Our Services
We’re here to help your business thrive with: strategy, execution, and advising from a team of experienced fellow BIPOC business people.
Strategy
Not sure where to go next? Work with a consumer goods and services expert to create or modify a go-to-market strategy including:
B2B or D2C product launches
Media buying
Campaign concepts
Product-market fit
Building a non-transactional relationship with your customers
Execution
Do you have a bottleneck in your workflow? Hire a part-time or per project experienced jack-of-all-trades person to help with:
Trade show & event management
Sponsorship pitching & partner management
Photo & video production management
Budget workflow creation & support
advising
With 14+ years of omni-channel consumer goods and services experience, get great advice and feedback about where to take your business.
From advice on next steps for your brand to investor decks to live support for key meetings, chat with someone whose been there before.
Client spotlight:
Yvonne Leow, Founder and CEO of Bewilder
“Darren is a powerhouse. There are few leaders in the outdoor industry who can expertly advise, strategize, and execute an early-stage sales and growth strategy, but he does it all with confidence and humility. He has carefully guided Bewilder through our ups and downs, and we’re lucky to have him on our team.”
Current & Past work
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![Presentation on how to market on a zero dollar budget]()
Founded Outdoors
As a paid Sales & Marketing expert responsible for:
Creating educational presentations to help Outdoor Industry start up’s succeed, answered questions as a community moderator, offering small group consulting services to members.
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![NEMO Equipment Adventure Resources Mario Stanley and Laurie Watt with exponential equity concept by Darren Josey]()
NEMO Equipment
As the VP of Marketing was responsible for:
Concept creation of Exponential Equity for DEI throughout all Marketing campaigns
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![Bewilder Website current First Seed Sown client]()
Bewilder
As the current Partnership Manager responsible for:
Generating leads and outreach, brand pitches, sales strategy, advising, partnership management
Current client website: Bewilder.Camp
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![PolarFleece event marketing via pedicab by Darren Josey]()
PolarFleece
As the Brand Manager was responsible for:
Product market fit, website concept, grassroots event marketing, and advertising
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![Topo Athletic grassroots marketing at beantown bootcamp footwear demo]()
Topo Athletic
As the Strategic Account Manager:
One of three founding employees, in house sales rep, account management, ERP implementation, sales analytics, grassroots marketing
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![NEMO Equipment photoshoot car camping pawtuckaway campground concept by Darren Josey]()
NEMO Equipment
As the VP of Marketing was responsible for:
Marketing campaign concept creation, location scouting, casting, film permitting, directing.
Photo credit: Fortland Productions
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![Rhone and Polartec video advertisement with contributing concept work done by Darren Josey]()
Polartec
As the North American Marketing Manager was responsible for:
Partner marketing, trade show & event management, budgeting, ecommerce marketing
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![Vibram FiveFingers North American sales map produced by Darren Josey]()
Vibram FiveFingers
As the Sales Ops Manager was responsible for:
Sales analytics, 3PL management, demand planning, factory buys, sales rep training, customer service, key account management
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![Polarfleece bus wrap OOH outside of home ad media buy from Darren Josey in Portland Maine]()
PolarFleece
As the Brand Manager was responsible for:
Media buying, PR management, social media ambassador team creation, ecommerce sales & marketing
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![NEMO Equipment Adventure Resources page and concept by Darren Josey]()
NEMO Equipment
As the VP of Marketing was responsible for:
Website relaunch, building a non-transactional relationship with consumer by reducing barriers to entry via adventure resources, email, and event marketing
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![Polartec Big Air at Fenway event marketing Boston Red Sox Fenway Park]()
Polartec
As the North American Marketing Manager was responsible for:
Event management, media buying, PR management
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![PolarFleece partner marketing and advertising campaign with the Pink Boot Society created by Darren Josey]()
PolarFleece
As the Brand Manager was responsible for:
Marketing campaign concepts and partner marketing
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![The Great Malden Outdoors highway billboard]()
The Great Malden Outdoors (Advertising)
As the creator of this outdoor enablement campaign was responsible for:
Conception, production, media buying of a multi-lingual advertising campaign within the city of Malden, MA. See more at TheGreatMaldenOutdoors.com.
