About Branded
Branded creates relevant, results-driven, tailored marketing solutions for growth focused brands and companies around the world.
What we're about
Branded is a full service creative marketing agency. We live at the intersection of brand, digital, content and development. Passionate about building partnerships, creating new (and enhancing existing) brands, and executing omni-channel marketing strategies for all organizations.
With decades of experience, we have worked with organizations of all sizes – Fortune 100 to start-up. From eCommerce, to retail, to Software as a Service – we have built, sold and marketed products and services in every stage of growth and throughout every development lifecycle.
We are nothing without our clients, which is why we treat them like family – and family is VERY important to us! As family, we take massive pride in supporting our clients (you!) and enabling them to grow and realize real results, quickly.
We Believe
We believe that in order to have a thriving business, you must have a defined brand. That brand starts with building awareness, becoming top of mind and providing the right customer the right product, service and content they need to chose your company over the competition.
We guide you through the process of creating your brand identity. Then, we walk through the steps to develop that brand into tangible assets that are then used throughout the life of the business – not redone after a couple of years.
We are Branded
Cory Luckett
Founder & CEO
Cory has proven
experience in marketing
and creating products for
companies of all sizes. He
also runs the popular men’s
fashion blog and Instagram
page, @the_fashionable_man
which has amassed over
17K followers and multiple
international brand
collaborations. He went to
Clemson University and
resides in Maryland with his wife and 2 kids.
Ashley Hopko
Director of Creative Copy and Special Projects
Working in journalism
for the last 8 years,
Ashley has a special skill
with words. She comes
from a background of
investigation, research,
and operations, which is
a blend of experience
few have. When she’s
not writing. Ashley loves
spending time outside
and traveling the world.
Jesse Sieff
Video and Content Strategist
Jesse is a retired Marine
Corps. Musician. Not only
did he travel the world
playing in the most
prestigious venues, he was
in charge of much of the
video and photo content
for the corp. Since retiring
in 2020, Jesse jumped full
time into video and
strategy. Jesse lives just
outside Annapolis, MD with
his wife – also a Marine.
Pierre Funes
Videographer
When he’s not shooting or
editing photos with
StreetMeetDC, Pierre is
traveling and working with
clients on a number of
creative endeavors. He has
an eye like no-other and
specializes in video
production and creative
photography. He has
created and worked on
shoots for top media
publications Pierre lives in
Washington DC with his
fiance.
Rory Atkinson
Head of Web Strategy
Rory has decades of
experience in marketing,
website build out, and even
business turnarounds.
Residing in Cape Town, SA
with his family, he is
passionate about creating
an incredible user
experience with the sites
and products he creates.
Head of Web Development
Nic is from a Computer Science background and has many years of experience is designing and developing websites that get results. He went to the University of Cape Town and resides in Cape Town with his wife.
