Meet the Barefoot Design Collective Team
Who we are.
The Short Version.
The Barefoot Design Collective Team is a bunch of badass, creative women dedicated to helping coaches, speakers, authors and other solopreneurs who are women, woman-identified or members of marginalized communities (including BIPOC & LGBTQIA).
At Barefoot Design Collective we embrace the nomad lifestyle and we all work remotely from our homes or other fun locations. The Barefoot Boss, Jackie, currently lives and works in Carolina Beach (just outside of Wilmington) NC. The rest of the Barefoot team is scattered throughout the US in states like Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Washington state.
The Barefoot Design Collective Web Design Team
Jackie Barker
Your Tech superpowers: WordPress, Email Marketing Platforms, CRMs, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, pretty much anything Adobe... I love tech and learning new things. Currently strengthening my SEO skills.
Your Favorite quote: “Do the things you believe in, in the name of love. And know that, you aren’t alone. We all have doubts and fear.” Carole King
What kinds of music do you love? All the music... Mostly rock and blues but anything that gets me in the groove
What’s something that recently made you smile? Bodysurfing a wave with my husband David and hugs from my grandbabies
Where do you like to go Barefoot and why? As a child growing up in rural Wisconsin, my favorite thing to do was to kick my shoes off and run through the grass, all while dreaming playful kid dreams. Now, I carry that awe and wonder of childhood into my business. But also a bit of playfulness, hence “Life is better barefoot.” Because who can’t imagine themselves running barefoot in the grass, or feeling the sand under their feet?
Kara Tulanko
Your Tech superpowers: Kajabi, Simplero, WordPress, Adobe products, and more. I love tech and just keep adding to my stack of skills!
Your Favorite quote:
What kinds of music do you love?
What’s something that recently made you smile?
Where do you like to go Barefoot and why? I'm a beach girl at heart. Nothing like walking barefoot on the beach and listening to the sounds of the ocean and birds. It's my happy place and music to my ears.
Dee Mullins
Your Tech superpowers: WordPress, Squarespace, Word, Powerpoint, Mailchimp, Website Accessibility
Your Favorite quote: Stop worrying about how you are supposed to be, and just be.
What kinds of music do you love? It depends on my mood.
What’s something that recently made you smile? Riding my bike.
Where do you like to go Barefoot and why? I go barefoot every chance I get. I like to go barefoot in grass and on the beach. I love the way the ground feels on my feet.
Karey Bryson
Your Tech superpowers: I’m resourceful and able to figure anything out given the proper tools. Google is my near and dear friend. Diversity and Inclusion are my jam!
Your Favorite quote: “I have decided to stick with LOVE. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What kinds of music do you love? My playlists are extremely eclectic! There isn’t a genre I don’t like but I do LOVE: R&B, Neo Soul, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Yacht Rock, and 80’s EVERYTHING.
What’s something that recently made you smile? Watching my beautiful and adorable doglike kitty follow my sassy and amazing 19-year-old daughter around the house begging for some hug time. He demands and then gives the best hugs.
Where do you like to go Barefoot and why? I’m a huge believer in the practice of grounding/earthing and the positive effects it has on our body, mind and soul. I love having my feet connected to grass or moss-covered land, as well as dipping my toes into any body of water; be it salt or fresh water.
The Barefoot Design Collective Content Creation and Admin Team
Tracy White
Your Role on the Team: Website Content Writer - I help you grow your business by telling your story. I will take you on a journey that will let clients know that they can rely on you to GUIDE them to become the HERO of their story. Together we all survive and thrive.
My Favorite quote: “Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. Henry Ford
What kinds of music do you love? Southern Gospel - it stirs my spirit, classical - it calms my spirit, and 80’s rock n roll - for the memories and dancin’ my butt off like no ones watching.
What’s something that recently made you smile? A video of My great-nephew telling on his sister for “being mean” because she told him to stop slobbering on her book. He’s 2 ½ and she’s 8. This is just one of many of these wonderful kiddos. They always make me laugh.
Where do you like to go Barefoot and why? Sticking my bare feet in a pool, creek or the ocean. I must be a water sign because I’m drawn to it, I love being around it, listening to the waves, wading in a creek, or even listening to a trickling fountain. It gives me peace.
Angelic Veasman
Your Role on the Team: Project Manager, Social Media Manager, and Copywriter
Your Tech superpowers: Asana, Trello, Zapier, Dubsado, Google Workspace, Slack
Your Favorite quote:
What kinds of music do you love?
What’s something that recently made you smile?
Where do you like to go Barefoot and why? At home; as soon as I get to the door, the socks and shoes are off. Even if it's cold, I gotta let the little piggies wiggle and breath for a few minutes. I love the feel of the ground on my feet, whether it is wood flooring inside or grass and sand outside.
Anne Schwab
Your Role on the Team: Virtual Assistant - managing calendars, email inboxes, organizing files... basically keeping the wheels on the Barefoot bus so Angelic can keep them rolling forward.
My Favorite quote: “Never regret anything that has happened in your life. It cannot be changed, undone or forgotten. So take it as a lesson and move on.”
What kinds of music do you love? I have a pretty eclectic taste in music! The 80’s and 90’s are probably my favorites but I also like pop, rap, and country.
