City & Sea Creative

City & Sea Creative Helping small business owners launch the brand of their dreams with brand identity and web design.

Realtors: this message is for you ⬇️We’ve worked with more Realtors than any other industry professional and I hear a ve...
05/15/2026

Realtors: this message is for you ⬇️

We’ve worked with more Realtors than any other industry professional and I hear a version of the same thing during every single discovery call. Something along the lines of:

“I don’t want to be just another name on my brokerage’s website” or,

“I don’t want to look like every other agent in my brokerage.”

“I’ve built a really thoughtful client experience, but my online presence doesn’t communicate that.”

“I’m tired of looking like a face on a roster instead of a trusted expert”

“I want to be known for a specific market and type of client.”

Your brand should do more than prove you’re a Realtor. It should communicate:

- the type of clients you work with
- The experience you provide
- The market you specialize in
- And why someone should trust you over the hundreds (if not thousands) of other agents in your area

That’s exactly what we do for real estate agents ready to elevate their brand and position themselves differently in the market. We dig into what makes you uniquely you and build a personal brand and online presence around that.

DM to start the conversation or hit the link in bio to inquire.

Story Homes • A practice in craft and the art of building true • Luxury residential & commercial builders based in St. L...
05/13/2026

Story Homes • A practice in craft and the art of building true • Luxury residential & commercial builders based in St. Louis Park, M.N. • A heritage-inspired brand that feels crafted, archival, and collected. Absolutely obsessed. More to come for this brand soon.

I’ve had clients that have come to us after spending months (sometimes years) refining their offers, their messaging, an...
05/06/2026

I’ve had clients that have come to us after spending months (sometimes years) refining their offers, their messaging, and their photography.

And then they put it on a homepage that buries the most important information below the fold, where 80% of visitors never reach.

The hierarchy is all outta whack, the headline doesn’t earn the scroll, the visual weight is distributed around what looks good instead of what needs to be seen first.

And nobody told them because nobody with the right expertise ever actually looked. 

That’s what the Brand Performance Review is for. I go through your website the way I go through every project before I redesign it, mapping where the eye goes, what’s being communicated above the fold, whether the flow guides a visitor toward inquiry or confusion. 

You get specific findings on what’s working, what isn’t, and what needs to change. 

My actual assessment of your actual brand, through the lens of a decade of performance marketing and user behavior expertise. 

If you’ve been sending people to your website and wondering why they’re not converting, you need to know what they’re experiencing when they get there. 

Comment AUDIT and I’ll send you the direct link to sign up.

I’m Shannon, owner of City & Sea Creative, and I didn’t go to design school. I studied marketing. I spent ten years lear...
05/04/2026

I’m Shannon, owner of City & Sea Creative, and I didn’t go to design school.

I studied marketing. I spent ten years learning how people actually behave online, what makes them stay, what makes them trust, and what makes them buy.

Every brand and website we build starts there. We pair stunning aesthetics with what WORKS. Beautiful AND built to perform.

You built the foundation. Now let’s build the brand that was always supposed to sit on top of it.

Our DM’s are opened *or* click the link in our bio

I’m Shannon, owner of City & Sea Creative, and I didn’t go to design school. I studied marketing and spent the first dec...
05/04/2026

I’m Shannon, owner of City & Sea Creative, and I didn’t go to design school.

I studied marketing and spent the first decade of my career in various digital marketing roles. I spent those years learning how people actually behave online, what makes them stay, what makes them trust, and what makes them buy. I taught myself design along the way.

Every brand and website we build starts there. We pair stunning aesthetics with what WORKS. Beautiful AND built to perform.

You built the foundation. Now let’s build the brand that was always supposed to sit on top of it.

Our DM’s are opened *or* click the link in our bio to start the conversation. Can’t wait to meet you!

Carly came to us knowing exactly how she wanted her brand to feel, but struggling to make it translate visually and onli...
01/07/2026

Carly came to us knowing exactly how she wanted her brand to feel, but struggling to make it translate visually and online.

Her words exactly: “I feel like the aesthetic I have in my head of how I want my business to look and be portrayed isn’t happening. My website seems winded. It all just feels DIY. I want my brand to reflect the brides I’m talking to.”

Girl, say less. Through our Market Leader Method, we helped her turn her vision (and her dream brand) into reality.

From brand strategy to brand design, an in-depth website audit (which I will be sharing more about), website dev, email marketing and social templates, Carly now has a brand that feels sophisticated, grown up, polished, cohesive, and positioned to be one of the first vendors that brides seek out and book instead of being overlooked.

The Market Leader Method is for business owners that are ready to stop DIYing and start leading, scaling, focusing on their talent and changing the world with it.

We’re booking into Spring 2026. Now is the time to get the conversation started.

Hey, you! Interior designer considering a rebrand: When you book The Market Leader Method package, you’re booking a seri...
01/06/2026

Hey, you! Interior designer considering a rebrand:

When you book The Market Leader Method package, you’re booking a seriously transformative (and fun!) experience. We’ll work together for 12+ weeks to dive deep into your brand strategy, develop an elevated visual identity, and build a website meant to do WORK for your business.

And if you take advantage of just some of our add on’s? You’ll be equipped with strategic messaging you can copy and paste, custom templates for your social media posts, slide deck presentations to wow your prospects and clients, and automated email marketing set up with a lead magnet ready to generate leads and nurture them behind the scenes.

I mean… the value you get out of these offerings is incredible. This look into our Market Leader Method package is just a little peek, just scratching the surface of everything you’ll get out of it.

Start the conversation now. We’re booking into Spring.

My client is one of the youngest and few female attorneys in her area, and she wanted to lean into it with a brand desig...
12/15/2025

My client is one of the youngest and few female attorneys in her area, and she wanted to lean into it with a brand design that’s classic but not dusty, that’s professional but not corporate, that feels intellectual but not stuffy, young but not immature— a brand rooted in tradition, quiet authority, legacy. She was drawn to warm neutrals, soft light, antique books and libraries, New England Georgian architecture. She wanted hand-drawn illustrations that felt thoughtful and personal. She sent me dozens of photos of carefully lined envelopes and embossed letterhead and wax stamps. I knew exactly what to do. I have never felt so inspired by a client vision board and I loved every single second spent drawing Victorian door knockers and traditional homes and Grecian columns. If you look closely, you’ll notice the subtle beading details in the scale match those in the door knocker, and in the oval frame around her monogram. Subtle but impactful details that my client dreamt up and we brought to life. Details that will stop her community in their tracks, that will cause them to remember her, to recognize her signage, her marketing and her graphics. She will surely stand out amongst the crowd of traditional law offices with this brand. I am so proud of this one. Can’t wait to show you more.

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