About Kelli manthei

Education

Ms. Manthei holds a MS in Integrated Design, Business and Technology from USC’s Iovinne Young Academy, a BA in Fine Arts from Otis College of Art and Design, and has been awarded the Claritas® Investment Certificate.

experience

Cross disciplinary full stack designer + strategist with over 15 years’ experience delivering public-facing content + services for businesses and entrepreneurs via leading software platforms. Skilled in brand strategy, experience design, project management, digital marketing, empathetic research, data analysis, and communicating complex ideas through language + visuals. Passionate about technology superpowers, human connection, accessibility, creativity, the intersection of arts + wellness, and joyful design.

Kelli was the in-house Designer at Cove Street Capital, a boutique L.A.-based value investment company where she built and managed visual identity and materials for sales and client service, wrote and delivered ongoing communications, and developed workflows across teams. Her rich and varied experience allows her to communicate complex ideas to stakeholders on both sides of the table. She was previously the Managing Editor of the Hometown News—a West Los Angeles community newspaper, co-founded Gallery 1927 at the historic Fine Arts Building in downtown Los Angeles, and has been working with independent businesses and budding entrepreneurs since 2005 to build brands, services, and marketing campaigns that meet the scope and scale of what lean teams can achieve.