Chris Inclenrock is a Creative Director and Designer who builds clear, expressive brands and digital experiences for people and organizations navigating growth and change.

About

My path to creative leadership started by doing the work. I came up as a designer focused on craft, storytelling, and how ideas take shape in the real world. Over time, that hands-on foundation expanded into leading teams, setting creative standards, and helping others do their best work, without losing proximity to the details that make design matter.

I’m an experienced brand and creative leader working across technology, healthcare, and mission-driven organizations. I specialize in translating complex products and systems into clear, expressive brand platforms that scale across identity, digital, campaigns, motion, and experiential work. Whether the challenge is navigating strict brand systems or making highly technical ideas feel human, I focus on clarity, cohesion, and long-term value.

I work comfortably across strategy and execution. I lead creative from the front when teams need direction, alignment, and momentum, and I stay hands-on when the work benefits from direct involvement in concepting, design, and storytelling. I regularly partner with founders, executives, boards, and senior marketing and brand leaders to shape ideas, present work forward, secure alignment and budgets, and bring complex initiatives to launch.

Having built and guided teams in both agency and in-house environments, I bring a leadership style rooted in empathy, high standards, and thoughtful critique. I believe strong creative cultures are built by creating the conditions for good ideas to thrive, not by controlling outcomes.I also take a forward-looking approach to how creative work gets made, integrating AI-enhanced workflows and emerging tools to improve exploration, speed, and consistency while keeping judgment, narrative clarity, and human intent at the center.

I’m open to full-time creative leadership roles as well as senior freelance and consulting engagements. I’m comfortable working hybrid or remote and open to travel.

At its core, my work is about turning ideas into action, and helping brands communicate clearly, credibly, and with purpose.

Expertise

  • Brand & Creative Leadership

    Fractional creative direction, team leadership, concept development, storytelling systems, and cross-functional collaboration.
  • Brand Identity & Systems

    Logo design, visual language, typography systems, brand guidelines, motion direction, and scalable design architectures.
  • Digital & Web Experiences

    Web design, UX/UI, Webflow development, landing pages, content systems, and interactive prototypes.
  • Campaign Development

    Integrated campaigns across digital, social, OOH, video, broadcast, and experiential, supported by AI-assisted visualization and iterative concepting.
  • Content & Creative Production

    Art direction, photography, motion design, storyboarding, and creative oversight for live-action and animated productions.

Contact Me

Need a creative partner?
chris@inclenrock.com