Mark Jacobsen Email & Phone Number

Edmonds, Washington, United States

Empowering Entrepreneurs to Achieve Sustainable Growth Mark Jacobsen is an innovative business, brand, and marketing strategist with over three decades of experience helping entrepreneurs achieve sustainable growth. As a serial entrepreneur (nine start-ups), Mark is street-smart and brings practical, real-world expertise to his consulting practice. Throughout his career, he has worked with a wide variety of leadership teams and companies from multiple industries.​Mark has also worked with many national and international companies, including Starbucks, Amazon, Microsoft, Best Buy, Eddie Bauer, Costco, Herman Miller, and Vulcan.We are a growth development consultancy with over 30 years of experience empowering entrepreneurs to achieve sustainable growth.Our practice utilizes a proprietary Sustainable Growth Methodology (SGM) that combines the Core Prime Growth Framework with the Ignite Growth Engine and robust Financial Analytics.

Seattle, Washington

FutureWorxs is a Future of Work business consultancy that utilizes peer-reviewed behavioral science to transform organizations. Our evidence-based insights and cutting-edge tools help leaders unlock human potential, maximize collaboration, foster ground-breaking ideas and facilitate the creation of innovative solutions.Our consulting strategies and business solutions are informed by key insights from Dr. Medina’s New Lecture Series entitled “Brain Science and the Future of Work”. Dr. Medina is the author of “Brain Rules” an international best-selling book that has been translated into 35 languages.

Edmonds, Washington, United States

Woodinville, Washington, United States

CORIANDER DESIGNS: Coriander Designs is a 41-year-old commercial furniture manufacturer located in Woodinville, WA. Coriander is a certified WBE (Women-Owned Business) that differentiates itself through innovative furniture designs and unique custom solutions for the workplace, healthcare, education, and hospitality industries.MEYER WELLS Meyer Wells was recently acquired by Coriander Designs Inc. and is a 14-year-old wood furniture manufacturer that creates quality-crafted, modern furniture from responsibly sourced trees. Meyer Wells products bring depth to their customer's workplace brand experience by creating unique high-design and sustainable furniture solutions that serve a dual purpose as functional artwork.

Greater Seattle Area

We are visionary, entrepreneurs, and brand creators with extensive real world business experience. We are a cross-disciplined team that are street smart and has a long track record for developing and implementing successful business and brand solutions that work.For nearly a decade, we have partnered with brand owners, investors and operators to maximize brand value and create inspired brand experiences that resonate and connect deeply with consumers.

Greater Seattle Area

Brand Anthropology is the study of brand culture and is rooted in a deep understanding of how the power and significance of cultural context affects human behavior. Understanding cultural context rescues brands, products, retail experiences and organizations from the mundane and elevates them to an inspired purpose. Brand Anthropology encompasses branding (all forms) and touches everything we do. At Centric, we analyze it, translate it and build it through a combination of disciplines such as semiotics, design, architecture, and engineering.We approach design differently. Rather than designing for the individual consumer or shopper, we begin with cultural insights and trends to inform the design. We are driven purely by the knowledge that successful design for products, services and experiences must be culturally relevantRecent ProjectsBest Buy*Data synthesis, strategic development, marketing, communications, portfolio editing, and retail design for innovative health and wellness retail experience, both store within a store and sub-departement design executions.Bartell Drugs*Drugstore of the future concept and execution including strategy, merchandising, display, in-store communications, department renderings, fixture and materials design, and external marketing support. Departments of particular focus included personal care, supplements, pharmacy, and electronics.Haggen Northwest Fresh*Washington state’s largest independent grocery chain rebrand from corporate strategy to private label strategy to complete retail experience re-design including floor plans, custom built fixtures, product displays, and across store signage ranging from store front to product level.*Experience prior to Centric Brand Anthropology, Inc.

The Hartman Group is the predominant consumer culture consultancy in America today. Powered by primary qualitative and quantitative research we fuel your creative desires, identify growth opportunities and propel strategic development.With a research staff comprised of 17 full-time PhDs in anthropology, sociology and linguistics, The Hartman Group, provides the expertise to understand how consumers live, shop and use products within the contexts of everyday life and how this behavior translates to purchase.Hartman’s InVerse Design Process leverages more than 20 years of Hartman Group consumer, shopper and guest insights to foster new ways of thinking and look beyond what currently exists to reimagine, transform and innovate. We’re driven purely by the knowledge that successful design for products, services and retail experiences must be culturally relevant. With a cross-functional team of seasoned brand strategists, business anthropologists, and designers, we create storytelling frameworks and related design elements from a holistic and integrated perspective.

Greater Seattle Area

Contour is the market leader in hands-free video cameras and adventure storytelling tools that enable modern day explorers to tell their stories of action, adventure and travel through video. Leading the way in making action video easy to shoot and share, Contour is dedicated to creating simple tools that enable hands-free capture and effortless sharing of video online with the world.Responsible for launching the company’s first HD camera called the ContourHD “The World’s First HD Wearable Camcorder”. This included: brand development, product positioning, packaging design, retail promotion, and in-store merchandising. Managed both the internal and external sales teams (sales reps). Developed the retail sales strategy and tactical sales plan. Created all the sales collateral materials including: product catalogs, sales programs, web sales tools and rep kits.

Greater Seattle Area

Adventure Boys is the first online entertainment company created exclusively for boys of all ages (fathers and sons). Mark conceived the company, the brand and all of the original characters, themes and story lines. He also directed the web development team creating a web brand experience which resulted in a highly dynamic online interface.

Greater Seattle Area

Mark founded the Front Porch Classics® toy company, which is credited for creating a new product category called “Coffee Table Games” and the concept of “Unplugged Family Entertainment.” Mark served as the company’s Creative Director after launching the company in the spring of 2000. As Creative Director, he oversaw all product development and brand development, including: brand identity, marketing communications, retail merchandising and integrated web marketing. While at Front Porch Mark’s product development team won numerous prestigious industry awards including: FamilyFun® Magazine Toy of the Year Award, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Seal Award, National Parenting Center Seal of Approval, Parent’s Choice Approved Winner, Creative Child Magazine Game of the Year Award, Creative Child Magazine Seal of Excellence, Dr. Toy Top Ten Game of the Year, TIA Specialty Toy of the Year Award Finalist and iParenting Media Awards Outstanding Product.