Multidisciplinary creative. Brand, campaign, digital, and illustration — from strategy through execution.
Senior art director, creative lead, illustrator, and icon designer with extensive agency and independent experience across healthcare, biotech, life sciences, higher education, and more.
Recent Client Work
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Presto: Strengthening a Digital Foundation
Designed the new homepage experience for Presto, redefining content hierarchy, visual system, and interaction strategy to support product growth and brand clarity.
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Torchlite: Scaling UX for a Growing SaaS Platform
Led UX and interface refinement for Torchlite’s digital platform, focusing on clarity, hierarchy, and scalable design patterns across product workflows.
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Hancock Health: Unifying 13 Websites into One Cohesive Experience
Redesigned Hancock’s digital presence to improve clarity, engagement, and user flow — resulting in measurable gains in performance and usability.
2024 Gold Addy Award Winner
Bringing a Bold Brand to Life
When Well Done Marketing reimagined its brand and digital presence, the result was a cohesive identity and experience recognized for excellence across brand, motion, illustration, and UX/UI.
Who is Happy Monday?
Mondays get a bad rap — but I see them as a fresh start. That's the spirit behind Happy Monday, my independent creative practice. For over 15 years I've partnered with agencies, organizations, and enterprise clients nationwide to deliver brand, campaign, digital, and illustration work that's as strategic as it is crafted.
Led by me, Kimberly Coles — senior art director, creative lead, and illustrator — Happy Monday is where multidisciplinary thinking meets hands-on execution.
Strategy, Craft, and Creative Range — From First Brief to Final Delivery.
From brand systems and integrated campaigns to illustration, presentation design, print, and digital, I partner with agencies and organizations across industries to craft work that's as smart as it is beautiful — and built to perform across every channel.
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I build cohesive brand systems that extend across web, print, marketing, and product — from foundational brand strategy and visual language to iconography and scalable design systems built to grow with your organization.
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I concept and art direct integrated campaigns across print, digital, out-of-home, and multimedia — translating strategic briefs into cohesive visual narratives that work across every channel and audience touchpoint.
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I design high-impact presentations and stakeholder decks that communicate complex ideas with clarity and visual precision — from pitch decks and executive communications to client-facing creative rationale and conference materials.
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I design clear, strategic digital experiences rooted in information architecture, content strategy, and visual systems thinking — from wireframes and user flows through high-fidelity design and developer handoff.
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I develop hand-illustrated collections and surface pattern systems designed for real-world application — from hospitality environments and branded collateral to licensed consumer products. Each collection is built with commercial scalability and authentic storytelling in mind.
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Who Works With Me
Let’s Build Something Exceptional
Whether you’re launching a new website, refining your brand, or developing illustration and pattern collections for product or partnership, Happy Monday brings clarity, craft, and strategic thinking to every engagement.
Let’s create work that performs — online, in print, and on product.