Creating Close to Home with The Founders of Togethr

By Alisha Proffitt Photos By Matt Johnson 

When Meghan Sanjay and Hailey Pereyra graduated from Indiana University Southeast with BFAs in graphic design, they entered a job market that was anything but welcoming. Applications piled up. Rejections followed. Instead of waiting for an opening, they decided to make one. 

“We were both BFAs in graphic design and we became besties, and then after graduating the market was pretty harsh for fresh graduates,” Pereyra said. “Meghan had a whole spreadsheet for everywhere she had applied.” 

Sanjay tracked more than 150 applications. “I had 150 job applications in my spreadsheet that I was keeping track of, and I’d either put accepted or rejected,” she said. “It was just a terrible market and I was like, we need to do something about this. I don’t want to just sit around.”

That decision became Togethr, a newly launched creative agency serving the Louisville and Southern Indiana region. Rooted in collaboration, transparency, and community investment, Togethr specializes in branding, visual identity, and digital design for businesses, especially emerging brands building their foundation.

Both Sanjay and Pereyra were intentional about building their work close to home and working with established businesses as well as businesses that are still finding their footing. Their goal is to help those businesses build a clear visual presence that reflects who they are and allows them to grow sustainably. “We’re passionate about working with underrepresented and emerging businesses and helping them build something that feels elevated, visible, and impactful, not just seen, but taken seriously.”

Togethr offers services that include logo design, branding systems, social media strategy and management, and photo and video content. But the founders say their approach doesn’t end with deliverables.

“We’re not just going to be like, ‘here’s all the stuff. Good luck,’” Sanjay said. “Our vision is to build long-term partnerships with the brands we serve, walking alongside our clients as they evolve, and also become a trusted creative presence throughout every stage of their journey.” They recognize that business owners already work incredibly hard and that’s where they come in, matching that effort with design and work ethic. 

This is communicated in their slogan, “design that works as hard as you do.”

Consistency is central to their approach. “The name of the game is consistency,” Pereyra said. “Too many businesses attempt to reset their identity every few months — one logo one month, something completely different the next. Our goal is to help businesses build identities that grow with them.”

Both founders bring multidisciplinary creative backgrounds to the agency. Pereyra holds a BFA in ceramics, while Sanjay’s background is in drawing. They see digital design as an extension of art, not a departure from it. 

Representation also matters to them. “We’re both brown, and we’re both women, and we wanted to see that kind of representation and build something for us too,” Sanjay said. 

While they are early in their careers, they see that as a strength. “We just graduated literally in May,” Sanjay said. “We’re pretty fresh on all the things that are going around in the industry.” 

As Togethr continues to grow, their message to local businesses is simple. “We just want more people to reach out to us,” Sanjay said. “We want them to come talk to us too, and to not be shy.” 

For Sanjay and Pereyra, their creative partnership in Togethr is a way to give their creative skills back to the place they continue to call home.