Eliza Young

Eliza Young is the Creative Director and Founder of Design Intense, a creative services company specializing in the luxury tourism and hospitality industry. Based in Fernandina Beach, Florida, she has over two decades of experience in the field. Young holds a dual Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design and Photography from the Maine College of Art. She is also proficient in web design, having taught herself HTML/CSS and developed a web design curriculum at Flagler College in Florida.

Before establishing Design Intense in 2000, Young operated a creative services company in the Dominican Republic from 2003 to 2011, where she also taught web and interface design. Her work has included designing and developing numerous websites for clients across the Americas and the Caribbean, including notable names like Radisson Summit Golf Hotel and Altabella Hotels. Young is fully bilingual and emphasizes cross-cultural promotion in her projects, catering to mid to high-end customers in the tourism sector.1