Featured Branding and Identity Experts

I’m Cristy Verdeja Zaldívar—a strategic communications and marketing leader with over 15 years of experience transforming how brands connect, grow, and lead. As CEO of Pointe Connect, I consult for companies across industries—from nimble startups to global Fortune 500s—offering high-level strategy rooted in clarity, creativity, and results. I specialize in diagnosing challenges, crafting messaging that resonates, and building marketing and communications frameworks that drive real business impact. Known for my sharp instincts and innovative thinking, I’m the person teams call when they need to elevate their brand, reset their approach, or navigate complexity with confidence. My expertise spans corporate communications, PR, digital strategy, crisis and issues management, and multicultural marketing. I’ve advised industry giants, led global campaigns, and built cross-functional teams that deliver. I’m a bilingual storyteller (English/Spanish + conversational French) with a global mindset and a deep belief in the power of connection. Whether I’m guiding an executive team or rolling up my sleeves with a small business owner, I bring vision, structure, and momentum to every engagement.

Mark MacDonald is a seasoned strategist and creative with 4 decades of expertise in powerful Branding and Marketing Communication based on reliable research. He's the go-to guide for effective church communication, branding, and logos. As a bestselling author, engaging speaker, and founder of BeKnownforSomething.com, Mark empowers church leaders to communicate with impact.

Victoria Marcouillier is the CEO of BrandWell Designs®, a branding and Squarespace website design studio for female entrepreneurs, based in Lynchburg, VA. She is a mom of two girls, with another on the way.

I help brands create customer-focused strategies that drive growth and strengthen connections. With expertise in CRM, brand strategy, and communications, I turn ideas into measurable results. I focus on aligning strategies with business goals and using insights to craft campaigns that resonate with customers. I've had the opportunity to work with brands like Lucky Saint, Lloyds Pharmacy, and Berry Bros. & Rudd, helping them deliver meaningful experiences and grow their audiences. Collaboration and data-driven decisions are key to my approach, delivering lasting impact for the brands I work with.

I's the founder and Creative Director of So Swell Studio, a boutique graphic design studio based in Brisbane, Australia. I specialise in branding, website design, packaging, and custom Canva graphics that help businesses stand out and connect meaningfully with their audience. With over 15 years of experience, I bring a thoughtful, strategic approach to design, balancing creative originality with real business results. I'm a recognised Canva Creator and trusted design partner for brands that value clarity, consistency, and creativity. I offer: Brand design Website design and development Print design Packaging Design Digital asset design SEO strategy & implementation

A marketing and administration professional with over 30 years of experience, Jane Grismer is known for advancing projects and making them successful.Her creativity motivates her to ignite a brand's strength and bridge the gap between communications and commerce. Jane has successfully applied trend direction to enhancing marketing strategies to connect small business owners.As your content creator and brand strategist, Jane creates promotional vehicles that drive more business, sales, and satisfied customers through compelling written content and visual graphics. In order to cultivate targeted messaging across all channels, Jane goes beyond a brand audit to understand her customers (local and virtual) firsthand.

I'm a Creative Director and Brand Strategist with over a decade of experience leading brand identity, packaging, and communication systems for premium, B2B, and cultural brands across Europe and the United States. My work focuses on strategic brand development rooted in behavior, storytelling, and design coherence. I specialize in creating brands that resonate emotionally and function operationally, across platforms, cultures, and touchpoints. I lead projects from strategic positioning through to identity systems, immersive trade show environments, and high-impact packaging. As a Ukrainian creative working globally, I bring a cross-cultural lens to branding. Having led creative direction across different markets, I understand how to translate a brand’s core values into systems people trust and recognize. This perspective has been key in my work with brands undergoing international repositioning, growth, or post-crisis transformation. I’m also the author of the BRAND IS A VERB framework, a behavioral model for brand identity, published as a preprint (DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.29009468.v1). The framework has been applied across commercial and cultural sectors and cited for its contribution to strategic communication and trust-building. My creative leadership has been recognized with awards including Red Dot and Pentawards, and my work has been featured in international exhibitions and publications.

Brand identity development | Digital content creation | Lead generation | Digital marketing

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I’m the founder of a boutique real estate marketing agency based in Toronto, dedicated to helping builders and property developers elevate their properties and stand out in a competitive market. With years of experience in marketing, I specialize in crafting tailored marketing strategies that drive visibility, engagement, and sales. Whether you’re launching a new condo development, selling a luxury home, or leasing commercial space, I bring the tools, tactics, and expertise to help you make a powerful impression.

