Our Work

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Strategy in the real world for real people.

Our work is built around one question: What will help this organization communicate more clearly and move the work forward?

Harpy is new. The experience behind it is not.

Our portfolio brings together partner collaborations and selected professional experience led by our founder before and alongside Harpy. Select projects reflect the founder's prior work and were not Harpy Strategy engagements.

Featured Work

More of Our Work

  • Brochure and flyer promoting Serve Washington, a public service organization. The brochures include images of people in outdoor activities and community service, with text emphasizing impact and community change.

    Created a concise communications and briefing packet that translated statewide AmeriCorps impact, program updates, funding needs, and resource requests into accessible materials for congressional staff and state legislators.

  • Collection of flyers promoting health and safety initiatives in Washington, including mask guidelines, volunteer participation during COVID-19, and community service activities, with images of volunteers and cityscapes in the background.

    Developed English and Spanish social media content supporting the statewide Mask Challenge, a collaborative effort with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, United Way, and Serve Washington to encourage community participation and promote public health messaging across Washington.

  • Flyer about Seattle's city services, featuring images of city workers and community members involved in city programs like trash collection, graffiti removal, and recycling, with text promoting city initiatives and contact information.

    Developed an educational brochure showcasing Clean City’s programs and services, helping residents understand how the City addresses litter, illegal dumping, graffiti, sharps, and other public-space cleanliness needs across Seattle.

  • Promotional image showing a mountain landscape with Mount Rainier in the background, a man with his back to the camera wearing a white t-shirt with a logo, and two informational pamphlets about community programs and communications for Serve Washington.

    Developed a communications toolkit for AmeriCorps subgrantees across Washington, giving local programs practical messaging, templates, resources, and guidance to communicate their work consistently and effectively.

  • A social media campaign for bilingual utility assistance with images of diverse people, including a woman with dreadlocks smiling at a community event, a family looking at documents, and a woman using her phone, with promotional text in both English and Spanish about payment plans and utility support from Seattle Public Utilities.

    Developed English and Spanish digital content to promote utility discounts and emergency assistance, making financial support easier to understand, more culturally accessible, and more actionable for Seattle customers.

  • Several public transit buses on the street, part of a transit system called Sound Transit in Seattle, with advertisements on the sides of the buses, and a historic clock tower in the background.

    Planned and executed a recruitment media buy across Link Line 1, King County Metro, and Sound Transit, pairing high-visibility transit placements with digital radio ads to reach commuters traveling into Seattle.

Who We Work With

  • Government + Public Agencies

    Public information, campaigns, community engagement, multilingual outreach, reputation, and communications where trust matters.

  • Nonprofits + Philanthropy

    Narrative development, campaigns, stakeholder communications, community engagement, and content that helps missions connect with more people.

  • Technology Startups + Emerging Ventures

    Early-stage brand strategy, launch communications, audience development, and messaging that helps new ventures build visibility, credibility, and momentum.

  • Growing Businesses

    Brand positioning, communications planning, campaigns, social strategy, and messaging that can grow with the organization.

  • Professional Services

    Positioning, messaging, brand communications, thought leadership, and strategies that help expertise stand out.

Our Expertise Includes

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    Messaging + Strategy

    Creating clear messaging systems and communications roadmaps around organizational priorities.

  • Close-up of a smartphone held in a person's hand displaying a folder labeled 'Social Media' containing icons for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, and another app.

    Social Media Strategy

    Building audience, content, channel, and measurement strategies connected to larger organizational goals.

  • Two hands, one dark-skinned and one light-skinned, gently holding each other's fingers.

    Multilingual + Multicultural Strategy

    Developing in-language communications, ethnic media partnerships, and community outreach designed around specific audiences.

  • Looking up at several modern skyscrapers with glass facades and geometric designs against a clear blue sky.

    Brand + Positioning

    Clarifying how organizations present themselves, communicate their value, and build consistency across channels.

  • A video camera set up to record a woman speaking in front of bookshelves in a library or bookstore, with the woman appearing on the camera's viewfinder screen.

    Crisis + Reputation

    Preparing leaders, messages, processes, and communications tools for public-facing issues and moments of pressure.

Have a communications challenge? Bring it to us.

Tell us what you're working on, who you need to reach, and where you're stuck. We'll start with a free 30-minute conversation to understand the challenge, and start figuring out how to solve it together.

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