The best brands don’t just sell — they connect.
They inspire. They make people feel something.
I’m here to help good ideas get noticed, loved and scaled.
The best brands don’t just sell — they connect.
They inspire. They make people feel something.
I’m here to help good ideas get noticed, loved and scaled.
I’ve spent 15 years building brands and leading teams that drive attention, engagement and results.
Below are highlights of client and in-house projects across content, digital marketing, creative direction, and strategy.
I have redacted organizational details within the case studies, but the frameworks are provided. Please reach out to me directly to discuss details.
*** CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL CASE STUDY ***
As Director of Strategic Initiatives at Duly Health and Care, I was a core team member in a comprehensive year-long organizational rebrand that transformed a county-bound healthcare provider into "Duly Health and Care," repositioning the organization for regional and national growth after 50+ years. I helped shape the new name, identity, and brand promise through weekly visioning sessions, then quarterbacked the cross-functional rollout across dozens of departments—from physical signage and EMR systems to call center scripting and culture-building programs.
The rebrand generated millions of impressions, achieved record engagement levels, and increased internal brand trust among employees by 25%, demonstrating my approach of treating brand as both a marketing asset and cultural operating system.
*** CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL CASE STUDY ***
As Director of Strategic Initiatives at both ChenMed and Duly Health and Care, I addressed organizational misalignment by introducing a comprehensive strategic planning model rooted in Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), creating enterprise-wide clarity around 7 core objectives with 3-5 key results each. I developed visually engaging Strategic Playbooks and department-specific Growth Focus Area Playbooks, along with monthly and quarterly review systems that transformed scattered plans into unified, actionable roadmaps connecting executive vision to front-line execution.
This approach established clear alignment across all departments, improved transparency around company priorities, and created a culture of ownership where strategic playbooks became internal rallying points used in meetings, onboarding, and leadership presentations.
*** CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL CASE STUDY ***
As Digital Strategy and Creative Lead for University of Michigan Athletics, I developed and executed a comprehensive social media strategy across 31 sports programs, personally managing flagship accounts including @UMichFootball and @UMichBBall while creating strategic playbooks and design systems for the entire department.
My work drove @UMichFootball and @UMichAthletics to consistently rank #1 in engagement among Power Five programs, with @UMichAthletics achieving #2 on Instagram for total interactions (2.62M+) in 2018. I transformed Michigan Athletics into a 24/7 storytelling machine by blending strategic vision with creative execution, delivering campaigns like the Nike x Jordan Brand Launch (20M+ impressions) and building scalable systems that empowered consistent, on-brand content across all teams.
*** CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL CASE STUDY ***
As Director of Retention and Service Strategy at ChenMed, I led a comprehensive patient journey mapping initiative to uncover the real, lived experience of underserved seniors across every touchpoint—from initial outreach to ongoing care—combining patient focus groups, staff interviews, and data analysis to identify friction points. The research revealed critical insights, including that patients spent nearly 60% of their visit time (47:56 minutes) waiting rather than receiving care, and identified 10+ major friction points across appointment setting, wait times, specialist handoffs, and care plan understanding.
This data-backed approach created an honest, shared picture of the patient experience that built credibility with physicians and leadership, transforming how the organization viewed and designed patient interactions through a detailed journey map and "patient experience flywheel" framework.
*** CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL CASE STUDY ***
As COO and Implementer at Rollout Marketing, I built the entire client onboarding experience from scratch while simultaneously launching the digital agency focused on residential painting companies, creating a comprehensive 90-day framework spanning Foundation, Lead Quality, and Growth & Scale phases. I developed detailed SOPs including meeting agendas, email templates, call walkthroughs, and visual timelines designed for repeatability, ensuring any future account executive could deliver the same professional experience without starting over.
This SOP-first approach established a complete client delivery system from zero, turned early clients into long-term retainers by delivering immediate clarity and value, and created a scalable foundation that made onboarding feel like a premium service experience from the first interaction.
*** CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL CASE STUDY ***
As Board Member and Brand Strategy Advisor for the Journal of Patient Experience, I transformed their stagnant LinkedIn presence by developing modular, reader-friendly visual formats that made academic content more accessible and engaging for professional audiences. I redesigned their social strategy to use multi-slide storytelling, high-contrast branded visuals, and clear takeaways while maintaining academic integrity, moving beyond static posts linking to studies.
This creative approach delivered a +350% year-over-year increase in impressions and +372% growth in engagement, turning a passive distribution channel into an active storytelling platform by applying consumer marketing tactics to academic publishing.
Winning is Not a Strategy Podcast Guest // April 2020
An education in digital strategy awaits you in the latest episode, featuring Brian Wagner of Michigan Athletics. Check it out now.
AthleticDirectorU // Sports Creatives Experts’ Roundtable: Digital Talent On The Move
“People naturally tend toward inertia. That's why self-improvement is such a struggle. But that's also why adversity lies at the heart of every success. The process of achievement comes only through the constant struggle to climb to a higher level.
Sports Creatives Podcast / With Marc Jordan + Jay Hicks
We talked the #UnitedAsOne campaign and how we’ll continue to tell our brand stories through #COVID19
We announced the beginning of a year-long branding campaign, "Those Who Go Blue”. This new campaign is a way for Michigan Athletics to encourage fans to unite, band together and celebrate their Michigan fandom during these difficult times.
You are on our team -- especially when you're home. We launched a #ThoseWhoStayHOME campaign and set of challenges for the month after quarantine began and our sports shut down.
@UMICHFOOTBALL, @RUNRALPHIERUN Engage in Twitter Back-And-Forth
If the Colorado-Michigan game Saturday afternoon (3:30 ET, BTN/BTN2Go) comes anything close to matching what the two programs gave us Tuesday on Twitter, college football fans are in luck.
How Michigan Athletics Tells a Compelling and Consistent Story on Digital and Social
What do you do when you reach the mountaintop? Michigan Athletics could easily succumb to such status. But for the Blue with the Big House, they know they can always do more, always bring fans closer, always increase the fervor of every fan and do so every student athlete and fan boasting of the Blue (and very specific Maize).
DSM Podcast, Episode 96: Brian Wagner is Augmenting and Innovating with Michigan Athletics
Listen to Episode 96 of the Digital and Social Media Sports podcast, with Brian Wagner, Digital Strategy and Creative Lead for University of Michigan Athletics.
45 Colleges from Around the US Combine to Recreate Famous Christmas Poem
The level of coordination to pull off this holiday remix gets everyone on the nice list.
Michigan Football Goes 'Live' From Capital One Orange Bowl With Periscope 360 Video
The University of Michigan went 'live' from the Capital One Orange Bowl with Periscope 360 video, a new feature released by Twitter and Periscope this week.
Run After the Crash: Documenting Michigan’s Men’s Basketball Magical Postseason Tournament Run
With a Cinderella story unfolding before their eyes over the course of those two plus weeks in 2017, Michigan’s digital team went to work. Six individuals, countless emails and hundreds of pieces of content helped create moments that may have only lasted a few seconds or days on social but, stitched together, created a storyline that will live on well beyond the 2017 version of the Michigan men’s basketball team and their triumph in the face of adversity.