Katie Hileman
Katie HilemanCreative Director

As Creative Director at Sprehe Studio, I get to help shape the stories our clients tell and find new ways to make them stand out. I always try to find an unconventional or unexpected angle that will cause a person to stop in their tracks. The best part of my work is the trust our clients give us.

Before I was a designer, I was a cowgirl—until my horse kicked me in the face. Since then, I’ve traded in my saddle for graphic design, but I still love the feeling of awe that comes from creating powerful and beautifully unexpected work. Outside of the studio, you’ll probably find me thrifting, rearranging my home (at least every six months), or hand-building ceramics when I have the energy. In another life, I imagine myself as a sculptor or furniture designer.

ASCII art image of a person sitting at a desk, viewed from the front. The desk forms a large A shape, and the person is depicted as a circle for the head and lines for the arms and body.

A24 Films

Beautiful, disturbing, raw, immersive, unconventional films–my favorite kind.

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Modern concrete building with large arched windows and a slanted glass structure, surrounded by greenery, under a partly cloudy sky. White railings border the terraces and balconies.

Arcosanti

My brutalist desert fantasyland.

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Four eccentric vampire characters, dressed in dark, flamboyant costumes, pose dramatically in front of a glowing full moon with neon green text that reads What We Do in the Shadows. Two more sit in a car in the foreground.

What We Do in the Shadows

If you don’t like this show, we can’t be friends.

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A sunken, concrete amphitheater with steps forms the shape of a smiling face, set in a grassy park with trees and a large red sculpture in the background.

Laumeier Sculpture Park

My preferred playground is a sculptural one.

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A man with curly hair and a mustache, wearing a light blue shirt and beige pants, leans against a textured wall. Another person holds two ears of corn on sticks toward him.

Nacho Libre

Unpopular opinion: this movie is a cinematic treasure.

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A colorful collage featuring food, abstract art, books, posters, and objects including pasta, tomatoes, a lightbulb sculpture, and various graphic designs with bold shapes and colors.

Pinterest

Where I do my digital hoarding.

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A bar interior with a menu board listing cocktails, a shelf with bottles and mugs, neon lights, and a framed painting of a nighttime bridge scene above wooden paneling.

Stews Food & Liquor

If I were to be considered a “regular” anywhere, it’d be here.

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A pink laptop, a pair of pink shoes, and a pink hand mirror rest on a fluffy pink rug next to an ornate, pink-and-gold decorated bed. The scene has a whimsical, highly decorative, and monochromatic pink theme.

The Momentary

I love an unorthodox art museum.

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The cover of The Power by Naomi Alderman features a black handprint with branches extending from the fingers on an orange background. The title is in the center, and a review quote appears at the top.

The Power

The Hunger Games meets The Handmaid's Tale.

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