Who We Are
About Inspired Designs & Marketing Solutions
Inspired Designs and Marketing Solutions is a strategic marketing communications consultancy serving organizations that operate in complex communication environments.
The practice helps organizations examine how messaging, storytelling, audience experience, and data influence understanding, decision-making, and outcomes.
What we do
What We Help Organizations Do
Organizations often invest significant time and resources into communication without fully understanding what is shaping the results. Inspired Designs and Marketing Solutions helps clients examine how messages, narratives, content, and performance data work together—so communication can be strengthened with greater intention.
WHo we serve
Organizations We Commonly Support
Inspired Designs and Marketing Solutions works with higher education institutions, nonprofits, ministries, faith-based organizations, mission-driven businesses, and professional service firms.
These organizations often serve multiple audiences, manage complex messages, and need communication that can support trust, understanding, and sound decision-making.
Our Approach
A Systems-Based Approach to Communication
Communication outcomes rarely result from a single message, campaign, or channel.
Our work examines how messaging, audience experience, timing, organizational priorities, and observed behavior interact over time.
By looking at these elements together, organizations gain a deeper understanding of what may be influencing outcomes and where meaningful adjustments can be made.
How we work
How Organizations Engage With Us
Consulting & Analysis
Communication is evaluated based on how it is understood and experienced, not only how it is delivered.
Strategic Storytelling
Narrative development that helps organizations communicate their work with greater consistency and purpose.
Masterclasses & Training
Professional development experiences focused on storytelling, communication strategy, and communication systems.
Tools & Frameworks
Repeatable models designed to support stronger communication practices over time.
Our Team
The People Behind Inspired Designs
La Toya Stevens, MBA
Founder & Principal Consultant
Superpower:
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Finding the story beneath the story
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Connecting dots that don't look connected
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Asking uncomfortable but necessary questions
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Finding the signal in the noise
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Turning "we have a problem" into "here's the path forward"
Symonne Sparks
Director of Operations & Client Services
Superpower:
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Keeping all the trains running on time
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Finding the typo everyone else missed
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Making spreadsheets behave
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Bringing order to chaos
Brianna Davis
Communications & Storytelling Specialist
Superpower:
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Finding the story beneath the facts
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Asking the questions that uncover great stories
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Turning interviews into meaningful content
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Making complex topics approachable
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Spotting angles others miss
Philosophy
Our Philosophy
Communication does more than convey information.
It shapes what people notice, what they understand, what they remember, and how they make decisions.
That is why we approach communication as a strategic discipline rather than a collection of isolated tactics.