Senior marketing leadership, without the full-time hire.

We work directly with founders and CEOs to build and lead the marketing function their business needs to grow.

Our approach

We build marketing plans designed to drive business growth.

Marketing is most effective when every effort is working toward the same goal. But for many growing businesses, marketing has evolved one tactic at a time. Paid media. Social content. New website. An event. A sales deck. But no overarching strategy connecting the work. 

We change that.

We start with your business goals and build a marketing plan around what it will take to achieve them. That means identifying the right audiences, messages and channels, implementing the right tools, setting clear priorities and defining how success will be measured.

Then we connect the pieces. Instead of isolated tactics, each effort supports and strengthens the others. What works informs what comes next, allowing you to invest more in the right places and build momentum over time.

And we don’t stop at the plan. We help build and lead the marketing function needed to execute it, making sure the right people and partners are in place, with the processes and accountability to keep the work moving.

The result is marketing that works together, gets smarter over time, and becomes a true engine for growth.

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Welcome to Howard & Taylor

Senior marketing leadership with the experience to make things happen.

We’re two senior marketers who have spent our careers building brands, leading marketing teams, and helping businesses grow. We created Howard & Taylor to give growing companies access to experienced marketing leadership without having to build a full senior team in-house.

We work directly with founders, CEOs, and leadership teams to turn business goals into marketing strategy, bringing the right people and partners together, making sure the work gets done.

We’re strategic when you need direction, hands-on when you need execution, and always focused on the work that will make the biggest impact on the business.

How We Help

  • Fractional Marketing Leadership

    Senior-level leadership to set direction, guide your team and partners, and keep marketing focused on the priorities that matter most.

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  • Marketing Strategy & Infrastructure

    A clear plan for how marketing will support your business goals, backed by the budgets, processes, measurement, and systems needed to execute it.

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  • Marketing Execution

    Hands-on support to bring the strategy to life—from brand and content to campaigns, digital marketing, communications, and more.

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Leadership


  • Founder

    For the last 15+ years, Amanda has developed holistic, data-driven consumer marketing strategies in highly competitive industries. As part business management consultant, she advises clients in real time on how to leverage marketing in their business development. As part communications strategist, she works closely with teams to craft compelling stories and develop marketing plans. By nature, she’s both a problem solver and an eternal optimist, and loves seeing businesses grow.

  • Founder

    Valerie has spent her career crafting insights-driven consumer marketing strategies for Fortune 500 companies in complex industries. Serving as both a partner to her clients and an extension of their team, Valerie guides her clients through an accessible, practical, and data-driven approach to marketing. She is driven by growing her community and helping businesses reach new heights.

What our clients say about H&T

  • “Howard & Taylor has become a key partner across our portfolio. They’re able to step into different businesses quickly understand what each one needs to grow. They bring structure, clarity, and strong strategic thinking, but just as important, they execute. They don’t operate like an outside agency; they operate like part of the team, helping us move faster and make better decisions across the board.”

    Nick Lischerong, CEO

    Lischerong Enterprises

  • “Howard & Taylor has been instrumental in shaping how we tell our story. They don’t just understand marketing—they understand our business. They bring clarity, speed, and strategy to every conversation, and they get what it means to build a brand from the ground up. From messaging to market launches, they’ve been a trusted extension of our team.”

    Jennifer Ryan, CEO & Co-Founder

    Croux

  • “H&T has been a true partner in helping us evolve Tin Kitchen. They took the time to understand where we’ve been and where we’re going, and brought a level of clarity and direction that’s hard to find. From refining our brand to helping us show up more intentionally in the market, they’ve been thoughtful, strategic, and easy to work with every step of the way. They feel like an extension of our team, and that makes all the difference.”

    David Stuck

    Chief Executive Officer, Founder

  • “Howard & Taylor has been an instrumental partner in helping get Cedric's Coffee Truck off the ground, helping with everything from social media to content, creative and logo work and everything in between. We couldn't do it without H&T!”

    Erin Ortegon, Co-Founder

    Cedric’s Coffee Truck

Ready to make marketing work harder for your business?

Whether you need a clearer strategy, experienced marketing leadership, or help turning your plan into action, let’s talk about what marketing needs to do next for your business.

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