Marketing · Brand · Growth

I help businesses grow — brand, marketing, and the strategy to reach their market.

Hands-on marketing, brand strategy, and graphic design from someone who's partnered with founders to grow their business and doubled a client base through direct sales. I run projects from concept to distribution — and I understand your customers because I've sold to them.

Gavin Terpstra — marketing and brand strategist
25+ years in marketing & design·
Graphic Design & Marketing Strategy·
Driven by results for your bottom line
What I do

Growth, brand, and the relationships that drive it.

Marketing & Brand

Strategy and creative that actually move the number — campaigns, brand, and design built to perform.

  • Brand strategy & visual identity systems
  • Email marketing & automation (Salesforce MCAE)
  • SEO optimization & web performance
  • Websites drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors
  • Print & digital marketing campaigns
  • Magazine, poster & specialty design

Client Partnership

The differentiator: I build the relationships, manage the accounts, and understand what clients actually need to reach their market.

  • Direct client outreach & discovery
  • Account management & retention
  • Understanding client needs
  • Building the plan to reach their market

Production & Delivery

I don't just direct the work — I build it. Web infrastructure, creative production, and events, managed and executed personally.

  • Website build, hosting & server management
  • Salesforce-native platforms & email infrastructure
  • In-house print management & production
  • Vehicle designs & event displays
  • Experiential presence & event execution
  • Case-study production, start to finish
Case Studies

Results that speak for themselves.

Case studies I directed and produced — for accounts I personally managed and helped grow.

How StoreConnect Enables Impact & Scale Natively on Salesforce

How StoreConnect Enables Impact & Scale Natively on Salesforce

Partnered with the StoreConnect team to grow the platform

A B2B that scaled 300% in 3 years

A B2B that scaled 300% in 3 years

Direct account management and growth strategy over 3 years

How BCI Wheels scaled B2B sales by automating manual operations

How BCI Wheels scaled B2B sales by automating manual operations

Account managed from onboarding through published results

The numbers

A track record, not a pitch.

25+
Years in the industry
Since 1998 — from the press floor to marketing strategy. Formally trained at OTIS College of Art and Design, LA.
9 yrs
Partnering with founders
Nearly a decade working alongside the founders and team at a Salesforce-native commerce platform to help it grow.
Client base growth
2 years carrying the number as the salesperson — doubled the client base through direct outreach.
100k+
Monthly website visitors
Built and optimized websites that draw hundreds of thousands of visitors through SEO and content strategy.
Experience & Craft

Mastered from the ground up.

25+ years from the press floor to marketing strategy — trained at OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles.

1998–2002

Print & Pre-Press Production

Learned how great work actually gets made — on the press floor, hands on ink and paper, preparing production-ready files.

2002 onward

Graphic Design

Magazine, poster & specialty design for a professional publishing house — later leading designers and translating strategy into executed design.

2005 onward

Marketing Strategy

Planning and directing campaigns — translating marketing goals into execution.

2008 onward

Web Marketing & SEO

Building and optimizing websites drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors, SEO, and digital campaigns.

2017 onward

B2B Marketing (IT / Tech)

Brand growth, direct sales, account management, and case-study production on a Salesforce-native platform — partnering with founders and teams to help scale the business.

Formal training: OTIS College of Art and Design (Los Angeles) · One-to-one mentorship with accomplished LA designers and Publications Design Inc.

How I work

Traditional marketing craft, accelerated by AI.

I use AI as a precision tool — not a shortcut. The result: faster delivery, sharper execution, and better outcomes for your budget.

01

Faster turnarounds

What used to take weeks now takes days — without cutting corners on craft or strategy.

02

Human strategy on top

AI handles the repetitive work. Every output is reviewed, refined, and signed off by me.

03

More value per dollar

You get the quality of a full agency team at the cost of a single experienced hire — no overhead, no handoffs.

About

A marketer who's actually carried the number.

I've spent 25+ years in marketing and design — starting on the press floor as an offset printer, moving through pre-press and graphic design for a professional publishing house, into leading design teams, and on to marketing and growth strategy.

That means when I build a brand or a campaign, I understand it end to end: the idea, the design, how it's produced, and how it actually grows a business. Most recently I partnered with a founding team to grow their brand, sold the product directly, and produced the case studies that proved the results.

I use modern AI tools to move fast without cutting the corners that matter.

Skills & Certifications

OTIS College of Art and Design Salesforce Trained Marketing Cloud Account Engagement Brand Strategy Print Production & Pre-Press Web / SEO Direct Sales Account Management Email Marketing & Automation Event Design & Execution Case-Study Production AI-Assisted Production

Let's grow your business.

Ready to work with someone who's been in the trenches — and can point to the results? Let's talk.