School of Visual Concepts Seattle

Gretchen Cook / Kathy Saito

Gretchen Cook's talent as a designer is exceeded only by her enthusiasm and energy. She joined the ranks of freelancers in 2003, after working as senior designer at Girvin ('94 - 99) and Hornall Anderson Design Works ('99 - '03). Over the past 15 years she carved out a specialty in corporate identity, type design and food packaging for clients including Cougar Mountain Baking Company, Blue Nile, Space Needle and Jack in the Box. Her past clients include Bellagio, Costco, Kodak, Kraft Foods, LifeSavers, Nabisco, Nintendo, Microsoft, Paramount Pictures, Pepsi, and Space Needle.

Kathy Saito was a senior designer and project manager for ten years at Hornall Anderson Design, one of the Northwest’s largest branding and design firms. Her client’s have ranged from growth companies like Big Island Candies and Ames International, to major corporations such as CitationShares, Intel and Microsoft. Prior to joining Hornall Anderson, Kathy spent five years as a studio leader and senior designer at Girvin. Before her work at Girvin, she designed identities, annual reports, communications and collateral systems at Donovan and Green in New York. Prior to that, at Vanderbyl Design in San Francisco, she worked across all design categories including environmental design. Kathy’s work has won awards from nearly every organization that recognizes excellence in advertising, packaging and graphic design.