Quit her job without a plan. Has opinions about your website and is not sorry about it. Will get into your head, pull out exactly what you wanted, and make it look better than you imagined. Currently making ambitious women impossible to scroll past.
Hi, I'm Autumn.
I've never not been obsessed with design. Ask anyone who knows me.
Design practically runs through my veins. I began scrapbooking when I was six. At 10, I was rearranging my bedroom every other week and figuring out how to make a space feel good to be in — my best friend Amanda still calls me out to this day for redecorating a space in my head the moment we walk into somewhere new.
And at some point in my early adolescent years, my mom borrowed the Adobe Illustrator CD from the school she worked at and I installed it on the family computer. From that moment on, I was hooked.
Atlas and Onyx wasn't really a plan. It was inevitable.
Tumblr-teen turned pinterest- adult turned marketer.
What a surprise.
...literally not a single person is surprised.
A friend launched her Etsy shop? I became her photographer and social media manager. Someone needed invitations for their bridal shower brunch? I was the call. There was a party or event coming up? I got brought on to plan it. The bars I worked at needed new menus? I was the one chosen to design them. Another friend started a business and needed a logo? I was the first call.
If something needed to be made, I was already halfway done before anyone finished asking.
And then one day in 2018, a friend was launching her business. I was already managing her social media, so she asked if I could build her a website. I had never done it before, but it couldn't be that hard, could it? So I got to work.
Eight years later, I'm still designing.
Design followed me everywhere.
I'm a boy mom.
Which means I can pivot fast, stay calm when everything is on fire, and I genuinely believe being present for your life and ambitious about your work are not mutually exclusive.
Let's go a little deeper...
I take coffee shop and hotel selection very seriously.
The atmosphere, the quality, the vibe — all of it matters and I notice every last detail. If it doesn't feel right, I'm not going.
I explore mountains for fun.
It resets me. Clears my head. There is no version of a busy week that a good hike doesn't improve.
I am a chronic day tripper.
If I have a free Saturday and a full tank of gas, I am going to explore somewhere I have never been.
I will hype you up like it is my full time job.
If you are my person, you are never going to question whether you have someone is in your corner. You do. It's me. Always.
A few things I'm really f*cking grateful for:
the loves of my life
coffee at the cottage
St. Jude
days at the lake
my guardian angel
the most selfless woman
There are thousands of people in your industry. There is only one you. THAT is what we're building around.
What I believe to my core (and why I don't fall for the "AI is taking over" propaganda)
She took the time to understand my business and recommended her Website in a Weekend package. Two days later, I had a professional website that looked great and represented my business really well.
- Craig, The Paint Guy
