Helping build & communicate competitive brands

  • Since 1995

    Started in 1995 in Washington, DC, we provide exceptional branding, business development and marketing communications services to a diverse community of corporate, government and nonprofit clients. Then as now, our focus is on building and communicating competitive brands. To get there, we work with a vast and seasoned network of associates whose professional skillsets cut a swath through virtually every area of business development, strategic planning, management, brand-building, marketing and communications services.

    Our approach means that every client benefits from a custom-assembled team of professionals whose interests and skills are the best fit for their teams and objectives. We've delivered projects of all sizes and across all sectors in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Asia and Africa.

  • Fresh Ideas. Better Service.

    Our move into flying drones for marketing, cinematography, data collection and analysis arose from a mounting interest from clients for new perspectives and for deeper dives into the data needed to make competitive business decisions.

    In recent years, we've substantially expanded our digital film, photography and graphics support services to meet the expanding needs of our clients. And we've added new partnerships to enable large graphics projects for office spaces and digital signage projects. Let's find out what we can do for you.

CLIENTS

David Conrod

David has more than 30 years of marketing and communications experience. He began his career in journalism and moved into the corporate environment taking a communications position with Anheuser-Busch Companies and quickly moved through the ranks. After 10 years with the company, David struck out on his own to create a brand and strategic communications company in Washington, DC anchored in the belief that every experience people have with an organization is an opportunity to create loyal brand ambassadors.

For the past 29 years, David has successfully helped corporate, government and non-profit organizations build and communicate their brands at home and around the world. Every client benefits from a custom-assembled team of professionals whose interests and skills are the best fit for their teams and objectives. David has delivered projects of all sizes and across all sectors in the U.S., Europe, Asia, Africa, Canada and South America. His focus is on the creativity, strategy and logistics required to help clients develop, implement and support competitive brands.

Susan Wade

Susan is a communications and public relations specialist with three decades of experience in advisory roles for corporations, nonprofits, and agencies. Her expertise is in developing leading-edge communications strategies that effectively use all aspects of the marketing communications toolbox to elevate brand reputations and increase awareness of organizations among critical audiences. Additional relevant experience includes crisis communications, partnership development, and stakeholder engagement.

Before working with Conrod Associates, Susan was Vice President of Marketing Communications for the Vinyl Institute, a U.S. trade organization for the polyvinyl chloride industry. During her tenure at VI she directed the communications efforts for the organization and was instrumental in launching the industry’s first sustainability initiative.

Susan’s marketing communications experience, primarily in the D.C. area, includes posts with Anheuser Busch Companies, Neustar, Verizon, Network Solutions, Fleishman-Hillard Public Relations, and Powell Tate Public Affairs. She serves on the Water Well Trust Board of Directors, which focuses on providing rural Americans access to clean water.