Turning Audiences Into Fans
YupGup teams up with energetic heroes and underdogs to form sincere connections with your audience, standing out in an impersonal world.
Your brand will be celebrated and adored.
Brand Strategy
Know that your message is being received as you intended by exactly the people it’s intended for.
- Market analysis
- Mission & vision
- Messaging
- Purpose
- Brand voice
- Positioning
Brand Identity & Graphic Design
You’ll get an identity experience that represents your core values while instilling trust and igniting excitement.
- Logos
- Color palettes
- Marketing graphics
- Illustrations
- Iconography
- Brand guidelines
Web Design & Development
We’ll make sure your message is welcoming and impactful through an easy to maintain experience.
- Custom sites
- CMS integration
- Content strategy
- Blog development
- Wireframes
- UI/UX
Work Completed for Folks Like You
From logos to website redesigns here’s a sampling of our recent projects with fine clients.
Nice Things Said by Nice People
We had a daunting task to rebrand our organization and develop new digital and print materials as well. Joni and the team at YupGup were amazing to work with! She took the whole project and broke it down for us into easily managed pieces that she guided us through. She truly listened to our ideas and requirements and her creativity with both the design and implementation was impressive. Her ability to allow us flexibility while still keeping us on target was so refreshing. On top of everything else, she kept this project going even when we were hit with a pandemic!
Joni and her team are incredibly organized and created a home base we could access at any time to see where we were in the process, check on task progress, and share elements with our board of directors. Through it all, she kept a positive, fun attitude that kept us all excited and motivated throughout the process. In a nutshell, Joni made a difficult task easy for us, made the experience enjoyable, and delivered truly extraordinary content that exceeded our expectations.
Paige Baione, former Embrace Executive Director
Working with YupGup was a joy. We worked together on two different projects with much different scope, budget, and audiences. In both cases, they took great care in understanding the feeling we were trying to communicate. We couldn’t be happier with the work they produced.
Jamison Dance, React Conf Organizer and Soft Skills Engineering Host
I got the impression that YupGup understood my target audience better than I did. Joni went above and beyond to create a brand that my customers love.
Jesse Shawl, Founder of UpDog
I’ve had a great experience working with Joni and Michael. Their excellent design and code skills are a perfect combination. They were easy to work with and knowledgeable every step of the way and I am very happy with the result!
Katherine Michel, DjangoCon US Website Chair
This Is Who We Are
We founded YupGup to foster long-term relationships with our favorite, kindest clients. We’ll get to know each other well, look forward to meetings, and grow together.
Life is too short to be stuck on an idea–we’re the team that makes it real, enjoyable, and clear.
Meet the Gups
We’re introverts who have been charming people through design for decades and super duper excited to get to know you!
Joni Trythall
Captain, Design Lead
Joni is an author, teacher, brand designer, and former nonprofit administrator. She is passionate about community building and uses her design chops to engage and create change. For years Joni worked to diversify tech leadership through Ela Conf, a conference she co-founded in 2015. She collects animal shaped coffee mugs, raises butterflies, and is the creative powerhouse behind YupGup.
Michael Trythall
Partner, UX & Development
With a twinkle in his eye and clutching a trapper keeper full of dreams, Michael joined his middle school computer club in 1996. His first task was maintaining the school’s HTML 2 (!!) website. Since then he’s gone on to design and build countless applications, websites, brochures, logos, you-name-its for small, regional, and international brands. He believes in the open web, builds rad LEGO spaceships, and is easily persuaded with cookies.