Be sure as you sail ahead

Sturdy organizing ideas anchored to powerful insights

About

Culture is frothy, and it's easy to lose your way in the chop.

Before getting into marketing, I studied the long human arcs of anthropology and mythology. I know how current day wants connect with deep-seated needs, and I'm intimate with the stories invisibly sculpting all of our choices. I know what to watch, and what to ignore in whirlpools like TikTok.

At top creative agencies like GS&P and VCCP, I learned why insights and strategy can't just be true and relevant to be useful. It's critical that they also inspire. To generate messages and campaigns that break through the noise, big organizing ideas need to spark something in all the teams that'll work with them.

In my independent work, I uncover deep human insights, carve out distinctive organizing ideas, and align all the stakeholders you'll need for going full sail ahead.

About

Selected Experience

Agencies

Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
VCCP
mcgarrybowen
180 Amsterdam

Brands

verizon
xfinity
JPMorgan
klover
cosmos
letsgetchecked
vsp
elanco

Services

Brand Positioning

Organizing ideas that focus all your comms on the situations where you, and only you, can do the trick

Brand Architecture

A future-proofed portfolio structure that gets the most from all your brand assets

Creative Strategy

Briefs that inspire creatives and hold up under the tightest scrutiny

Identity Strategy

Detailed frameworks for triggering all the right associations

Research Design

All the right questions, using all the right methods

Turnkey Qualitative Research

Complete qualitative studies fielded, moderated, and reported without high-overhead vendors

Brand Effectiveness Workshop

A workshop for leadership teams on the potential of brand, and how to structure brand creative

Company Positioning

A two-day intensive for founders to get focused on who they serve, what they do, and why this is perfect moment

Perspectives

Field notes on culture, category shifts, and the craft of positioning. Published on Substack.

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Contact

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