How will you leave your ink?
Squid’s Ink Media is a boutique creative media agency, we work with creative entrepreneurs to build cohesive online brands that thrive across platforms. We specialize in digital media storytelling that drives connection and keeps your audience coming back for more.
At Squid’s Ink, we believe the need to create is the #1 most important thing you can do with your life force — in whatever way that may be. Innovation comes from creativity and creativity comes from curiosity. But in order to bring any great idea to life, you first need to be able to communicate it.
That’s where we come in.
You have a story, we’re here to help you tell it.
Our creator-first approach to digital marketing starts by asking the question : how is creating the best thing you can do with your life force?
We’ll dig deep into your goals & the vision for your online persona so we can understand your unique point of view and use it as the compass that guides our creative strategies.
Whether you're a startup founder, influencer, artist, or brand, we’ll help you craft a digital presence that’s real, magnetic, and built to last.
Our goal?
To make digital marketing simple, strategic, and totally authentic to you so you can spend more time creating and less time getting lost online.
The Bigger Picture: A Creative Renaissance
In 2025 we are living in the most hyper-connected, content-saturated era in history.
In the United States, the average person is spending 4-5 hours a day on their phone — totaling up to almost 70 days a year.
Algorithms move at warp speed, trends cycle faster than ever, and our attention spans are rapidly shrinking. And yet, deep down, we all crave real connection.
That’s where creativity comes in…
I know I know, I’m making this out to be overly-simplistic, but hear me out for a minute. The Creative Act isn’t just about aesthetics — it’s a source of resilience.
We are living through an era of mass anxiety. Technology is evolving faster than our brains. We are constantly overloaded with information, notifications, and the pressure to keep up. It is a war for our attention. And it’s not going anywhere any time soon. So we need to ask : how are we going to adapt?
Luckily for us, neuroscience is on our side – and there are plenty of ways to hack the brain. Believe it or not, one of the most powerful ways to hack the brain is through your curiosity.
Let me break it down for you:
The left hemisphere of the brain controls logic and problem-solving, and has the ability to trap us in the oh-so-familiar anxiety spiral when overstimulated – trying to think our way out. In case you haven’t tried it for yourself, more thinking is rarely ever the cure for anxiety. We need to use a different tool.
The key? Activating the right hemisphere through creativity.
When we meet problems with fear we move into the left hemisphere; increase anxiety, overwhelm, and emotional disregulation. Curiosity moves us out of anxiety and into imagination – activating the right hemisphere where we are able to see more solutions outside of our fear based thinking.
This shift allows us to move into a more open, imaginative state, making us better at problem-solving and decision-making. When both hemispheres of the brain are working together, we transition from stress to flow, from burnout to inspiration.
At Squid’s Ink, we want to be part of the creative renaissance. It’s our mission to help people liberate their minds through building a creative practice. Only by learning how to ask the right questions will we find the answers we truly seek.
How It All Started
Squid’s Ink Media was founded in 2022 by Sydney Leemhuis, a journalist and media strategist obsessed with storytelling. After earning her degree in Journalism and Media Communications from Colorado State University, Sydney started her career working with startups in film and production, where she learned firsthand how overwhelming digital marketing can be for small teams. She saw a gap in the industry—a need for an all-in-one, strategy-first approach to digital branding. So, she built it. And Squid’s Ink was born.
Join the Movement
Our process starts with you. Whether you need a website that tells your story, a content plan that keeps your audience engaged, or a social media strategy that fuels organic growth, we’re here to make it happen.
Let’s build something unforgettable. How will you leave your ink?
Set up a free discovery call today.