Résumé at a Glance
Experience

Brand strategist, art director and experiential designer with 15+ years of building brands people see, hold and walk into. Based in the Greater Seattle Area, remote-ready and open to travel.

What I Lead
  • Brand strategy, naming and identity systems

  • Art direction for campaigns, events and photography

  • Environmental graphics, signage and wayfinding

  • Branded environments from schematic design through construction

  • Creative teams, vendors, budgets and multi-location rollouts

What I Lead
  • Brand strategy, naming and identity systems

  • Art direction for campaigns, events and photography

  • Environmental graphics, signage and wayfinding

  • Branded environments from schematic design through construction

  • Creative teams, vendors, budgets and multi-location rollouts

Selected Clients

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf · Jamba Juice · YWCA Seattle · Good Pie · Craft · Shiftboard · Reclaim · Bally's Las Vegas · Speak With Purpose, Restaurants and QSR · Hospitality and gaming · Nonprofits · SaaS and tech · Architecture and AEC

Tools & Credentials

Adobe Creative Suite · Figma · CAD and CADtools · Bluebeam · Revit (coordination) · AI rendering tools

  • BA Architecture, Northwest College of Arts

  • Email Marketing Basics, LinkedIn (2023)

  • Digital Marketing Certification, HubSpot Academy (2023)

Reach Out

For creative work, contact me at
najela@cakeatwork.com

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najela@cakeatwork.com

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My current time

Seattle (PST)

Remote · Pacific Time · Open to travel.

Copyright © 2026 Najela Shamah

najela@cakeatwork.com

Email copied!

+1 206 617 2168

Mobile copied!

Remote · Pacific Time · Open to travel.

Copyright © 2026 Najela Shamah

najela@cakeatwork.com

Email copied!

+1 206 617 2168

Mobile copied!

Remote · Pacific Time · Open to travel.

Copyright © 2026 Najela Shamah