Marketing that moves missions forward.
Deep Varnish helps organizations build the strategy and creative to
turn what they do into something people remember.
Featured Work
-
36%
Increase in First-Time Donors
for SAE Foundation -
27%
Surge in Part-Time MBA Admits
for Boler School of Business -
30%
Increase in Member Renewals
for SAE International -
22%
Increase in Ecommerce Sales
for OSTRIM -
$10K
Increase in monthly revenue
for Pump Peelz -
35%
Increase in Ecommerce sales
for Spin-Clean
We're greedy about results.
We look at the whole picture. Where the spend is going, whether the website converts, whether the brand is actually pulling its weight. We stay on it until the numbers move. And you work with Shawn Graham directly, the same person who diagnoses the problem, builds the fix, and has run the campaigns.
Most engagements start the same way, with a Marketing Audit that finds your true north before anything gets built.
-
We find what's genuinely true about your brand and build your messaging, voice, and creative direction around it. The result is a story your whole team can tell the same way, the natural first step when the results aren't matching the effort.
-
We build a focused plan around your goals, channels, and budget, then help you execute it. Every decision is tied to a specific outcome.
-
Websites are often built before the strategic questions get answered. What visitors should do, how the navigation should work, whether the messaging is actually doing its job. We handle the strategy and creative direction covering architecture, messaging, calls to action, visual storytelling, and SEO foundations.
-
Senior marketing leadership without the cost of a full-time hire. We set direction, align your team, and stay accountable to results for as long as you need that level of guidance.
In their words.
-
![A photo of Lori Gatmaitan.]()
"I engaged with Deep Varnish on a range of projects including brochure development, photography and videography, SEO, collateral design, annual giving optimization, social media and email strategy, and a full website and brand redesign. Shawn was an exceptional partner throughout."
Lori Gatmaitan
Former VP, SAE Foundation -
![A photo of Alan Miciak.]()
"Deep Varnish was a great strategic partner and provided valuable insights to shape our MBA enrollment marketing strategy. Their understanding of higher education marketing resulted in recommendations that helped fuel our admissions efforts. We are already experiencing an encouraging improvement in enrollment and the overall MBA grad experience."
Alan Miciak
Dean, John Carroll University's Boler School of Business -
![A photo of Darin Smith.]()
"Our web presence vastly improved with our new website and SEO. We dove right into a new marketing strategy and instantly had positive results in quote requests and sales. Deep Varnish was able to quickly learn our industry and gave us insight as to what our next steps should be."
Darin Smith
General Manager, Printscape Imaging & Graphics
Our insights that will help you own your category:
Curious about working together?
Based in Pittsburgh, Deep Varnish works with organizations that want their marketing to reflect the quality of what they do. If you'd like to talk about a project, or just to say hi, get in touch.