Palo Alto–based design and branding firm
The culture of curiosity and knowledge sharing in the Bay Area keeps our team learning and performing better. It’s energizing to be at the center of technology growth, capital investing, universities, and research institutes. We channel this energy and knowledge to deliver results-oriented marketing solutions through research, strategy, and great design.
Indigo Creative is a robust and flexible design and branding firm. Our team executes projects of any size and complexity while meeting deadlines and staying within budget.
We work with our clients in two ways:
Full-service design and branding — from concept to completion.
In-house collaboration — supporting marketing, HR, sales, and executive teams.
Full-service design and branding
We create engaging design and branding for our clients and empower them by sharing knowledge and expertise. We can scale up quickly for large projects while giving personal attention to all of the details.
Creative
Design
Copywriting
Photography
Illustration
Digital/Print
Branding
Identity
Style Guides
Visual Systems
Messaging
Marketing
Campaigns
Social Media
Presentations
Trade Shows
Collateral
Websites
Wireframes/UX
Design
Copywriting
SEO/GEO
Development
In-house collaboration
We partner with our clients’ marketing, HR, sales, and executive teams as an extension of their own staff. Whether a team needs extra capacity for a major launch, specialized expertise, or a fresh creative perspective, we work within existing brand standards and workflows to deliver polished results on schedule.
Marketing and HR team support
We work alongside marketing and HR teams, providing creative support as needed.
Sales support
We create presentations, pitch decks, targeted landing pages, and trade show/exhibit designs.
CEO and executive assistant support
We provide nimble, discreet design and branding services with a personalized, white-glove approach.
Melissa Mahoney is the founder and principal of Indigo Creative, the design and branding firm that she has led for more than three decades. A creative director, a designer, a brand strategist, and an accomplished artist, Melissa has built her career around translating complex ideas into clear, compelling, and beautifully executed visual communications.
Since founding Indigo in 1993, Melissa has led brand strategy, identity, campaigns, websites, and communications for global companies, foundations, nonprofits, and cultural institutions. Her clients have included Hewlett Packard Enterprise, SAP, and various family foundations in Silicon Valley.
A six-time LogoLounge award winner, Melissa is known for combining strategic thinking and exceptional craft with close, enduring client partnerships, many spanning years or decades and often growing into friendships. Her natural curiosity and ability to listen closely help her uncover the real needs of a client, organization, or brand — and often reveal opportunities that aren’t apparent at the outset.
Melissa’s leadership of Indigo is informed by her parallel career as an abstract painter. Her work is held in U.S. and international collections, and the U.S. Department of State’s Art in Embassies program selected her painting Pacific Rising for the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Papua New Guinea. She has exhibited widely and led an interactive painting experience at TED2020. View Melissa’s artwork.
For Melissa, art and design continually reinforce one another: experimentation sharpens intuition, disciplined craft elevates execution, and curiosity opens the door to unexpected solutions.