What’s something that recently made you smile? My youngest son will talk with different accents sometimes. Never fails to make me smile and laugh!
Where do you like to go Barefoot and why? Anywhere! The beach is definitely my favorite but I prefer to not wear shoes!
Lourdes Ocasio-Cruz
Your Role on the Team: WordPress Care Assistant
Your Tech superpowers: Microsoft Office; learning Asana; OBS (streaming software); ProPresenter (software for church audio-visual, music); Google Docs. Always learning...
Your Favorite quote:“Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.” - Proverbs 13:20
What kinds of music do you love? Spanish music - salsa, soft (ballads, romantic). English - soft rock, rock - especially oldies (70’s, 80’s), classic, jazz.
What’s something that recently made you smile? Watching my toddler granddaughter “exercise”, according to her. Funny girl!
Where do you like to go Barefoot and why? I hope this is not a trick question. I literally like to go barefoot almost everywhere: beach, outside on the grass, inside the house.
Support is one of our core values
Let our team of creative experts take you from "Ugh, I need a website" to OMG I love my website! Instead of sitting and scratching your head wondering what to do first.
Go from frustrated and pulled in many directions
to calm balanced fulfilled
What our fans have to say...
I also like how she's willing to roll up her sleeves, she will try to solve any problem and she will try to become versed on whatever it is you are looking for - be it web design or graphic design.
She's amenable to changes and she's got an excellent response time. Jackie has a bright, optimistic and personable attitude. The trifecta of personality + technology + design isn't easily found - she's a rare gem!
… highly valued. We didn’t know where to start, but Barefoot made it so simple.
Your patience, availability, and sense of humor are highly valued. We didn’t know where to start, but you made it so simple.Jackie took our ideas and brought them to life with a fabulous website, logo design, and constant help as we learned to navigate the web world.
We started selling our products immediately upon launching our website and couldn't be happier with her services and continued support!
Barefoot optimized my WordPress website and now it loads much faster and looks more professional.
Jackie at Barefoot Design Collective is an expert with WordPress websites. She optimized my website and now it loads at a much better speed than before.Of course, when you DIY your own site, you don't know what you don't know. She took care of all the back end stuff that needed cleaning and updating for a better look and feel.
Thank you, Jackie, for taking this off my novice hands. You saved me a ton of time I would have otherwise spent trying to learn how to do what you did in a short amount of time!
So glad I decided to not DIY my website - my site is professional and appealing and I didn't have to stress over doing it myself!
Jackie with Barefoot Design Collective was wonderful to work with. She is easygoing and kept things simple for me.She was easy to get a hold of and took my requests and gave her own helpful suggestions. I highly recommend her for your WordPress website design.
Before my Design in a Day VIP session I dreaded the idea of building another website. Barefoot made my website redesign easy-peasy.
Jackie did exactly what I needed, she guided me through the whole process. Before working with Jackie I dreaded the idea of building another website. I was not looking forward to spending months on the project. Jackie made it easy-peasy. She took the lead and knew what all I needed to have lined up before our build date. I recommend her company to everyone that is thinking about a rebuild, or a new website.
...a true professional and expert in her field. I highly recommend Jackie for your design needs.
Jackie at Barefoot Design Collective is an expert at branding and graphic design. With a wonderful eye for color and style, she was able to help me find the perfect color scheme that speaks to me and my customer. She also designed an eye-catching logo and banner that is on point. She gave me the help I needed to get my business started on the right foot. A true professional and expert in her field, I highly recommend Jackie for your design needs.
Jackie is a wonderful person to work with and I would recommend her to anybody.
Barefoot Design Collective brought together everything for my website and branding so beautifully. Jackie listened to what I had to say and spoke to me as a person just starting out. The greatest benefits of working with Jackie is that I have the time freedom where I don't have to take care of my website.
Before my Design in a Day VIP session I dreaded the idea of building another website. I was guided through the entire process. If you’re thinking about a rebuild or new website, go with Jackie!
Barefoot Design Collective made my website redesign easy-peasy.
Not only was Barefoot Design Collective able to translate the vision in my brain to the graphics we're working on, they're fast and communicative. I LOVE the Design in a Day!!
If you're looking for kickass designers who will add joy to your business life while removing all stress and worry, Barefoot Design Collective is your team.
My website and branding are so beautiful!
My customers love how easy my site is to use and they love the gallery. The biggest impact on my business was enabling my clients to book their appointments quickly through my website.
I made a leap of faith to go out on my own and having Jackie assist me helped me see my vision for my business even more clearly. I feel much better now that I chose Barefoot Design Collective to help me.
Barefoot Design collective was easy to work with and very help.
This is the 4th website I've redone and I'm impressed- The experience was quick and painless. Jackie even showed me some tricks to do on my own.
I simply don't have the time to deal with website issues. Jackie has been great creating my website in just one day and keeping it up with ongoing maintenance that allows it to run smoothly. It’s nice not having to worry about my site anymore.
Having Barefoot Design Collective take over the maintenance and updates has relieved me from the stress of thinking about taking the time to maintain and update my website. It is such a pleasure working with Barefoot Design Collective.
It feels like Barefoot Design Collective truly cares about resolving my website issues. The team listens and has patience when explaining the process, which put me at ease. I feel less stressed knowing that my website is being maintained and updated by a trustworthy company.
