Turning Your Vision Into Measurable Growth and Brand Clarity

Creative & Brand Director who builds teams, shapes strategy, and drives measurable results in B2B tech.

“A creative genius”
– Huffington Post
Jim MacLeod

You want to grow your brand and connect with your audience. I bring design, strategy, and storytelling together to make that happen.

I’ve spent my career building creative and digital teams that produce work worth noticing. Rebrands, product launches, content systems, and campaign programs that require both strong creative judgment and the organizational discipline to execute at scale.

Along the way, I helped launch a venture-backed AI startup, led enterprise rebrands for billion-dollar tech companies, and wrote The Visual Marketer (Tilt Publishing, 2025). I also publish Marketing by Design, a weekly newsletter on AI, design, and marketing read by over 1,000 creative professionals.

Collaborators and Friends

I’ve worked with some great brands over the years.

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Northeastern University logo
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'47 Brand logo
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EBSCO logo
Dunkin' logo
Northeastern University logo
Ingram Micro logo
'47 Brand logo
Boston Red Sox logo
Extreme Networks logo
N-Able logo
Barracuda logo
BJ's logo

What I Do

There are a lot of things I do well. I’m built to help marketing teams like yours who are looking to establish their brand and run measurable marketing activities.

Brand strategy

Brand Strategy & Positioning

Defining how a brand shows up in the market, from positioning and messaging to the visual language that makes it recognizable.

Visual strategy

Visual Identity & Design Systems

Building scalable design systems and brand guidelines that keep teams consistent across channels and formats.

Messaging

Messaging & Storytelling

Crafting narratives that connect brand truth to audience need and make complex ideas worth reading.

Creative Direction

Creative Direction & Multichannel Content

Leading creative execution across print, digital, and video so campaigns hold together wherever they land.

Website UX

Website / UX & Digital Experience Optimization

Designing digital experiences that guide users toward action with the clarity and performance modern audiences expect.

Integrated campaigns

Integrated Campaign Development

Building multi-channel programs that connect brand and demand, aligned to pipeline goals and measurable outcomes.

Conversion optimization

Conversion Optimization & Performance Analytics

Using data to sharpen creative decisions, testing and iterating so the work keeps improving after launch.

MarTech

MarTech & AI-Enabled Automation

Integrating tools and AI-driven workflows so marketing teams move faster without losing quality or brand integrity.

Fractional Creative

Creative / Brand Leadership

Building and leading creative teams, from hiring and mentoring talent to designing the processes that let good work scale.


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Testimonials

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How can we work together to do amplify your brand?

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