A seat at your table. Budgets, metrics, vendors, calendar. Fewer reports, more decisions. Not an agency. Not a consultant. A director with skin in the game — and a maximum of three clients per quarter.
If you're reading this, you probably already have a Meta agency, an SEO contractor, a designer on retainer, an email freelancer, and a CRM consultant nobody calls back. The work is happening; the work is not connected. Each vendor optimizes their slice. Nobody owns the whole.
Fractional direction is the missing role. Same authority as an in-house CMO. Same accountability. Without the salary, the equity ask, the recruiter fees, or the 14-month onboarding curve.
Pre-revenue businesses still finding product-market fit. Founders who want a yes-person. Operations where marketing reports to a committee. The framework requires a single decision-maker on the client side; a marketing director without a counterpart cannot close the loop.
72-hour operational audit, vendor inventory, KPI dashboard live, first vendor review scheduled.
One consequential decision per month. Channels reassessed. First measurable KPI movement expected by end of month 03.
Either side can exit with 14 days' notice. You retain every asset, dashboard, and document. No theatrical clauses.
Monthly review, quarterly recalibration, annual planning. Engagements typically run 12–18 months before transitioning to a permanent in-house director (which I help recruit if needed).