Hi! I’m Kate
Founder of Up Designs
We help bold leaders and changemakers show up online as brilliantly as they do in real life.
You get me as your go-to and a small but mighty team ready to bring your vision to life—and stick with you for the long haul!
Health & Medical
Dr. Lina Akopians
Diadem Biotherapeutics
Quickmed Diagnostics
Sastra Cell Therapy
Eclipse Insights HC
High Desert PACE
National Medical Assoc. (NMA)
Dr. Lauren Nappen
APOPS (Assoc. for Pelvic Organ Prolapse)
Travel, Wellness, & Community
GameChanger (owned by Dick’s)
Norway with Pal
Seashell Vacations
JIFF Youth
Eanet, PC
CSG Advisors
Health Marketers & Copywriters
Meg Lambrych, RN
Direct Upside Group
CMO Syndicate
For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved making things look pretty and organized. It’s in my blood.
I’m equally fascinated by human behavior and how our life experiences, nutrition, exercise, vitamins, drugs — or lack there of — affect our health and happiness.
So I guess it’s no surprise that my passion for design and organizing and my fascination with human behavior led to me to a 15-year career (2003-2018) creating over 5,000 marketing proposals, ideas and websites for Fortune 500 companies.
In 2019, I founded Up Designs, LLC — to help health, healthcare & wellness businesses create a premium strategy, branding, websites, and content marketing that represent their expertise - so they can help people live happier, healthier lives - and live to 100!
Career
For 15 years before I started Up Designs, LLC, I led marketing accounts and teams at People, TIME, Aol, SPIN, UPROXX and more - creating and producing innovative, revenue-generating, multi-platform ideas for elite accounts including Microsoft, Intel, Sony Pictures, Gap, Best Buy, Unilever, VISA, Warner Bros., Kraft, J&J and many more — Resulting in MILLIONS of dollars in revenue.
Education
In 2018, I received a certification from Cornell University in Whole Food Plant-Based Nutrition which was fascinating.
I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Psychology from Manhattanville College in New York! Since then, I’ve lived in Connecticut, New York, Tennessee and Chicago, and currently reside in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA - heaven!
Core Values
I value Freedom, Adventure and Well-Being above all else.
I believe that everyone has a purpose here (often, multiple!) and it’s our responsibility to live it out.
I did a “when I’m 80” exercise and it was by far the most powerful way to plan a fulfilled life I love.
… Because an unfulfilled life shouldn’t be an option.
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