Creative leviathans

We swim the warm waters of nascent client ideas with an omnivorous appetite for fresh messaging swept up by the powerful tides and currents of collaboration.

Who we are / About us

We are
creative leviathans

We swim the warm waters of nascent client ideas with an omnivorous appetite for fresh messaging swept up by the powerful tides and currents of collaboration.

Decades of communications magic at top-flight companies

We didn’t just fall off a key message truck.

We bring a wealth of experience advising leaders and directing campaigns to support the business objectives of a broad range of top names across technology, biotech, life sciences, software, services, automotive and energy.

No Jargon Spoken Here

We are all about clarity, authenticity, respect and results.

It’s who we are and how we work. We seek like minded clients ready to partner with us to create genuine, impactful and drama free communications.

California warmth and British cool

A creative partnership far greater than the sum of its parts.

There are distinct advantages to collaborating with a pair of creative types separated by an ocean, one continent and 5,000 miles. We bring a global sensibility, a diversity of ideas, and experience with a broad spectrum of corporate and organizational cultures. Our partnership was born in America and sealed over a mutual fascination with words and imagery that inspire, motivate and bring positive change. If it is quirky, elegant and imaginative, then we love it.

Northern California

Mark Spearman

Storyteller

Mark has articulated and honed the reputations of startups, Fortune 50 companies and tech giants while channeling the voice and tone of more than a dozen CEOs as a corporate communication leader in the San Francisco Bay technology, biotech and life sciences communities.

London and the coast

Peter Fickling

Creative strategist

Peter has led product design, UX, UI, branding and communications solutions at organizations in the UK and the San Francisco Bay Area, ranging from a Top Five global tech company to the world’s largest broadcast concern, as well as at several boutique creative agencies.

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.”

— Henry David Thoreau