
Brandon McCurdy,founder of BrandDesign
Helping purpose-driven leaders build brands that stand out and businesses that scale.
1,000+ businesses served20+ years in strategy & creative7+ companies founded





Brandon is a business strategist and speaker. He's the creator of hundreds of brands and has been involved in growing hundreds more, from real estate and retail to nonprofits, influencers and tech.
He owns BrandDesign and Social Brand Pro, co-created the RISE Business Framework, and has served as CMO and senior consultant at Sharper Business Solutions since 2019. He co-founded The Talking Shirt with his wife, Rachel, and is a co-founder of The RISE Generation.
Having launched national campaigns and built companies from the ground up, Brandon helps leaders see the vision for what's next and the practical steps it takes to get there.
His approach combines business clarity, marketing psychology and high-conversion creative. He's a husband and a proud dad to three daughters.
A marketing agency that owns the plan.
BrandDesign is a marketing agency based in Marion, Iowa, working with companies across the United States and beyond. Brandon founded it to give CEOs and founders a marketing leader who owns the plan, leads the team and tracks the results, so marketing gets judged by revenue, not activity.
One accountable leader.
Every engagement is led by a Fractional CMO who runs strategy, the team and the numbers as one plan.
Real businesses, real budgets.
Real estate investors, home services, roofing supply, restoration and hospitality, plus B2B services, education and nonprofits. See our clients.
Systems that keep working.
Ads, SEO, websites, CRM and creative, plus Five5Five50, our year-long automated funnel, and Social Brand Pro.
Speaking, ventures and the full story live on Brandon's own site: brandonmccurdy.com.