Hi, so nice to meet you.

I’M ARI.

A creative entrepreneur, designer, mentor, speaker, and professional peer in support of fellow female entrepreneurs.

Hi, so nice to meet you.

I’M ARI.

A creative entrepreneur, designer, mentor, speaker, and professional peer in support of fellow female entrepreneurs.

WELCOME!

Great to have you here. You may be here because you need an experienced speaker for your next event, or perhaps a branding expert that can help you leverage your brand and set it for success. I’m excited that you’re considering to work with me.

You’ll find all the info you need to consider me as a speaker on this page. For other engagements like one-on-one mentoring and own me for a day, see this link.

ps: I always love hearing from fellow entrepreneurs, business owners, and like-minded people. So let‘s connect.

BUT FIRST, A BIT ABOUT ME

I’m the Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Evanston, Ill.-based branding & digital marketing agency Chykalophia (read: see-ka-lo-fia). We help businesses who want to achieve their goals with their brand through strategic positioning. We attract your ideal clients by working on your digital marketing strategies, brand strategy & design, and escalate your website for success.

Design & Brand Equity

Crafting The 4 Core Elements of Your Brand

We tend to dive into idea upon idea during the early stage of our business. A lot of the time we mistakenly think of our logo as our brand. We forget that branding is a whole system that helps the brand define who and what’s it is all about, its character and so much more. Another way to look at is, if you think of the business as the strategy around making something of value that people want to buy, branding is the whole package to help people identify what it looks, feels, and sounds like. Your brand is the representation of the idea and who you are as a business. You’d want it to convey a sense of who you are, what you do, and, most of all, you want it to be seen by the right people. This session will help you dive deep into your brand and your brand design strategy so that it’s done right.

TALK STYLE OPTIONS:

2-Hours Workshop OR 45-Minutes Lecture

Personal Branding

Aligning Your Heart, Mind, and Visions as A Creative

A strong brand leads to loyalty. For ourselves, a strong personal brand gives us an identity that can lead to career opportunities, winning contract projects, and venture collaborations. In this session, branding expert Ari Krzyzek will help you identify your goals as a creative and align it with your personal brand that reflects your heart, mind and visions. We’ll also help you discover your target audience, understand them and how to connect with them. Plus we’ll craft your personal brand statement that you can also use as your elevator pitch. This presentation is best for creative professionals who are looking to set themselves apart in the vast marketplace.

TALK STYLE OPTIONS:

2-Hours Workshop 

Does Your Website Have A Purpose?

Online Positioning, Strategies, and Conversions for Your Brand

Every business has a website today. But how many of them really know how to utilize their website for success? Many business owners created a website because they just need an online presence. Despite how active and how engaging your Instagram may be, people would still check your website first to learn about your business, who you are (yes, people wants to connect with real people behind the business), and how you can solve their problem. You can utilize your website not only as a branding tool, but can also be a marketing tool or a selling tool. This is not another website class/workshop about making a website. It’s about converting the current website to success. I’ve worked with many experienced business owners who realized that they are underutilizing their website. We’ll touch on UX and conversion strategies. I’ll our structured process for you so attendees understand what’s possible and how they can leverage their website and find the right website purpose for their business.

TALK STYLE OPTIONS:

2-Hours Workshop OR 45-Minutes Lecture

Breaking Down Impostor Syndrome

by Polishing Your VALUE

Imposter syndrome, we all know how it always lurked in the corner. Sometimes we know how to break away from it but sometimes, we’re just lost in it. Every one of us is an incredible man and woman. But do we really know our values? This talk isn’t really about crafting a value. I want to invite you to learn about my take on VALUE and how we can use it to break down imposter syndrome. V is for Vast marketplace research. A is for Areas for your growth. L is for Leverage empathy. U is for Understand the users beyond personas. E is for Evaluate the trends. Why does it matter? Crafting this VALUE has helped me understand what value I’m bringing in to others. This talk will inspire the audience to really look at value from slightly a different perspective. Be it adding value to their employer, clients, or even to their end users. They’ll gain more confidence in themselves and help them to stand out. It applies to personal and business branding, helping set themselves apart by bringing the right value that aligned not just for themselves but also for their target audience.

TALK STYLE OPTIONS:

45-Minutes Lecture