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We're a group of brand strategists, market researchers, moderators, story tellers, copywriters, data analysts, creatives, brand planners, designers, programmers and innovators. 

Expertise & Passion for Brands

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Working with C.E.K. & Partners, an Atlanta-based, branding and strategic communications firm means you are supporting a woman-owned business with an inclusive culture that provides work opportunities to extraordinary and passionate research and brand experts who are also military spouses, single mothers, parents who need flexibility, and even incredible musicians and artists. 

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Carolyn

Principal + Strategist

Carolyn is passionate about delivering strategic insights that transform brands. Clients benefit from her team's ability to mine data and extract gems to find insights that truly differentiate their brands. She guides and positions them to reach the next level. She holds an MBA in International Business from the #2 ranked school.

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Kelly

Sr. Writer

Kelly works magic with words. She listens between the lines, crafting compelling content whether it is a white paper, a newsletter, blog posts or an article. Her work helps financial and payment brands establish thought leadership and communicate in everyday language.

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Amy 

Sr. Writer

 Amy is a writer, editor and communications strategist. Since her background is in tech, her sweet spot is translating the technical and corporate speak into user-friendly prose that connects with people. We count on Amy to develop compelling copy for articles, newsletters, press releases and innovative product concepts.

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Don

Creative Art Direction

Don is an award-winning creative designer. He excels in originating fresh ideas and creative thinking, whether creating a brand from a blank canvas or designing while keeping established brand guidelines in mind. Don creates the designs that support marketing and sales initiatives for start-ups and leading multinationals. 

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Jan

Graphic Design + Production

Jan is a soulful creative. If you need an extra special personal touch for a sales meeting, internal brand launch or any type of event or customized direct mail piece, you need Jan's expertise. Our clients count on her energy and creativity to make the impossible, possible. She consistently delivers outstanding work our clients love.

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Garon

Creative Design

Garon's expertise with design spans decades across different formats. He's a trusted and talented designer when it comes to developing digital assets for our client's to welcome and onboard their new customers to printed pieces like Welcome Kits and Annual Reports.

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Ray

Sr. Writer

As a writer Ray holds an expertise with financial services, student loans and healthcare technology. He takes seemingly complex business solutions and makes them easily digestible for the reader. Companies rely on Ray to craft articles, solution sheets and long form content such as white papers. Clients count on his thoughtful and responsive approach he takes with delivering outstanding work.

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Karen 

Proofreader

Karen knows the rules. She is a fresh set of eyes—and the last set of eyes—on work before it is released. Karen reviews brand copy, web copy, brochures, technical performance guides and everything with the written word.  

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Carl

Market Research, Insights

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Carl's expert at directing the application of research techniques and insights to solve problems and support data-based business decisions. His analytic rigor and impact comes from overseeing research departments for many corporate giants.

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Andy 

Market Research, Insights

Andy has 25 years of experience in market research. He loves insights whether it is designing quantitative studies to help brands better understand their customers or building models to forecast the market opportunity for new product concepts. While Andy is an excellent moderator, he doesn't like photos. 

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Chris

Development + Programming

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Chris is passionate about ensuring our clients stay on track with programming and distributing hundreds of newsletters throughout the year. It's no small feat. It requires attention to detail, and discipline. Some of the country's largest financial institutions count on our team programming team and Chris' work.

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Jennie

Program Management

Jennie is organized. Really organized. She helps keep digital projects stay on schedule and meet expectations. Jennie is great about making work flow better. She leads newsletter development and coordination---and a lot in between.

We're trusted by Fortune 500 companies, innovators, category disruptors, start-ups and nonprofits.

 

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