

I’ve worked with a lot of founders who had great ideas… sometimes too many. They’d spend weeks overthinking, second-guessing, trying to make the “perfect” decision, which usually meant making no decision at all.
What they really needed was a co-creator. Someone to give objective feedback, bring the skills they didn’t have in-house, and execute without them managing every detail.
That’s where I come in.
I work best with founders who want to strategize together, not just hand off tasks. Over time, I’ve become a fractional CMO for many clients – handling not just their website, but their messaging, positioning, and digital strategy.
But before I explain how I work with clients, you probably want to know how I ended up here.
Yes, getting here was unconventional. But that’s exactly what makes me different.
I taught myself web design when I was 11 because I was obsessed with “The Babysitters Club” and wanted to start my own babysitting business. I handed out flyers around the neighborhood and thought having a website would make me legit.
I’d come home after school, wait 5-10 minutes for dial-up to connect, grab a snack, and spend hours creating websites. Started with drag-and-drop builders, then taught myself HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP when I wanted more control.
By the time I discovered WordPress, I’d already spent years building sites from scratch. WordPress wasn’t a shortcut. It was the right tool for scalable, client-friendly websites.
I loved web design, but I thought it was just a hobby. So I did what “serious” business people do: I went to school for finance and did freelance web design on the side.
I didn’t know it then, but this would become the foundation for how I think about websites: not as design projects, but as business assets.
Straight out of college, I went to work on an executive team at the world’s largest asset manager (a think tank group). I was analyzing strategy, supporting large-scale business decisions, and solving complex problems.
It was intense. It was impressive.
But I was solving problems I wasn’t passionate about.
After my second child, I decided to leave finance and stay home. But staying home didn’t mean stopping.
I launched TigerKubz, an e-commerce business where I learned social media, conversion psychology, branding, and SEO. Everything you actually need to run a business, not just design websites.
Then COVID happened.
I volunteered with the school, handled communications for the parent-teacher board, ran fundraising campaigns, and helped other parents fix their websites around the district.
I wasn’t thinking of it as “running a business.”
I was just solving problems. Again.
People kept saying I should do this officially. So I did. I took on clients, built websites, designed brands, and learned what actually worked.
Your Design Wizard was born.
Over time, I kept hearing from clients: “I need help with my marketing, but I don’t have time” or “I hate doing [task], can you just handle it?”
That’s when I realized – they weren’t looking for a website. They wanted strategic clarity and execution without managing every detail.
So my role evolved: websites, messaging, positioning, and digital strategy.
I recommend starting our relationship out with a web design build first. Why? Because it’s a high-stakes, high-touch project that builds trust fast.
I learn everything about your business, your industry, and your clients. You learn how I think, how I work, and whether you trust my judgment.
It’s like two people working on a college project together. We bond over high-stakes decisions, we figure out if we work well together.
Most designers focus on how a site looks. I focus on what it’s built on. Before anything else, we make sure your site has the right infrastructure:
Without a solid technical foundation, you’re building on rented land. And when your business evolves, you’re stuck starting over.
Once your site is live, it needs ongoing care – not just “update WordPress and call it a day” maintenance, but someone actually paying attention:
SEO without stewardship is like prescribing medication without follow-ups.
You wouldn’t do that. Neither should your web designer.
Stewardship tells you what’s happening. Refinement decides what to do about it.
We improve your site based on what’s actually working (not what we think should work):
This is the phase that separates businesses that grow online from businesses that stay stuck.
Stewardship feeds refinement. Refinement creates new data. Data feeds stewardship.
That’s how sustainable growth happens.
Most designers hand you the keys and walk away. I stick around. Think of me as your web person making sure your site keeps working for you, not just at launch, but months and years after.
You don’t need another year of apologizing for a site that sounds like the old version of you. Or risking your visibility on a redesign that only solves the surface.
You need a controlled upgrade and a creative partner that wants to learn about your business and your ideal clients.