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Culture Cartel is a Toronto creative and marketing studio with global reach. Brand, campaigns, digital and live experiences, run by one senior team, for brands at every stage: from founder-led businesses to some of the biggest names in their categories.
Our team has led work for Kubota, Polaris, Club Car, Smirnoff, CLAAS, JCB and Monster Energy across North America, Africa and Europe, from dealer networks of 80+ to national campaigns and sold-out live events.
What we do:
- Brand strategy, naming, identity and repositioning
- Integrated campaigns and advertising
- Experiential marketing, events and brand activations
- Trade shows, exhibitions and sponsorship activation
- Website design and build
- Social, content, reels and newsletters
- Dealer and channel marketing
- AI adoption and marketing systems
Recent work: GRID+CLUB and F1inTO, Toronto's biggest Formula 1 race day, which we built and run; michaelkutcher.com; all marketing operations for TA Speakers Management; and the Prairie Ag rebrand for a 30-year Western Canadian equipment dealer.
We are known for turning around underperforming brands and for producing experiences people talk about the next day. Focused, fast, precise. Work that's unmistakable. Campaigns that travel. Durable growth.
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Min project size
$5,000+
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Hourly rate
$100 - $149 / hr
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Employees
2 - 9
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Year founded
Founded 2024
Service Lines
- Branding
- 30%
- Event Marketing
- 25%
- Advertising
- 20%
- Web Design
- 15%
- Digital Strategy
- 10%
Select Focus Area
- Branding Focus
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- Brand strategy
- 35%
- Brand messaging
- 20%
- Naming
- 10%
- Product branding
- 10%
- Event Marketing Focus
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- Festival Promotion
- 15%
- Immersive Brand Experiences
- 15%
- Conference Promotion
- 10%
- Networking Event Promotion
- 5%
- Advertising Focus
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- Other advertising
- 20%
- CMS Focus
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- WordPress CMS
- 40%
- Wix CMS
- 30%
- Netlify
- 15%
- Squarespace CMS
- 15%
- Digital and IT Strategy Consulting Focus
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Industries
- Arts, entertainment & music
- 40%
- Business services
- 30%
- Consumer products & services
- 15%
- Hospitality & leisure
- 15%
Clients
- Small Business (<$10M)
- 80%
- Midmarket ($10M - $1B)
- 20%
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Our Story
Culture Cartel was built by Jarryd McDonald, a senior CMO and creative director, to give brands senior strategic and creative thinking without agency bloat. One focused team handles strategy, creative, campaigns, events and digital, so ideas stay sharp from brief to launch. We work with startups, founder-led businesses and global brands, and we're at our best when a brand needs a reset or a moment people talk about the next day.
Meet the Team
Jarryd McDonaldFounder & Creative Director
Senior CMO, creative director and strategist. Jarryd leads strategy and creative on every Culture Cartel engagement, from brand resets to live events, and has helped brands enter the U.S. market.
What Sets Us Apart
Senior thinking, no bloat
You work directly with senior strategic and creative leadership. No layers, no hand-offs to juniors, faster decisions.Strategy to street, one team
Brand, campaigns, events and digital are run by one team, so the idea survives from the strategy deck to the live activation.Built for turnarounds
We step into underperforming brands, find what's broken and reposition them for durable growth, not just a new coat of paint.
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