--- title: "Episode #22 - Designing Success: Creating Value in Short-Term Collaborations with YKMD Visual Communication's Yanique DaCosta" description: Yanique DaCosta is a Jamaican-born graphic designer and entrepreneur, she is known for her advocacy of diversity and inclusivity in the design industry. image: https://pod.allies4me.com/hubfs/Podcast/Episodes/LL%20Yanique%20DaCosta%20-%20wide.png --- [![Allies4me](https://pod.allies4me.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Allies4me_May2022/images/logo.svg "Allies4me")](https://allies4me.com/) Menu - [Home](https://allies4me.com/) - [Grow](https://allies4me.com/grow/) - [Financial Advisors](https://allies4me.com/grow/financial-advisors/) - [Foundations Courses](https://hub.allies4me.com/courses/course-signup/) - [Podcast](https://allies4me.com/podcast/) - [Have Craig Speak at Your Event](https://hub.allies4me.com/lp/speak/) - [Be a Guest](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast-guest/) - [Get Started](https://allies4me.com/get-started/) - [Have Craig Speak at Your Event](https://hub.allies4me.com/lp/speak/) - [Community](https://allies4me.com/about/community/) - [Downloads](https://allies4me.com/downloads/) ## Episode #22 - Designing Success: Creating Value in Short-Term Collaborations with YKMD Visual Communication's Yanique DaCosta November 26, 2023 by [Craig Andrews](https://pod.allies4me.com/podcast/author/craig-andrews) Your host, Craig Andrews, talks with the Founder and Owner of YKMD Visual Communication, Yanique DaCosta. Yanique is a Jamaican-born graphic designer and entrepreneur, she is known for her advocacy of diversity and inclusivity in the design industry. YKMD is a graphic design firm that specializes in working with corporate event planners and trade show marketers, YKMD provides design assets to help these professionals achieve successful events. YKMD primarily serves two types of clients: in-house corporate organizations with limited design resources and corporate event planners or marketers in need of design assistance for specific projects. YKMD offers a flexible month-to-month service to cater to the needs of these professionals. To learn more about Yanique's work, check out their website at [https://theykmd.com/](https://theykmd.com/). 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