Briar Fairclough

Briar Fairclough, GTMA’s Head of Design, is the eyes, ears, voice, and hands behind GTMA design endeavors, bringing brands to life through intentional and captivating designed experiences. A lifelong creative and artist, her approach is built upon storytelling and understanding that visuals hold the power to shape identity and evoke emotion. Whether crafting brand identities or designing print or digital marketing materials, Briar’s philosophy is rooted in originality, timelessness, and simplicity.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Digital Technology & Culture with focus in Multimedia Design from Washington State University. Her professional journey to GTMA has been diverse, having honed her design skills in various roles including branding and interface design for a historic walking tour app, Marketing Coordinator for a nonprofit, graphic designer for a travel agency, and continual freelance design and consulting for small businesses. Since joining GTMA in March 2020, Briar has found a home in digital marketing agency life.

Briar’s love for all things creative runs deep outside of the office, too. She loves finding inspiration, joy, and expression in the world around her through music, travel, food, fashion, interior design + architecture, film, television, and video games. In her free time, you can find Briar binging TV shows, trying new restaurants and coffee shops with her husband Jacob, or hanging out with her family, friends, and rambunctious cat, Juniper.