Case study · Creative leadership

Marketo Creative Services

Building a creative practice from the ground up

I built and led a Creative Services practice inside Marketo Professional Services, creating the people, packages, systems, and client workflows needed to scale high-quality campaign production.

Creative directionTeam leadershipDesign operationsMarketing systems
Marketo Creative Services campaign work
Scale600+ campaigns
Team3 designers · 4+ developers mentored
Clients5,000+ customer ecosystem
FocusCreative ops · systems · client strategy
01 / Challenge

Making the complex understandable.

Customers needed stronger creative support around complex marketing programs, but there was no mature internal practice, consistent delivery model, or scalable template system to meet that demand.

02 / What I led

Direction with hands-on depth.

I established the business unit, shaped service offerings, supported pre-sales strategy, recruited and mentored designers and developers, created production standards, and advised enterprise clients including Google, Microsoft, and IBM.

03 / The system

Designed to work beyond one screen.

The practice combined modular campaign and template systems with clearer intake, reusable packages, design QA, and a mentorship model that increased capacity without lowering the craft bar.

04 / Outcomes

Evidence that the work moved things forward.

  • 40% faster turnaround across creative delivery
  • Client satisfaction increased from 73% to 95%
  • 300% increase in output capacity
  • 95% brand compliance and 90% of mentees promoted
05 / Selected artifacts

From thinking
to shipped work.

Process, systems, and final executions from the original case study.

Creative and web development system
01Connecting creative direction and development
Professional Services customer journey
02Positioning creative services in the customer journey
Resources across the customer journey
03Aligning the right expertise to each stage
Creative leadership framework
04The operating model behind the practice
Modular Marketo templates
05Reusable templates built for speed and brand control
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