Fractional Creative Director
Skip the $175K hire. Keep the senior judgment.
A Fractional Creative Director gives mission-driven organizations senior strategy, content, and digital direction — without adding headcount.
12+ Years in the Field
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10 Clients Over $1M
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Framework Creator
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12+ Years in the Field ✳︎ 10 Clients Over $1M ✳︎ Framework Creator ✳︎
How We Work Together
Three ways to bring us in.
Most organizations at your stage choose between a full-time hire they can't yet justify, or three freelancers who don't know their mission. This is the third option.
Advisor
$4,200/mo
Strategic direction, no production load.
Monthly strategy session
Async feedback on drafts & campaigns
Brand & messaging guardrails
Priority email access
A senior in-house hire covering this scope runs $140K–$180K a year fully loaded — before ramp-up time.
Source: Indeed 2026
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Partner
$7,500/mo
Your embedded creative & digital strategist.
Everything in Advisor
Content asset creation
Website & digital systems upkeep
Bi-weekly strategy calls
Direct Asana/Slack access
Executive Partner
$11,500/mo
Strategic direction, no production load.
Monthly strategy session
Async feedback on drafts & campaigns
Brand & messaging guardrails
Priority email access
How the partnership actually runs.
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1. Discovery Call
20 minutes. We talk mission, current gaps, and whether this is a fit — for both of us.
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2. Foundations Sprint
First two weeks: full audit of your current brand, content, and digital systems, plus a 90-day roadmap.
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3. Monthly Rhythm
Cadence set by your tier — strategy calls, content production, and system upkeep, on schedule.
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4. Quarterly Review
We look at what worked, what didn't, and refresh the roadmap. No surprises, no scope creep.
Trusted by mission-driven clients & organizations
What people usually ask.
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An agency hands you off to whoever's available that week. With a Fractional Creative Director, you get one senior strategist who knows your mission, your history, and your board — plus a small team behind the scenes for execution. No account managers relaying messages.
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It depends on your tier — Advisor is lighter-touch (strategic direction only), Executive Partner is weekly and hands-on. We'll set clear expectations in your Foundations Sprint so there's no ambiguity about what "embedded" means for you.
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That's normal, and it's fine. The tiers set the relationship's depth; what we actually spend time on each month flexes to what you need most.
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Yes. Most partnerships start at Advisor or Partner and move up as scope grows — we review this at your quarterly check-in, not on a rigid schedule.
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We talk about it well before the end date, not after. Many organizations shift from campaign-pace support into an ongoing brand and content retainer once the initial goal is met.
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Strategy, copy direction, and taste are always mine. Builds and design execution are handled by a small trusted team I've worked with for years, so nothing sits waiting on my calendar alone.
Digital systems. Content that connects. Support that goes beyond the invoice.
Let's see if we're a natural fit.
This works best for organizations already doing meaningful work who need senior creative direction to match it — not a testing ground for whether creative strategy matters.
Limited to a small number of Partner-level relationships at a time, by design.