Leaders
Senior-level strategy and creative direction anchor every project, with a trusted network of specialists assembled to match each client’s goals.
Alison Sties, Founder & Managing Director
Alison founded Sties Creative in 2004 after building a career inside both agency and corporate brand environments where she led editorial, design, and cross-functional creative teams.
As a brand designer, she has directed strategic initiatives for national food and restaurant brands, nonprofits, retail and manufacturing while producing visually-engaging product packaging, publications, marketing and print campaigns.
As Managing Director, Alison cultivates client partnerships and oversees projects to deliver results that support client goals and growth.
Outside of work, Alison enjoys volunteering as a leader with Bible Study Fellowship and exploring new places while traveling with her husband.
Mark Sties, Creative Director
Mark Sties is a Creative Director with decades of agency experience leading brand transformation across industries.
He has led re-brands for regional and national media, developed large-scale experiential campaigns, and created high-impact visual storytelling for cultural institutions and major attractions. His work spans brand identity systems, campaign development, visual storytelling and immersive media.
Mark is known for immersing himself in each brand, unifying leadership objectives with market expectations to pursue sustained growth.
He co-leads Sties Creative Agency alongside Founder & Managing Director Alison Sties, collaborating with a curated network of trusted specialists to deliver perfect fit solutions for clients.
Outside of the 9 to 5, Mark is a professional travel photographer. He also enjoys collaborating with his son, Noah Sties, a Nashville-based recording artist and owner of an agency focusing on the music industry.
ABOUT
What makes our brand agency “refreshingly different.”
We’ve produced video for a major automaker, worked with national food brands and restaurants, helped companies have top visibility in search and AI results, etc. Our decades of brand building experience achieve results, but our approach and values are unique.
Distinctives
EXPERIENCED
Sties Creative started brand building in 2004 after years of creative department and agency leadership. Our client base is national and diverse, a mix of multi-million dollar companies, life-changing non-profits and successful solopreneurs.
Strategic
We conduct brand surveys and market research to clarify identity and marketing strategy to ensure creative work is on target.
FLEXIBLE
Each client brand is unique, requiring customized strategy and finely tailored solutions. We don’t believe in “one-size-fits-all” approaches.
CREATIVE
Our agency is set up to focus on the quality of work, not the quantity. We use our curiosity and imagination to achieve client results, not to pursue stuffy agency awards.
RESPONSIVE
Our agency owners are accessible to clients. Client goals are never get “lost in translation.”
RELIABLE
Proper discovery always leads to delivering work on time and on budget.
PERSONAL
We are known for our friendliness, transparency and integrity.
Guiding Principles
We endeavor to serve people well and honor God according to these Biblical principles:
Purpose of Work
There is more to life than just making money. (Ecclesiastes 2:21-26)
Professionalism & Respect
We show respect to our clients and employees and we appreciate it in return. (Matthew 7:12, Ephesians 4:29)
Honesty, Good Value, Fairness
No business can be truly successful if these are just buzzwords. We believe we reap what we sow. (Deuteronomy 25:13-16, Psalm 37:1-40)
Intentionality & Excellence
When we provide thoughtful, professional solutions to our clients it’s always a win-win. (Proverbs 22:29, Colossians 3:22-24, Proverbs 21:5, Luke 14:28-30)
Balance
We deliver peak creative energy for our clients when we are regularly refreshed ourselves. (Mark 2:27)
Giving Back
We consistently give a little extra to our clients. Each year we intentionally take on some free project work to help the community. We are always blessed for doing so. (Luke 6:38)
Success
We succeed when we submit our business plans to God and follow His leading. (Proverbs 16:3, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 16:19, Romans 12:2, Psalm 127:1)
The Good News
We believe God can use business relationships to plant and water seeds of faith leading to transformed lives. (John 3:17, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Mark 16:15)
Sties Design Agency, LLC (doing business as Sties Creative Agency) offers B2B (business to business) services only. We reserve the right to decline participating in projects which involve adult content / pornography, alcohol, gambling, obscenity, abusive / threatening language or controversial topics. Additional limits, terms and conditions may apply.