ABOUT CASTLE

Essentially a Colorado native with time spent in San Francisco and the Deep South, Castle lives between NYC and Denver while running creative strategy, design and art consulting for her own firm, Castle Productions. Castle is the co-founder of Denver's award-winning Tootsies the Nail Shoppe (2006-2021). She serves as the founding Design Track Chair and Creative Director for Denver Startup Week (2010-Current) and recently produced Between Us: The Downtown Denver Alleyways Project. She is also an Associate Broker with Atrium Realty.

Other affiliations have included Denver Art Museum’s CultureHaus, Rebelle by Tootsies Salon, Wingbandits, Something Independent, Denver Film Festival and Santa Fe Independent Film Festival. Prior to her foray into the entrepreneurial world, Searcy spent 11 years in marketing, design, and product development in the licensed sports apparel industry and five years in retail merchandising.

Castle specializes in creative strategy for brands and organizations working at the intersection of design, art, branding, content and storytelling.

SOFTWARE

Adobe Creative Suite / Constant Contact / Mailchimp / Microsoft Office Suite / Salesforce / SketchUp / Squarespace


EDUCATION

M.B.A., University of Denver
B.A. Psychology, University of Denver


LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS

Real Estate Broker License, Colorado Division of Real Estate
Substitute Educator Certificate, Colorado State Board of Education
Improvisational Comedy, Grafenberg Playschool


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