Creative By Design

Selected Work

Ideas made visible. Stories brought to life.

Design. Strategy. Creativity. In action.

Different challenges.
A creative way forward.

From a story that moves an audience to a pitch that makes an idea clear, our work connects creative thinking with hands-on execution. Explore selected projects and Ali Collins’s contributions across editing, motion, sound, and design.

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Visual storytelling · Easter production

RISE

A Telly Award-winning visual story created for Easter Sunday.

Ali’s contribution
Editor, sound design, graphics, and VFX

  • Editing
  • Sound Design
  • Graphics
  • VFX
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The challenge
Tell an Easter story through a connected visual and sound experience.

The approach
Bring editorial rhythm, sound, graphics, and visual effects together in support of the story. This contribution connects the emotional flow of the production with its visual and sonic details.

The work
Editorial, graphics, VFX, and sound-design contributions to the finished production.

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Mini-documentary · Higher education

Howard University — Giving Forward

A mini-documentary for Howard University, the historically Black university in Washington, DC.

Ali’s contribution
Video editor, motion graphics, color correction, and graphics

  • Documentary Editing
  • Motion Graphics
  • Color Correction
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The challenge
Shape a mini-documentary into a clear, finished visual narrative.

The approach
Combine documentary editing with supporting graphics, motion, and color work to create a coherent finished story.

The work
Video editing, motion graphics, graphics, and color-correction contributions.

Conference promotion · Virtual eventSista KodeWatch the project ↗

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Conference promotion · Virtual event

Sista Kode

A promotional video for a virtual women’s conference, built around a digital look and feel.

Ali’s contribution
Videography, video editing, production, motion graphics, sound, and color correction

  • Videography
  • Production
  • Motion Graphics
  • Editing
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The challenge
Give a virtual conference a promotional identity that feels at home in a digital environment.

The approach
Use a virtual aesthetic and digital visual language to connect the conference’s promotional message with its online format.

The work
A conference promo combining footage, editing, motion graphics, sound, and color work.

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Business communication · Visual pitch

IDEA PLEX DC

A visual business plan and pitch, supported by promotional presentation and logo-sting work.

Ali’s contribution
Video editor, motion graphics, and sound design

  • Visual Pitch
  • Video Editing
  • Motion Graphics
  • Sound Design
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The challenge
Turn a business plan into a visual presentation.

The approach
Connect editing, motion, and sound to present a business idea in a visual format that an audience can follow.

The work
Editorial, motion-graphics, and sound-design contributions to the pitch presentation.

Beyond a single medium

Design and storytelling.
Connected by purpose.

Brand, print & media

Markita D. Collins

Creative work spanning marketing and media production, video editing, graphic design, and web design.

The portfolio includes product and book covers, logo design, podcast artwork, event flyers, CD packaging, banners, backdrops, letterhead, and event promos—showing how one creative practice can support a brand across many formats.

Ali’s contribution
Marketing and media production, video editing, and graphic design.

Music-led visual storytelling · Full case study

The Day of WHY

A cinematic visual companion to Kitt Wakeley’s instrumental and choral composition. Editing, motion, and compositing follow five emotional stages: Innocence, Disruption, Asking Why, Hope Rising, and Triumph.

Creative focus
Visual storytelling, creative direction, editing, motion design, compositing, and cinematic finishing.

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