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your boutique graphic design studio for impactful visual storytelling

For nonprofits and higher education organizations, StickyNote Creative crafts compelling visuals that inspire action, build trust, and engage audiences. Our graphic design studio helps you boost donor retention, amplify your message, and leave lasting impressions.

Let's Spark change together
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elevate your cause with inspiring design

At StickyNote Creative, we're your reliable, established graphic design partners.

We are your expert in crafting compelling visuals that support marketing strategies for nonprofit organizations and universities.

Our mission is to drive action, build trust, and captivate audiences through impactful designs.

  • Boost donor loyalty

  • Amplify your message

  • Leave lasting impressions

Let's Inspire Together
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Leading important work isn't always easy.

You know your work matters, but you're...

  • Juggling a high-stakes report, campaign, or publication without the internal capacity to manage another moving piece.

  • Trying to explain a complex initiative in a way that donors, board members, or community partners immediately understand.

  • Investing significant time and resources into your programs, only to worry whether your communications reflect the quality and credibility of your work.

  • Looking for a creative partner who can think strategically—not just execute a list of design requests.

  • Tired of spending valuable time explaining your organization over and over to new freelancers or agencies.

Most of all, you need someone you can trust to guide the process, ask the right questions, and keep the project moving forward.

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You're in the right place.

At StickyNote Creative, we partner with nonprofits, foundations, and higher education institutions to transform complex ideas into clear, compelling communications.

Our role extends well beyond design.

We help bring structure to information, uncover the story worth telling, and create polished communications that inspire confidence among the people who matter most—whether that's donors, board members, community partners, or prospective supporters.

Because we intentionally work as a boutique studio, you'll work directly with an experienced creative partner who listens carefully, thinks strategically, and manages the details so you can stay focused on leading your organization to accomplish extraordinary work.

The end result is thoughtful, mission-driven communications that strengthen your credibility, build trust, and help your audiences better understand the impact of your work.

“From the initial meeting to the final product, Bunmi’s work popped with professionalism, color, creativity, and care. Everything she’s created for us has been top tier.”
— Andrea Copeland | Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce
“Bunmi Adeeko Collins at StickyNote Creative is the best graphic designer I have come across. Her listening skills are reflected in her near perfect first drafts.”
— Jinny Rhee | College of Engineering, California State University, Long Beach
“Bunmi is thoughtful, creative and driven. Throughout my career, I have had the good fortune of working with exceptional people. I place Bunmi at the top of this list.”
— Kevin Kardos | Bartlett Cocke General Contractors

our expertise

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Reports & Publications

Complex information, beautifully communicated.

We partner with nonprofits, foundations, and higher education institutions to transform dense information into publications that are engaging, accessible, and strategically organized.

From annual reports and impact reports to strategic plans, research publications, manuals, and one-page summaries, we help your audience quickly understand what matters most.

Together, we'll create polished publications that strengthen credibility, build trust with stakeholders, and clearly communicate the impact of your work.

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Fundraising & Marketing Materials

Campaigns, donor communications, event materials, recruitment pieces, and outreach collateral.

Every piece of communication is an opportunity to strengthen your mission and move your audience to action.

From fundraising campaigns and donor appeals to brochures, recruitment materials, event collateral, direct mail, and marketing pieces, we help organizations create materials that not only look polished—but communicate with clarity and purpose.

Rather than simply designing individual pieces, we think about how every touchpoint works together to support your goals. We partner with your team to organize information, strengthen messaging, and create materials that feel cohesive, credible, and aligned with your organization's vision.

The result is communications that engage your audiences, build trust, and help your team move important initiatives forward.

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Our Difference

Where thoughtful strategy meets creative execution.

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Every successful project starts long before the design does.

Beautiful design is only one part of an effective communication piece.

Our Creative Compass guides every project—from first conversation through final delivery. It keeps projects focused, decisions intentional, and stakeholders aligned, so the final product isn't just visually compelling—it's strategic and most of all, impactful.

