is a place for people and brands to create celebrations. We built cocodot for those who love design and take pride in the way they communicate. Our invitations and greetings do not contain advertising; we charge a yearly subscription or per-use fee.
YOU CAN
- Design beautiful, ad-free invitations & greetings
- Send digital or printed (coming 11/09) invitations & greetings
- Create an event home page
- Efficiently manage responses & communicate with guests
- Post invitations, greetings and comments to social networks
OUR MISSION
As a business, we strive to elevate online self-expression. In doing so, we hope to make online invitations & greetings an acceptable–and enjoyable–alternative to printing. Our goal is to add beauty and simplicity to all correspondence around weddings, showers, dinner parties and other important events in your life. Our service is meant to help you save money on printing, design and postage–not to mention the time you'll save on creating invitations and managing guest correspondence.
HAVE FUN BEING CREATIVE. ENJOY!
And please let us know your thoughts about how we can improve.
Feedback
the team
Cocodot was started by four women who have created imagery for many of the world's top style-based brands. They created cocodot because the invitation-and-greeting website they wanted did not exist.
Shawn Gold–chairman/ceo
Shawn was CMO (head of marketing & content) for MySpace. There, he spearheaded the development and implementation of marketing initiatives and campaigns for more than 110 million users worldwide.
Amy Neunsinger–chief creative officer
Amy has had a 15-year career as a premier lifestyle photographer. Her photos have helped define imagery for some of America’s most influential style-based brands, including Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple, InStyle, Food & Wine, W, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, Target, Walmart and more.
Ian Hunter–chief architect
Ian is a top web developer who led technology and architecture at several fast-scaling companies, including ePublishing, eStara and RollStream.
Laura Shanahan–creative director
Laura was formerly the creative director for Bobbi Brown Cosmetics (an Estée Lauder company) where she created and launched the brand’s packaging, advertising, website (bobbibrown.com), printed collateral, and in-store studio environments. She has also designed for brands including Ralph Lauren, Clinique, Shabby Chic and Shu Uemura.
Jennifer de Klaver–vice president
Jennifer was formerly a creative manager at Target Corporation, where she oversaw strategic design initiatives, including the Club Wedd business unit and Style for Less. She directed design and photography for Target’s top home design partners.
Gal Steinitz–vice president of technology
Gal is the former vice president of interactive technology for the G4 cable channel.
Shane Silkey–quality assurance lead
Shane is a veteran QA professional who spent his formative years working in the Pacific Northwest. When he's not computing he stays busy composing and performing electronic dance music for discriminating audiences.
Lisa Thompson–photo director
Lisa is a former top model who worked with famed photographers Arthur Elgort, Steven Meisel and Albert Watson, and has been featured in Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, and campaigns for Giorgio Armani. Lisa now works on the other side of the lens. Her photography has been featured in Real Simple, Gourmet and Western Interiors.
Erica Franzen–designer
Erica is a graphic design extraordinaire who recently worked at one of L.A.'s top wedding invitation companies, Soolip.
James Palacios–design intern
James is a man of few words, but many talents. He specializes in animation and motion graphics.
Caroline Shaw–coco mama
Nene, as she is affectionately called by the team, keeps us nurtured and very well fed. We love her so.