Emil Valdemar Madsen

I’ve spent 15 years working on both sides of the brief.

Hi! I’m Emil Valdemar Madsen. I’ve led strategy at London agencies and run brand and marketing inside global businesses. So I understand both what the business needs to achieve and what creative teams need to make something good.

Sometimes that means bringing order to a global marketing organisation. Sometimes it means finding the thought that unlocks a difficult brief. My role is to work out what really matters, make it clear and help people do something useful with it.

Brands and agencies I’ve worked with

How I help

Clients usually bring me in when something important has become difficult to explain, prioritise or turn into good work.

Brand definition

When the brand has become hard to explain

When a brand has accumulated too many messages, audiences and ambitions, I help find the single idea that holds it together. The result is a clear position people can remember, use and build from.

Marketing strategy

When marketing needs a sharper focus

I help turn commercial ambitions into meaningful marketing choices: who matters, what needs to change and where your resources can make the greatest difference.

Creative planning

When the work needs a better idea behind it

I find the truth that reframes the brief and turn it into a platform capable of producing more than one campaign. Clear enough to focus the work. Open enough to inspire it.

The problem can sit anywhere: in the marketing system, the idea behind the work, or how that idea is expressed in a particular market.

What clients say

“If you need a marketing strategist who also has a flair for tactical execution, there is no one better than Emil. I cannot recommend him highly enough.”
John VejeGroup CMO, Danske Bank

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