Selected work: Results that sing

A selection of work spanning enterprise digital transformation, audience engagement, operational strategy, and community-centered growth.

Enterprise Digital Marketing Leadership

At a national automotive franchise organization, digital transformation required far more than website oversight. The work involved aligning corporate leadership, franchise stakeholders, technical teams, brand priorities, and customer experience across a complex multilingual digital ecosystem.

The challenge was not simply maintaining a large-scale platform. It was creating systems and decision-making frameworks that allowed the organization to respond more quickly, improve customer experience, and use performance data to guide long-term strategic investment.

The work combined audience insight, operational coordination, analytics-led optimization, and cross-functional leadership at enterprise scale.

Digital Transformation · Enterprise Strategy

Strategic Creative Consultancy

For a nationally recognized Chicago arts organization, the challenge was not artistic quality — it was long-term audience growth, relevance, and sustainability.

Working closely with artistic leadership, I helped develop audience-centered programming initiatives designed to deepen engagement and broaden reach. The work included concert development, thematic storytelling, commissioned creative work, community-facing content, and digital engagement initiatives that strengthened the relationship between organization and audience.

When live performance paused during the pandemic, a podcast initiative helped sustain visibility and community connection during a period of extraordinary disruption.

Throughout the work, the focus remained the same: building audience connection strong enough to support both mission and sustainability.

Audience Engagement · Nonprofit Arts

Community Engagement · Belonging

Building Connection Across Communities

Across corporate, educational, cultural, and justice-centered environments, my work has consistently focused on designing experiences that strengthen belonging and meaningful engagement.

At a 5,000-person organization, I helped build four employee resource groups from the ground up — securing leadership sponsorship, developing communications systems, organizing programming, and creating sustainable structures for long-term participation and growth.

In partnership with museums and public institutions across Chicago, I also helped coordinate a citywide educational initiative connecting thousands of elementary students with cultural resources and arts programming.

In a correctional facility, I facilitated creative arts workshops to help incarcerated youth build capacity in self-expression and resilience.

Different environments. The same principle: people engage more deeply when experiences are designed with intention, empathy, and clarity.

Fan Loyalty & Experience Strategy

A national basketball franchise sought to strengthen the connection between membership benefits and genuine fan loyalty.

The work centered on aligning marketing, membership, data, product, and experience teams around a more cohesive vision of fan engagement — one that treated loyalty not as a transaction, but as an ongoing relationship.

The resulting strategy framework connected digital experience, in-person engagement, audience insight, and measurable participation metrics to create a more intentional and emotionally resonant member experience.

Fan Engagement · Loyalty Strategy

Executive-level strategy without unnecessary complexity
I bring enterprise-scale strategic experience while working with the flexibility, responsiveness, and direct collaboration of an independent advisor.
Grounded in both narrative and measurement
The strongest strategies balance emotional connection with clear decision-making. I bring equal attention to storytelling, operational clarity, analytics, and execution.
Audience-centered and systems-aware
Strong audience engagement depends on more than creative campaigns. I look at how messaging, platforms, workflows, analytics, and user experience work together to support sustainable organizational growth.
Mission fluency
I understand mission-driven organizations from the inside. My background in the performing arts gives me firsthand experience with the realities of audience development, community engagement, limited resources, and mission-centered work.

Why Kathryn

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Whether you’re navigating a specific challenge or looking for a stronger long-term digital strategy, I’d love to learn more about your organization and the work you care about.