20+ years helping businesses in Iowa's Creative Corridor and beyond turn creative challenges into measurable successes
Award-winning solutions that communicate your brand story and engage your audience
Customer-centered positioning and messaging that resonates with your target market
Proven approaches, processes, skills, and technology that work for your objectives
High-impact work across design, marketing, and consulting—with real business results
Challenge: Creating a layout in a booklet form-factor with dense rules text and information in tables that didn't feel restrictive and served as a helpful instruction guide.
Result: 3 Ennie Award nominations including Product of the Year, Kickstarter funded at 2,363% of goal
Challenge: Build and sustain the brand, design, and marketing for a subscription box startup serving busy couples with young children across nearly a decade of operation.
Result: Judge's Favorite at Startup Weekend Iowa City 2015, sustained sales and operations through 2024
Challenge: Small volunteer team hosting a large regional conference with no established playbook for materials or branding, developed from research and UU organizational values.
Result: 250 attendees served with branding, collateral, and wayfinding that impressed stakeholders and gave the client a replicable model for future events.
Challenge: Redesign outdated fitness center website to align with actual branding, to decrease confusion about services between work-related injuries and people who need help outside of work, and to attract new members
Result: 35% reduction in responses clarifying services, 40% increase in new member inquiries
End-to-end visual work across brand, web, print, and publication
Strategic guidance for positioning, growth, and market development
Instruction and curriculum in design, web, marketing, and entrepreneurship
I'm David Miessler-Kubanek, the Owner and Lead Creative at DMK Creative, LLC, an award-winning designer, marketer, and business consultant based in Iowa City. For over two decades, I've worked with corporations, small businesses, startups, nonprofits, and educational institutions across Iowa's Creative Corridor and beyond.
What sets me apart is the unique combination of creative expertise and business acumen. I don't just make things look good—I create strategic solutions that drive measurable business growth. Whether it's a complete brand identity, a high-stakes presentation, or a website redesign, every project starts with understanding your goals and ends with delivering results.
My work has been recognized with multiple awards, including Ennie nominations for gaming publication design and honors from the Society for News Design. But what I'm most proud of is helping clients achieve their business objectives through thoughtful, strategic creative work.
Ready to discuss how strategic design and marketing can help your business grow?
