Creative direction + storytelling

Making good brands impossible to ignore

I find the spark inside your brand, shape the story and turn it into creative direction and content people actually want to pay attention to.

Founder brain. Creator eye.
Work with me › See the work
20 mins. Let’s find the spark.
Perth  /  Australia  /  Worldwide
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01Point of view

Your brand probably doesn’t need more content. It needs more things worth saying.

The interesting stuff is usually already inside the business. The founder obsession. The process. The rituals. The strong opinions. The details everyone inside the brand has stopped noticing.

That’s the bit I’m interested in finding.

Beautiful isn’t always distinctive.
Your customer is interested in more than your product.
Good brands don’t need more noise.
The product is the hook. The world around it is the magic.
Stop asking what to post. Ask what you want to be known for.
More posts won’t fix a forgettable point of view.
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02How to work with me

Pick your way in.

You want me to make it

Content in a Day

One focused day inside your business.

Capturing the people, process, product and personality that make the brand feel alive. Deliverables include edited reels, brand imagery and a b-roll library, delivered within a week.

Perth + travel Explore Content in a Day ›
You want my creative brain

The Brand Edit

For brands wondering what I’d do with theirs.

A remote creative deep dive. I review the brand, work out what’s blending in, then map the content territories, stories, visual direction and ideas I’d take forward.

Worldwide / remote Book the Brand Edit ›
You want to learn how to do it yourself

Build Your Community in a Day

A focused education session.

We create a valuable content asset around what your audience actually cares about, then build the system so your team can keep using the idea across social, email and beyond.

Worldwide / remote Explore the workshop ›
You need something bigger

Brand Immersion

For brands who have outgrown how they show up.

I come inside the business, find the spark and shape the bigger creative world around it. Creative direction, brand story, content territories, campaigns, founder storytelling and visual direction.

From $10k  /  Application only Start a conversation › See what’s involved
03Thinking

If this was my brand…

I don’t just look at the product. I look at the world that could exist around it.

Watching these wondering what I’d do with your brand? That’s the Brand Edit
04My approach

Come in. Find the spark. Make it visible.

01

Immerse

I get inside the brand, founder, product and customer world.

02

Notice

I find the stories, obsessions and opportunities hiding in plain sight.

03

Shape

I turn them into a clear creative world and a strong point of view.

04

Make

I create it with you, create it for you, or give your team the direction to run with it.

Marnie shooting inside a production run
Hey there
I’m Marnie

Creator eye. Founder brain. Teacher.

Part creative director, part content brain, part founder brain. I can see the idea, shape the world around it, then actually make the thing.

Based in Perth. Working all over. Usually happiest somewhere inside a good brand with my camera out and about 47 ideas in my head.

Marnie x
05About

I’ve spent most of my life making things, spotting things and figuring out how to make them better.

I am a bit delulu and believe anything is possible, my human design being a 5/1 Emotional Manifestor. Need I say more.

I trained in design, taught art and design, then built my own food brand from scratch. Packaging, content, campaigns, production, retail, export, the lot.

So when I come into a brand, I’m not just looking at whether it looks good. I’m looking for the spark. The thing that makes it different. The stories hiding in plain sight. The bits everyone inside the business has stopped noticing because they see them every day.

That’s kind of my sweet spot.


Also on the record
Shot for All Saints, LondonPerth Fashion FestivalParis Fashion Week, eventsSingapore Airlines SilverKrisTrained art and design teacher
06Selected work

Brands I’ve been inside.

Creative direction / Film Bannister Downs Dairy
Five reels

A series of five reels putting their milk into five different scenarios. I booked a house to use as a studio for the morning and shot most of it in there.

Recipe film Great Southern Truffles
Three recipe reels

Three recipe films made to carry their upcoming ebook, shot so the truffle is the thing you remember rather than the plating.

Content in a Day Hippie Kombucha
Five reels + stills

Founder Q&As, the brewing process on film, and the bottles shot against the Swan Valley, because that is where they are made and it is half the brand.

Content in a Day Coastal Crunch
Half day on site

Founder Q&A pieces, the granola and the slices being made, BTS of the team, and material directed specifically to run as ads.

Content in a Day HMZ
Five reels + content bank

Behind the scenes with the founder. B-roll, short pieces on where the idea came from, and the product in stores with her standing next to it.


Selected clients
Bannister Downs DairyCoastal CrunchHippie KombuchaGreat Southern TrufflesHMZGoldiLittle Farms, SingaporeTania Claire Australia
The fit, both ways

I’d rather be right for a few than available to everyone.

We’re a good fit when

  • You’re established, with real traction and a business behind you
  • The brand, product, founder or world is genuinely interesting
  • You want thinking, taste and perspective, not just extra hands
  • You can make a decision and let good work happen

Probably not a fit when

  • You want social media management, posting and scheduling
  • You’re looking for the cheapest option in the room
  • The brief is execution only, with the thinking already locked
  • Approvals go through five people and endless revision loops
07Enquire

Got a good brand with a story worth showing?

Tell me what feels stuck. I’ll tell you where I’d start.

marnie@mecreative.com.au +61 438 444 025 Perth, Western Australia Available for travel