Top Skills

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.


About Amanda

Bio

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

Ember & Sage Media

Elevator Pitch

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.

Industry

Services

Location

Tyler, TX, USA

Website

embernsage.com

Team Size

Just Me/Co-Founders

Funding Stage

Pre-Seed

Funding Raised

None/Bootstrapped

Annual Revenue

$0 to $100k

Skills

SkillStrengthExplanation
Design Services
90
Extensive experience in design services, including multimedia and graphic design.
Project Management
85
Managed end-to-end branding projects, ensuring WCAG-level accessibility and trauma-informed empathy.
Brand Strategy
85
Experience in steering marketing strategy and delivering end-to-end branding solutions.
Advocacy
80
Focus on advocacy-first design, pairing curiosity with critical thinking.
Web Design
80
Experience in creating websites as part of branding services.
Photography
75
Professional photographer with extensive experience in creating inclusive visuals.
Social Media Marketing
70
Delivered social-media kits as part of branding services.
Founder
70
Founded AMA Designs & Productions, focusing on accessible and ethical branding; later rebranded to Ember & Sage Media.
Leadership
70
Experience in leading production art teams and steering marketing strategies.
Entrepreneurship
70
Founder of AMA Designs & Productions, focusing on ethical and accessibility-driven branding; later rebranded to Ember & Sage Media.
Marketing Strategy
70
Led marketing strategy at Frankston Packaging, focusing on data-driven storytelling and brand growth.
Bootstrapped Business
60
Successfully bootstrapped AMA Designs & Productions; later rebranded to Ember & Sage Media.

Experiences

JOBFrankston Packaging

Title

Marketing Strategist

Position Description

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

Accomplishment Notes

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

JOBThe Shop Co.

Title

Production Artist

Position Description

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

Accomplishment Notes

Turned complex ideas into clear, inclusive visuals.

JOBAMA Designs & Productions

Title

Founder

Position Description

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.

Accomplishment Notes

EDUCATIONTyler Junior College

Title

A.A.S. in Visual Communications

Position Description

Studied visual communications, focusing on multimedia design.

Accomplishment Notes

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