We are an intentional collective of communication experts, creatives, and urban planners. We launched All Together to combine the best of these worlds. Sounds unique? It’s because we are. 

This blend of skills allows us to translate complex planning lingo into impactful calls to action. We uncover and share a community's stories through digital and print media, art, and experiential programming.

We work in communities across the country, bringing the design chops of a creative agency with the comprehensive engagement approach of community planners. We’ve branded a national monument, lifted up the stories of a former Underground Railroad site, and engaged over 13,000 voices for our beloved Downtown Chicago. We continue to lead with joy, bring results, and have a helluva fun time with our clients and collaborators throughout the process.

All Together.

 

Why we do what we do.

 

Meet the Team

  • PRINCIPAL | DESIGN

    Rachael is a designer and AICP-certified planner specializing in place-based brand identities and experiential marketing campaigns. Rachael’s design and planning solutions are centered in empathy—she puts stakeholders at ease, listens, and then creatively captures the spirit of a place and its people.

    Because of her unique process and background, her designs are featured in public spaces, on signage, and along trails in communities across the country. Rachael is trained on ICA’s Technology of Participation engagement methods.

    Rachael consistently ends meetings 10 min early.

  • PRINCIPAL | STRATEGY

    Marisa is a writer and urban planner with 20 years of experience in community outreach, planning, and branding. While at the City of Austin and through her work in neighborhoods from Detroit to Santiago, Chile, Marisa has worked closely with communities to ensure the public plays a vital role in creating people-centric places.

    Her work has been in featured in Next City, Bloomberg, the New York Times, and USA Today. Marisa has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in sustainability, planning, and design at DePaul University in Chicago.

    Reese dreams in copy, narrated by Tim Allen.

  • BILINGUAL PLANNER

    Tina is an engagement specialist and urban planner whose interests focus on accessibility and equity. She believes in community-centered decision making to design physical and digital spaces beneficial to all. With a passion for fostering community connections, Tina is skilled at bringing diverse groups together to share their voices and visions. She enjoys playing volleyball, using public transit, and petting every dog or cat she meets.

    Tina has tried every matcha latte in the city.

  • STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS

    Kristian is a copywriter + brand strategist whose work has led a dozen new businesses to create brands valued at over $100 million, with target audiences around the world. When she’s not writing for numerous publications, researching social trends, or coming up with a new idea, she’s chasing after her toddler and sipping coffee.

    Kristian is the queen of chit-chat and loves starting deep conversations with strangers.

  • PLANNER

    Grace is an urban planner with a background in social work. She’s passionate about breaking down the pervasive barriers to participation, forging meaningful partnerships with communities, and ensuring her work is grounded in restorative justice. She also loves baking cookies, volunteering as a mentor for high schoolers, and biking on the Chicago Lakefront Trail.

    Grace’s favorite ice cream flavor is the one she hasn’t yet had.

  • DESIGNER

    Robin is a visual designer who is passionate about branding, illustration and inclusive design. With an educational background in both architecture and design, she brings a thoughtful, community-centered approach to her work. She believes in the power of accessibility and storytelling to shape more inclusive spaces, often with a playful twist. New to Chicago, Robin is also deeply interested in mutual aid and disability justice and aims to become more involved in those elements of her new community. Outside of work, you’ll find Robin with her nose in a book or exploring the city with her film camera.

    Robin will always greet any corgi in the wild.

  • SENIOR PLANNER & DESIGNER

    Abigail is a planner and designer who masterfully communicates the big picture by distilling complex issues into simple messaging and clean visuals. Her experience in graphic design, urban planning, and community engagement drives her passion to better inform policy and create authentic, viable places and solutions. As a painter and muralist, Abigail loves creatively capturing the energy of a place and its community through placemaking.

    Abigail out holiday decors everyone in the Midwest.

“When I saw the work they were doing, I said to myself: I want that. All Together Studio has helped the Village of Lemont position its historic Downtown as a destination-worthy adventure in the Chicagoland region.”

— Jason Berry, Community & Economic Development Director, Village of Lemont