About us

We’re here to close the brand gap before it costs you another deal.

We're a senior-led brand and marketing department for growing companies. One team, one point of contact, and work that earns you the opportunities you're going after.

An outdated brand has the power to overshadow everything you’ve built.

We don’t say this lightly. But we’ve seen too many businesses that are doing it differently and better than their competitors (companies that should be the obvious choice) who get passed over because they look like a mom-and-pop shop. Because their website was designed 10 years ago. Because their slide decks were re-created at midnight. Because their proposals are a mix of old templates and last-minute fixes. Because every asset look outdated. They weren’t communicating their value to their potential customers.

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We’ve noticed that this pattern is especially prevalent in technical, industrial, and other complex B2B companies, where the work is highly sophisticated but the brand hasn't kept up over the years.

So we built Fractional Creatives to solve this problem: to create a brand and marketing vehicle for our clients. One they can drive into their next stage of growth and impact.

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Our model is simple:

We become your brand and marketing department.

We embed, we learn your business, and we take ownership of brand, design, and marketing work that shapes how you show up in the market.

What makes us different

Four things that set us apart.

Senior-led creative, from start to finish.

We’re invested in your success. This means we own strategy, design, content, and production. This allows us to respond to and deliver on what you want and need to pursue opportunities for growth.

Full-service creative and marketing.

Brand, identity, web, sales collateral, campaigns, all owned by one senior team so there’s no coordinating across vendors. The deck, the site, and the pitch all match, because the same team owns every touchpoint.

Built for complex businesses.

We thrive in technical territory, and specialize in brand work for energy, engineering, technology, manufacturing, construction and other regulated industries. We learn your domain, not ask you to oversimplify it.

Embedded, not outsourced.

We learn your business, work directly with your decision-makers, and sit in on meetings that matter. We help bridge the gap between what made you successful, and how to communicate it for your target audience.

How we work, and why we built it this way.

Every discipline (strategy, design, content, production) is led by a senior who owns the outcome. We coordinate as one team, accountable from kickoff through launch. That's the model.

Book a discovery call → | See our work →

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Our team

A senior creative team, by design.

Fractional Creatives is a small, senior team supported by a deep network of trusted creative professionals. When you work with us, you work with the people below.

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Charmaine Muzyka

Founder + Creative Director

Senior creative leader with ~20 years building brands and marketing assets for growing companies.

Partners + advisors

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Leslie Irvine

Partner + Design Lead

Brings ~20 years of experience and owns design execution across identity, web, and print maintaining our high creative standards.

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Wendy Winder

Advisor + Fractional CMO

Brings ~30 years of marketing and brand strategy insights to our client engagements.

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Brittany Veenhuysen

Copywriting

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David Nagy

Digital Transformation

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Marianne McBean

Brand Strategy

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And many other talented creative professionals around the world:

  • Graphic designers

  • Web developers

  • Photographers

  • Videographers

  • Motion graphics artists

  • Animators / illustrators

  • 3D rendering artists

  • Content marketers

Our values

How we operate.

Practical rigor.

We don't just make things look good. We make sure they work and are aligned with real business goals.

Steady partnership.

We're not here for the flashy launch and then gone. We stay engaged and earn trust over time.

Respect for complexity.

We take the time to learn, ask the right questions, and never oversimplify what makes our clients great.

Excellence in the details.

Meticulous attention to quality, consistency, and craft. Every deliverable reflects that standard.

Our clients

Companies we've partnered with.

From full brand builds to trade show booths to long-term, ongoing partnerships, here are some of the companies we’re proud to have worked with.

Ready to close the brand gap?

A discovery call is the easiest way to find out. A virtual 20–30 minute meeting. We listen, diagnose, and if we're a fit, recommend a right-sized starting point for your business.