Partners

KTD Creative has a network of talented partners. Depending on your project, we tap the skills of photographers, videographers, UX experts, and other professionals. Our partners are some of the top professionals in their field. Our partners allow KTD Creative to scale up a project when needed — without the cost of carrying that overhead. 

Meet our Partners:

Web Development & Digital Services:
Ignition72
KTD Creative works with a technology partner, Ignition 72, on all Drupal and WordPress sites. Ignition72 is the perfect partner to build any KTD Creative designed site; they listen, collaborate, and care. They have over 13 years’ experience building websites. 

Ignition72 has been planning, designing, and building websites for over a decade. They specialize in open-source content managements systems like WordPress and Drupal. Their clients include the Federal government, the state of Maryland, research and policy organizations, nonprofits and foundations, universities, and many major companies. What makes them different is an understanding that the best of the web cannot be found in one industry vertical but is in fact a blend of techniques learned across different industries that are focused on user experience, quality content, and accessibility compliance. What they all have in common is the need for modern websites that deliver information to users in an easily accessible way.

Ignition 72 provides the following services to KTD Creative clients:

• Custom Web Development
• User Experience & User Interface Design
• Consulting & Digital Strategy
• Accessibility Testing & Compliance
• AI Consulting
• SEO & Marketing Strategy
• UX Research & Testing

Their dedicated team of web professionals can plan, design, build and write a new WordPress or Drupal website that attracts and engages all audience groups; that displays any messaging in powerful yet easy-to-digest ways; provides all the strategic insight to site usage; and most importantly, empowers your team to evolve the site into the future. They ensure all of our sites are now ADA compliant – WCAG 2.1 Level A.

 

Video Production & Photography:
Hartlove-Goodyear (H/G)
Hartlove-Goodyear (H/G), a professional, creative team is dedicated to bringing client’s ideas to life. Their expertise spans the spectrum of skills required to tackle any vision a client has for photography or video, but their working style is what sets them apart.

H/G specializes in documentary-style shoots that feature real people in real settings, telling real stories in their own words. H/G’s goal is to create videos and photography that feel natural—professional, but never slick or overproduced. H/G achieve’s this goal by using mostly natural light, limiting the staff we have on set, creating a comfortable atmosphere for their subjects, and leveraging their storytelling and journalistic expertise to draw out any client’s story, the way they want to tell it.

Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Strategy and Marketing:
Mostyn Marketing Group
Sharon Mostyn is our “go to” for larger projects. She is a Google-Certified marketing professional with vast expertise in traditional and digital marketing (analytics, email, SEO/SEM & social). She specializes in measuring and optimizing marketing and advertising for business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), and agency for the agency (AFTA) clients.

Sharon’s experience with on Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Web Analytics, Email Marketing, Social Media, and Media Placement (TV, radio, print, outdoor, etc.) provides our clients with senior-level services at an affordable price. She also provides marketing strategy and implementation across all aspects of traditional and digital marketing. 

Sharon is a nationally recognized authority on digital marketing and content marketing optimization throughout the customer lifecycle. Over her 30-year career as a marketing professional, Sharon has worked with Fortune 500 companies, mid-sized firms, and start-ups in the financial, retail, e-commerce, and technology sectors. 


508 Compliance Specialist:

Kyle McKibbin 
Kyle produces ebooks and 508 compliant material for our client publications. Whether he is designing from scratch or elaborating on a client’s ideas, his mission is to use his creative expertise to ensure publications are 508 compliant. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, which requires federal agencies to develop, procure, maintain and use information and communications technology (ICT) that is accessible to people with disabilities – regardless of whether or not they work for the federal government.

Kyle ensures that our client’s internal and external commitments to equity and accessibility are fulfilled by 508 compliant standards — including PDF documents. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act is one of several disability laws and knowing the 508 compliance standards and implementing them is Kyle’s specialty.