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I’m on a mission to take creatives from being creative doers to creative leaders, and from creative leaders to business leaders.
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Whether in life or in career success, If you’re like I was, you don’t have a repeatable system for scaling your creative efforts. Building a brand that matters is impossible using the current, outdated methods of in-house creative teams. Focusing on good talent isn’t enough anymore.
I’m Brandon Marcum and I’ve spent the last 20 years building successful brands, assembling effective teams and trailblazing creative operations.
If you want your creative processes to get out of the blackhole of email, assemble a top tier creative team and build a brand with an authentic story, you’re in the right place.
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I’m on a mission to take creatives from being creative doers to creative leaders, and from creative leaders to business leaders.
Designers • Writers • Photographers • Freelancers • Videographers • Any Creative Professional Looking for More
I’ve dedicated years to refining systems for high functioning creative teams and building brands that lead their markets. You get all of that experience wrapped up into two focus areas; Creative Operations and Identity Design.
CR.OPS is a one-of-a-kind system for Creative Operations and it can mean the difference between your creative team thriving or withering away. There’s a tendency for leaders to focus only on the right talent which can create unnecessary pressure, churn and mediocre work.
The most important part of great creative teams is the structure of operations you build around them, even if your “team” is a single person. We’ll work together to identify inefficiencies in the four pillars of CR.OPS so you can accomplish so much more with what you have or scale to your heart’s desire.
I.DES is market leading Identity Design and divIDES leading brands from mediocre ones. Just like a great story, your brand identity needs all of the key components; characters, setting, plot, conflict and resolution. Storied’s unique 5-step process uncovers your story that gives life to your entire brand experience.
At its core, a good identity is about believability; compelling people that you are what you promise and that they want to be characters in your story. All of the best brands have been built on top of effective identities and there’s no reason you can’t do the same by working with Storied.
My #1 goal is quality. That means quality in my relationships as much as quality in my product. I always close projects with happy clients. Always. Because I know that in business, my brand reputation is my greatest asset.
I’m Brandon and I bring over 20 years of brand development and creative ops experience from boutique design studios and in-house design and marketing teams, to Creative and Marketing Vice President roles, including roles at the #1 fastest growing company on Forbes 100 list.
After so many years of scrambling to hit deadlines, set expectations and create scaleable systems, I started The Storied Company. “Good enough” was no longer good enough for me. I didn’t want to just spend my time trying to keep up. I wanted to thrive!
I decided to team up with marketing and creative leaders who understand how important good brand and operational practices are and who will have the same extreme attention to detail and expectation of quality that I have.
I hope you’ll join me on my mission to create exceptional creative teams and top-tier brands wherever I go.
I’m here to help! Make the first step to improve your life by reaching out today.
