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You've built something great. Let's make sure it gets noticed.

I help Sacramento businesses build a complete digital presence that actually works — without the tech overwhelm or agency runaround. A clear strategy, a cohesive brand, more customers walking through your door, and a partner who sticks around long after launch.

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A woman sitting on a tan velvet sofa, working on a silver Apple MacBook laptop, in a brightly lit room with large arched windows and a patterned rug.

SERVICES

Strategic design for the way people search today

A website alone won't grow your business. But the right combination of design, SEO, branding, and strategy will.

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Beautiful, easy-to-manage websites designed around your brand, your Sacramento customers, and your business goals.

User Focused Websites

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Foundational SEO built to help local customers find you first — before they find your competition.

SEO Strategy

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Content and structure designed to help your business show up clearly across modern search and AI-powered discovery tools.

AI Discovery Optimization

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Your customers are online every day. Let's make sure they're seeing you.

Digital Marketing

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Branded experiences designed to turn first-time Sacramento customers into loyal, returning ones.

Keeping Customers Coming Back

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Polished visuals, digital graphics, and branded assets that keep your business looking consistent across platforms.

Branding & Visual Identity

As a one-person creative studio, you get a personalized, collaborative experience from start to finish. I combine design, SEO, branding, and AI discovery to build a complete digital presence — one that doesn't just look beautiful, but actually brings people to your door.

You work directly with me — start to finish, no handoffs, no surprises.

Work With Me

From our first conversation to your first new customer — here's how it works.

  • We get clear on your goals, your customers, and what your business actually needs — so nothing gets built without a purpose.

  • I build your digital presence — with messaging, SEO, and a strategy that turns visitors into customers.

  • Everything comes to life — mobile-ready, search-friendly, and built to show up whether someone's Googling or asking AI.

  • You go live with confidence. I make sure you know exactly how to manage, share, and grow from here.

  • Our relationship doesn't end at launch. Whether you need updates, new pages, seasonal campaigns, or just someone in your corner as your business grows — I'm here for the long haul. Because the best results come from consistency, not a one-time fix.

I’m building something I’m proud to share.

More work coming soon. In the meantime, these two projects give you a feel for what's possible — thoughtful design built to be found.

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Solful Beauty

Web Design / Branding

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Harmonia Builders

Web Design / Branding

Brands I’ve Worked With Locally.

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pronounced ‘seh-rah’

Aloha!
I’m Cera

I'm a designer and strategist based in Sacramento, helping local businesses build an online presence that looks beautiful and actually gets them found.

Growing up in Hawai'i shaped everything about how I work — the value of real connection, showing up with care, and leading with aloha in every conversation and collaboration.

As a new mama and a one-woman studio, every project I take on matters to me personally. Your business isn't just a project — it's someone's dream, and I don't take that lightly.

  • Cera is professional, prompt, thorough and always offers creative suggestions and recommendations on projects she has worked on for my brand and my business. Her word is pristine. She knows how to take all of the wacky ideas in my head and turn them into amazing graphics and artwork for my business to stand out and shine against the competition. I’ve recommended her to friends, colleagues and business acquaintances time and time again and I am glad I found her!

    Maxine R. Pittman, MBA
    Founder of Tress Obsessed LLC

  • I highly recommend Cera Rios for web design and build. She has an impeccable sense of style and orga-nization. Our website came together beautifully with minimal iterations, thanks to her expertise. Cera made the process smooth and efficient. If you're looking for someone with great taste and attention to detail, Cera is the one to choose.

    Olga Stritar
    Founder of Artistic Garden Designs

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Your business deserves to be found.

Let's build something that works as hard as you do. I'd love to hear about your business.

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