Futurecrafting™

I work with studio owners, agencies and solos in the creative industry, advising on business strategy, sales and marketing. Don't work harder. Sell smarter.

Advisor to Creative Firms & Indie Consultants

Kizny - The Wondercrafting™ Studio

Retired

Creative studio helping tech brands launch their ideas, products and services with high-end 3D animation and film. Markets: US, EU, Middle East, China. Clients include Huawei, Vaio, Gateway, Alibaba, Lexus, Toyota, Buick, Opera and hundreds of smaller brands.

Founder, ECD & EP

Hypergalactic

Space & tech industry is great at innovation, but sucks at conveying their ideas in a human way. We're here to bridge the gap with an explosive mix of brand strategy, communications and purposeful design.​

Founder

Space Communications Alliance

World’s first integrated marketing and communications network for the space sector

Agency Network Member

Film & Creative Industry

Film, creative and art director

IguanaMill

IguanaMill was a company founded to empower filmmakers with iOS software and hardware for timelapse cinematography. We successfully launched the software, but failed to deliver the hardware on time, and the markets cooled off.

DitoGear

DitoGear™ was an innovation company that democratized motion control to filmmakers by making it 10x more portable and affordable.

Co-Founder, Brand & Marketing

LookyCreative

Video production & animation studio.  Transformed around 2013 to Kizny Studio.

Founder, ECD

Misme New Media

Creative & interactive agency pioneering early web applications, flash technology and content management systems. Transformed around 2013 to Kizny Studio.

TLDR: If you run a creative business, you struggle with sales & marketing. Who doesn't?
I did. Until I didn't. Why don't we grab the bull by the horns?
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When you start your creative firm, it's all for the love of the great work — innovation, awards, impact…

You nail the creative.
But the business side?
Winging it.

As your firm grows, so do the hats you wear. 

And with every project shipped, you wonder: where is the next job coming from?

But a lucky brief saves you from working on the business — you find a refuge right back in it.

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Fast forward 10-15 years.

Burnout creeps in.
Clients’ recognition feels rare.
The reason you started is a blur.

Can your firm run smoothly without you? Barely. 

Real vacations remain as elusive as selling your shop one day. Because it's a "creative agency", not a business.

Have you saved enough to retire?

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The truth is, running a creative firm under 15-20 people (like 75% of the industry) is tough.

You wear all the hats, but success lies in dropping them.

You’re fluent in your craft, but the business side?

That's where the struggle starts — especially when it comes to selling and communicating your value.

You don't have to face it alone. Advisors and consultants are godsends, at least according to Mr Beast.

What if there were a simple, elegant way to tackle these issues?

The Value Method™. 
Ask me about it.

My creds?

Black belt in creative entrepreneurship, leading firms in digital marketing, branding, film, CG & VFX. Serving top clients across Europe, the US, Middle East, and Asia. Awards? Tick.

Two decades in, I retired. Ditched the hustle and embraced a shamanic hilltop lifestyle in the middle of nature.

From here, I help creative firm owners and consultants sell smarter, instead of working harder.

Let's tackle the thing you've always avoided or struggled with — sales and marketing.

Let's transform the way you see, create, and communicate the value of your work, unlocking stronger client relationships, greater impact, and profit for your firm.

✅ Connecting? Include a note.
✅ Work together? Ping me.

Patrick Kizny 🏴

Subvrsive

Account Director

Semper Ads

Jones and his team provide world class strategic marketing, creative, design, marketing, and communications services by combining 21st century technology with ancient principles of persuasion.

Turn to Semper Ads for top-tier consulting, digital marketing, and video production services. Whether you're in search of a fractional Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) or a dedicated team to bring your vision to life, Jones is equipped to solve your advertising challenges with innovative solutions.

Holo Art 

Jones is working with a group of transformative artists and innovating companies to help bring Holo's AI Corporate Services to market in 2024.

Director of Commercial Services

BriefLogic

Developed BriefLogic’s approach to grading input briefs, impacting over $6B in marketing campaigns. Routinely advises marketing executives and chief executives on the importance of a tight brief. 

