About Us

Creative Outhouse has helped launch new brands and reposition existing ones since 2001. 

We ‘re a senior-level team with a single ambition—to win for our clients.  Any of us could work at a large, traditional agency where we’d attend meetings and do very little actual client work.

That’s not for us. We’re driven to solve clients’ problems and find opportunities to grow their business and make a difference.

CREATIVE MARKETING SERVICES

We create marketing campaigns, branded content, advertising, sales materials, digital content and branding materials. This is a short list of our most popular creative marketing services.

  • Brand Launch

  • Brand Re-launch

  • Brand Strategy

  • Positioning Statement

  • Brand Asset Development

    • Value Propositions

    • Brand Positioning

    • Higher Order Benefits

    • Brand Purpose

    • Competitive Analysis & Audit

  • Brand Workshops

  • Brand Messaging

  • Naming

  • Taglines

  • Logo Design

  • Message Development

  • Integrated Behavior Change Campaigns

  • Video Content

  • Digital Ad Development

  • Integrated Marketing

  • Content Marketing

  • Creative Development and Execution

  • Traditional Advertising Campaigns

    • TV

    • Radio

    • Print

    • Outdoor

  • Brochures

  • Posters

  • Infographics

  • Website Design & Content

  • Annual Reports

  • Media Planning & Buying

OUR TEAM

Like every agency, we have employees and contractors, systems and processes. But in the end, there’s only one thing that will set one creative marketing agency apart from the rest — the people. Our team is the best.

Creative Leads

Rudy Fernandez

Founder and Creative Director
Rudy founded Creative Outhouse in 2001 and has had a hand in all the work on this site. When you need communications ideas, Rudy delivers. He helps clients connect with audiences with big ideas and flushes them out into actionable tactics. Then he finds the best people to make them real.

Rudy has created brands and campaigns that change the way people think, feel and act. He is a rare breed of creative who is not only passionate about the creative product but also the science as to why people behave the way they do.

Amanda Sabetai

Project Manager
Amanda began her career in a high-pressure deadline-driven world as a daily newspaper reporter. What we do? Piece of cake. She’s managed everything from logo design projects to big conferences and elevates gentle nudging to an art form. When it needs to get done on time and in budget, she will make it happen.   

Patrick Jung

Sr. Art Director and Visual Leader
Patrick has worked with Creative Outhouse since 2003. He is the heartbeat behind our work. Because of his ability to solve even the toughest challenges, we’ve come to expect amazing every time he touches something. Our clients often ask for him because with Patrick on the job, they can go worry about something else.

 

Troy King

Sr. Art Director, Best Designer in the World
Troy has worked with Creative Outhouse since 2001 and he and Rudy have worked together since way before that. Think of the best-looking thing you’ve ever seen. Troy can make it look better. His work is well thought-out and stunning.

Duncan Stone

Concept and Copy King
Duncan has worked with Creative Outhouse since 2012. He has won national and international awards for his ideas and copywriting. He has an extraordinary ability to grasp even the most complex messages and turn them into a clear and compelling narrative. Whatever comes across his desk, he “gets it” immediately and turns it into gold. 

Rich Wakefield

Idea Generator
Rich has worked with Creative Outhouse since 2011. Rich and Rudy have worked together nearly their entire careers. Rich is the most prolific idea person you’ll ever meet. Brilliant ideas for events, social media campaigns, promotions or traditional ads just pour out of him. He’s worked with the largest brands in the world throughout the US, Canada and the Middle East.

 

Mary Alice Cantrell

Miraculous Print Production Manager
Mary Alice has worked with Creative Outhouse since 2003. Mary Alice has more than 30 years of experience in print production and makes sure everything we produce is stellar. We’ve worked on collateral, signage, trade show booths, glass etchings, online toolkits and even a giant balloon made to look like a smog cloud. Whatever we come up with, she makes it happen. 

Liz Daney

Media Director
Liz has been a leader in cross channel strategy and media for many years. She’s overseen large integrated campaigns in all media and is a master at creating strategies that reach audiences at crucial decision points in their journey.

 
 
 

Research, Strategy & Social

Jeff Silverman

Super Sr. Strategist
Jeff has worked with Creative Outhouse since 2018 and is a master at strategic planning. He has more than 30 years of experience in everything from Global 2000 companies to start-ups across a diverse range of private and public sector industries including healthcare, financial services, professional services, commercial building products, and small business to enterprise-class technology. Jeff is the smartest guy in the room.

Meagan Swingle

Social Media and PR Jedi
Meagan has worked with CO since 2014.  The CO philosophy of what creativity means is this:  Creativity means finding opportunities and solving problems in new and better ways. Meagan is the perfect example of this. With media changing at such a rapid pace, you need Meagan, who stays ahead of it. Whether she works on a Fortune 500 company or a small nonprofit, she will always find new and better ways to reach an audience.

 

Keith Aikens

Brilliant and Caring Strategist
Keith’s has a big brain and a big heart. He uses both in his work and has led strategic efforts working with national organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ) and W.K. Kellogg Foundation and has developed strategic communication plans for a a number of social justice initiatives. Keith is a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps.