Hi, I'm Melanie Harms, also known as MKHarms Creative. After years of leading and collaborating with creative teams in both small businesses and large corporations, I decided to channel my expertise into my own venture to help others. With decades of experience in art direction, graphic design, and marketing, I have the skills to take any project from concept to completion.
Beyond my design expertise, I excel in brand strategy and execution. I’ve led multiple rebrands throughout my career and am passionate about maintaining brand integrity and governance. I love partnering with clients to deeply understand their business and develop systems that effectively showcase their unique offerings.
Need help organizing your assets? I'm here to streamline your processes. Whether it's organizing files for easy retrieval, eliminating redundancies, or establishing a scalable file naming convention, I can ensure your assets are ready for both print and digital production.
I pride myself on my ability to understand my clients and help them connect with their customers. I do this while consistently meeting deadlines, exceeding expectations, and staying within budget. My goal is to help your business succeed with designs that reflect your core values and commitment to your customers.
I had the privilege of being Melanie's manager for nearly four years. She has excellent time management skills and does not miss deadlines. Her creative yet practical design skills were a huge help because she would come up with interesting ideas that always fit within the budget and never showed me something ridiculous we couldn't afford.
I plan to work with Melanie in the future and utilize her great talent!
Mandy Kennedy, Chief Marketing Officer, Infinant Health
I have had the pleasure of working closely with Melanie. As an experienced designer, she consistently impressed teams with her ability to organize brand architectures and translate complex technical information into visually engaging assets. Melanie has a keen eye for detail and deep understanding of design principles. She played a pivotal role in creating sales and marketing collateral that resonated with our internal and external audiences. She also does outstanding work in delivering trade show design and strategy for stands of all sizes. Melanie is one of the most organized people I’ve had the pleasure of working with, always delivering work on time and is a specialist in asset management. Melanie is a true professional, and brings a wealth of experience to any team.
Chad Wethal, Senior Global Marketing Manager, Cargill
I had the pleasure of working with Melanie for more than 5 years at Cargill, while she served as Creative Services leader. Melanie has a consultant mindset and consistently demonstrated her ability to work with stakeholders refine complex and vague needs into professional final designs. She is an expert at developing creative products while remaining a steadfast protector of brand integrity. And… she’s truly fun to work with! I wholeheartedly recommend Melanie for any project that demands creativity, strategic thinking, and collaborative leadership.
Janet Krenn, Global Marketing & Sales Enablement Lead, Cargill
Melanie is an exceptional team member and manager of the Creative Services team. She provides excellent counsel and direction in development of creative elements that drive the creative approach for brand, product and sales enablement. In addition, she is always willing to dive-in with a can-do attitude and leads her team with a consistent and professional approach in support of the Marketing efforts for the business.
Brad Frisvold, Marketing Manager, International Trade & Agriculture, Iowa Economic Development Authority
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