a recommendation when you need a decision.
You won't have to chase me to find out what's going on.
The same person the entire time, not someone new every time you have a question.
That consistency is also why a lot of client relationships here last well beyond a single project.
Full-time. It’s my primary focus, and has been since I started it.
I reply within one business day, often much sooner, and clear expectations about response times are part of how every project is set up from the start.
Those are the two areas I have the deepest local ties to, and I actively serve both. Most of the work happens remotely, so I also work with businesses well beyond them, especially where there’s an existing relationship or referral.
Whether you’re ready to start a project or just want to see if it’s a good fit, I’d like to hear from you.
See exactly what working together looks like, step by step, before you reach out.
Based in Raleigh, NC. Serving Raleigh, Garner, Fuquay-Varina, Cary, the Daytona Beach area, and Central Florida.
