Founded in 2025 in Peoria, Illinois, Arc Design Agency was created by longtime friends and coworkers Jake Gardner and Zach Sills. The two met while working together and quickly connected over creativity, problem-solving, and a shared love of basketball. Their complementary skill sets allow them to approach every project with both strategy and style.
What started as coffee shop brainstorming sessions turned into a shared mission: to make high-quality branding, websites, and marketing support accessible to small businesses. We believe great design is more than just visuals, it’s about helping you connect with the people who matter most.
At Arc Design Agency, we lead with relationships. We take the time to understand your story, your audience, and your goals so we can create work that feels genuine to who you are. Whether it’s crafting a brand identity, building a website, or refining your message, everything we create is rooted in clarity, creativity, and collaboration.
Founded in 2025 in Peoria, Illinois, Arc Design Agency was created by longtime friends and coworkers Jake Gardner, Zach Sills, and Stephanie Deeb. The three of us met while working together and connected over creativity, problem-solving, and a shared love of basketball. Each of us brings a different perspective and skill set, which helps us approach every project with both strategy and style.
What started as coffee shop brainstorming sessions turned into a shared mission: to make high-quality branding, websites, and marketing support accessible to small businesses. We believe great design is more than just visuals—it’s about helping you connect with the people who matter most.
At Arc Design Agency, we lead with relationships. We take the time to understand your story, your audience, and your goals so we can create work that feels genuine to who you are. Whether it’s crafting a brand identity, building a website, or refining your message, everything we create is rooted in clarity, creativity, and collaboration.
Cofounder
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Our mission is to empower small businesses with personalized, professionally crafted design solutions that help them start, grow, and thrive. We build trusted, close-knit client relationships through deep focus, thoughtful collaboration, and high-quality work. Through branding, web and UX design, photography, animations, and more, we create timeless, meaningful designs that reflect each client’s unique story and leave a lasting, positive impact on our local community.
Cofounder
Cofounder
Cofounder
Our mission is to empower small businesses with personalized, professionally crafted design solutions that help them start, grow, and thrive. We build trusted, close-knit client relationships through deep focus, thoughtful collaboration, and high-quality work. Through branding, web and UX design, photography, animations, and more, we create timeless, meaningful designs that reflect each client’s unique story and leave a lasting, positive impact on our local community.
Zach Sills is a digital designer with over seven years of experience across multiple industries. His passion for design began in high school after discovering Photoshop and winning several design competitions. That early spark led him to earn a bachelor’s degree in Arts Technology from Illinois State University in 2018.
During his studies, Zach gained hands-on experience in front-end web design and accessibility through an internship with the College of Arts and Sciences IT department. He later expanded his skills in digital and physical print design during a graphic design internship at Illinois Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Jake Gardner is a User Experience Manager with over ten years of experience in UX, web strategy, and graphic design. His passion for art and visual communication began early, but it was his time working as a Boy Scout instructor and later an area director that shaped his understanding of what makes an experience truly memorable. Creating an environment where people felt welcomed, engaged, and supported became a core value he carried into his creative career. When he discovered user experience design, it felt like the perfect way to merge creativity with human-centered problem solving.
Jake graduated from Western Illinois University with a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design. While there, he took on leadership roles as both a resident assistant for the Fine Arts community and in multiple on-campus design positions. These experiences allowed him to combine mentorship, storytelling, and design to elevate the student experience around him. In 2025, Jake returned to Western as an adjunct instructor, where he taught web design and shared his expertise in UX, helping students understand how thoughtful digital design can shape how people connect, learn, and engage online.
At the core of Jake’s work is a belief that design should feel meaningful, thoughtful, and human. His passion lies in creating experiences that are clear, welcoming, and rooted in understanding the people they’re built for. He values collaboration, curiosity, and being fully present in the process, listening deeply, asking the right questions, and finding solutions that balance creativity with purpose. For Jake, design is not just a skillset, but a way to connect people, tell stories, and help others feel seen and supported through the experiences they encounter.
Stephanie is a marketing and creative director with over 15 years of experience in various industries – ranging from nonprofits to large corporations. Stephanie has always had a drive to learn and explore in the creative space. Stephanie has spent her years learning and enjoying the fluidity of innovation in the marketing field.
Stephanie graduated from Iowa State University and began her career working at a Zoo. Her diverse portfolio includes working with nonprofits, private country clubs, sports complexes, restaurants, hotels, nonprofits and large corporations. Stephanie has served on numerous boards and enjoys bringing a creative voice to help drive impact and achieve goals.
