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Strategy brain.
Visual instinct.

I work across marketing, brand development, visual storytelling, and independent digital projects, turning clear ideas into things people can see, use, or share.

Editorial collage of Julia Hantla, creative work, photography, and personal details
A little context

Between the brief
and the feeling.

I studied marketing at the University of Kansas and minored in Visual Arts. My work has moved between freelance brand and digital design, including visual identities, campaigns, merchandise, and promotional materials; marketing and brand strategy at Triad Partners; and social media, photography, and creative marketing at The Finishing Touch Interiors. I also build independent projects like Selkie and Reception to explore creative technology.

That range shapes how I approach a project: understand the audience, find the central idea, and build a system that makes it tangible.

I'm interested in the relationship between strategy, visual communication, technology, and experimentation—and in work that brings those pieces together through brand design, graphic and digital design, creative strategy, junior art direction, creative technology, or creative marketing.

EducationBachelor of Science in Business, Marketing

Minor in Visual Arts
University of Kansas · August 2026

ExperienceStrategy + making

Agency, internal teams, independent creative, and client facing work

ToolsDesign + prototyping

Adobe Creative Cloud, InDesign and print production, Figma, photography, video, AI-assisted creative workflows, and web prototyping

Open to early-career creative opportunities

What are you
working on?

I'm drawn to roles that connect strategy and making across brand design, graphic and digital design, creative strategy, junior art direction, creative technology, and creative marketing.