Brand Marketing · Strategy · Consulting
Los Angeles
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About
Nate Schlimme
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Brands people remember.

14+ years marketing for Nike, Jordan, Beats by Dre, Amazon Music, HBO, Disney, Meta, Google, and more. From concept to execution, from product launch to global campaign to the thing people are still talking about years later. Every brand was different. Every category taught me something new. The work and the world kept changing, and I adapted accordingly.

Now I bring all of that to founders, startups, and growth-stage teams building something worth remembering.

Brand Work
Every brand
taught me
something.

Global campaigns. Category-defining launches. Brands that moved culture, not just product. I took notes the whole way, and now I bring what I learned to the people building what's next.

See the Work Work Together →
Services
Leadership
Fractional CMO
Senior marketing leadership without the full-time hire. Strategy, execution, team management. A real operator in the room, not a consultant on a call. Built for growth-stage brands ready to move.
8 to 10 Weeks
Brand Build
8 to 10 weeks of focused brand work. Positioning, messaging, campaign architecture, all of it. You walk away with a brand platform you can actually execute against. Not a deck that collects dust.
3 Sessions
Strategy Sessions
Three 90-minute working sessions. Not coaching calls. We get into your actual challenges, make real decisions, and you leave every session with a clear next move.
Speaking
Speaking
Keynotes, panels, podcasts. Brand strategy, AI in marketing, building in public. Real stories from real rooms, not the same old playbook.
Free · Open to Students
Student AdvisoryFree
Trying to break into marketing or brand strategy? 20 minutes, no agenda, completely free. The kind of conversation I wish someone had with me when I was figuring it out.
Fractional CMO
Leadership Engagement

Senior marketing leadership embedded in your team. Strategy, execution, team management. Someone who's done this before, so you don't have to figure it out from scratch. Built for growth-stage brands ready to move.

Brand Build
8 to 10 Weeks

Positioning, messaging, and campaign architecture for brands at an inflection point. Launch, pivot, or major push. Ends with a platform you can actually execute against.

Strategy Sessions
3 Sessions

Three 90-minute working sessions. We dig into your actual brand challenges, pressure-test your positioning, and map out real moves. Not a sounding board. A working partner for the decisions that matter.

Speaking
Keynotes · Panels · Podcasts

Brand strategy, AI in marketing, building in public. Available for keynotes, panels, and podcasts. 14+ years on Nike, Amazon Music, Beats, Jordan, Ledger.

Topics of Interest
Student Advisory Free
20 Minutes

Trying to break into marketing, brand strategy, or the creative industry? 20 minutes, no agenda, completely free. The kind of conversation I wish someone had with me when I was figuring it out.

Work Together
General Inquiry

Not sure which service fits? No problem. Tell me a bit about what you're working on and I'll point you in the right direction.

Digital Products
Guides that work with you, not just for you.
Each one is designed to plug into your AI. Claude, ChatGPT, whatever you use. Upload it and you've got a thinking partner that knows the framework, asks the right questions, and builds work specific to your situation. Not generic advice. Real playbooks from real experience.
↳ Setup prompt that turns your AI into a co-author ↳ Built-in prompts at every step. copy, paste, go ↳ AI interviews you first, so output is yours. not generic
AI-Guided Stack
The AI Stack
The tools, the setup, the workflow
My exact AI workflow as a CMO. tools, prompts, and systems. Upload it to your LLM and start using it the same day. Built for marketers who want to move faster without guessing.
AI-Guided Track
Fit Exec
The AI-assisted executive health system
Training, nutrition, and the macro formula. personalized to your body by AI. Upload it, enter your stats, and get your exact numbers. No guessing, no personal trainer required.
AI-Guided Track
The CMO Track
Your AI-guided path to marketing leadership
14+ years in. The exact path from entry-level to CMO. what to do, what to skip, and how to position yourself at every stage. Upload it, tell your AI where you are, get a roadmap built around you.
AI-Guided Blueprint
Personal Brand Blueprint
Build your name and content engine with AI
How to build a personal brand from scratch. identity, newsletter, content systems, building in public. Feed it to your AI and build alongside it, prompt by prompt.
AI-Guided Blueprint
Brand Blueprint
Build a brand from the ground up with AI
The brand strategy framework behind Nike, Beats, Jordan, and Amazon Music. distilled into a playbook. Upload it and build your brand positioning session by session.
AI-Guided Playbook
The CMO Playbook
The AI-powered CMO reference
How to operate as a CMO without a CMO's budget. Strategy, team building, agency management, campaign architecture. Built from real time in the seat. Your AI co-pilot for the hardest job in marketing.
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Nate Schlimme
"The best brands don't shout. They make you lean in."
Nate Schlimme
Big Steppers Walk
It's not all business.
28 Miles.
Rose Bowl to
the Pier.

Once a year, I walk across Los Angeles. Pasadena to Santa Monica. 28 miles on foot. No car. No shortcuts. Just the walking, conversation, and the best city in the world.

Some of the best conversations I've had didn't happen in a conference room. They happened in motion.

PASADENA 0.0 mi 1 HIGHLAND PARK 4.5 mi 2 SILVER LAKE 9.0 mi 3 HOLLYWOOD 13.5 mi 4 WEST HOLLYWOOD 18.0 mi 5 BEVERLY HILLS 22.5 mi SANTA MONICA 28.0 mi BIG STEPPERS WALK · 28 MILES · LOS ANGELES
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