Selected Work

Brands I've helped find their voice.

From global platforms to scrappy startups, the work is always the same: listen deeply, think clearly, write like a human.

YouTube Music brand illustration — play button radiating soundwaves

Brand Foundation — YouTube / Google

Music isn't just about streaming. Music gives life to everything.

Built the complete brand foundation for YouTube Music — from strategy and positioning through messaging, tone, and campaign. Defined what the brand is, what it isn't, and why it matters.

Ikon Pass illustration — snowcapped mountain range at night

Brand Foundation & Launch — Alterra

From zero to 250K ski passes in year one.

Directed brand foundation and launch campaign for a new multi-resort ski pass that far exceeded its first-year sales goal.

Nike Pro Training illustration — volt motion arcs on black

Consumer Insights & Strategy — Nike

A new global consumer narrative, told interactively.

Collaborated with Nike's insights team to create a new global consumer narrative and launch their first-ever interactive multimedia experience for internal education.

NormaLife illustration — balanced stones in sage tones

Brand Platform & Packaging — NormaLife

Balance for a life well lived.

Positioned a wellness brand for people who find meaning in the ordinary. Led focus groups, developed the full brand platform and manifesto, and guided packaging design — all grounded in the belief that normalcy is the ultimate luxury.

Oakley illustration — iridescent lens on dark ground

Global Consumer Insights — Oakley

New consumer profiles, rolled out company-wide.

Led a global consumer insights project and executive workshop, culminating in a company-wide rollout of new consumer profiles.

Snow Peak Campfield illustration — glowing tent under stars

Brand Positioning & Digital Strategy — Snow Peak

A one-of-a-kind outdoor experience, from the ground up.

Brand positioning, digital strategy, and content wireframes for Snow Peak Campfield, a first-of-its-kind outdoor experience.

Outdoor Research illustration — ridgeline with topographic contours

Cultural Brand Strategy — Outdoor Research

Making real outdoors aspirational again for the next generation.

Cultural branding strategy to transform a respected niche brand into the next iconic outdoor company, targeting Millennial "Naturehackers" who hack their careers to live in outdoor towns.

NauticStar illustration — boat on stylized water

Brand Audit & Consumer Research — NauticStar

317 boat owners, surveyed. Patterns, revealed.

Brand audit, competitive analysis, and a 317-respondent consumer survey that mapped the purchase journey and competitive perception for a marine manufacturer.

Blue Mountain Resort illustration — escarpment, bay, and village

Brand Foundation — Blue Mountain Resort

78 years of mountain history, one unified voice.

Stakeholder research, brand platform, visual identity, and guidelines for Ontario's premier four-season mountain resort.

Bizzabo illustration — spotlight over a connected audience

Category Design — Bizzabo

So long, Event Management Software. You had a good run.

Category design during Bizzabo's $138M raise — creating the Event Experience OS category and naming the problem it solves: the Event Impact Gap.

Overwatch Rush illustration — hero shield with lightning bolt

Social & Launch Strategy — Blizzard

All it takes is five minutes to be a hero.

Positioning and social strategy for Blizzard's Overwatch mobile brawler, aimed at a 730-million-player market.

PayPal illustration — wallet with orbiting money elements

Consumer Messaging — PayPal

Your world of money, all in one place.

Positioning and three-level messaging architecture for PayPal's digital wallet, benchmarked against ten fintech competitors.

Timberland illustration — tree in a wheat-toned field with stitch detail

Brand Narrative & Identity — Timberland

One boot, three stories, one truth.

Brand narrative and brand book across Timberland's three tiers, grounded in interviews with a founding-family grandson, a hip-hop community figure, and a factory worker.

MasterCraft illustration — tow boat with wake and surfer

Consumer Research — MasterCraft

Loyalty between BMW and Apple. Now what?

813-respondent study and owner ethnographies revealing an NPS of 79 — and a roadmap to the owners the brand hadn't reached yet.

Eddie Bauer illustration — birch forest over a red plaid band

Market Entry Research — Eddie Bauer

Everyday adventure, translated for a new market.

A 1,058-respondent survey plus Moscow and St. Petersburg ethnography to position Eddie Bauer's entry into Russia.

adidas x Peloton illustration — spin wheel with three stripes

Seeding Experience — adidas x Peloton

Community-first, even when the guest list is short.

Seeding experience strategy for the adidas x Peloton launch collection — fostering community through an exclusive mechanic.

Within3 illustration — network of connected discussion bubbles

Category Design — Within3

Put the "life" back in life sciences.

Positioning and post-acquisition category design for the platform trusted by 18 of the top 20 pharmaceutical companies.

Tepui illustration — rooftop tent on a 4x4 at dusk

Brand Foundation — Tepui

Get lost. Live life a little loose.

Complete brand foundation for the rooftop-tent maker — promise, manifesto, and visual character. Later acquired by Thule.

C9 Champion illustration — figure in motion through a red ring

Brand Repositioning — C9 Champion

Forever in motion.

Repositioning from athletic performance to active lifestyle for the brand's Amazon relaunch after leaving Target.

Blanchet House illustration — house, shared table, and rising sun

Nonprofit Rebrand — Blanchet House

A Meal. A Home. A Future.

70th-anniversary rebrand for the Portland nonprofit — modernizing the brand while honoring seven decades of service in Old Town.

lululemon illustration — zen circle with pixel hearts and an XP bar

Consumer Research & Gaming Strategy — lululemon

HP and XP: fitness and gaming aren't in competition.

Mixed-method research into where gaming intersects wellness for lululemon guests — 86% of gamer guests believe games positively impact their well-being.

Accolade illustration — tangled path resolving into a clear one at a heart

Category Design — Accolade

Naming the Employee Healthcare Gap.

Category design for the healthcare navigation company — building the Personalized Healthcare category from named problem to homepage.

Tesorio illustration — river of coins beneath a rising performance line

Category Design — Tesorio

The beating heart of every company is cash.

An 84-slide category POV naming the Cash Flow Disconnect and creating the Cash Flow Performance Platform category.

Lunchables illustration — lunch tray styled as a game window

Gaming Strategy — Lunchables / Kraft Heinz

The client is a fourth grader. The gatekeeper is their parent.

Research and strategy frameworks for making Lunchables the most creative food brand in kids' gaming.

charity: water illustration — water drop, jerry can, and rising pixel hearts

Gaming Research — charity: water

Streamers are not a persona. They're a channel.

Donor personas and a twelve-month activation roadmap for raising $1M a year through gaming.

SoundCloud illustration — audio waveform meeting a game controller

Gaming Audience Research — SoundCloud

Gamers already listen while they play. The question is what to.

1,600+ gamers surveyed on where music and gaming meet — research and creative strategy for SoundCloud's gaming audience play.

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I'm always interested in projects that need strategic clarity and a human voice. Reach out and let's see what we can discover together.