Day 6 | Ashley Neville | Ashlaine Designs LLC
Ashley Neville is a Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and Brand Strategist. She is a small business owner currently based in Durham, North Carolina. After starting her graphic design company ( Ashlaine Designs LLC ) two years ago, she has developed a successful business in the design industry. She has worked on over 250 logo designs as well as rebranded companies. She has successfully managed graphic design projects from corporate to individual organizations. She works closely with clients to create a vision and conceive design concepts. She effectively builds, motivates, and creates unique designs to establish your brand.
Ashley has been a designer for 6 years. Before creating her own company, she was an Art teacher for Durham Public Schools, a mentor, as well a Visual Artist for a small agency in Raleigh, NC. Neville holds a degree in Graphic and Web Design from The Art Institute.
Recently, Neville’s artwork was featured in the December 5, 2017, Article, Paid In Full, Stanford Social Innovational Review, for Stanford University. Neville has designed a mural for High Point University and a biblical mural painting for First Calvary Baptist Church. She is also writing and illustrating her first children’s book, called “A Queen’s Reflection”, which will be released in JJune of 2021.
Ashley has always had a passion to give back and support others, especially, women entrepreneurs of color. She has also donated work that was auctioned to save art programs in the public school system. She is the founder of two networking groups. “ The Business Woman Link Up" and The Black Innovators In Business. The Black Innovators in Business is a group designed to support, inform, celebrate and network with black-owned businesses. We also discuss social and political issues within the African American community. Such as poverty, the income gap, cultural/generational wealth gap, financial literacy, achievement gap, education limitations, mental health, discrimination, and capital. The Business Woman Link Up group solely focuses on networking, business, interviews, obtaining resourceful information, branding, and empowering women entrepreneurs.
In her spare time she enjoys creating art, outdoor activities, cooking, spending quality time with her son, family, and friends.