Key advisor in the development of BriefLogic AI One, a new way to produce briefs, scopes, and other marketing input documents.

Co-Founder & Board Advisor

Intellibus

Jones delivered expert sales and marketing services to Intellibus, enhancing initiatives such as the AI Masterclass in collaboration with NYU, developing go-to-market strategies for AI security projects, and spearheading diverse creative endeavors, including the production of video-driven content.

Sales & Marketing Specialist

Xfinity Creative

Jones led the team responsible for helping the marketing and communications partners at Xfinity drive sales, acquisitions, and performance year in and year out through strategic and creative solutions coupled with outstanding production and delivery services. A champion for the 'servant leader' mindset, Jones and his team helped Xfinity Mobile outpace their competitors with record setting results during their largest sale of the year in 2022.

Director, Business Engagement

MALKA

Drove exceptional value for a variety of Enterprise clients like IBM, Morgan Stanley, and WeWork, to name a few.

Senior Account Manager

Deloitte Digital

As a founding member of the Client Service Team at Madras Global (now a part of Deloitte Digital), Jones helped shape the culture of account management and client service to be one of rapid response, motivation, and an insatiable will to make great work for clients around the world. 

Whether it be helping to launch an ETF from scratch by providing a unique digital presence for Salt Financial, filming Ninja TV commercials in Hamburg, re-imagining the Vibram flagship store in Boston, or delivering award wining B2B videos for Thermo Fisher Scientific, Jones found the variety of clients across industries a welcome challenge.

Client Service Director

Ogilvy & Mather

A builder of the client relationship; a brand champion, an agency facilitator, and an opportunist that helps grow the business. Demonstrated ability in using key tenets of project management: project definition, scope management, risk management, hand-­off management, and team management.

My proudest achievements while at Ogilvy are: 
Founding the Ogilvy for outer space initiative
Co-founding Salute: The Military Veterans Network
Winning the Diversity & Inclusion Champion Award in 2015
Joining the WPP High Potential Group in 2015

Management Supervisor

Account Supervisor

Responsible for nurturing multiple mid-level client relationships and executing approved creative and strategic directions for the ExxonMobil Retail Passenger Vehicle Lubricants and ExxonMobil Chemical divisions with minimal manager supervision.

Senior Account Executive

I’m a seasoned executive, Marine Corps veteran, and lifelong innovator with a passion for transforming ideas into impactful solutions. My career spans marketing, advertising, strategy, and cutting-edge innovation, where I’ve consistently pushed boundaries to drive growth and deliver results.

As the Founder of Semper Ads, I’ve created a sandbox for exploring how generative AI, machine learning, and natural language processing can empower small businesses to thrive in the digital age. One of my favorite projects is caddyching.com, a newsletter and online pro shop supporting a local golf simulator community. Through ventures like these, I aim to help entrepreneurs unlock creative potential and navigate today’s rapidly evolving landscape.

Throughout my career, I’ve held pivotal roles across industries, leading teams, forging partnerships, and driving innovation:

- Director of Business Engagement at Comcast: Spearheaded integrated customer acquisition campaigns, delivering significant sales growth through bold, innovative strategies.
- Venture Fellow at VU Venture Partners: Identified frontier technologies and supported startups with strategic insights and due diligence.
- Consultant for Sabrina and Idris Elba: Played a key role in launching their global lifestyle brand, S’able Labs, providing strategy, copywriting, audio engineering, web development, investor pitch deck preparation, and a 5-year business model still in action today.
- Client Service Director at Madras: Led client services across major accounts, fostering strong relationships and driving business growth.
- Account Director at Ogilvy: Managed diverse portfolios, delivered impactful marketing solutions, and led branding initiatives that made waves.

Now, as Account Director on the Growth Team at Subvrsive, I bring all of this experience to bear in helping brands unlock their full potential. At Subvrsive, I help agencies and clients find their digital line through the 'fairways and greens' of advertising and immersive experiences.

