Hi, I’m Jed!
I love making good things great.
At Kind & Funny, I take the lead on our Soul Search interview, Game Plan strategy development, and brand-voice copywriting for our clients. Then Kelly brings all of the visual magic to take our projects to the next level. Kelly does the lion’s share of work in our business, and so I’m looking to use my talents to help people solve other tough challenges and complex problems, because …
I make a great Professional Sounding Board
As an endlessly curious former music journalist, I am really good at asking questions, and as a former Senior Manager of Marketing & Business Development in charge of Strategic Planning, I have a lot of experience coming up with high-impact solutions.
If you’re a small business who can’t take on the complexity of forming a full board, you can still get great professional advice.
If you’re a company who isn’t looking to hire for the long term, you can still benefit from my experience.
And if you need some guidance but don’t want to commit to expensive, ongoing coaching, we can have a great conversation.
What kind of things can I help with?
Here are some jobs I’ve been hired for in the past:
Companies who want strategic feedback on project plans, job descriptions, and organizational alignment.
Writers and other creatives seeking an outside perspective on how to bring a piece to the next level.
Young professionals in search of ways to solve a growth challenge in their career.
Every project starts with a free conversation to see if we’d be a good fit, and I do accept trades if that helps you say yes.
“When I requested a call with Jed, I was deep in the weeds with my brand—absolutely stuck. I had a million ideas bouncing around, and none of them felt right. Honestly, I couldn’t see the forest for the trees, and it was driving me nuts.
Jed asked these deceptively simple, spot-on questions that had me going, ‘Oh wow, why didn’t I think of that?’ He reflected things back to me in a way that just made sense, like clearing fog from a windshield.”
— Elizabeth
Why me?
Journalistic Approach
I don’t know more than you and so I treat you like an expert that I need to learn something from, which leads to asking good questions that help us get smarter together.
Adaptable Intelligence
I have a lot of interests, endless curiosity, and a ton of random knowledge from across disciplines. This makes me really good at listening to you and making connections that can give you new ways of looking at things.
Strategic Experience
Before joining Kind & Funny I was a senior manager with a lot of responsibility over sales, marketing, content creation, company culture, project management, strategic planning, and a few more things. It was a lot, but it also resulted in A LOT of experience and growth.
P.S.
I write our blog
Funniest compliment Jed ever received (4 different times!): “You sorta look like Val Kilmer.”