About Us
Owner Melissa James
How it started
Melissa James likes to say that she's just a creative bee! Like many entrepreneurs, she never set out to start a business. She just wanted to create.... and for some reason, people were willing to pay for that!
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Creative Copy & Design LLC was founded in 2013 by Melissa, a seasoned marketer who began freelancing as a side hustle—until there was more work coming than she could handle on the side.
Most early work was website creation and copywriting services. Melissa also took on a lot of copy editing work, having started her career as a newspaper copy editor after finishing a journalism degree from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2001.
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How it's going
Today, the company has grown to a four-person team, all bringing something different and uniquely valuable to the company. Most of our clients are small businesses and nonprofits, but we've done plenty of work for large companies and institutions, including Home Depot corporate, Cleveland Clinic, University of Massachusetts, Georgetown University, and the College of William & Mary.
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How we're different
Unlike most agencies, we aren't strictly proprietary about our work, and instead consider anything we make you to be yours. We'll never hold your previous booklet or website "hostage," giving you access to files only if you hire us for the new work (yes, this does happen... a lot!). We ask only for portfolio/example rights to the work.
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We're also happy to take over something your staff or a previous marketer created that either wasn't working or got outdated. We'll ensure it has your brand look and voice, or help you create a new brand look and voice if you desire.
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