In the Words of Clients and Creative Partners:

Fresh off a rebrand and heading into a pivotal holiday season, [Smith & Hawken’s creative department] was tasked with setting ourselves apart from all other specialty retailers as a gift destination. Juliana composed a design solution for our gift catalog that did just that, and created a buzz among our competitors. Each season to follow, Juliana owned the catalog process, from layouts through to production, consistently raising our own standards and delivering on deadline. . . . As well as being a strong creative thinker, Juliana has the production skills to knock your socks off, and in either discipline, she CRANKS out solid creative, with style sheets and bleeds to boot. Her design sensibility and impeccable standards can adapt seamlessly from a brainstorming round table to an ever-changing deadline-driven environment. Juliana is a whiz at streamlining her workflow and is always looking ahead to the next solution. In addition to her strong design work, she’s a pleasure to work alongside. Juliana has a quirky, fun personality and is always equipped with witty banter to help her colleagues through any given workday.

Lara Lagerquist; Design Director, Smith & Hawken

I’ve been working with Juliana Gallin as a satisfied client since 2005. She has designed numerous printed materials and two websites for me, and I couldn’t be happier with the quality of her work and the high caliber of her professional style. I first worked with Juliana when another designer had started a job for me that I wasn’t satisfied with. Juliana revamped his work, easily integrating my requirements with her own high visual standards, and produced exactly what I had wanted in the first place. She knows how to listen to the client and call upon her own expertise to come up with a result that hits the spot. Additionally, whenever I give Juliana a project to complete for me, she turns it around almost immediately—always checking in and providing me with updates of outstanding action items so that nothing slips through the cracks. No surprise, I always receive great feedback from others in my organization who have collaborated with Juliana on my projects. I would recommend her most highly to any potential client—in fact I have sent many her way!

Robert Strong; Owner, Strong Entertainment

I relied on Juliana for a variety of high-level responsibilities at Cardstore.com, including: concept and design development for greeting cards (many of which went on to become best-sellers); sophisticated Photoshop work, including complicated retouching jobs and original creative compositions; and art direction and management of other designers on special projects (e.g., creating an entire collection of photo borders). As a designer, Juliana generates consistently innovative and workable creative solutions for a variety of product and promotional needs. She’s known for her speed, efficiency and unerring accuracy in hectic and fast-paced work environments, as well as for her ability to juggle multiple priorities and challenging turn-around times without ever losing her cool. Her superlative technical skills in all relevant software programs are a huge asset to any creative team. Not only is she dependable, professional, and team-oriented, she’s just a joy to have around—well-loved by creatives and executives alike for her kindness and good humor!

Betsy Cordes; Art Director, Cardstore.com

Juliana is an experienced professional and a top-notch problem-solver. She’s able to come up with engaging original concepts and execute them with taste, skill, and her own clever, funny style. It can be hard to find a strong designer who also has production expertise, but Juliana’s got that covered as well. She possesses the rare combination of being both fast and meticulous—a print production whiz who takes a unique pleasure in figuring out ways to maximize her efficiency on any job she tackles. I’m well aware that I’m getting double my money’s worth when I hire her to do a job that it would take someone else twice the time to accomplish. She’s even been able to jump in and do some great copywriting work for us in a pinch.

Hilary Duwe; Co-owner, pH|7 Design

If you need thoughtful, strategic and creative ideas, executed flawlessly and delivered in a timely manner, Juliana Gallin is your ideal resource. She has been that kind of incessantly professional collaborator for many of my colleagues and me at Macy's West, Cardstore.com, Smith & Hawken and Lowepro over the last several years. Juliana works smoothly and seamlessly to produce sales-enhancing projects on-site, off-site, in creative brainstorming sessions—really in any scenario a client provides. I hope to work with her for many years to come and heartily recommend her for her gracious work manner and well-crafted designs.

Katrina Neill; Senior Copywriter, Lowepro