Highwire Creative is a graphic design, stationery and letterpress studio based in Austin, Texas. Karen Barry and Bella Guzmán are designers that enjoy partnering with clients and supporting their marketing goals throughout the life of their business. Whether it’s developing or updating a company’s identity or designing a project from concept to finish, Highwire Creative will deliver results that ensure your business stands out from the crowd.

Karen Barry

Karen Barry has been designing, brainstorming, reorganizing, and coding the world around her for the past 15+ years. She has a knack for marrying art and copy with her clients’ brands, a true passion for layout and typography, and brings a sense of comfort and ease to the creative development process.

Karen spent much of her career at The Austin Chronicle, where she wore many hats. As Production Manager, she led a team of talented designers and developers, art directed and managed the award-winning website, and collaborated on some of the most exciting and cutting edge ideas in the alternative press.

Simultaneously freelancing for local entrepreneurs and international organizations, as well as operating a wedding invitation and letterpress stationery business, it became clear that self-employment was the next step. Karen has enjoyed working with municipalities, universities, study abroad and scholarship programs, theatre companies, music labels, interior designers, and software companies.

Bella Guzmán

A customer-focused graphic designer with more than twelve years experience in graphic design and art direction, Bella has worked with Fortune 100 clients, growing start-ups, entrepreneurs and small business owners in the entertainment, manufacturing, real estate (commercial and residential), retail, coaching/consulting, publishing, marketing and nonprofit industries.

Bella honed her craft in Orlando, Florida, against a backdrop of theme parks and booming land developments. She continues to work in her area of expertise creating logos, marketing collateral and websites for start-ups and entrepreneurs in Austin and around the country.

When she’s not chasing after her energetic six year-old daughter and playful three year-old son, Bella enjoys vegetable gardening, pinhole photography and brainstorming new ideas and inventions with her husband.

Bella and Karen are members of Business + Balance Austin, a unique community of entrepreneurs dedicated to assisting you in creating a business and life that supports you inside and out!