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ABOUT

Caroline
Kosciusko

(kos-shu-sko)

CREATIVE DIRECTOR · BRAND STRATEGIST
PORTLAND, OR

I ask better questions because I'm not stuck in your industry's assumptions. After 14 years across various industries like craft beer, Olympic sports, tech start-ups, blue-collar services, hospitality, and nonprofits, I've learned how to see the systems fast and find what actually matters. Since I don't live in your world, my fresh perspective is aligned with the people discovering your company for the first time.

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THE STORY

I've been a creative person my whole life. What I figured out early is that the thing I love even more than making something beautiful is making something that actually means something to the people it's for.

Over the past fourteen years, I have been the creative lead, the brand architect, the project wrangler, and the person everyone calls when something needs to get figured out. I have designed hundreds of product labels and branded merchandise, produced sold-out events, built websites from scratch, launched athlete brands, and managed campaigns across industries from craft beer to Olympic sports. I do the work and I lead the work, and manage both flawlessly at the same time.

What I think actually makes me good at this is that I pay attention to people, my teams, while never losing sight of a brand's mission. I notice what motivates a team, what is creating friction, and what is being left unsaid. I build trust quickly, and I hold it carefully. People bring me their real problems because they know I will take it seriously and bring some clarity and warmth to it. I have been called the glue at more than one company. I take that as the highest compliment.

I also think in stories. Every brand I have worked on, every campaign I have run, every product I have designed, I always come back to the same question: what is the person on the other end of this going to feel? That question has driven the best work of my career and it is the lens I bring into every room I walk into.

 

​I am based in Portland. I love this city, its brands, its people, and its creativity deeply. If you are building something worth caring about, I would genuinely love to be part of it.

EXPERIENCE

Ex Novo Brewing Co.
Creative & Brand Director · 2021–2024

Great Falls Brewing Co.
Marketing & Creative Manager · 2018–2023

CG Sports Management
Creative & Brand Manager · 2018–2020

Two Roads Brewing Co.
Brand Designer · 2019–2020

Salisbury School

Digital Media Specialist · 2017–2018

Swimming World Magazine
Director of Social Media · 2014–2017

BOARD ROLES

Portland Timberfish | LGBTQIA+ Swim Team
Board Member since 2023

PDX Queer Professionals | Networking Group
Board Member since 2026

EDUCATION

Springfield College
BS Computer Graphics | Communications | 2012

Project Management, PMP

Currently Enrolled | Coursera

Construction Management

Currently Enrolled | Coursera

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Freelance Projects

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