Kay Dee is the CEO and creative director of Aventive Studio. Throughout her design career, she has developed a passion for helping businesses scale through strategic brand development.

She is known for creating scalable, enduring, and remarkable designs through styled minimalism to help businesses capture and retain consumer attention and establish positive association through their visual identities.

She was a speaker for The Freelance Conference 2018 at Austin’s Microsoft Headquarters where she presented strategies to grow freelance businesses through branding and networking.

Kay has been featured in acclaimed Designer Interviews featuring some of the most prominent branding minds across the globe.

As a former freelance designer working alone from home – well, alone except for two attention-consuming cats! – Kay recognized the need for entrepreneurs to work and collaborate with like-minded individuals. She launched the local, entrepreneurial-centric MELD Coworking in Central Austin.

Prior to discovering Austin where she founded Aventive Studio, Kay freelanced with stops in London, Ocean City, Las Vegas and Denver. Along the way she worked at and managed a variety of printing companies. As young as just 15 years old she started her career trajectory when she moved from her home to specialize in design, later graduating from the Academy of Arts Novi Sad with a degree in Visual Communications.