The creative director your marketing team needs — without the full-time hire.
Storey Creative is a fractional creative studio — which means you get senior-level design and marketing leadership embedded in your team, doing the actual work, without the overhead of a full-time hire or the markup of an agency.
Most companies reach a point where the agency costs too much, the freelancers are inconsistent, and hiring full-time isn’t justified yet. That’s exactly where Storey Creative fits.
I work directly inside your team — in your project management tools, alongside your people, inside your brand — handling the creative and marketing work your team doesn’t have the capacity to own. Not coordinating contractors. Not handing off to a junior designer. Doing the work myself.
If you’re wondering whether Storey Creative is the right fit for your team, the fastest way to find out is a 30-minute call. No pitch deck, no proposal. Just an honest conversation about what you’re working on.
A majority of clients who start with a project expand to an ongoing retainer. That's proof that the work is actually good and the relationship actually works.
About Astrid
Astrid Storey is the founder and creative director of Storey Creative. She’s a BFA-trained graphic designer and certified digital project manager with 25+ years of experience working inside marketing and communications teams across industries — healthcare, technology, financial services, nonprofit, real estate, and more.
Her clients have included Aetna, Lumen Technologies, Cochlear, and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. She’s also worked with startups, mid-size growth companies, and independent consultants who needed a creative partner they could rely on without spinning up a full agency relationship.
Astrid’s work isn’t just execution, she can be embedded creative leadership. She learns your brand, your processes, and your priorities, then produces the work like she’s been on your team for years. Because after a decade of building long-term client relationships, that’s basically what she is.
Storey Creative is certified as a Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) by the U.S. Small Business Administration. For companies with supplier diversity requirements, working with Storey Creative counts toward those commitments.
“Astrid is an exceptional creative partner – strategic, reliable, and highly skilled. She handles all of my social media design, is currently redesigning my website, and I’ve referred her to clients and colleagues without hesitation.”
— Kathleen Lawson, Kathleen Lawson Consulting
Notes from the Studio
Should I have my Virtual Assistant do my day-to-day graphic design?
This question pops up fairly often when my smaller clients – successful business owners with growing businesses – are interested in hiring me to create
Start a Creative Business 101 – Call the right experts
I complain at least once a week that my very fancy Bachelors in Fine Arts program didn’t include a single class about how to properly establish your own creative business.
“Storey Creative is my go-to agency for freelance graphic design and production design. Astrid is always willing to tackle any project I send her, no matter how big or small or how complex it is. She takes the time to fully understand your needs, and is able to translate chaos into beautiful layouts and creative solutions. Astrid is a pleasure to work with and I always enjoy collaborating with her. Hire Storey Creative — you will be glad you did.”
— Nancy Geiger Wooten, Senior Creative Manager, National MS Society