Patrice Kelly

Patrice Kelly serves as Chief Creative Officer for Snappy Kraken, providing creative direction and graphic design for the company and clients. Anything that needs to be presented visually to the world goes through Patrice’s lens. She navigates a diverse range of styles–from clean and sophisticated, to trendy and edgy–yet she manages to produce a body of work that is unmistakable. Her work earned her an American Graphic Design Award in 2015.

She graduated from The Art Institute of Charlotte with her Associate of Applied Science degree in Graphic Design. Patrice has over 12 years of experience in marketing, graphic design and interactive creative direction. She’s served in numerous corporate roles ranging from Art Director of a successful statewide publication to Web Designer at an interactive agency and Creative Director for a marketing firm. She has also worked extensively in the freelance market, helping many small businesses, startups and individuals with branding, and event and marketing design.