Hire the Best Marketers in Portland, OR

With over 15 years experience as a technical writer, marketer, content creator, journalist, and critic, J. Simpson has had the opportunity to work in every vertical and niche imaginable. Specializing in tech, culture, and the humanities, he is fascinated by the things that people make. It is his great honor, passion, and joy to help people bring their dreams to life with his wisdom, passion, and experience.

Experienced Marketing Professional with a strong background in international marketing campaigns and web development. Proven ability to drive brand visibility, engagement, and lead generation through innovative strategies and compelling content creation. Proficient in Adobe Suite, WordPress development, and social media management, delivering engaging experiences across diverse platforms. Adept at analyzing trends and refining strategies using data-driven insights from tools such as Excel, Google Analytics, and R. With a Bachelor of Science in Digital Communication from Oregon State University, I possess a deep understanding of online social trends and communication patterns. Passionate about content creation and SEO, I produce valuable and impactful content that resonates with target audiences. Thanks so much for checking out my profile!

Most digital marketers know tools. I know what to do when the tools don’t work. Over the past decade, I’ve worked inside B2B and B2C environments where the reality looks nothing like the sales deck - fragmented data, half-implemented platforms, and marketing systems that technically exist, but don’t actually drive revenue, and I fix them. That’s where I operate best. I’m a HubSpot-certified marketer with deep experience across CRM architecture, marketing automation, and B2B funnel strategy. But more importantly, I understand how buying decisions actually happen inside organizations - long before a form is ever filled out. I’ve built and optimized systems that: -- Turn disconnected data into usable pipeline -- Align marketing activity to real revenue metrics (ARR, conversion rates, pipeline velocity) -- Support account-based strategies through segmentation, personalization, and reporting -- Identify and capture demand earlier in the buying cycle, not just at the point of inbound My background spans full-funnel execution - from campaign strategy to CRM implementation - with a focus on making systems work together, not just exist alongside each other. I've led marketing campaigns at Microsoft Office, Xbox, MSNBC, HP, Cisco, Boeing, Nike, Converse, Experian Credit UK & US, and many other Fortune 500 companies. One of my most recent clients was a startup in Southern Washington who had no marketing operations at all. In less than a year, I built a marketing campaign and architected a HubSpot installation for them that took them from a local company to a nationwide company. I can do the same for you. If you’re looking for someone to “run campaigns,” there are plenty of lower-cost options. If you’re looking for someone who can quickly understand your problem; and then diagnose, design, and improve the system those campaigns depend on, that’s where I come in.

AI Operations | Airtable | Automations | Speaking | Team Training | AI-Enhanced Content Marketing | AI Presentations If you're wrestling with: - Managing deadlines across multiple client projects - Trying to keep your team aligned and communicating smoothly - Finding time for actual creative work vs admin tasks - Knowing where to *actually* start with new AI tools and trends I'm here to help. With over 7 years of experience as an operations, marketing and creative team leader at studios, teams and agencies just like yours, I offer a customized approach called AI-Ops+ that saves team leaders hours each week. My goal isn't to replace creativity with technology. It's to enhance and grow your team's potential by offering training & designing systems to automatically handle the busywork like: - Content scheduling and publishing - Recurring reports and dashboard setup - Meeting coordination and notes - Email triage and delegation - Lead routing, scoring and automated follow-ups So you and your team can focus on bringing fresh ideas to life. We'll start by assessing your current tech stack, workflows, and pain points. Then, build a roadmap to strategically implement tools and systems that connect it all. My clients -- from photography and videography studios to digital marketing teams, law firms, and talent agencies -- have seen their efficiency improve by 20-50% in the first month alone. My expertise spans project management platforms, collaboration tools, CRMs, social media managers, automation platforms, and the latest AI-powered systems. So you get to leverage cutting-edge solutions without needing to figure them out alone. I bring years of experience as a lead marketer and creative producer for global brands, including growing startups, social enterprises and personal brands with over 1 million+ followers. Whether you're just getting your first systems in place, or taking them to the next level, I've got you covered. If you're ready to get off the admin rollercoaster and focus on the work you truly enjoy, let's chat! I offer flexible packages tailored to your budget and goals. Now is the time to bring some magic back into your days. 😊 --TOOLS INCLUDE-- • Airtable • Claude | Claude Code • Zapier • Make • ActiveCampaign • Clickfunnels • LinkedIn, Instagram, Reddit and more • ManyChat • WhatsApp • HubSpot • ClickUp • Notion • ChatGPT Teams • OpenAI API • Claude, Perplexity, and many more

