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38TH & KIP STUDIO
A branding, marketing, and design agency focused on data and authenticity
Helping complex organizations connect with their audience and grow their brand through data-driven strategies.
Meet Our Team
Alicia Disantis
Owner and Chief Brand Strategist
A traditional fine artist turned designer, brand strategist, and researcher, Alicia sits at the intersection of aesthetic and analytical. She looks to branding and design masters of the past for guidance, and contemporary trends of today for inspiration. A support of higher education and the arts, Alicia serves on the Board of Directors for Red Rocks Community College, volunteers for mock interviews and portfolio reviews, and teaches marketing at Mary Baldwin University.
You can find her pouring over a book on mid-century modern logos or rock climbing at her local gym.
Shaun Bernstein
Chief Storyteller, Content Writing Partner
Shaun is our mastermind writing partner here at 38th & Kip. He is the owner of the The Write Stuff Agency, a content writing agency based just outside Toronto, Canada. Previously a journalist and a lawyer, he's taken all of those skills and put them to good use helping professionals and businesses better tell their stories. A multiple award winning writer, he focuses on making complicated things simple, and delivering copy for his clients that their clients can connect with, relate to, and most importantly understand!
When he's not hunched over a keyboard, Shaun and his wife are usually found at one of their local breweries kicking some butt at trivia night.
Adam Eberling
Emily Griesing
Strategy Officer and Writer, Branding Partner
Emily is our newest partner, an incredible brand strategist and writer who often teams up with Alicia on projects. Owner of Bossible, Emily advises businesses, entrepreneurs, and professionals on how to position themselves to stand out in a crowded and competitive marketplace by crafting custom strategies that grow their reputations and reach. For the past 15 years, Emily has provided actionable insights to amplify her clients’ unique offerings and seize growth opportunities. Prior to Bossible, Emily worked in market research, consulting with Fortune 500 companies and large nonprofits to solve their organizational challenges and expand their offerings.
Emily received the DEI Honor Roll from Women’s Business Center East and was named a NextGen to Watch by PwC.
Technical Lead, Web Development Partner
Adam our trusted web development partner here at the studio. He is the founder of Generation Web, a web studio based in Denver, Colorado. Generation Web is a company optimized to deliver exceptional web solutions to businesses and organizations. Adam has a passion for crafting websites that perfectly meet his clients' requirements at a business and technical level. He starts by thoroughly understanding their needs, and then, alongside his team, designs sophisticated and efficient web solutions.
When he isn’t working, Adam can be found playing strategy games, trail running, and supporting local Colorado breweries.
Values
Creativity | Positivity | Transparency | Humility
We stand for best-in-class brand strategy and design without the markup. Being honest about the process. Treating the client with a level of respect that one would with a close friend. Putting an end to snooty attitudes from firms. Following through on promises and deadlines.
Mission
To provide exceptional and purposeful branding & design services to improve people’s lives.
38th & Kip is committed to a better tomorrow. We do not tolerate racism, bigotry, or injustice. In the words of the late Rep. John Lewis, “When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to speak up. You have to say something; you have to do something.”
Clients
Our clients span a wide variety of industries and sizes, but one thing remains similar: a passion to make things better.
Over the past 15 years, we’ve helped clients in the United States, Canada, and Europe develop meaningful and powerful visual strategies.
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We’ve been helping purpose-driven fintech companies for 15 years. From the early years of digital and mobile banking, to cutting-edge solutions like data analytics for community-focused financial institutions, we are experts in developing fintech brands.
Clients include:
Aux - a Credit Union Service Organization who provides back office services, like accounting, compliance, and data analytics
InNetwork - the nation’s largest shared branching provider, incorporating over 100 credit unions across the country
Gemineye - groundbreaking data analytics for financial institutions
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Understanding the complexities of SaaS (software as a service) and translating them into visual strategies is what we do best!
Popmenu - independent restaurant technology, including social media, online ordering, menu management, AI phone answering, and more
Orders.co - hospitality technology for restaurants, hotels, and entertainment
ARS (Advance Reserve Solutions) - HOA accounting software
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Non-profit and not-for-profit organizations are dear to our hearts. Since 2012, we’ve been helping non-profits who are making their communities, and the world, a better place.
Counseling4Kids - mental health services for children in Los Angeles
Metrum Community Credit Union
Sioux Valley Community Credit Union
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We help those who are shaking up their industries by providing greenfield and new-to-market offerings.
Jovie - flexible childcare services
Dirty Heifer Ranch - a bespoke marketplace serving female ranchers
Tinies - for over 50 years, the UK’s most trust childcare providers
What Does 38th & Kip Mean?
Someplace Special in Wheat Ridge, Colorado
38th & Kip is short for the crossroads where the firm celebrated its 10th anniversary - the old school Denver enclave of Wheat Ridge, CO. Lovingly referred to as “SweetRidge,” Wheat Ridge is a quickly-growing nook filled with a unique mixture of Mid-Century Modern homes, mesas, auto body shops, and farm animals. It provides constant design and environmental inspiration.
Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Although our roots are in the Rockies, we now reside in Roanoke, Virginia, an outdoorsy city in Virginia’s magical Blue Ridge Mountains.
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