Communications work for organizations that need order, judgment, and a record.
Frances Eugenia Design is a communications and creative direction studio for public agencies, civic organizations, nonprofits, cultural institutions, and mission-driven teams.
The studio helps organizations explain what they are doing, organize how information moves, and create public-facing materials people can actually use.
That can mean building a communications department, repairing a newsletter, writing public updates, shaping a campaign, organizing approvals, designing a publication, or stepping in when the work has become too scattered for the team to manage cleanly.
This is not decoration.
This is the work that helps an organization say what it means, show what it is doing, and leave a usable record behind.
What this studio does
Frances Eugenia Design organizes the work behind the message.
Most communication problems are not just writing problems. They are ownership problems. Timing problems. Approval problems. Record problems. They happen when too many people are touching the message, no one knows where the final version lives, and the public-facing pieces are being made one deadline at a time.
The studio comes in to find the break in the process and build something usable around it.
That may become a newsletter, a campaign, a public statement, a publication, a website update, a department model, or a set of internal tools. But the work starts before the final piece is made.
It starts with how information moves, who is responsible for it, what needs to be repeated, what needs to be documented, and what the organization needs in place so the next message does not start from scratch.
When to Call
Call when communication has outgrown the way it is being managed.
Call when too many people are touching the work, and no one is responsible for the whole thing.
Call when public updates are being handled one at a time, without a shared rhythm, record, or standard.
Call when leadership needs language, staff needs direction, and the public needs information that is easy to find and understand.
Call when the organization is producing plenty of communication, but still feels behind.
Call when the work has become too visible, too important, or too complicated to keep handling casually.
What You Can Hire Me For
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For organizations that need the communications function to work like an actual part of the operation.
This includes roles, responsibilities, approvals, intake, recurring updates, templates, internal routing, documentation habits, and the basic pieces a communications department needs before the work can run cleanly.
Best for cities, public agencies, nonprofits, cultural organizations, and growing teams that have outgrown informal communication.
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For moments when the organization needs to explain something clearly, consistently, and in public.
This includes public updates, leadership language, campaign copy, newsletters, web content, FAQs, talking points, resident or audience-facing explanations, and communication around complicated decisions, events, changes, or concerns.
Best for organizations that are saying a lot, but need the pieces to connect.
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For organizations that need designed materials with judgment behind them.
This includes magazines, reports, public guides, campaign visuals, publication design, brand standards, image direction, event materials, and visual systems that make information easier to read, use, and remember.
Best for institutions, events, publications, campaigns, and public-facing projects that need to feel intentional from the first page to the last.
I help organizations organize the message, the process, and the materials around it — so the work can move without falling apart every time something changes.
Bring me in when the communication work has become too public, too scattered, or too important to keep handling casually.
Built inside real organizations
I have been doing communications, design, editorial, and public-facing creative work since 2012.
Most recently, I served as Director of Communications for the City of Cleveland Heights, where I helped build the city’s first formal communications department. That work included public updates, department coordination, newsletter restructuring, visual standards, issue messaging, event communication, publication work, and practical tools for moving information across departments.
City News open rates increased from approximately 40% to more than 70% after list cleanup, a more reliable publishing rhythm, and stronger editorial organization.
Since October 2025, I have focused on independent studio work and consulting engagements through Frances Eugenia Design.
The work is practical, direct, documented, and built for real organizations with real limits.
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