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Creative Director and Brand Strategist with 5+ years of experience building brands people actually remember. Led strategy, design, and creative direction for clients ranging from global names to emerging fashion and lifestyle brands—managing teams, running strategy calls, and closing deals from discovery through delivery. I bring a full-picture view: the brand’s needs, who it must reach, and the creative that gets it there—backed by both strong vision and commercial instincts, process, and execution across identity, positioning, and content.…Creative Director and Brand Strategist with 5+ years of experience building brands people actually remember. Led strategy, design, and creative direction for clients ranging from global names to emerging fashion and lifestyle brands—managing teams, running strategy calls, and closing deals from discovery through delivery. I bring a full-picture view: the brand’s needs, who it must reach, and the creative that gets it there—backed by both strong vision and commercial instincts, process, and execution across identity, positioning, and content.

Nick Hallish

Creative Director, Brand Strategist, Brand Designer, +4

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Creative Director and Brand Strategist with 5+ years of experience building brands people actually remember. Led strategy, design, and creative direction for clients ranging from global names to emerging fashion and lifestyle brands—managing teams, running strategy calls, and closing deals from discovery through delivery. I bring a full-picture view: the brand’s needs, who it must reach, and the creative that gets it there—backed by both strong vision and commercial instincts, process, and execution across identity, positioning, and content.…Creative Director and Brand Strategist with 5+ years of experience building brands people actually remember. Led strategy, design, and creative direction for clients ranging from global names to emerging fashion and lifestyle brands—managing teams, running strategy calls, and closing deals from discovery through delivery. I bring a full-picture view: the brand’s needs, who it must reach, and the creative that gets it there—backed by both strong vision and commercial instincts, process, and execution across identity, positioning, and content.

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Creative Director and Brand Strategist with 5+ years of experience building brands people actually remember. Led strategy, design, and creative direction for clients ranging from global names to emerging fashion and lifestyle brands—managing teams, running strategy calls, and closing deals from discovery through delivery.

I bring a full-picture view: the brand’s needs, who it must reach, and the creative that gets it there—backed by both strong vision and commercial instincts, process, and execution across identity, positioning, and content.

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Work Experience

Creative Director & Brand Strategist at Forecast Studio

January 1, 2023 - Present

Built and operated an independent creative practice running concurrently with CD work for Made by James. Produced and managed creative services end-to-end, including consulting-led sales and relationship management. Secured multiple creative service contracts (5 repeat contracts totaling $120K) and generated 5+ referrals through exceptional delivery. Developed a full studio infrastructure including CRM, client onboarding workflows, and project management systems to support seamless delivery across concurrent projects. Led full creative direction across brand identity, strategy, and design execution for an international client base (including FIfA and Monster, plus multiple consumer lifestyle brands). Directed internal communications, project timelines, and cross-team coordination between internal designers and external collaborators. Owned the client strategy call process from discovery and qualification through final delivery.