Patrick Rutherford

Experienced Creative Leader

I believe in leadership that not only envisions a better tomorrow but actively shapes it through a commitment to unconventional creative thinking.

Mission and Vision

Encourage innovation & creativity

Personal Mission Statement
Foster a culture that inspires creativity, promotes continuous learning, and instills confidence in others, empowering them to reach their full potential.

About Me

For the last 20+ years I have been building world-class digital and traditional experiences for organizations, marketing agencies, non-profits, B2C, B2B, Startups, you name it. I believe in what I do and care deeply about the people served by the experiences I or my teams design. By understanding user/audience needs, I find the best solutions and build strong connections for audiences to their products by focusing on what they care about most.

Top 3 Skills

Choosing my top 3 skills as a creative leader, I would choose creativity, strategy, and building processes.

Creativity

I have led an endless amount of extremely successful and progressive digital, print, and film creative initiatives for clients, companies, and organizations.

Strategy

My sweet spot is creating and implementing highly creative strategies solving and exceeding business and marketing needs and goals.

Process

I have created highly successful multi-team, cross-department processes spanning 6 departments focusing on on-time delivery and exceeding expectations in delivered products.

Work and Accomplishments

Most Recent Work.

I have a background in many different creative fields from traditional print design solutions, to mobile and desktop products, to long-form marketing films. I have had my hands in and lead teams through all types of creative solutions.

Built From the ground up.

I built an entire creative department consisting of over 30 employees, from the ground up. I created cross-departmental processes and workflows spanning 3 brands.

Strategy

Process

Our team of 30+ consisted of Designers, Art Directors, Marketing Managers, Digital, Film Producers, Film Editors, Managing Editors, Writers, and more.

Team Of Teams

Managed, maintained, and created a budget of $3.2M between 5 creative, film, marketing, and writing teams.

Multi-Disciplined Budget

Created teams of squads to support multiple business initiatives across our organization exceeding business goals.

Cross-Organization Support

From Manual to Automated

I led an organization-wide initiative to take our company from yearly manual reporting to quarterly automated reporting.

Creative

Strategy

Process

White Label Experience

We created the dashboard to be used by multiple brands reporting on the same data creating a space where multiple organizations can tap into real-time updates on their projects for reporting.

Real-Time Project Tracking

Through developing our Investor Representative Dashboard, we provided real-time investment updates to investors and representatives anytime.

Enabled the organization to go from 400 reports delivered yearly, to 600+ reports delivered quarterly.

From Yearly To Quarterly

A Story of Impact

I partnered with an agency to create my vision for a web experience for our current and potential investors showcasing the impact their investment has on people groups around the world.

Creative

Strategy

Process

Film Production Across The World

I hired and directed multiple trusted teams around the globe to capture stories of people groups through film and photography.

Content Creation Strategies

The processes I took to get these films shot led me to create the process to capture 30+ project celebrations around the world in a Fiscal year.

Going Mobile

We needed a way for Investors to not only see the languages they have been investing in, but also give them a chance to find new languages to sponsor. I created an app for that.

Creative

Strategy

Process

Going Digital

For the first time, our investors were able to see data on their investments on a mobile device and share their experiences.

Prayer Experience

I created a one-of-a-kind prayer experience led by AI natural language processing technology to take commands and guide the user through prayer.

More Work

ID90 Travel App

United States Patent Office

Pawtector

Preview Inside Out

  • "Patrick is one of the most creative and most genuine individuals I have ever met. His integrity, attention to detail and loyalty make him a great partner in any venture."

    -Chris Ray

  • "I very much enjoyed working with Patrick as he's a team player, but also a great leader."

    -Emily Steinke

  • "Patrick has the creative talent to quickly adapt to new platforms, creative fields and directions - and his work is always stunning."

    -Christian Dumke

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