In-house creative leadership for small teams.
I help teams build brand systems, multimedia campaigns, and creative culture that actually hold up under in-house constraints.
Open to full-time or long-term embedded roles. Tulsa-based, remote-friendly.
What I bring to a team:
Translate strategy into usable brand systems beyond brand guidelines.
Set creative direction that survives turnover, timelines, and budget shifts.
Lead designers and collaborators as a mentor, not a bottleneck.
Build momentum with limited resources and capacity.
Partner with leadership and stakeholders across strategy, content, and execution.
Make decisions that move the team forward.
Where I’ve done this before:
Family & Children’s Services
Senior creative leadership inside a large nonprofit systemizing brand, campaigns, and content while building creative capacity from within the organization.
Bringing clarity and cohesion to a stretched nonprofit brand >>
A brand refresh for a nonprofit podcast >>
Hope starts with a repeatable format >>
Discovery Lab (Tulsa Children’s Museum)
Led multiple environmental and exhibit branding projects in close partnership with internal teams and fabricators for a major new facility.
Branding multiple exhibit spaces for a bold new chapter in Tulsa's cultural scene >>
A flexible identity for a traveling STEM exhibit >>
Tulsa Health Department
Long-term creative leadership (14 years) inside a public health organization developing campaign systems, program identities, and multimedia work across 30+ initiatives while managing vendors and in-house production.
“Russell understands brands as systems, not just assets. He brings direction, not just execution, building creative structures that support teams, align leadership, and scale inside real organizational constraints.”
Dee Harris
Director of Open Culture Storytelling at Creative Commons >>
Why in-house teams work well with me.
I design for reuse and evolution.
I’m comfortable making decisions, not just options.
I work inside constraints without resenting them. I actually prefer them.
I document and systemize so teams don’t rely on me forever.
I care about team and creative health more than just output.
Roles this page is meant for:
Creative Director (in-house)
Brand Director / Brand Lead
Senior Creative Lead
Marketing Creative Lead
Fractional or embedded Creative Director
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