ABOUT CASTLE

Essentially a Colorado native with time spent in San Francisco and the Deep South, Castle lives between NYC and Denver while running creative strategy, design and art consulting for Castle Productions. She serves as the founding Design Track Chair and Creative Director for Denver Startup Week, Program Manager of Between Us: The Downtown Denver Alleyways Project, Publicist for the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, and Mentor of the Creative Exploration Track of MCA Denver Creator’s Studio program.

Past affiliations included Denver Art Museum’s CultureHaus, Rebelle by Tootsies Salon, Tootsies the Nail Shoppe, Wingbandits, Something Independent, Denver Film Festival, and Casa Bonita. Prior to entering the entrepreneurial world, Searcy spent 11 years in marketing, design, and product development in the licensed sports apparel industry and five years in retail merchandising.

Castle specializes in creative strategy for brands, real estate developments and organizations working at the intersection of design, art, brand, and storytelling.

CURRENT ENDEAVORS

Between Us: The Downtown Denver Alleyways Project / Program Manager & Co-curator
City Reliquary Museum / Gift Shop Curator
Denver Startup Week / Creative Director
FilmTalk Weekly Radio / Regular Guest Host
Hey Hue Art Consulting / Art Consultant
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver / Creator’s Studio Mentor
Santa Fe International Film Festival / Publicist
Wingbandits / Founder

SOFTWARE

Adobe Creative Suite / Constant Contact / Flodesk / Mailchimp / Microsoft Office Suite / Salesforce / SketchUp / Square / Squarespace


EDUCATION

M.B.A. / University of Denver
B.A. Psychology / University of Denver


LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS

Real Estate Broker License, Colorado Division of Real Estate
Substitute Educator Certificate, Colorado State Board of Education
Improvisational Comedy, Grafenberg Playschool


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