Mike Crowell

Creativity
is the
growth engine.

Brands built to matter. Designed to perform.

Mike Crowell — a brand builder for 25+ years. From Nike and Oakley to Microsoft and a roster of challenger brands. Work that lives where consumer obsession, strategic clarity, and creative bravery meet.

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Mike Crowell
( 01 )Brand → Growth

Brand-led.
Consumer-centric.
Built to perform.

I build brands that earn their own place in the market — and grow from it.

For over twenty-five years I've united teams around a singular ambition: moving like a speedboat with the power of a global brand behind it. Great brands don't happen by accident. They're built through clear positioning, cohesive expression, brave creative choices, and relentless energy behind all of it.

01 Strategy Sharp positioning carried through with executional rigor, end to end.
02 Planning Entrepreneurial urgency — the speedboat's speed, the carrier's power.
03 Creativity Bold ideas, held to commercial discipline. Imagination that pays its way.
04 Optimization An always-on engine of analysis and iteration, compounding message, connection, and results.
( 02 )Selected Work

Stand for something. Grow because of it.

CASE STUDY / 01
Public
Rec
Public Rec key visual
Brand Rebrand · DTC Apparel
  • Product co. → lifestyle brand
  • 30% reduction in new customer acquisition costs
  • 33% growth in core product line
  • Secured external equity investment
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CASE STUDY / 02
Coop
Coop key visual
Everyone Sleeps Differently · Sleep
  • Amazon pillow seller → category-defining sleep brand
  • +40% revenue & +32% EBITDA growth
  • Brand awareness 5% → 17%
  • 1,000+ new retail doors (Macy's & Target)
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CASE STUDY / 03
Oakley
Oakley key visual
Beyond Reason · Global Platform
  • Repositioned around Product Design mission and athlete obsession.
  • One Brand. Global brand campaign across 30+ markets.
  • Recaptured cultural relevance
  • Platform led to 9 digit growth across new and existing product categories.
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CASE STUDY / 04
Microsoft
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Windows 7 · Bing
  • Human-truth-led global launches
  • Challenger positioning vs. entrenched incumbents
  • Category-wide share-of-voice turnaround
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CASE STUDY / 05
Nike
Nike key visual
Leave Nothing · BHM · Human Race · Tiger
  • Cultural stories that moved a category
  • Athlete insight first creative, zero compromises.
  • Work that regained category leadership positions.
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( Other Success Stories )
Nike JBL × UAFender Louisville SluggerLazarus NaturalsVF Corp Black Butte RanchTravel Central OregonHarbor of Hope
( 03 )In Their Words
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Mike is the rare CMO who operates at the intersection of brand and business — holding marketing accountable to contribution margins, not just awareness metrics.
Zach Goldstein Founder & CEO · Public Rec
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His creativity was the driving force behind a full brand reinvention. If you have the opportunity to work with Mike, take it — he's the real thing.
Steve Holley Dir. Corporate Strategy, Oakley · CEO, Coop Sleep Goods
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Always able to tell the story with power and impact. That combination of strategic rigor and narrative clarity is rare.
Evan Jones CMO, Fender · former Brand Director, Nike Basketball
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( 04 ) — Let's build something that separates you

Let's
talk.

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Brand-building engagements. Not optimization work.
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