About
I'm Jared: a marketer, an artist, and the person my friends call when their computer won't turn on.
I've drawn, painted and built things my whole life. I went into marketing because it's one of the few places where the creative side and the analytical side have to work together. You need to understand people, look at a problem from every angle, and then actually make something.
I started at Michigan State, finished at Florida Atlantic University with a marketing degree, magna cum laude, and spent my last year leading research teams and interning at a publisher. Since graduating I've built and launched a client's website and brand and taken my own app from an idea to a public beta.
What I'm like to work with
I build the thing underneath
At Casa Carlini I was asked for content calendars. I built a strategy, a 10-stage process and a planning workbook, and the system kept running after my internship ended.
I say what the data says
On Bamboo, only one of our three hypotheses held up, so that's what the report says. On Prime Bites, I wrote up the finding that complicated our own campaign idea.
I finish things
OHPI went from first build to public beta in about a month: the app, the security, the website, the brand and the launch. db5ive's site went live with perfect Lighthouse scores on desktop.
I'm easy to be around
My best friend says I'm quick, funny and transparent. I'd add that I like structure and real deadlines, and I'm happy to present the work and defend it.
How I got here
Full resume →- OHPI
- Founder: designed, built and launched an app for iPhone, iPad and Mac, now in public beta, plus its website, brand and launch campaign2026–now
- db5ive
- Freelance: built and launched a 13-page website and the brand system for an advisory practice2026–now
- Florida Atlantic University
- B.B.A. Marketing, magna cum laudeMay 2026
- Casa Carlini
- Marketing intern: social strategy and the editorial system for an eleven-imprint publisher, plus the Marilyn Diaries release campaignFeb–May 2026
- FAU team projects
- Team lead on two research projects for real brands: a 90-day campaign for Prime Bites and a market study for Bamboo Holiday LightingFall 2025
- Alpha Epsilon Pi, Michigan State
- Vice President: ran operations for 500+ person events and tracked a $200,000+ semester budget. Also apparel chair, designing the chapter's merch, and painter of the house murals2022–2023
- Swimquest
- Front desk to manager over five years: ran shifts of up to nine instructors and sold lesson packages2018–2023
- JB's Car Wash
- Co-founder: an at-home car wash started during COVID, giving 10% to a local hospital2020
Toolkit
Research & data
Strategy
Creative
Web & product
Certification
Outside work
Building computersI spec, source and build PCs from scratch, and run my own home lab, media server and smart home.
ArtMurals, painting and merch design. Some of it is on the Art & Design page.
Photography and cookingTwo ways I make things when I'm not at a screen.
Golf, bowling and the gymPlus plenty of watching sports and playing video games.
What I'm looking for
Roles in digital marketing, market research and strategy, where I get to figure out what's really going on and build the plan for it. Five years from now I want to point at real things and say: I built that, I figured that out. Remote first, or hybrid near Fort Lauderdale. If you've got something you think I'd be good at, I'd like to hear about it.