Mary Louise is an award-winning creative director, an educator, and founder of Quercus Design. She merges data with empathetic storytelling to craft cohesive, visually driven marketing campaigns. When designing a solution with a specific target audience need in mind, she delivers upon impactful results for brands of all sizes. Trusted by startups and established brands alike, she conducts strategic audits that foster honesty, authenticity, and open-mindedness about their challenges.
Providing straightforward account management which aligns with clear milestones, Mary Louise guides clients as they chart new territories. With over 20 years of experience spanning advertising firms, marketing agencies, and in-house departments, Mary Louise’s expertise extends across diverse industries such as education, healthcare, nonprofits, food, technology, and beauty. Her specializations encompass brand identity systems, experiential graphic design, website design, and social media strategy for seasonal campaigns.
Mary Louise excels in strategic design thinking, ensuring consistency and effectiveness across multiple platforms to engage target audiences. She values both the big picture and finer details in problem-solving and audience engagement. Building lasting client relationships and collaborating with seasoned partners are integral to her approach. Her leadership experience enables her to assemble specialized teams tailored to project needs.
Beyond her professional pursuits, Mary Louise enjoys guest critiquing and teaching at universities and high school art programs across Greater New Orleans. In her leisure time, you can find her at the dog park with her rescued Australian Cattle Dog, Champ, on road trip back to her Cajun Country roots, networking across parish lines, or marching in the Bywater with the Mardi Gras Krewe of Red Beans.
