BALTIMORE – March 27, 2024 – Warschawski, a fully integrated advertising, digital, PR, branding, and marketing communications agency, today announced the addition of Carly Castle and Cathy Pires to its growing team. As senior designers, they lead the creative direction, development, and execution of print, digital, and video projects to support integrated marketing campaigns for the agency’s clients.
Prior to joining Warschawski, Carly was an in-house web designer at Consilience Financial and a graphic designer at Milwaukee-based CMRignite. Her skill set spans graphic design, web design, campaign development, and project leadership in both nonprofit and corporate settings. In her previous roles, she led projects for various nonprofit clients, designing annual reports, creating collateral materials, and producing branded assets for fundraising campaigns. She also assisted with a large-scale redesign and content audit for a government agency website.
Cathy has a strong background in branding, packaging, editorial design, social media, digital illustration, and typeface design, previously working with prominent clients, including CNN, Hulu, Serendipity, and Havaianas, among others. Her work has been recognized by the IF Design Awards, Red Dot Design Award, and Brazil Design Awards. Cathy also has a passion for mentoring and has taught disciplines such as Typography, Senior Seminar, and Sketch/Rendering to undergraduates.
“We kicked off 2024 with a bang and seeing continued growth as we wrap up the first quarter,” said Shana Harris, Warschawski COO. “We are excited to have Carly and Cathy on board who bring their divers background and expertise to our team. They have both already delivered top-notch design work for our clients that includes videos, logos, websites, high-performing digital ads, and more. We look forward to their continued growth at the W!”
Both currently based in Baltimore, Carly received her B.A. in Art with a focus on interactive and graphic design from Millersville University, where she was a member of the university’s field hockey team and won an NCAA National Championship. Cathy was born in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and earned a dual B.A. in Graphic Design from the University of Lisbon (Portugal) and FUMEC University (Brazil), where she was named valedictorian. She also holds an M.F.A. in Graphic Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she was closely mentored by design icons Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole-Phillips. Outside of the office, Carly enjoys gardening, hiking, cooking, and visiting art museums while Cathy enjoys traveling, reading, and discovering new music.
ABOUT WARSCHAWSKI (www.warschawski.com)
Warschawski is a national, fully integrated marketing communications agency and a Google Certified Agency Partner that offers the following services under one roof: Advertising, Digital, PR, Branding, Marketing Creative Design, Web Development, Social Media and Crisis Communications. Warschawski delivers the experience and expertise of a large firm coupled with the personalized attention and care of a boutique agency. Warschawski has been named the “U.S. Small Agency of the Year” for 3 years in a row and for 10 consecutive years has been ranked one of the top 30 “Best Agencies to Work For.” The company, whose clients include Fortune 500 and Inc. 500 companies, has won more than 200 awards for its marketing communications work in 15 years. Warschawski was founded in 1996 and has offices in New York, Baltimore/Washington and Dallas.
