Anna Sutton has spent her career at the intersection of making things by hand and making things work. For a decade at LAIKA Studios, she went from painting puppets to running the Puppet Paint department, managing teams of 8+, co-designing workflow systems, and helping bring three Oscar-nominated films to life.
Through AB Sutton Design, she helps businesses build clear identities using workflows that actually work: brand strategy, digital marketing, visual design, and the project management to make it all happen on time. More recently, she's gone deep into human-AI collaboration as a daily practice, building products like Carrierfile and designing workflows that keep people in control. What connects all of it: Anna builds things that help people see their own context more clearly and make better choices about the tools, systems, and environments they work in.
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Building digital products and tools with a focus on usability and clarity.
Custom websites
Shopify / Squarespace
Mobile app design & prototype
Integrations
Vibecoding
AI memory systems
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Shaping how a business looks, feels, and is recognized.
Identity design
Art direction
Graphic design
Illustration
Photo retouching
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Defining what a business says and how it reaches people.
Copywriting & voice
Email marketing
Digital & print advertising
Social media
Content strategy
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Making creative work run smoothly and ship on time.
Project management
Creative team leadership
Workflow design
Ecommerce / POS
RFP management
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Hands-on work across physical and digital mediums.
Stop-motion animation painting
Soft goods patterning & prototyping
Leather goods
Small-batch manufacturing
Hand painting & drawing
CLIENTS Organic by John Patrick / The Root Project / Leniva / Thought Design / LAIKA / Dogpound / Nazeerah / Second Stories / Alera Group / Crum & Forster / Envisionware / Marsh