Copy and content have been reduced to afterthoughts in a vanity-metric world. I’m here to fix that guesswork for wellness and lifestyle DTC brands seeking scalable growth. If your brand is posting, publishing, running ads, and emailing nonstop, boosting random Reels, and your growth is still flat, I’m the person you call before you throw more money at ads. I’m a fractional content and growth strategist (ex-Nike, adidas, and ex agencies that handled The North Face, Walgreens, Sweet Apricity + more). I bring big-brand discipline and strategy to small, scrappy teams. I help founders and lean marketing crews turn “kind-of-working” content and ads into a clear, repeatable revenue system. What I actually fix If any of these feel true, you’re in the right place: Growth has stalled, or isn't scalable and you can’t tell if it’s the content, the offer, or the ads. You’re spending on Meta/Google but ROAS is weak and you’re guessing what to test next. You’re “everywhere” (IG, email, site, maybe TikTok) but your brand feels different on every channel. Content takes massive effort, but you can’t tie it to sales or real KPIs. Your team is burned out trying to “do it all” with no real plan or process. Past clients have used this work to lift email revenue, improve ROAS on Meta, and finally see which content is actually driving sales instead of guessing in every standup. What I do for you I don’t sell random one-off posts. I build the system: Content and channel audits I go through your site, email, social, and paid, identify what’s working, what’s confusing your customer, and where money is leaking out of the funnel. Goal-first content strategy and messaging (certified framework) I start with your business goals and reverse-engineer your content using a certified framework (The S3 System™) that’s been tested with 28K+ brands. Every pillar, post, email, and ad has a job: to generate demand, convert it, or build long-term loyalty, so you’re not just “talking about your mission,” you’re building a system that grows revenue. Go-to-market and launch planning I turn product drops, promos, and new offers into structured campaigns (pre-launch → launch → post-launch) instead of “we posted three times and hoped.” Paid media and creative I help you use Meta/Google like a grown-up brand: clear objectives, message-led creative, testing plans. I can also write or refresh ad copy and key landing pages so performance actually improves. Who I’m best for Wellness products and services (IV/med spas, recovery, supplements, non-alc, coaches, studios) Lifestyle and “better life” brands (focus, sleep, routines, mental health, habits) Apparel and gear for people who move (snowboarding, yoga/Pilates, running, outdoor, rec sports) You’re probably a founder, CMO, or head of marketing who is: Done with vague “brand awareness” and wants content and ads tied to revenue Ready for a simple, data-backed plan you can execute with the team you already have Looking for big-brand thinking without hiring a full-time director Typical ways clients work with me - Diagnostic content, channel audit + mini playbook (starting around $575) A clear diagnosis of what’s breaking growth, plus prioritized fixes for the next 30–60 days. - Launch or campaign playbook (usually $2K–$3K) Strategy, messaging, and a content + paid plan for one key offer or product drop. -Ongoing retained support for paid ad management and copywriting support Starting at $2,000 per month - Full-funnel content + paid strategy (up to about $5K) Deep audit, S3-style content system, go-to-market framework, testing roadmap, and key copy assets so your team can execute without guesswork. If you’re looking for the cheapest way to “post more,” I’m not your person. If you want to finally understand what to build, why, and how it drives revenue, we’ll work well together. When you reach out, send: Your brand and site Links to your main channels Your top 2–3 frustrations right now What “a win” would look like in the next 3 months I’ll tell you exactly how I can help, or be honest if I’m not the right fit. Search for Savage Soup Content to learn more about me.

Hello! My name is Morgan, and I've been building websites professionally since 2012. I specialize in front end development - simply put, I take design mock ups and turn them into fully-functioning websites. However, my skills span all areas of the website creation process, from design to development to marketing, promotion, and SEO. This wide range of knowledge gives me a keen insight into how to build websites around my clients' specific needs. Choices made during the design and development phases will ultimately affect promotion and SEO, and a mistake made early on can be incredibly costly down the line. It's all too common to have a designer build you a website that looks good, but is slow, bloated, and buggy. Designers are great at making sites look good, but they're not always the best at translating their designs into code. So then you need a web developer go back through the site, fix the code, and speed everything up. Ouch, you didn't expect that extra cost, but at least the work is done and the site is ready to go, right? Wrong. Your site has been live for six months and the phone hasn't rung once. Google isn't sending any traffic to your pages, and when you try to post links on Facebook and Twitter, your image previews show up cropped and the right text isn't showing up in the captions. No one is "liking" or "following" your pages, and you're scared you just dropped a whole bunch of money for nothing! In comes the digital marketer to tell you that you're going to need to rewrite half of your content and completely restructure your site structure if you want to compete on Google. You're also going to have to recode a bunch of site files to make sure you're using the structured data markup that Google, Facebook, and other sites need to understand your site content. And it's going to be costly... So you've just paid to build the same website three times and launched it six months late. Ouch. Hiring a web agency with a full team of specialists could have avoided this situation, but at those rates you probably would have spent roughly the same amount. What's the solution? I'm the solution. I'm a designer who plans like a coder and thinks like a marketer. When I show you a mockup for a webpage, I know exactly how I'm going to build it, and exactly how it fits into your overall marketing strategy. I know the keywords it's going to rank for in Google, and I know how many searches per month those keywords get. I know what your competitors are doing right, what they're doing wrong, and I already have a plan to beat them. I provide all the benefits of a full web agency at the price of a freelancer. So if you're tired of building the same site three times, or sick of dealing with a different person every time you call your web agency (while running up a fortune with their billing department), please do not hesitate to get in touch with me. I'm always happy to rescue a new client from the nightmares of the web development process and provide them with the expertise and timely communication they deserve. I look forward to hearing from you! Morgan :)