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At Davis + Harper, we believe brand is not static or cosmetic. It is foundational infrastructure: shaping how decisions are made, how teams align, and whether growth holds over time.
Brands evolve like people do. They grow, shift, and enter new chapters. As companies grow, brand must carry more. More complexity. More stakeholders. More investment. When clarity hasn’t kept pace, execution gets busy, but momentum doesn’t compound.
Our work exists to help leaders establish a clear center so every next decision, investment, and expression builds on what’s already been created.

We operate from a small set of first principles.
Rather than adding more marketing, more messaging, or more output, we focus on aligning what needs to be true at the core of the brand first. From there, positioning, storytelling, and creative direction can do their job: reinforcing one another instead of competing for attention.
Strong brands aren’t overbuilt. They are precisely shaped, intentionally aligned, and built to hold under growth.
To shift how companies value their brand: as foundational infrastructure that guides strategy, aligns teams, and drives growth.
We cut through the noise to bring focus and shared understanding, ensuring every brand decision drives growth with purpose.
We operate as thinking partners, not vendors. Our role is to guide with expertise, challenge when needed, and co-create solutions leaders and teams can confidently own and apply.
Creativity is purposeful. Every expression ties back to strategy, and every detail is shaped with restraint — ensuring brands are cohesive, not overbuilt.
Seasoned judgment matters. Knowing when to push, when to pause, and how to choose the right path forward protects what’s been built and prevents unnecessary rework.
Davis + Harper partners with founders and senior leaders at organizations already in motion — where growth, spend, and complexity have made clarity a business requirement, not a branding exercise.
Often, these teams are operating lean relative to the complexity they’re managing. Expectations are high. Decisions carry more risk. And the brand needs to do more work than it used to.
That includes:
In every case, the goal is the same: create clarity that allows growth to compound rather than reset.
Our work starts with discovery, cutting through noise to identify what’s actually driving results and what’s getting in the way. From there, we shape the strategy, frameworks, and brand system leaders and teams can use in real time.
The point is not more output. It’s a foundation that supports the next stage of growth.
Davis + Harper is led by Nicole Hagedorn, a brand strategy and creative leader with more than 20 years of experience across B2B, B2C, and DTC environments.
Nicole has led brand strategy and creative direction across aesthetics, hospitality, luxury products and services, healthcare, SaaS, and multi-brand portfolios, from early-stage companies to Fortune 500 organizations. Her work is intentionally industry-agnostic, shaped by principles and frameworks that apply across business models and categories.
Her strengths lie in:
Brand Strategy, connecting business objectives to purpose, positioning, and messaging frameworks that scale.
Strategic Creative Direction, translating positioning into identity, storytelling, and refined curation — ensuring brand expression serves the business.
Thought Partnership, guiding leaders through pivotal brand decisions with calm, structure, and momentum.
She has created, launched, and scaled brands; led rebrands and product launches; and built high-performing creative teams. Having worked agency-side, in-house, and client-side, her approach reflects a deep understanding of real constraints, tradeoffs, and long-term impact.
Her work is defined by seasoned judgment and the belief that brand is not cosmetic. When built well, it becomes strategic infrastructure — precisely shaped, intentionally aligned, and designed to hold through growth and change.
Her perspective on leadership and strategic presence was featured as the opening quote in Gal Magazine’s Bold Visions for 2026, a conversation with founders about what they’re prioritizing next.
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