New Member Spotlight: Kelly Hogan

Kelly Hogan works at Journeyman Construction where she primarily manage and prepare proposals on the Development side of the company. She is also working on evolving their brand.

Kelly was born in California, lived in Mexico while in high school, returned to California for a couple of years, then moved to Washington state. She returned to school in her forties and got a degree in graphic design. Right out of school, she landed at Callison, a large international architecture firm. For the first half of her eleven year career at Callison, she did proposals and presentations and other marketing activities. During the second half of her Callison time, she was graphic and brand standards manager where she created a series of tools for the proposal team and managed many graphics projects including website content, email campaigns and firm events and managing the brand (aka brand police). She quit her perfectly good job, sold her house and moved to Austin 1 ½ years ago because she wanted warmer weather, a better cost of living, and generally a big change. She had been to Austin several years ago for AIGA Design Ranch and fell in love with the area.

When Kelly moved to Austin, she purchased a foreclosure house that needed some work. She spent her first nine months here just working on the house, removing popcorn ceiling, painting just about every surface and installing wood floors. The main reason Kelly bought this particular house was because it has a fabulous room upstairs that she has made into her dream creative space. Kelly makes quilts, beaded jewelry and many other hand-crafted items. Next up is to start learning about gardening in Austin.

Kelly was familiar with SMPS from her time in Seattle. She has worked for professional services firms for over 20 years.