Kiah Smith
Client Work Branding Product Development Packaging Photography Brand in Practice
Kiah Smith
/kee-yah/
Kiah Smith Headshot, owner of Smithmade Essentials

Hi, I'm Kiah.

I’m a senior multidisciplinary designer and creative director with 15 years of experience across brand, packaging, and digital design.

I design concept-driven product and brand systems, from defining core ideas to carrying it through execution. My work blends narrative and systems thinking with practical design decisions, producing cohesive, production-ready work designed to perform in the real world.

This portfolio includes client work alongside Smithmade Essentials, featured as a flagship example of my approach.

Photo by Dan Mims, The Daily Nutmeg.

Smithmade Essentials

Flagship Case Study:
Product and Brand Experience Driven by Concept

 
 

Overview

Smithmade Essentials is my product brand that focuses on concept-driven design across physical products, packaging, and brand systems within the home fragrance and personal care markets.

In this project, I served as the Creative Director and Product Concept Lead, developing seasonal themes and turning them into product collections. Each collection was built around a narrative expressed through sensory and visual systems. From initial concept through production and launch, I refined ideas to address real-world constraints, including manufacturing capabilities, cost, timelines, and performance.

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Project Scope

Work for Client Brands

Through my design studio, Kiah Smith Creative, I lead brand and web design projects for organizations and small businesses, guiding ideas from strategy through execution.

 

Brand Development

 

Packaging Design

 

Marketing & Communications Design

 

Client Testimonials

Testimonials
Gather Nourish Rise

“Kiah is naturally inquisitive and deeply cares to fully understand her clients and their brand needs. Kiah’s intuition matched with her design mastery makes her brilliant creative and brand professional.

I was so blessed to have Kiah on my brand creation journey for Gather Nourish Rise, and I highly recommend her for anyone looking to create a unique and bold statement for their business.”

Joni Stone, Gather Nourish Rise

VAVID Technology Group

"Kiah was a joy to work with. She always made sure to fully explain each choice when it came to decision making. She is always open to feedback."

Shayla Veasley, VAVID Technology Group

Stacy Lavilla

“I couldn’t be happier in my work with Kiah. She was incredibly responsive, exhibited skill and expertise at every turn , and I always felt that her business philosophy was guided by a need to ensure that she was producing quality work that her client was happy with.”

Stacy Lavilla, Stacy Lavilla Communications

EcoDev

“The best of the best is KSC design. Kiah is attentive to details, quick to respond and very very quality orientated. 5 stars in my book.”

Scott T. Lewis, EcoDev Contest

Global Center for Professional Advancement

“Kiah Smith Creative LLC is a wonderful designer who pays attention to detail! I would recommend her design services to anyone. “

Natalia Xiomara-Chieffo, Spanish on the Green™