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[ practice 04 ]FRACTIONAL EXECUTIVE & ADVISORY

Digital
Leadership

Senior thinking, inside your organization.

The most consequential decisions your organization makes deserve executive-caliber thinking: present in the room, accountable to outcomes, and priced as a fraction of the hire you'd otherwise be forced to make.

Build your bench ↓Meet the six roles

Scaling companies at an inflection point

The decisions got bigger, faster, and more expensive. The executive team didn't.

Teams outrunning their infrastructure

Momentum is real, but strategy, brand, and AI adoption are running on improvisation.

Leaders who want a seasoned voice

One that rolls up its sleeves, stays in the room, and earns its keep through the decisions it sharpens.

[ the bench ]SIX ROLES

Six roles. One engagement model.
Take one, or compose a bench.

01 / 06MOST REQUESTED

Fractional CMO

Marketing leadership judged by pipeline, not activity

Marketing without senior leadership produces motion instead of momentum. Campaigns run, content ships, budgets drain, and nobody can say what actually moved the number.

WHAT THEY OWN
Marketing strategy and positioning ownership
Budget architecture, allocation, and spend accountability
Team and agency direction with clear briefs and standards
Full role detail
02 / 06

Fractional Brand Officer

One executive accountable for brand coherence

Brands fragment when nobody owns them. Product says one thing, sales says another, and every new hire dilutes the voice a little further.

WHAT THEY OWN
Brand governance and expression standards ownership
Identity and voice stewardship across all surfaces
Creative review and approval authority structure
Bring to front
03 / 062026 PRIORITY

Fractional Head of AI

AI adoption with an owner, a roadmap, and guardrails

Every team is experimenting with AI. Almost nobody is accountable for it.

WHAT THEY OWN
AI opportunity map and adoption roadmap ownership
Tool selection, consolidation, and vendor governance
Usage policy, data protection, and review standards
Bring to front
04 / 06

Content & Editorial Lead

A senior editor running your publishing operation

Content teams without editorial leadership publish more and land less.

WHAT THEY OWN
Editorial calendar ownership and publishing rhythm
Brief writing and assignment management
Line editing and voice enforcement on priority pieces
Bring to front
05 / 06

Advisory & Board

Standing counsel for the decisions that matter most

Some decisions are too consequential to make inside your own echo chamber.

WHAT THEY OWN
Standing seat in board or leadership meetings
Defined advisory mandate and quarterly agenda
Pre-read review and prepared positions on key decisions
Bring to front
06 / 06

Team Mentorship

Raise the ceiling of the team you already have

Hiring senior talent is slow and expensive. Raising the level of the team you already have compounds faster.

WHAT THEY OWN
Skills assessment and development plan per participant
Biweekly working sessions on live projects
Work review against defined quality standards
Bring to front
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HOW IT RUNS

Embedded, not advisory-at-a-distance: one to three days per week, in your tools and your meetings, judged by what actually changes, and designed to make itself unnecessary.

[ interactive ]BUILD YOUR BENCH

Toggle the roles.
Watch the engagement assemble.

Fractional CMOMarketing leadership judged by pipeline, not activity$~45 HRS/MO · WEEKLYEXECUTIVE TIER
Fractional Brand OfficerOne executive accountable for brand coherence$~44 HRS/MO · WEEKLYEXECUTIVE TIER
Fractional Head of AIAI adoption with an owner, a roadmap, and guardrails$~55 HRS/MO · WEEKLYEXECUTIVE TIER
Content & Editorial LeadA senior editor running your publishing operation$~33 HRS/MO · WEEKLYENTRY TIER
Advisory & BoardStanding counsel for the decisions that matter most$~27 HRS/MO · MONTHLYENTRY TIER
Team MentorshipRaise the ceiling of the team you already have$~24 HRS/MO · BI-WEEKLYENTRY TIER
YOUR BENCH

No roles selected yet. Toggle the roles your next stage actually needs. The engagement and its range assemble here.

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