Mike Crowell

Creativity
is the
growth engine.

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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Brand → Growth Scroll ↓ © MMXXVI
( 01 )Brand → Growth

A brand
builder,
not a
vendor.

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 Creativity Bold ideas, held to commercial discipline. Imagination that pays its way.
02 Strategy Sharp positioning carried through with executional rigor, end to end.
03 Planning Entrepreneurial urgency — the speedboat's speed, the carrier's power.
04 Standards An exacting bar for the work, fueled by genuinely high energy.
( 02 )Selected Work

Brands built with conviction. Nobody remembers vanilla.

FEAT / 01 2022—24
Oakley
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Beyond Reason · Global Platform
  • Repositioned around athlete obsession
  • Global campaign across 30+ markets
  • Recaptured cultural relevance
  • Double-digit lift in brand consideration
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FEAT / 02 Multi-yr
Nike
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Leave Nothing · BHM · Human Race · Tiger
  • Cultural stories that moved a category
  • Athlete-first creative, zero compromise
  • Work that earned its place in culture
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FEAT / 03 Launch
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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FEAT / 04 2023—24
Public
Rec
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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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( Selected client roster )
NikeOakleyMicrosoftPublic Rec Coop Sleep GoodsJBL × 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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Phone
For
Brand-building engagements. Not optimization work.
© Mike Crowell · MMXXVI Portland · Worldwide