Kitsay is a Native-owned, full-service marketing agency with digital and traditional experience that honor culture and deliver measurable results.
Kitsay comes from the Hupa word for red-tailed hawk.
We chose this name as a way to pay respect to our founder’s background and to highlight our process of providing high-altitude vision for strategic oversight and precision targeting to accurately connect your message with your audience.
Our work
Chehalis Tribal Loan Fund
Graphic Design, Social Media Management, Email Marketing, Strategy and Media Planning
Circle of Life
Web Design & Web Development
Hoopa Valley Public Utilities District
Graphic Design
Our expertise
Strategy and Media Planning
Audience insights, message testing, channel mix, and media buying across Native and mainstream outlets optimized for reach, trust, and impact.
Branding and Graphic Design
Authentic visual identities, brand strategy, and print/digital collateral developed with community input and cultural respect.
Website Design and Development
Accessible, mobile-first websites that balance technical expertise with culturally aligned designs that serve diverse audiences with clear messaging and intuitive experiences.
Video and Audio Production
Documentary storytelling, PSAs, radio, and podcasts with on-location crews who honor community protocols and manage full post-production.
Digital and Traditional Advertising
Targeted digital, radio, and print placements, including Native-serving media with transparent reporting and measurement.
Social Media Management
Content strategy, community moderation, creator partnerships, and analytics designed to build trust and grow engagement.
Email Marketing
List growth, segmentation, content development, automations, and reporting that nurture relationships and drive action.
Public Relations
Message development, media training, press outreach, and event support, plus rapid response and crisis communications when it matters.
Our Kettle
A group of hawks is known as a Kettle, which is a reference to their ability to take advantage of a thermal, creating a spiraling motion reminiscent of objects being stirred or boiling in a pot.
Dr. Shani Johnson
CEO
Cody Galloway
PRESIDENT
Savina Monet
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Matthew Platero
VIDEO & DESIGN
Ready to Start a Project?
We’re here to help your organization soar with digital and traditional marketing services that honor culture and deliver measureable results.
Past & Present
Kitsay Marketing would like to acknowledge that our offices stand on the traditional homelands of the Multnomah, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Wasco, Cowlitz, Molalla, and Tualatin Kalapuya peoples of the Chinookan and Kalapuyan communities, along the Willamette and Columbia Rivers.
Many descendants of these communities are citizens of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians today; we also honor the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and the Chinook Indian Nation. We recognize Portland’s vibrant urban Native community, home to citizens of many Tribal Nations.
Shani@kitsay.com (503) 442-1668 7032 SE 52nd Ave. Portland, OR 97202
