About · TCD Brand Studio

Why brands bring me in.

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There’s a brand decision ahead, and it’s likely one that decides whether the market notices you.

Trevor Clark Dawson
SF / CA

Advise · Create · Lead

Trevor Dawson
20+Years brand building experience
3Ways to work together

The launch is getting close and the brand that has to carry it isn’t ready. A company has outgrown the story it started with. A founder needs a creative partner at the table, not another vendor.

That’s where I come in. I partner with founders and leadership teams on brand strategy, identity and getting a brand to market: the positioning, the name, the look, the launch, and the hundred small calls in between that decide whether it lands. If that sounds like where you are, I’d like to hear what you’re building.

I’ve been doing this for more than two decades, in-house and agency-side, for startups and for Fortune 500 companies, across technology, healthcare, life sciences, sustainability and consumer products. I’ve built brands from the ground up and led the creative teams that kept them growing. And I’ve sat with leadership through the brand and product decisions they’ll be remembered for.

Over the years I’ve built a trusted network of strategists, writers, designers, developers and production partners around the world. When a project calls for it, I know who to bring together. Otherwise, you’ll work directly with me.

If one of those decisions is coming up and you’d like someone to bounce it off first, let’s talk.

Lead · Create · Advise

Some teams need a leader. Some need a maker. Some need a second opinion. I work as all three.

Ways to work together →

01Fractional Creative Leadership

Strategic creative partnership for founders and leadership teams navigating growth, repositioning, launches, or organizational change. This work often includes executive workshops, brand strategy, creative direction, stakeholder alignment, and mentoring internal teams.

02Creative Development

Hands-on creative work spanning brand identity, campaigns, presentations, messaging, visual systems, and key customer experiences. Ideal when a project needs both strategic thinking and exceptional execution.

03Creative Advisory

Flexible access for ongoing creative reviews, design critiques, strategic feedback, and trusted counsel. A practical option for teams that benefit from experienced guidance without requiring day-to-day leadership.

Partnerships · 111 brands

Every brand. And almost every letter in the alphabet.

Two decades of brands, in-house and as clients: every company whose identity, campaigns or collab that launched and I had a hand in.

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  • 7x7 Magazine
A
  • AbbVie
  • Accelera by Cummins
  • Acessa
  • Adidas
  • Admares
  • Advarra
  • Affirm
  • Aimmune Therapeutics
  • AISF
  • Allergan
  • American Heart Association
  • Amgen
  • Argonne Elementarypro bono
  • AT&T Park
  • Athleta
  • Autodesk
B
  • Balboa Social Club
  • Banana Republic
  • Best Buy
  • Bishop Fox
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Botox
  • BrewLife
C
  • California Natural Muscle Mayhem
  • Chamber Cardio
  • The Column Group
  • Conexeu
  • Cornerstone
  • Cummins
D
  • Dockers
  • DrugBank
E
  • Epicura Events
F
  • Facebook
  • Facebook Blueprint
  • Facebook Education
  • Facebook for Developers
  • Facebook Reality Labs
  • Firewood Marketing
G
  • Gap
  • Gap Inc.in-house
  • Gillig
  • Google Chromebook
  • Google Events
  • Google Play
H
  • Hasbro
  • Hasbro – Peppa Pig
  • Homemade Pasta Marketing
I
  • Idenix Pharmaceuticals
  • illi Agency
  • Intuitive Surgical
J
  • Juvéderm
L
  • Laurel Hill Nursery Schoolpro bono
  • Lenovo
  • Levi’sin-house
  • LifeMoves
  • LinkedIn
  • Little House Productions
  • Little Passports
  • Lung Cancer Foundation of America
M
  • MarinBio
  • MassMutual
  • Media.Monks
  • Medtronic
  • Mercari
  • Mercedes-AMG
  • Meta for Developers
  • Monsterin-house
  • Moore Foundation
N
  • NASM
  • Natera
  • Nature Made
  • Netskope
O
  • Obey®
  • Oculus
  • Okta
  • Old Navy
P
  • PayerWatch
  • PayPal
  • Playing Field
  • Prehealth
  • Presidio Middle Schoolpro bono
  • Procysbi
S
  • Salesforce
  • Samsung
  • Sanofi
  • SBFA
  • ServiceNow
  • Siemens
  • Singularity University
  • Slipknot
  • Smart Data Solutions
  • SmarterDx
  • SOMA Magazine
  • Spark AR by Facebook
  • Stryker
  • Sunrun
  • Supertab
T
  • Top Star Elite
  • Translate Bio
U
  • Uber
  • Uber Eats
  • Uber for Business
  • Uber Freight
  • Uber Transit
V
  • Vertical Harvest
  • VitalCX
W
  • W2O Group
  • WellWorks
  • The Wine Marathon
  • WNBF