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Amanda Allen

My specialty is in building accessibility-first brand identities and operational systems for mission-driven founders.

Founder / Creative Brand Strategist · Tyler, Texas, US

Open to advisory

Customer acquisition · Product

Makes warm intros to

CustomersTalent

5

Hours / month

About Amanda

I’m Amanda Allen, the founder of Ember & Sage Media. I work with professionals who serve neurodivergent audiences—clinicians, public speakers, coaches, and mission-driven founders—who are tired of fixing the same files before every session or talk. If your intake forms are hard to read, your slides look different every time, or clients get lost in worksheets, that’s what I fix.

My approach is simple: accessibility first, people first. We lock your core identity and a few clear rules, then turn your everyday materials—forms, decks, worksheets, web pages—into ready-to-use templates your team can run without hand-holding. The payoff is fewer last-minute edits, easier sessions, smoother talks, and a look people trust.

Before Ember & Sage Media, I spent years in hands-on production and in-house marketing, pairing design with practical ops. I bring that same calm, get-it-done energy here: no hype, no hustle-culture pressure; just clear, usable tools that fit real life and real brains.

On Startups.com, I’m here to learn from peers serving ND communities, swap practical tactics, and connect with partners who care about accessibility as much as aesthetics. If you’ve got one nagging piece of collateral that keeps getting “make it clearer” comments, let’s start there.

Company

Most brands lose conversions because their visuals feel chaotic and inconsistent. Ember & Sage builds a clear set of templates and simple rules so your content is calm, clear, and easy to follow, allowing your team to maintain consistency without needing to be designers.

Company Stage

Development

Funding Stage

Pre-Seed

Funding Raised

None/Bootstrapped

Team Size

Just Me/Co-Founders

Annual Revenue

$0 to $100k

Location

Tyler, Texas, United States

Founded

2025

Industry

Services

Skills

Design ServicesProject ManagementBrand StrategyAdvocacyWeb DesignPhotographySocial Media MarketingFounderLeadershipEntrepreneurshipMarketing StrategyBootstrapped Business

Design Services

Extensive experience in design services, including multimedia and graphic design.

Project Management

Managed end-to-end branding projects, ensuring WCAG-level accessibility and trauma-informed empathy.

Brand Strategy

Experience in steering marketing strategy and delivering end-to-end branding solutions.

Advocacy

Focus on advocacy-first design, pairing curiosity with critical thinking.

Web Design

Experience in creating websites as part of branding services.

Photography

Professional photographer with extensive experience in creating inclusive visuals.

Social Media Marketing

Delivered social-media kits as part of branding services.

Founder

Founded AMA Designs & Productions, focusing on accessible and ethical branding; later rebranded to Ember & Sage Media.

Leadership

Experience in leading production art teams and steering marketing strategies.

Entrepreneurship

Founder of AMA Designs & Productions, focusing on ethical and accessibility-driven branding; later rebranded to Ember & Sage Media.

Marketing Strategy

Led marketing strategy at Frankston Packaging, focusing on data-driven storytelling and brand growth.

Bootstrapped Business

Successfully bootstrapped AMA Designs & Productions; later rebranded to Ember & Sage Media.

Experience

job

Marketing Strategist

Frankston Packaging

Steered marketing strategy, focusing on data-driven storytelling and brand growth.

Recalibrated priorities to focus on WCAG-level accessibility and trauma-informed empathy.

job

Production Artist

The Shop Co.

Led production art for screen-printing apparel design, signage, embroidery (wearables), music-festival posters, vehicle wraps, and various other misc. projects.

Turned complex ideas into clear, inclusive visuals.

job

Founder

AMA Designs & Productions

Founded a trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming brand-strategy studio that builds WCAG-compliant identities and growth roadmaps for overlooked entrepreneurs; later rebranded to Ember & Sage Media.

education

A.A.S. in Visual Communications

Tyler Junior College

Studied visual communications, focusing on multimedia design.

Graduated with an Associate of Applied Science degree and five certificates; Graphic Design, Photography, Adobe AI, PS, and Visual Communications.