Danielle is owner of Octane Design Studios, a 14 year old branding and identity firm based in the heart of the Bluegrass. Danielle is a published creative, a certified prompt engineer, podcaster, strategist, wife and mama of 3. She’s also a lover of Italian cuisine, chai, cosplay and retro gaming. 

With over 15 years of marketing and multimedia agency experience, Danielle began as a grassroots developer & Curator, helping brand and launch hundreds of small businesses across America; ⅔ in Kentucky.

As a third generation entrepreneur Danielle is an advocate of non traditional education leading online meetups and workshops for DIY marketing. Her prompt journal “The Playbook: Gamified Small Business Journal” details branding and social media strategies for small businesses that are engaging and interactive, just like a video game or board game quest.

She’s spoken across years of national and regional conferences and international summits to help small businesses and multi-business owners muster the realm around there digital marketing. 

In 2021 Danielle restructured and relaunched Kentucky Creatives a Kentucky based membership community comprised of influencers, bloggers, photographers, copywriters, podcasters and more to help connect small businesses with digital creators for their brand.

As much as Danielle is passionate about providing creative services she strives to be more than just the graphics she creates. Over the years her hashtag #MoreThanGraphics has become more than just a marketing slogan; its become a life principle for herself that she executes through storytelling and round table discussions with her co-hosts, all women of color as producer of the #MoreThanGraphics podcast.