colab is collaboration

We collaborate with schools, colleges, and universities and their team members to execute major projects, such as website redesigns and brand strategy development.

Our scalability is designed to add expertise where needed so that you can work with 1, 2, or 10 of us, whatever the project scope and budget require.

We leverage the institutional knowledge and expertise of your designers, developers, content-makers, and others by integrating them into the project team, and then advise, mentor, and manage the team through research, workshops, design, and development. Your team acquires expertise and deep knowledge of the project’s goals and purpose, and are ready take ownership at launch. You contain costs without sacrificing quality.

We bring an outsider’s perspective, a people-centered, open-design approach, and a history of understanding higher education’s unique challenges and opportunities.

Ken Soto is the founder of colab

colab interactive was founded in 2006 by Ken Soto. Ken has over three decades of experience in design, brand identity, and strategy. In addition to his work in higher education, he has developed projects for biotechnology, telecommunications, healthcare, and consumer products. He has been a member of the AIGA and a chapter organizer of OpenIDEO San Diego.

colab partners with digital marketers and content strategists; front-end and full stack developers and data architects; WordPress, Drupal, and other CMS developers. We’ve art directed hundreds of images with photographers, shot and edited video, and worked with scores of writers, content developers, and other experienced and talented professionals.

Let's connect

We're alway looking for partners – let's get in touch and talk about how we can work together.