About · Nancy Carleton

Started from scratch. Five times.

Portland. Ho Chi Minh City. Sao Paulo. Copenhagen. Dubai. Five cities, four continents, and credibility built from zero in every one. That is not a metaphor. That is the credential no agency can buy.

The origin

The Brand Collective was built because brilliant brands keep getting ignored. Not because the work is not good. It is. Not because the timing is wrong. It is right. Because nobody made people care.

I'm the person you call when you need someone who can see the whole board, and play it.

Twenty years in brand, PR, and media. 350+ businesses across three continents. PR run on all seven. The work is not theoretical. It is lived. And some of it still lives on, fourteen years later.

The receipts

Twenty years. Real rooms. Named results.

01Ran ad operations at NBC.
02Led press at COP24.
03Scaled healthtech across thirteen countries.
04Runs marketing for three pharma engineering brands.
05350+ businesses across three continents.
06Built community from zero in five cities.
I know the room everywhere

The original room, and four built from scratch.

PortlandOregon · The original room
Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam · From zero
Sao PauloBrazil · Built again
CopenhagenDenmark · Home base
DubaiUAE · The newest room

Senior strategy. Not junior execution. The person you meet in the pitch is the person who does the work.

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