Colleen m/flynn
owner/creative director
Designer and marketing veteran, Colleen Flynn earned her BFA in graphic design and video production from Virginia Commonwealth University. She quickly made her mark on the Washington, DC community, creating award-winning designs for a wide variety of corporate, association, non-profit and Fortune 500 clients.
Ms. Flynn started her design career with Missing Kids International, where she designed print materials and assisted with script writing for the organization's car donation program. She then moved onto to serve as a designer and marketing communications specialist for Waveworks, one of the DC area's premier post production facilities, working with a wide range of clients to create everything from print campaigns to corporate websites.
Flynn's creative eye and background make her especially suited to supporting the work of local event planners. In 2000, Ms. Flynn served as the event chair for the Addy Awards for the Ad Club of Washington, DC, and helped plan and coordinate various events for corporate clients and organizations such as, Women in Film and Video. During her tenure at Waveworks, Flynn helped plan, and design all of the print and graphic materials for a 3 hour live webcast event that drew over a hundred media professionals from all over the DC-area.
In 2001 Flynn moved to Colorado and started eye2design, Inc. The company now creates professional, high-impact graphics and coordinates events for small businesses and local non-profits all over country.
Over the past several years eye2design has sponsored the Fire and ISES Gala, put on by the Denver International Special Events Society, which benefits a local charity. In the past years there have been over 800 party-goers benefiting organizations such as the Red Cross, Junior League & Active 20/30 Children’s Foundation. Ms. Flynn has been planning events and assisting local Denver charities for the past several years, and in 2005, Ms. Flynn started ‘Network for a Cause’. This event benefits a local Denver charity and is conducted three times a year.
In December 2008 Flynn Joined forces with Sylvan Spirit, a Virginia based mother-daughter jewelry company, to create the product line “Beyond” for Two Steps Forward, an organization that assists single parent families get back on their feet. “Beyond” , the name of the new jewelry line, represents growth, evolvement, and the motivation to excel.?
In her free moments, Ms. Flynn likes to paint, draw and plan parties for her friends. She is currently training for her first mini triathlon, which is scheduled to occur in late June. She also loves spending time with her six-year-old daughter.