Whether we're designing an annual report, fundraising campaign, strategic plan, or publication, this process helps uncover the story worth telling and ensures every design decision supports your organization's goals.

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  • Listen

    We start by understanding before creating.

    Every organization has unique goals, audiences, challenges, and internal dynamics.

    Before opening a single design file, we take time to understand what success looks like, who we're communicating with, and the bigger picture surrounding your project.

    What this means for you:

    • Fewer assumptions

    • Strategic alignment from the beginning

    • Communications rooted in your mission—not generic design trends

  • Organize

    We bring structure to complexity.

    Large communication projects often involve multiple stakeholders, evolving content, competing priorities, and countless moving pieces. We help organize information, identify what's most important, and establish a clear roadmap before design begins.

    What this means for you

    • Less overwhelm for everyone on your team 

    • Clearer messaging for your stakeholders 

    • Seamless collaboration

    • A more efficient project from start to finish

  • Strategize

    Every design decision serves a purpose.

    We think critically about hierarchy, storytelling, audience experience, accessibility, and how each communication piece supports your broader organizational goals.

    This is where the communication strategy becomes tangible. 

    What this means for you:

    • Stronger engagement 

    • Better audience understanding

    • Communications that inspire confidence and action

  • Design + Refine

    Thoughtful design. Collaborative refinement.

    With a clear strategy in place, design becomes purposeful—not guesswork. We create polished communications, gather thoughtful feedback, and refine collaboratively until every detail supports your message.

    What this means for you:

    • Efficient revisions with less back-and-forth

    • High-quality communications that your entire team feels confident sharing

    • A polished final product that strengthens credibility and helps your audiences better understand your impact.

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StickyNote Creative has proven expertise

Our graphic design studio was launched after my 15+ years working in-house as a graphic design and marketing professional in nonprofit, higher education and corporate settings.

Using design as a tool to empower mission-driven organizations brings so much purpose to the work I create – offering a small part to the big picture of positive impact.

Whether it’s a 30-page report, an infographic demonstrating your impact or a calendar year-end direct mail appeal for your fundraising campaign, StickyNote Creative creates visual solutions that captivate your audience's attention, inspires action and moves your mission forward.

  • StickyNote Creative's one-pager for CSULB College of Engineering features modern graphics & engaging content against a neutral background, perfect for university recruitment.

    California State University, Long Beach

    College of Engineering Action Plans

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  • StickyNote Creative designed AHIP Fundraising Campaign's brand collateral. Pops of green from pine branch motifs and refined typography complement a clean, contemporary aesthetic.

    Albemarle Housing Improvement Program

    Calendar Year End Holiday Letter Mailing

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  • StickyNote Creative displays their graphic design skills in the OLLI Course Catalog for Spring 2022. The modern design showcases university branding with clean, readable pages and engaging imagery.

    Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UVA

    Course Catalog

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  • StickyNote Creative's digital design on a tablet for Project Rebound, featuring infographic elements depicting local economy revitalization and functions like 'TRACK PROGRESS', in a refined layout.

    Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce

    Project Rebound Branding & Digital Assets

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    Charlottesville Albemarle Affordable Housing Coalition

    Impact Report Infographic

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Bunmi Adeeko Collins of StickyNote Creative, a Chicago-based graphic designer, creates impactful marketing materials for nonprofits, comfortably seated in a refined caramel brown leather chair with a tasteful white lace top and stylish earrings.

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HEY BIG THINKER, YOU INSPIRE ME.

meet your mission-driven design thought partner

StickyNote Creative came to life because we love using design to help nonprofits and institutions of higher education thrive!

Our passion lies in crafting purposeful designs that elevate your mission to new heights.

Your desire to make a difference in your community inspires us.

We go beyond simply listening to our clients, our "big thinkers" doing good in this world. We focus on hearing you, taking time to reflect and seeking to understand your needs, goals and visions.

We aim to deliver compelling multichannel marketing and fundraising visuals that stand out and capture imaginations from the first draft.

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