ABOUT MELONIE SUMMERS CREATIVE LLC

MS Creative exists to help business owners build professional digital foundations — early, intentionally, and with care.Not because everyone needs a website right away.But because how you start shapes everything that comes next. Too many businesses rush into design without clarity. I help slow that process down, so what you build actually fits.

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Professional doesn’t have to mean corporate.

I don’t believe professionalism should be reserved for people who’ve already “made it.”

Small businesses, new founders, and growing ideas deserve access to the same level of thought, structure, and care as large companies — especially when they’re serious about what they’re building.

This work isn’t about trends or polish.
It’s about creating something sturdy enough to grow.

Clarity comes before design. Always.

Most of my clients come to me with ideas — lots of them.

What they’re missing isn’t creativity. It’s distance.

That’s why every project starts with the Business Identity Blueprint — a guided process that helps you step back, reconnect with what matters, and get oriented before anything is designed.

From there, we move forward with intention:


  • thoughtful website design

  • clear digital presence

  • ongoing support when needed

Nothing is rushed. Nothing is disconnected.

A natural storyteller

I’ve always told stories.

That instinct expanded as I traveled, lived in different places, and experienced different ways of life. I’ve visited more than ten countries and lived in several, observing how people build, express themselves, and find meaning in different contexts. Long before social media made it common, I documented my travels through small personal films and visual stories.

Those experiences taught me how to listen, adapt, and connect — skills that matter deeply when working with people from diverse backgrounds, industries, and stages of growth.

Where creativity meets systems

My professional path bridges creativity and structure.

I studied Management Information Systems and worked in higher education, including at a major university and its medical school, where I helped shape digital experiences for complex institutions serving many audiences — leadership, faculty, students, staff, and accreditation teams.

That work taught me how to balance vision with execution, and creativity with systems — how to build things that are both thoughtful and functional.

Where this work comes from

The way I work is shaped by generations of creators, builders, and storytellers in my family.

My great-grandparents, born in 1899 and 1906, carried an entrepreneurial and creative spirit rooted in ingenuity, resilience, and a strong sense of justice. They built, adapted, and created with what they had, and they took pride in doing things well. That instinct to make something meaningful from limited resources runs deep.

Their granddaughter — my mother — carried that spirit forward in a way I experienced firsthand. She is an artist, and creativity was simply part of everyday life while I was growing up. Painting, drawing, and making things by hand were always happening around me. Naturally, I joined in. I’ve been creating, drawing, and telling stories since I was a child, and my love for painting and portrait work taught me how to really see people — a skill that continues to shape how I design today.

Her parents modeled strength and humanity in different ways. Her mother was a mover and shaker in Detroit’s Black community — deeply connected, civically engaged, and respected. Her father was tender, hardworking, and unmistakably stylish, earning a living the best way he could and carrying himself with quiet charisma. He had a gentleness that drew people — even animals in the neighborhood — toward him.

On my paternal side, my grandmother taught me the importance of humor and respect — how to stay human, grounded, and connected, especially when things feel heavy. My father paired creativity with encouragement. He bought me my first computer and introduced me to design tools as a teenager in the late 1990s, supporting my curiosity, ideas, and experiments. That support continues today — as quiet encouragement, thoughtful questions, and belief in the work.

Both my maternal great-grandfather and my paternal grandfather served in World War II. Through my paternal grandfather, I learned about his grandparents — formerly enslaved people whose photograph hung in his room. Hearing their story and seeing their faces gave me a living sense of history and continuity. It shaped how I understand legacy — not as something abstract, but as something carried forward through care, work, dignity, and intention.