work with me
Solve
Strategic Intensives
Find the clarity.
Lead
Fractional Leadership
Create the direction.
Make
Create Partnership
Bring it to life.
01 / Solve
When you’re inside a business every day, it can be difficult to see what actually matters.
A Strategic Intensive creates the space to step outside the day-to-day, challenge assumptions, simplify the problem, and make the decisions that move the business forward.
I work directly with founders and leadership teams to facilitate focused conversations around brand, positioning, differentiation, messaging, growth, and the bigger questions shaping what comes next.
This isn’t a presentation.
It’s working time.
We get the right people in the room, ask the right questions, and leave with a clearer direction than we started with.
BEST FOR
Brand positioning + differentiation
Messaging + value proposition
New products or ventures
Go-to-market strategy
Leadership alignment
Brand transformation
Complex business challenges
ENGAGEMENT
Half-day, full-day, or multi-day working sessions.
THE OUTCOME
Clarity around what matters, alignment around where you're going, and confidence in what happens next.
02 / Lead
fractional leadership
Senior leadership.
Without the full-time overhead.
There comes a point when an organization doesn’t need another agency, freelancer, or consultant.
It needs someone experienced at the table.
I step into organizations as a Fractional Chief Brand Officer, Brand & Creative Executive, or Strategic Advisor, working directly alongside founders, CEOs, and leadership teams.
I bring 20+ years of experience as a Chief Brand Officer, EVP, Executive Creative Director, agency founder, and advisor to help organizations create clarity, establish direction, elevate the work, and connect brand and marketing decisions to the bigger goals of the business.
BEST FOR
Brand + marketing leadership
Creative leadership
Positioning + messaging
Growth strategy
Team leadership + alignment
Agency + partner management
Launches + transformation
Executive brand decisions
ENGAGEMENT
Ongoing monthly partnership with dedicated executive-level involvement.
THE OUTCOME
Senior thinking when you need it. Clearer decisions. Stronger teams. Better work. And someone experienced helping connect all the pieces.
03 / Make
CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP
Senior creative horsepower. On demand.
Sometimes you already know where you’re going.
You just need someone who can make it happen.
Through Grimes Studio, I provide ongoing access to senior-level brand strategy, design, creative direction, and execution without the layers of a traditional agency or the overhead of building a larger internal team.
No junior handoffs.
No complicated scopes.
No starting over with a new freelancer every time something needs to get done.
Just experienced creative thinking and execution when you need it.
BEST FOR
Brand + visual identity
Campaigns
Web + landing pages
Presentations + pitch decks
Sales + marketing collateral
Content + social
Messaging + copy
Ongoing creative needs
ENGAGEMENT
Simple monthly subscription. Unlimited requests, worked through one at a time, with most projects delivered within two business days.
THE OUTCOME
More capacity. Better creative. Less overhead. And a senior creative partner who already understands your business.
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