Testimonials
Testimonials
We have the privilege to work with many talented and dedicated individuals, businesses, and organizations. Here are some of their words.
“Elise has a knack for extracting a cohesive design vision for a project, sometimes with little or unclear direction. The best part of this particular project was the trust our team had in Elise, who often worked directly with the outside vendor on the technical implementation. We knew that Elise’s expertise and vision would shine through in the final product. The end result was a polished, digital-first, interactive impact report. None of it would have been possible without Elise’s vision and technical abilities. From wireframing to implementation, Elise drove the work forward from the very beginning. Interfacing directly with our external vendor’s engineers and web developers, Elise was the reason we were able to finalize the report and stay on top of deadlines.”
“The ease of working with Elise, coupled with her role as a thought partner (beyond merely a designer or an executor) are what I value most about working together. In several instances, I’ve come to her with partially developed requests and she’s gracefully and competently taken them a step further, often anticipating considerations I hadn’t addressed, and/or helpfully offering other options to react to. Elise is flexible, has a real “can do attitude,” and brings zero drama or ego to the table.”
“As a new organization, we had a clear vision and mission, but we needed help creating a cohesive brand to communicate our identity. Working with GDC helped us articulate our purpose as an organization and brought together our work so that the sum was greater than the parts. She pushed us to answer tough questions about our strategic goals. Having a clear identity helped us gain additional research partners, provided clarity in funding applications, and provided us with a consistent and coherent dissemination platform. We value their easy-to-use brand collateral like design guides and infographic templates, along with their professional network to connect us to additional experts that help us accomplish our vision. We recommend GDC if you need a partner to fully understand your organization’s needs and motivations, and to execute all of the elements of success.”
“I’ve worked with a number of designers in my career and Elise is the best by far. We worked with her on a recent project with multiple stakeholders and an extremely short timeline and were blown away by how good she was. She took full ownership over every aspect of the design, including coordinating with the printer over the holidays. When we knew what we wanted, she executed our ideas at a high level; when we had only rough ideas of how to proceed, her creativity guided us and resulted in a superior final design. And she earned our complete trust in the process. I can’t wait to work with her again and I would recommend her to anyone looking for a designer who’s an artist, a problem solver, and an energetic professional.”
“Elise, through her firm GDC (formerly Elisign Design), did fabulous work for our consulting firm for a number of years. She provided a wide variety of design and graphics work for us across a variety of media channels - digital through traditional, all the while being extremely responsive, and flexible. I wholeheartedly recommend her!”
“GDC’s attention to detail and deep understanding of the goals behind each document they worked on significantly elevated the quality of the materials we produced. Elise has a remarkable ability to ensure everything is both clear and highly useful for the end user, making our collaboration smooth from start to finish. We trusted her decisions fully, and her suggestions always enhanced the final product.
Three key benefits of working with Elise were her strong organizational skills, her thoughtful approach to every deliverable, and her consistent delivery of exceptional work on time. We would 100% work with her again and highly recommend her to anyone seeking high-quality, detail-oriented support. Elise’s professionalism and dedication made her a standout collaborator.”
“The high quality of your work reflects well on us as an organization. I really appreciate that being able to work with your team on graphic design frees up our time and energy to focus on the aspects of the work that we do best while ensuring that all of the graphic/visual elements of our communications and products are of professional quality. I’ve really appreciated that we can collaborate with your team at various levels of engagement and that our work with you comes with predictable timelines, which helps a ton when work planning. ”
“Working with GDC really opened my eyes to the benefits of having a seriously talented, professional designer finish out our complex projects. We work on experimental design, and it’s crucial to have output that reflects our identity as designers. Having a small agency take on all of our work means they are constantly thinking about how everything fits together, and has been instrumental in our having a unified brand, which is a challenge since we do so many different things across different domains! Before working with GDC, we struggled to get to the level we were aiming for, and now our corporate materials, and our actual experiment designs, are on a whole new level of visually striking and professional. During our time working together, GDC has truly become an indispensable part of our team. They provide not only gifted designers, but can help lead brands and organizations in the right direction with strategic decisions.”
“Elise has impeccable taste and is a true problem-solver. I’d recommend Elise wholeheartedly. I’ve worked with her on digital and print advertising for over 8 years, and she is the definition of easy to work with - personable, timely, and creative. She just gets it, and consistently makes my job easier!”
“GDC has done graphic design for several teams that I’ve worked on, ranging from quick mockups of forms or mailers to full design for complex whitepapers. Their work is always high-quality, visually pleasing, and timely. I really appreciate how GDC is able to take our team’s goals and direction and refine them into a finished product; I often start out with a problem our team is trying to solve through graphic design, and am always amazed by their ability to find creative solutions. They are also great to work with: I appreciate their extremely clear email communication and project management skills. I highly recommend working with GDC!”
“Our team has really enjoyed working with the GDC team, and have found a lot of value in our collaboration. The main benefits for our team have been: 1) Ability to interpret and intuit our needs and goals for a final product, especially when our thinking is still early-stage or ambiguous. 2) Rapid-fire iteration and execution on our feedback and requested changes. 3) Flexibility and patience with ambiguous and shifting timeline. 4) Thorough attention to detail. As a result of all this, the outputs from our collaborations have always been really high quality communications products that are not just visually appealing, but that organize and communicate our findings in a way that makes them accessible and actionable for our audience.
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“Our reports are long and your team is patient, thorough and creates a beautiful deliverable! You make our finished products look sleek and professional. You are also a complete pleasure and joy to work with on all projects—whether we need something quickly (and you always accommodate) or our deeper projects where you always deliver and on time. ”
“We are an academic research team and came to GDC for help developing a visual identity and with website and graphic design support. GDC has been wonderful to work with over the last four years! We didn’t even have a name for our team when we started – GDC came up with several options for us, each of which came with a logo and website template to help us visualize our choices. We’ve continued to work with GDC for graphic design and marketing support, and we’re so grateful for their work. They anticipate our needs, keep us on track with deadlines (we need this!), listens to us, and create very thoughtful visual content for our team!”
“For our new digital magazine, Behavioral Scientist, we needed to create a brand identity that conveyed creativity, rigor, and caught people’s attention. We worked with GDC to develop a logo suite, typography for our website and print, and an extended color palette that comprises our visual identity that help us stand out among a crowded media space. It’s rare to find a combination of creativity, compassion, and professionalism. Elise helped us take our vision from a few sketches and ideas into something tangible and that years later we’re still very proud of. Just as important, she helped us stay on schedule, was able to explain things along the way, and was an overall pleasure to work with.”
“Elise brings the extraordinary values and qualities of her life to serving her clients — a strategic, disciplined craftsman (not just an artist) with creative insight and exceptional communications skills to bring it all together. Elise has tuned-in to our very needs at the time and has delivered tailored solutions to help us engage the intellect and emotions of our audiences over and over. Expect to have any expectations of a “traditional graphic designer” blown away when you work with Elise!”
“We are 100% confident in your ability to deliver quality design and creatives that speak to exactly what we are envisioning. We also found that you are truly a pleasure to work with. When working with you, we know we are going to get high quality customer service and high quality results. We also know that you are always thinking about the best interests of our business and thinking outside the box. You help us look at angles that we sometimes miss and add value to us in ways we don’t even anticipate. We know you take care of us, and we trust you. For all the reasons above, we couldn’t imagine a more wonderful person to work with who knows her work well and makes our lives easier.”