Founded by a
Designer, Not an Agency
Mara Ellison founded HarborPoint in 2016 after six years as senior brand designer at Sullivan Higdon & Sink in Wichita and a brief stint in New York at Collins. She left to build the studio she'd always wanted to work in: small enough that designers owned their work end-to-end, rigorous enough that strategy preceded creativity, and honest enough that clients heard the truth about their briefs before they heard pitches for work they didn't need.
HarborPoint has never grown beyond twelve people, by design. Mara reviews every project before it leaves the studio. Every senior designer carries no more than two concurrent active projects. The quality that Kansas City clients expect from HarborPoint is only possible at this scale — and Mara is not interested in the growth that would require compromising it.
