Kirk Warner
Creative Strategist

Kirk Warner

Brand strategy, creative direction, and the connective tissue between the two. I build the systems that make a brand's creative work feel intentional.

Meta · Shopify · Klaviyo · Figma · Adobe Suite
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The Problem I Solve
Kirk Warner at work
Good creative work starts with a clear point of view on who the brand is, what it should say, and how every piece of creative reinforces that. The design tool comes after.

I write the brand guidelines, the expansion plans, the audience frameworks. Then I direct the creative work that comes out of them.

Currently
EVERGOODS pack in use

Creative Strategist, EVERGOODS

Premium everyday carry products. Bozeman, Montana. 20+ products across three lines. I run creative strategy for the whole business, from paid and brand to product positioning and market expansion.

Paid + Organic
Full Channel Ownership
1 Direct Report
Creative Producer
Full Funnel
Acquisition to Retention
Currently — What I Own

Core Responsibilities

Currently — How I Work

My Approach

01

Audience Segmentation

I build personas with real demographics, frustrations, and triggers. Those segments drive everything we do in organic and paid.

02

Data Informed Positioning

Data shapes strategy before creative starts. If the numbers disagree with my assumptions, I change the strategy, not the data.

03

Hypothesis Driven Testing

Every concept starts as a hypothesis. Feature-forward or use-case? Technical or aspirational? We test it, and performance decides.

Currently — Strategy in Practice

Market Expansion Strategy

EVERGOODS wanted to push into mountain/outdoor gear. The challenge: enter a new market without diluting the brand.

What I Did

  • Survey data showed Mountain products didn't crack the top 10 for any existing audience. I reframed the whole thing as a new-customer play.
  • Created personas like The Gearhead and The Outdoor-Curious Professional with specific behavioral profiles
  • Shifted messaging from feature specs to use cases

Messaging Shift

  • Before: "Full panel loading opening for easy packing & access to contents"
  • After: "Everything visible. Nothing buried. Grab your water without stopping."
  • Built a phased rollout: earn credibility through content and community first, then expand the line
Currently — Audience & Content

Audience Intelligence & Content Strategy

I wrote the playbook for EVERGOODS organic social: who we're talking to, what they care about, and how we show up for five different audiences.

Audience

Audience Segments

Audience personas built from survey data and real behavioral signals. Each one covers demographics, frustrations, what triggers engagement, and how the segment actually behaves.

Position

Brand Identity Framework

The brand's voice, positioning, and personality guardrails, all in one place. The whole team uses it to stay consistent.

Content

Content Strategy

A content framework that ties every post to a specific audience and funnel stage. Nothing gets published without a reason.

Currently — Brand Systems

Brand Identity & Wholesale Systems

I wrote the two documents that control how EVERGOODS looks and sounds, whether we're talking to customers or retailers.

Brand Guidelines

  • Covers mission, values, positioning, voice, visual standards
  • Includes a detailed consumer persona with real demographics and psychographics
  • Set the brand voice as technical but approachable, confident without being pushy

Wholesale Catalog

  • Every product across Civic, Transit, and Mountain
  • Rewrote technical specs as descriptions retailers can actually sell from
  • Organized by category with a consistent voice throughout
Currently — Beyond Paid Ads

Broader Influence

My work touches most of what the customer sees. If it's public facing, I probably had a hand in it.

Paid Media Strategy Email (Klaviyo) Website & Merchandising (Shopify) Wholesale Catalogs Brand Identity Customer Research Product Positioning Freelancer Management
Currently — Autonomy

Decisions I Own

Toolkit

Tools & Platforms

Ads

Meta Ads Manager

Where I run campaigns and test creative

Design

Figma & Adobe Suite

Briefs, mockups, photo editing, collaboration with the team

Ecom

Shopify & Klaviyo

Site content, merchandising, email flows

Ops

Monday & Google Suite

Project tracking, workflows, reporting

AI

Claude AI

I use it for strategic thinking and copy drafts

Next

What I'm Looking For

Roles

  • Senior Creative Strategist
  • Creative Director / Head of Creative
  • Performance Creative Director
  • Director of Creative Strategy

Environment

  • Remote-first (travel is fine)
  • DTC / ecommerce / outdoor / lifestyle
  • Performance marketing driven brands
  • Senior IC or small team leadership
Get In Touch

Let's Talk

If you're hiring for creative strategy, I'd like to hear about it.