The
Collective
A cooperative of hand-selected marketing, brand, and creative professionals at the top of their respective fields. We work exclusively with one another. Each collective member offers the best of the best of their particular discipline.
Our Team
Hand-picked pros who are the best of the best at what they do. Tap ’em when you need ’em.
Josh Kruger
Founder / Creative Director
Josh Kruger is a multi-disciplined creative with over a decade of global brand experience. He’s led creative for clients including: Amex, McDonalds, Esurance, Verizon, and Allbirds – including two Super Bowl commercials.
Zach Pardes
Founder / Media Strategy / Campaigns
Zach Pardes is a media strategist & brand marketing specialist. He has a decade agency-side experience, two multi-billion client-side IPOs, and a passion for memorable campaigns that do more with less.
Ollie Howell
Media Composer / Musician / Producer
Ollie Howell is an award-winning media composer, musician and producer. Ollie has scored soundtracks for films, tv series (BBC, NBC, AMC, Amazon Prime and Paramount+) and global campaigns (Sky, Porsche, llamasqua and Liverpool FC).
Chelsi Nakano
Content / Brand Strategist
Chelsi is a seasoned content marketing and brand strategist with over 15 years of experience in the B2B space. With a deep passion for creative and engaging writing, her expertise lies in crafting compelling narratives that get to the intersection of what companies want to say, should say, and what their audiences need to hear.
Wahid Lodin
PR Strategist / Content
Wahid Lodin is a PR professional with 10+ years of executing high-impact PR campaigns across several industries. He specializes in AI, cybersecurity, data, cloud, martech, healthcare and innovative video game companies. He’s worked with dozens of unicorns and tech startups, helping significantly boost brand awareness both nationally and in targeted markets through comprehensive media campaigns and communications strategies. Most notably, he’s worked with companies like Sony, Nations Lending, Trustpilot, Tonic.ai, DC Comics, iHome, and several others.
Marion Barel
Performance Marketing
Marion is a performance marketing leader with over 12 years of experience in digital marketing and global campaign optimization. She enjoys developing strategies to achieve ambitious traffic, conversion, and revenue targets.
Black Valley
2024
We've worked with some of the biggest brands
