About the Studio
Question:
Are you busy managing the every day details of your business, so much so that you don’t have time to market it?
If you answered yes, you are most definitely not alone. Even as an experienced marketer, it took me a while to get my own branding and website done.
The truth is, marketing your own business often gets put on the back burner. After all — if you’re anything like me — you have bigger fish to fry, like taking care of your clients and employees.
So, cut yourself some slack and give yourself some grace. It’s hard to strike the right balance of managing your business vs. marketing it.
But, the good news is you don’t have to navigate marketing waters alone. I help my clients maximize their marketing dollars by assessing their current marketing efforts and developing a marketing strategy that is both affordable and maintainable.
Meaning, you won’t be required to shell out thousands of dollars to various individuals, for various projects, using various softwares and systems that are impossible to manage. Instead, you’ll have one point of contact — me — who can help steer and guide your marketing in a direction worth pursuing.
Mission Statement
To work side-by-side with business owners to develop a well-curated brand + a comprehensive digital marketing strategy that drives growth, yields results and builds brand recognition.
Meet the Owner + Creator
Hi there! I’m Kelly Grantham, a flower-loving, must-be-creative-at-all-times marketer. I’m an enneagram 2w3 which means if I’ve known you for more than 5 minutes — we’re already best friends!
Ever since I was a girl, I always gravitated towards writing. I am a creative at heart. It wasn’t until I segued from journalism into corporate marketing that graphic design and website design became an interest. These days, anything and everything marketing related fascinates me. I blame it on my persistent desire to always learn more.
How It All Began
Every business has a story to tell, and a good marketer knows how to tell it.
Let’s take a road trip back to 2008, shall we?
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2018
First Comes Love
I’m assuming you know the rest of that tune and can guess how this story plays out! I was enrolled at a small liberal arts university in Indiana studying communications and broadcast journalism. When I was home for summer break in the summer of 2008, I met the man of dreams. It was practically love at first sight, I fell head over heals fast.
2011Then Comes Marriage
In 2011, that dream man became my dream husband and we started our journey together as husband and wife (cue the “awes”). In 2012, after a year of working for a news station I loved dearly in Oklahoma City, my husband found a job in Indiana in hopes I could land my dream job as a reporter in a smaller market. After 6 long months of waiting for that dream reporter job to open up, I decided to leverage my minor from college (communications) and work for a non-profit doing community development and marketing, and lo and behold — I loved it. That job opened up the door for me to join the marketing team for one of Berkshire Hathaway’s leading insurance companies in 2014. And, I have never looked back ever since.
2017Then Comes a Baby in a Baby Carriage
So, how’d I manage to go from a full-time corporate marketing job to starting my own business? Flash forward to 2017 when our little bundle of joy entered our worlds. We were smitten — way more than I thought possible. And, it wasn’t long until my anxiety about going back to work full-time started to sky rocket. So, I took a leap of faith and decided to stay home with my son without realizing that a bigger and better opportunity would come my way in the form of Beyond Design Co.
2018And a New Business
In the beginning of 2018, I unofficially started freelancing whenever time allowed it. By the end of the year, my freelancing work had grown and I started 2019 with a vision for Beyond Design Co. Between 2019 and 2020, life didn’t unfold according to plan thanks to a thyroid cancer diagnosis and a pandemic. But, despite the setbacks — my dream of Beyond Design Co. finally came to fruition.
Get to Know Kelly
✝️ I love many things in life, but Jesus tops the list. And, faith is what grounds me the most.
🇦🇷 I am also a proud Latina and second-generation immigrant. My mom’s story is amazing, and so is she!
🤰🏻I am passionate about maternal mental health. I love finding ways to support moms.
👨👩👦 I am the proud wife of an amazing man and mom to a sweet little boy. They are my biggest pride and joy.
🗣 I lived in Argentina for 6 months to spend time with family and learn Spanish!
🥗 I drastically overhauled my diet in 2015, and have been on the clean-eating bandwagon ever since.
🌾 I was born and raised in Oklahoma. My dad went to OU, my mom went to UT; I betrayed them both — go pokes!
✌🏻I’m an enneagram 2w3. But, I don’t discriminate on personality tests — I like them all!
📺 I’m a former broadcast girl, and it’s why I am passionate about storytelling.