Why Shew Design
We specialize in marketing and graphic design. We create brands, websites, videos, and campaigns, and we do it from an interconnected perspective. Here’s what makes us what we are:
We’re committed to growing and adapting to help our clients grow.
Our business is nearly two decades old. Our work emerges from a lifelong commitment to our craft and our clients.
We’re on your team.
We want your project to succeed. We want you to succeed. We are on your team.
We’re focused on the big picture.
We strive to take the long view, creating solutions for you that will serve their purpose for months and years to come.
We have robust systems and processes so that we can focus on being creative for you.
Record keeping, archiving, billing—all administrative tasks have been honed from years of evolution through daily use. These efficiencies help our costs stay low and allow us to focus on being creative on your behalf.
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Becca Shew
Becca’s formal education is in art history, and she enters projects from a printer’s perspective, creating clean, minimalist designs. At Shew Design, Becca coordinates and implements social media campaigns. She researches, plans, and schedules creative and production work, and handles the administrative side of the business.
Becca guides the creative work using color and texture, and she collaborates with Eric on design tasks. She listens to clients and makes sure the work fits both the letter and spirit of the need.
Eric Shew
Eric enters projects from a writer’s perspective, approaching design as a fusion of visual and verbal thinking. He is a restless thinker, and he wants every project to be as unique as the client and based on their needs and audience.
His formal education is in creative writing, but his work shows other influences as well. His parents are puzzle makers. His dad is a biologist.
At Shew Design, Eric handles most copywriting, illustration, and programming tasks and collaborates with Becca on design tasks.
working with us
We strive to create an efficient, worthwhile, and positive experience for our clients. Here is what to expect from working with Shew Design.
Shew Design 101
Need a new logo design? Here’s what to expect.
Considering a branding or rebranding process? Start here.
Need a video? Here’s how our process works
website development: a phased approach
what we do
branding and identities
The brand we develop for you will be an integrated system that helps your audience find, understand, and value your organization and the products and services it provides. A good brand addresses color, typography, use of language, photography, illustrations, and more.
- logo and tagline design
- print collateral
- brand strategy
- media planning
- content creation
website design and development
We build websites from the ground up to accomplish your specific goals, harnessing a combination of writing, design, and database integration. We develop document strategies that allow you to easily keep the content fresh on your website. We have multiple support options available for the sites we create.
- Sites use the WordPress platform
- Front and back end development using a combination of
- PHP
- Javascript
- CSS
See examples our websites here.
animation and video production
We develop short videos featuring animation, interviews, and infographics that are designed for social media or integration with a website. By following a process of scripting, story boarding, and video editing, we can efficiently work with groups of decision makers to communicate stories in an elegant, economical, fun way.
- Infographics based videos
- Interviews
- Event promotions
- Public alerts and announcements
See examples of our videos here.
what people say
Louis Prussack
Head of School
Spring Street International School
We have completed our long-overdue complete redesign of our website with the Shews and are very pleased with the outcome. They have worked hard to both lead with their thoughts and expertise while also getting to understand our mission and our ideas and needs. I deeply appreciate their sense of design, efficiency, professionalism, ability to meet deadlines, and under the hood coding expertise.
Kimberly Larson
Communications and Marketing Director
Climate Solutions
Shew Design is a key partner and contributor in our campaign. They care about their clients and take care of their needs from soup to nuts.
Ticker Ba-Aye
owner
Rain or Shine
Shew Design was absolutely a dream to work with! My partner and I own restaurants in Bellingham and are in the process of opening a new spot. We came to Shew Design with a sense of what we wanted, and through all of our babbling, they listened closely and were able to really nail down the essence of what we were going for! Their communication, organization, efficiency, and talent made the whole experience a pleasure, and we couldn’t be more pleased with the product!
Sarah Sumadi
Senior Program Manager
One America
We were really happy with Shew Design. They listened to us, incorporated our feedback and ideas, and delivered a website that we love. I recommend them to anyone looking for help with building a website.
Elizabeth Boyle
owner
Elizabeth Boyle Consulting
Shew Design jumped in so beautifully, quick to catch on to what we wanted to make happen, and keeping pace with a hectic “we need this now” approach. There are many stakeholders engaged in this project and they are able to wrap their arms around all the insights and ideas. I’m so grateful for their expertise, attention to detail, project design, and their overall approach to working with our diverse group!
Anna Ehnmark
Executive Director
Technology Alliance Group of Northwest Washington
Shew Design helped us develop an updated look for our popular Tech Stomp fundraiser for scholarships. The beautifully-designed marketing pieces and event signage helped drive event attendance and contributed to making this our most successful scholarship fundraiser since the event’s inception 11 years ago.
Gracy Trinoskey-Rice
Research and Data Analyst
National Association of Community Health Centers
Shew Design does great work! Becca and Eric are great to work with, and their designs are polished and creative. Highly recommend!
Susan Marks
Executive Director
Bellingham/Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence
Working with Shew Design to develop a new website and branding for Bellingham/Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, along with social media tools such as blogs and Facebook, has been a wonderful experience. They were very thoughtful about the needs of our organization and about the issue of domestic violence in our community, conducting their own research and obtaining a high level of input from our staff. They then provided us with tools and guidelines for using those tools in a way that will allow us to continually promote our mission in the community.