We are a Portland creative agency helping small businesses find their voice. Let’s make yours heard.

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Recent Work

  • Hand reaching for plastic free deodorant

    Humble Brands

  • woman in black tee pouring rosé into glass

    RD Winery

  • Back of toddler opening door

    Lake Creek Lodge

  • Man sitting on construction truck tailgate with smile

    Craft Homes NW

  • Stack of Portland Salt Co. seasoning

    Portland Salt Co.

  • Hands pulling white t-shirt from shipping box

    Oregon Screen Impressions

  • What are you all about? How do you do it differently from all the rest? What problem do you solve for people? We’ll uncover the answers to these questions and bring your brand to life.

  • Showcase your business online with a stunning, yet action-inducing website or online store. We create compelling, data-driven work that reflects your brand, connects with audiences, and leads to repeatable results.

  • From email and print pieces to entire websites, we can put words on the page that communicate clearly and effectively to inspire action. We'll work within existing brand guidelines or help you develop your unique voice and vocabulary. We leverage data for guidance to improve visibility and maximize impact.

  • Whether you’re bringing a new product to market or refreshing a shelf staple, our team is steeped in years of experience designing labels, mailers, multi-pack boxes, and more.

  • In a digital world, print marketing materials still have a place! From direct mail to brochures, promotional merchandise and other swag, we’ll develop the design, pick out the materials, and find a vendor to make it all come to fruition.

  • It’s not enough to simply be present online. If you want to be found amidst the sea of searchable content, a strategy is critical. Together with our SEO strategists, we’ll assess the digital landscape around your space and create a roadmap for optimal positioning and content creation.

Services

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What We Do

We support small businesses with marketing projects of all shapes and sizes through creative, thoughtful, action-driven solutions—from website design and brand identity development to content creation and packaging design.

  • Laurel is an integral part of our team. She has helped tremendously with copywriting branding guides, product descriptions and scents, email marketing and optimizing blogs and website copy for SEO. Laurel is extremely efficient, requires minimal management and always goes above and beyond what is asked of her. The entire team enjoys working with her!

    –Kristen Murphy, Director of Marketing, Humble Brands

  • Gardenia Creative was able to transform disparate ideas and brief glimpses of our vision into a cohesive brand identity. My hopes became realities in how we convey who we are, what our purpose is and what we do. For synthesizing our brand voice, for coaching me through the challenges, for listening to my whims and making them feasible, I will forever be grateful and in awe of the work that Gardenia does and continues to deliver regularly. They are the embodiment of creative collaboration and undoubtedly, they are the team you need for your business.

    – Mailynh Phan, CEO, RD Winery Napa

  • Laurel and the entire team at Gardenia Creative have been such a critical part of our growth and success as an emerging brand. The GC team developed our stunning branding and packaging designs working both with our vision AND their industry expertise to elevate our final products beyond what we could envision. Additionally, the GC team created our brand guide, which has been the foundation for every physical and digital asset we have created and guides the mission, vision and strategy of the business. This guide represents the identity of our company and something every business should invest in.w List Item

    – Rebecca Christiansen, Co-Founder, Portland Salt Co.

Our Philosophy

Quality work that connects with people is derived from intention. We believe in the power of being real—then making it real good.