Welcome

At Parallel Designs, we craft visually stunning designs that elevate your brand and make a lasting impact.

The team came together in order to support one another and from that grew our underlying values of supporting the community around us. We take great passion in the varying projects our clients have brought us, and we love to see their reactions when their ideas come to life through us.

Our Services

Branding, web design, social media—we bring your vision to life. Need it in print? We do that too.

Branding

Social Media

Web Design

Print Products

Thrilled beyond words with the outcome of working with Katherine. Professional, communicative, and skillful. I would quickly and easily recommend it to anyone looking for good quality at a fair price!

Erik Halden

Od Komplex

Investing in Katie‘s superior services was the best, most well spent business expense since launching my pet care business. My only regret was not tapping into her brain and artistic abilities at my opening.

Robin Hardisty

Walk’N Robin’s

Katie was diligent in working through a design and theme with me while taking feedback in stride. The process was easy and straightforward for me. She came up with multiple options for my business and the finished package was a design that I loved!

Dalton McBride

Hydration Station

Parallel Designs created our gala invitation to perfectly match the theme and direction. When we needed to pivot from a printed invitation to digital, Katherine was able to quickly convert the beautiful design, helping us keep our deadline and the aesthetic that we wanted. She understood and incorporated the look and feel that we wanted while also being responsive to our changing needs.

Melissa Moize

COPE

OUR TEAMOUR TEAM

Katherine Souza is the creator and owner of Parallel Designs, LLC. She is committed to engaging her customers in the process to create aesthetically pleasing products which effectively communicates the customers brand identity.

Katherine Souza

Chief Executive Officer

Michael is one of our Lead Designers with over 8 years of experience. His career has been based around Print Design with experience in promotional and print media along with a focus on business operations. What really excites Michael though is brand design and creating something that best fits every client's needs.

Michael Puchalski

Chief of Operations

Marissa is a San Diego-based web designer with 8 years of experience in creating effective, user-friendly websites. She is dedicated to transforming digital visions into reality, ensuring websites not only look great but also perform seamlessly.

Marissa Ade

Web Designer

Carly is our San Diego-based Social Media Strategist. She brings 9 years of experience in Graphic Design with a more recent focus in Social Media Strategy and UX Design . Carly loves learning about the end-user to create experiences that resonate with them and ultimately add value.

Carly Evers

Social Media Strategist

As the CFO, Catherine brings 20 years of senior financial leadership to Parallel Designs. She is a CPA, beginning her career at Arthur Andersen, LLP; earned her MBA at the UC, Irvine, and rounds out her experiences with a Sommelier Certificate from the United States Sommelier Association (USSA).

Catherine Messman

Chief Financial Officer

Julie is an Occupational Therapist by profession with a Masters Degree in Public Administration from USF. She has joined this team to primarily lend a hand with business organization and development so that the creative team can focus on “what they do best - create.”

Julie Souza

Internal Consultant

Paul has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley and has spent 40+ years as a Design Engineer and a Manufacturing Engineer. He has an entrepreneurial spirit and is committed to supporting the vision and success of the Parallel Designs team.

Paul Souza

Internal Consultant