Jesse Umeh · Brand & Integrated Marketing Leader

I build brands people remember—and marketing systems that make them grow.

Open to senior marketing leadership and select advisory work

Connecting audience insight, strategy, creative, campaigns and performance to move people and produce measurable business results.

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218.7MAudience reach
$63M+Influenced revenue
33.8%Acquisition growth
280×Campaign return

Experience includes

40+ growth campaigns across 15+ organizations
Jessup UniversitySacramento KingsFleet Feet SacramentoArchitects of HopeCenter for Fathers & FamiliesAdkins Family Vineyards

Selected work

Brand building, cultural relevance, integrated campaigns and growth systems—selected for the range and outcomes they prove.

Jessup University campaign01

Jessup University

Brand StrategyIntegrated MarketingEnrollment Growth

Building a full-funnel growth system for a university

Repositioned the institution and connected brand, enrollment, media and measurement into one growth engine.

Brand Strategy · Integrated Marketing · Enrollment Growth

$63M+ influenced revenue · 33.8% YoY growth
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Black History Month

Cultural StrategyBrand NarrativeEarned Media

Turning cultural insight into national earned attention

Turned a timely cultural insight into a national platform that earned attention without relying on paid media.

Cultural Strategy · Brand Narrative · Earned Media

218.7M impressions · $2.3M earned media · $0 paid
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National Day of Prayer

Campaign StrategyPerformanceLive Experience

Scaling a multi-channel event campaign to 280× return

Connected audience strategy, acquisition and live-event execution into a measurable, high-return campaign.

Campaign Strategy · Performance · Live Experience

$500 → $140,010 · 1,400+ attendees · 1,200 leads
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Project Church Apparel

Consumer BrandE-commerceCreative Direction

Creating a consumer launch that sold out in 48 hours

Built the launch narrative, creative system and commerce campaign behind a sold-out consumer release.

Consumer Brand · E-commerce · Creative Direction

263.64% ROI · 130% engagement growth

Other selected work

More proof across nonprofit growth, culture, creators and live experiences.

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What I do

From the first strategic question to the work in market.

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Brand strategy

Audience insight, positioning, brand architecture and narratives that create clarity and distinction.

ResearchPositioningNarrative systems
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Integrated marketing

Connected campaigns across creative, content, paid media, partnerships and owned channels.

Campaign platformsCreative directionGTM plans
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Growth systems

Operating rhythms, measurement frameworks and team alignment that turn strategy into repeatable results.

MeasurementTeam alignmentOptimization
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Jesse UmehNorthern California · Brand & integrated marketing

About Jesse

A strategist, creative leader and operator built for the space between brand and business growth.

Jesse Umeh is a brand and integrated marketing leader based in Northern California. With more than 13 years of experience, he has built brands, campaigns and marketing systems from the ground up— connecting audience insight, positioning, creative direction, go-to-market strategy and performance measurement.

His work has generated 218.7 million in reach, more than $63 million in influenced revenue, 33.8% acquisition growth and campaign returns as high as 280×.

He is equally comfortable defining the strategy, directing the creative, aligning cross-functional teams and building the systems required to bring the work to market.

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In their words

Jesse is the kind of ideator and visionary I love working with. He takes a simple idea or concept and elevates it far beyond what is expected. He is collaborative, kind, clear, and trustworthy, bringing integrity to every project we have collaborated on.

Faith Witcher · Content Strategy Manager · Jessup University

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Context · Challenge · Insight · Strategy · Creative · Activation · Results

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Business challenge

Clarify the audience, opportunity and problem before creating the work.

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Strategic response

Connect positioning, creative, channels and execution into one plan.

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Measurable outcome

Measure what changed across reach, revenue, acquisition and return.

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