I’m Rochelle, owner of Ratkaj Designs. I like to say I’m a design professional with a marketer’s brain — I make things look good, but it’s also incredibly important to me to make them as functional and user-friendly as possible.Over my nearly 15-year career, I’ve worked with every kind of client and company imaginable: scrappy start-ups, solopreneurs, enterprise corporations, nationally-known non-profits, and your favorite small business down the street. Bring on all the branding challenges you have. I’m ready to meet them in my usual way — with full-on enthusiasm and passion for the possible.

Andy Brenits is Principal of Brenits Creative, an award-winning branding and creative strategy firm that helps growing businesses and entrepreneurs doing it (mostly) by themselves to create a consistent way to look, communicate, and act.Before founding Brenits Creative, Andy led creative teams at Fortune 500 brands such as Banana Republic, The Gap, National Football League, KPMG, and Arizona Public Service.Andy was also President of the Board of Directors of InSource, the professional association for in-house creative leaders, and served on the Small Business Council of the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce and the public arts council for the Town of Queen Creek, where he lives with his family.An experienced mentor and teacher, Andy has taught undergraduate and graduate classes at Columbia University, Pratt Institute, MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art), Rowan University, The Art Institute of Phoenix, Sessions.edu, and Grand Canyon University. He earned his Master’s Degree in Design Management from Pratt Institute and has a BFA in Graphic Design from the School of Visual Arts.

Story before all. I believe in jargon-free copy, singular ideas, and big storytelling. I write a newsletter about business and culture called "Atmosphere."

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Shantanu is a young strategic maverick who turns digital complexity into business poetry. As CEO & founder of Tenet, he's the architect behind transformative experiences for fortune 500 companies such as Nike, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, and IQVIA; and also global powerhouses like Americana Group, Gartner, G42, SLB, and Mubadala Group. With a global footprint spanning offices in UAE, UK, India, and USA, Shantanu leads a razor-sharp team of 40+ in-house experts and a curated network of 250+ elite talent partners. His approach isn't about building technology—it's about engineering digital ecosystems that redefine how brands connect, convert, and conquer. Having crafted growth strategies for 400+ industry giants across technology, finance, consumer sectors, and 15+ other industries, Shantanu doesn't just understand digital transformation—he architects it. His methodology bridges UI/UX, growth marketing, software engineering, and strategic design, delivering solutions that impact the future.

My vision is rooted in the belief that design has the power to drive sustainable transformation, shaping a world where every graphic element carries the weight of purpose and responsibility so that we no longer need to promote sustainability because it is the norm.At my core is a commitment to amplify the voices of those championing regenerative agriculture and CPG products, weaving their stories into the fabric of our collective consciousness through brand design and creative problem-solving.I envision a future where healthy, whole, plant-based foods are accessible to people everywhere regardless of economic status and physical location. Agricultural practices will heal the environment by working with nature rather than destroying it. Animals will be treated with compassion and gratitude. People will be more connected to the land and know where their food comes so they will improve their quality of life. Environmental harmony and balance will be restored as people reconnect with nature. The earth will no longer be tilled to death all for a $1 hamburger.Brand Identity DesignBrand Strategy Digital Design (social media graphics, email design, web design, presentations, etc)Print Design ( brochures, stationery, packaging, etc)Illustrations

President and Founder of IN GOOD CO, a purpose-driven brand consultancy and creative studio. Kirsten is a creative and lifestyle marketer with 20 years of experience, she has transformed agencies, launched brands, pioneered experiences, led teams and much more. Uniqlo, Anthropologie, Ralph Lauren, Google, Nike and Starbucks are just a few Kirsten has inspired.

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Founder of a digitally-fluent agency specializing in brand, web design, and digital marketing, including SEO, PPC, email marketing, and social media to drive measurable growth.

With over 15 years as a Marketing and Brand Consultant, my expertise lies in crafting brand and marketing strategies that resonate with diverse audiences. I've successfully maximized brand awareness and growth for numerous independent businesses and charities, adapting to various budget constraints.My previous role as Global Senior Brand Manager at SEGA. The highlight was leading the global campaign for the BAFTA award-winning Alien: Isolation, leveraging online marketing, digital marketing, and target marketing to achieve exceptional results.