When I’m not crafting strategies or building partnerships, you might find me caddying for fun—or brainstorming the next big idea.

Let’s connect! DMs are open.

Brett G Jones

God Bless David Ogilvy!

#goodreads
#davidogilvy
#ogilvyalumni

Brett  Jones

I joined the Marine Corps because a recruiter told me I would be fixing jets.

Jets.

Fast. Loud. Important.

What I actually became was a diesel engine mechanic. I worked on the tugs that pulled aircraft around the flight line. Not the jets. The things that moved the things that mattered.

This turned out to be my first lesson in adult life.

I thought I was signing up for one job.

I was actually signing up to be adaptable, calm under pressure, and accountable for outcomes I did not fully control.

That lesson kept repeating.

After the tugs came Okinawa. Two years. Beautiful island. Strategic location. Professionally speaking, a skills black hole. I stopped turning wrenches and became an “Air Freight Terminal Representative,” which is not a real job so much as a state of being.

Instead of fixing machines, I taxied aircraft carrying VIPs. Secretaries of Defense. Flag officers. Serious people making serious decisions. I stood ten feet from power with glow sticks in my hands, feeling the weight of responsibility without having a vote.

That feeling stayed with me.

When I got out, I did what a lot of Marines do. I kept moving.

I spent the next fifteen years in advertising. Big agencies. Big clients. Big rooms. I worked at agencies like McCann and Ogilvy; with people like Idris Elba and Sofia Vergara. I helped launch brands, shape narratives, and sell ideas worth millions of dollars.

From the outside, it looked like a clean arc.

From the inside, it felt familiar.

Carry the bag. Read the room. Know when to speak. Know when not to. Keep things moving. Make the important people look good. Own the outcome even when you do not control every variable.

Eventually, the industry changed. I changed. The noise got louder. The work got farther away from the ground.

So, I walked away and picked up a golf bag.

And immediately I thought, oh. This makes sense...

(Now that we're all back in the saddle and geared up for 2026, I figured I'd share my latest newsletter post...gonna do my best to post more on CaddyChing this year, link in the comments for the rest of the story.)

When signing on to my latest role as a Deal Partner with Boardy I got to thinking about carried interest, as is tradition…

Venture Capital and Caddying: two different games, same swing thought.

In both, you're not the one swinging the club, but you're invested in the outcome. 

A good caddie reads the terrain, knows the player, and offers just enough advice to shape the shot without forcing it. 

VCs do the same: they read markets, assess founders, and offer capital and counsel without crowding the swing. 

Both require trust, timing, and the wisdom to say, “Maybe take the 7-iron instead.”

I have broadened my gaze when it comes to my own golf game since I started looping part time a couple years ago and I've learned a lot about VC since my time with Cohort 10 at Venture University back in 2020.

One thing is certain...sometimes the best move is knowing when not to speak.

Swing away, motivators. Swing away. 

#carrybags
#carriedinterest
#venturecaddy

Over the past month, Boardy has quickly become one of the most active connectors in early-stage fundraising…speaking with 8,000+ founders collectively raising $20B+ and engaging 1,000+ investors managing more than $1T in capital.

Building on that momentum, Boardy is partnering with AngelList to launch Boardy Ventures, an AI-led venture fund designed to dramatically increase speed, signal, and alignment in early-stage capital formation.

I'm motivated to announce I've been tapped by Boardy to join the rapidly growing team of Deal Partners (we may not be anonymous, but we are legion).

My role as a Deal Partner is straightforward:
--> help identify strong founders who are actively raising
--> connect them with the right investors at the right time

This complements my work with Venture University, where we stay highly selective and focused on founders and investors who are ready for institutional-grade engagement, education, and ecosystem building. 

Not every company is a fit for every platform. That’s how it should be.

If you’re preparing to raise and want help pressure-testing your round, improving investor signal, or getting connected to aligned capital, feel free to reach out. 

Between Boardy and VU, I've got you covered.

Let’s build something.

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