Professional Portfolio
Brand Strategy & Creative Direction
Seven Years Building The Prototek Brand
3,560%
Increase Organic Traffic
15M+
Increase Online Quoting Revenue
7 Year
Five Acquisitions Consolidated Into One National Brand
My tenure leading the website concluded in September 2026
Case Study 1: Website & SEO Architecture
Challenge
Prototek’s digital presence was fragmented across a stagnant legacy website and five newly acquired brands, resulting in diluted visibility, inconsistent user experience, and limited organic reach in a highly competitive industrial sector.
Strategy
- Unified Digital Platform: Consolidated all digital properties into a single, enterprise-grade website with a modern, high-performance user environment tailored for B2B procurement.
- Technical SEO Foundation: Reengineered site architecture, conducted structured competitor analysis (SEMrush), and developed an intent-driven navigation framework based on the behavioral patterns of industrial engineers and procurement officers.
- Content Architecture: Developed a systematic B2B content strategy, deploying precisely researched articles to capture high-intent procurement search volume.
Leadership Actions
- Owned the end-to-end technical SEO roadmap, from initial audits to ongoing optimization cycles.
- Aligned visual, copy, and technical execution layers to deliver a seamless, high-performance user experience for enterprise clients.
Measurable Outcome
- Organic Sessions: Scaled from <800 to 30,200+ monthly sessions (+3,650% growth) over 2 years post combined website launch.
- Business Impact: Established Prototek as a national leader in digital manufacturing, directly supporting a platform valuation of conservatively ~$15M.
Case Study 2: Brand Collateral & Systems
Challenge
Brand fragmentation across multiple acquisitions led to inconsistent visual identity and inefficient collateral production, undermining enterprise sales and future M&A scalability.
Strategy
- Unified Visual Identity: Designed and implemented a cohesive brand system across all digital and physical touchpoints.
- Premium Production Value: Directed the selection of materials, print finishes, and structural engineering for business cards, presentations, and print collateral.
- Scalable Systems: Engineered adaptable template frameworks to enable rapid, consistent brand deployment for future corporate expansions.
Leadership Actions
- Provided creative sign-off and oversight for all brand collateral, ensuring visual and messaging consistency.
- Managed vendor relationships for premium print production, overseeing quality and budget alignment.
- Developed high-impact sales presentations and print assets tailored for enterprise procurement audiences.
Measurable Outcome
- Brand Cohesion: Achieved seamless brand integration across five acquisitions and all client-facing materials.
- Operational Efficiency: Enabled future M&A integrations to deploy unified branding on autopilot, supporting ongoing national growth.
Case Study 3: Video Production & Direction
Challenge
Prototek lacked high-impact video assets to showcase its advanced manufacturing capabilities and engage enterprise buyers across digital and broadcast channels.
Strategy
- Narrative-Driven Films: Concepted, scripted, and directed multi-layered brand films, including a facility feature and a process production film.
- Cross-Functional Production Leadership: Led on-set teams (talent, crew, set design, lighting, camera) and managed post-production workflows (video editors, audio engineers, motion designers).
- Multi-Platform Optimization: Produced both short-form trailers and full-length narratives, tailored for native performance across digital and experiential platforms.
Leadership Actions
- Orchestrated end-to-end video production, from creative brief through final delivery.
- Directed live talent and managed all aspects of set and production logistics.
Measurable Outcome
- Deliverables: Produced broadcast-quality films that elevated Prototek’s brand perception and supported enterprise sales.
- Engagement: Drove high-impact viewer engagement across digital and broadcast platforms, strengthening market positioning.
Execution Philosophy
- Creative Execution: Operating as an elite individual contributor with total autonomy, owning multi-channel brand deliverables from initial brief through to pixel-perfect post-production execution
- Cross-Functional Project Leadership: Proven track record of leading complex, multi-departmental project teams—including alignment with product, engineering, and external vendor networks—without requiring a rigid managerial hierarchy to enforce delivery
- Peer Mentorship & Onboarding: Mentored new employees, including brand system education and creative development of incoming teammates
- Influence Without Authority: Driving high-velocity alignment across diverse corporate stakeholders in fast-moving, high-stakes environments by leveraging raw data and visual authority
MADELINE CURTI
Lead Brand & Digital Strategist | Multi-Channel Creative Services Lead
608-405-0892 | madelinecurti@gmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/madelinecurti/
Professional Portfolio: https://madelinecurti.com/professional-portfolio/
SUMMARY
A Creative Director and Growth Strategist who is results-oriented and has more than twenty years’ experience in growing both B2B and consumer brands, skilled at combining high-end visual design with sophisticated data-driven SEO strategies to create digital platforms that deliver high conversion rates. I have a proven ability to turn sluggish web presences into revenue generators worth eight figures and to position poorly performing assets for high-value acquisitions.
Experience
Prototek Digital Manufacturing
Full-time · 7 yrs 2 mos
Remote
Aug 2023 – Sep 2026 · 3 yrs 2 mos
United States
Designed, built, and managed the complete B2B digital infrastructure so that the company’s web channels could be scaled and generate annual revenues of more than $15 million.
Implemented an organic growth strategy that increased monthly sessions from under 800 to more than 30,200, a 3,650% lift.
Systems designed for the optimization of content have obtained 212 algorithmic citations in conversational search engines such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews.
Expanded the company’s search footprint by adding more than 6,600 ranking keywords and increasing Semrush Domain Authority to 36.
Led brand creative across design, film, social content, physical assets, and trade show environments to maintain a premium market presence.
May 2020 – Aug 2023 · 3 yrs 4 mos
Blue Mounds
Aug 2019 – May 2020 · 10 mos
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, United States
Brand Strategist
Stance Creative Agency
Apr 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 7 mos
Remote
Provided competitive startups, non-profit organizations, and smaller hospitality brands with advice on strategic marketing and on how to increase their visual visibility in order to position their assets for profitable exit sales.
Delivered commercial video, photography, UX design, and custom web implementation for clients across sectors.
Tyrol Basin Ski Snowboard Area
Events & Marketing Director
Sep 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos
Mount Horeb, WI
Successful in liquidating assets and revising the brand strategy for a recreational property that had been stagnant on the real estate market for ten consecutive years, which led to a highly profitable acquisition sale.
Managed multi-channel media placements, public relations, and local conversion campaigns.
Designed and executed community events that increased ticket sales, retail revenue, and food-and-beverage profits.