WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING
We have always been very pleased with the job you have done preparing our ads. They are professional and fresh in their appearance, and every year we think we have the best looking ads in our breed publications. Thank you for helping our operation stand out from the others!
- Robert Alden | Alden Farms -
Having worked with Monti West Design on a multitude of levels including web-site creation, custom ad design and catalog production; I can say with high degree of confidence the professional and personalized approach with each client quite simply sets the standard within the promotional services industry. The Monti West team's unique ability to listen, adapt and tailor a client's vision creatively is without parallel.
- Kiley McKinna | MC Marketing Management -
I’ve worked with Monti West Design on a number of graphics projects for Missouri FFA Association and appreciate Lacy’s creativity and design expertise. She’s able to deliver a compelling design that is fresh to each unique vision. She built the Missouri FFA website, as well as my own business website, from the ground up and the results we’re seeing are amazing!
- Joann Pipkin | Show Me Agri-Comm -
BRAND IDENTITY
Strategic brand design will get you noticed! Whether you’re in need of a new or updated logo, we’ll give you initial design options to choose the identity you feel best fits your ranch or business. Then we’ll work together to finalize the pieces and will carry that look throughout your other advertising pieces for a cohesive identity to carry far beyond a logo.
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like.
Design is how it works.”
Steve Jobs
PRINT DESIGN
Print design is where it all started for us. We’ll work with you to create an eye-catching advertisement for your operation or event that will stand out in a publication. Whether it is a complete ad campaign or once-a-year promotion, it will be worth the investment to be different than the rest.
WEB DESIGN
We’re proud of the online family curated at Monti West Design. We have the pleasure of working with top livestock and agricultural firms across the county. Our websites are custom designed to attractively fit each clients’ needs and is branded specifically for their business. We offer both desktop and responsive, WordPress-hosted web design that are search engine optimized.
CATALOG DESIGN
Quality catalog design is an important factor in a successful production sale or genetics preview. We’ll work with you to create initial layouts, gather content, manage mailing lists and package everything into an attractive publication to promote your operation or event.
Let us know if we can provide a print and design estimate for your project.
BRAND COLLATORAL & CUSTOM DESIGN
Our design services don’t stop with advertisment and catalog design. We offer many other custom pieces to compliment your operation’s promotional efforts.
Postcards, social media graphics, brochures, invoice design, professional stationery, business cards, e-newsletters, custom announcements and invitations, and more.
Monti West Design is a one-person show, and we like it that way.
We hope our clients do too!
LACY SHORT Owner and Creative
OUR STORY
Maintaining a connection to agriculture, and livestock producers in particular, has always been a passion for Lacy Short. A 2006 graduate of the University of Missouri’s agricultural journalism program, she is the owner and designer at Monti West Design.
Lacy grew up on a commercial cow/calf operation in northwest Missouri and was an active member of the American Shorthorn Association. She served as a director of the American Junior Shorthorn Association, and was a founding member of the Missouri Junior Cattlemen’s Association board of directors. After graduating from college, she joined the production staff of Iowa Farmer Today and Midwest Marketer, then went on to work as a graphic designer with Encore Visions, a Texas-based graphic design and marketing firm.
She currently resides in northeast Iowa with her husband, Kelly, and children, Rylee and Asher. Lacy and Kelly are third-generation owner/operators of the family’s grain farm, and also own Monti West Black Cattle, a Simmental- and Maine-Anjou-influenced cow/calf operation.