We blend diverse skills to shape transformation and growth stories — every step of the way.

Our statement—making sense of growth begins with story.

We can drive business value, transformation, and growth when we tap into strategic storytelling—a creative, empathetic, deeply human unlock—for practical outcomes.

Ways We Co.nsult

Business Advisory

We meet with clients 1:1 on an hourly basis to provide business coaching with a therapeutic approach.

Project Delivery

We roll up our sleeves to tackle specific challenges and outcomes through project-based consulting.

Dedicated Roles

We fill leadership and team gaps with dedicated or fractional roles intended to provide long-term coverage.

Strategy & Operations

Taking leaders on a journey from where we are today to where we need to be to realize business value—such as new goals, offerings, innovations, operations, team structures, mindsets, cultures, processes, and technologies

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  • We believe the best strategies tell a human-centered story of where we are today to where we want to be with the support of research, data-driven insights, market rends, and iterative tactics. At Statement Co. we want to help you craft strategies that translate into actions to help you see results — be it reimagining your digital footprint, preparing for growth, unlocking business at a new scale, shifting mindsets and culture, defining new operating models, optimizing processes, standing up centers of excellence, or innovating new solutions to challenges.

    • Big, bold vision definition

    • Strategic planning and roadmaps

    • OKRs and KPIs

    • Data and analytics capability and culture assessment

    • Go to market strategies

    • Mindset and culture strategies

    • Digital, service, or product growth strategies

    • Business case development or cost-benefit analysis

    • Operating models

    • Innovation lab, PMO, and COE definition

    • Business plans

    • Value stream mapping

    • Process assessment and optimization

    • Executive presentations and stories

    • Templates and tools for business case development, program reporting, etc.

  • A sportswear retailer in Portland, OR brought in a new Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO) aiming to rapidly modernize its technology organization.

    The opportunity

    The leaders and organization needed a shared vision, goals, and roadmap that unified them through the challenges of technology modernization.

    How we helped

    Aiming to create a sense of shared ownership, we carefully planned a series of sessions to create measurable goals and actionable steps:

    • Facilitated a workshop to define a big, bold vision

    • Interviewed each senior leader to understand challenges and opportunities

    • Facilitated a workshop to define objectives and key results (OKRs)

    • Collaborated with senior leaders to define actions over the next 12 months with define key performance indicators (KPIs) to indicate we were on the right path

    • Developed executive presentations and communications to ensure that supporting teams understood the vision, OKRs, roadmap, and how they play a key role in enabling the company’s success

    What made a statement

    Through co-creation sessions, we developed a unified leadership team perspective to steer the organization into the future with clarity, confidence, and alignment. This team was set up with the conditions for success to navigate into the inherent turbulence of technology modernizations.

  • “Sarah [founder of Statement Co.] brings a thoughtful, strategic mindset to the work that she produces and engenders a great deal of trust with those around her. She is effective at capturing and distilling business goals, breaking down work for creative and dev teams to execute on, and driving work to completion.”

    — VP of Strategy

    “I had the opportunity to work alongside Sarah [founder of Statement Co.] for several years in the technology space in retail. I found Sarah to be sharp, quick to understand business environments, and an excellent communicator. Her ability to dissect a problem and articulate a thoughtful, intentional solution has always impressed me.”

    — VP of Data

    “It's rare that you come across standout talent like Sarah [founder of Statement Co.]; she truly is a creative sense maker. I've had the pleasure of working with Sarah for 2+ years on several cross-functional strategic initiatives. Her ability to juggle/drive multiple projects has been nothing short of impressive. Sarah is a strong partner, facilitator, communicator and storyteller. She specializes in strategy and solving problems. Sarah is a true visionary and her ability to bring clarity to the complex is a skill she has mastered.”

    — Senior Director of Operations

Design & Experience

Leveraging design thinking to empathize with stakeholders, define problems, identify solutions, test usability, and iterate based on data to drive meaningful impact for products, services, experiences, or spaces

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  • At Statement Co., we believe that impactful design is born from a harmonious blend of art and science. We leverage empathy and emotional intelligence to understand the human experience, while harnessing data-driven insights to inform our creative process. By considering the tactile and sensory elements of interaction, we ensure that our designs resonate on a deeper level. We prioritize a seamless and intuitive user experience, crafting a narrative that guides and engages users throughout their journey. Through this holistic approach, we create meaningful and resonant solutions that foster genuine connections between people and the experiences we design.

    • User research and insights

    • Stakeholder interviews, survey, and focus groups

    • Human-centered design and design thinking workshops

    • Ideation and brainstorming sessions

    • Customer and user journey mapping

    • Value stream mapping

    • Design and customer experience (CX) strategy

    • Service and experience designs

    • Workplace experience design

    • Interior and space design

    • Prototype development and testing

    • User research and usability testing

    • Information architecture

    • Training and coaching

  • A marketing team at a sportswear retailer was experiencing product loss, launch leaks, surplus spending, space shortages, and waste when managing pre-launch products for photoshoots, internal product review meetings, and events.

    The opportunity

    We saw an opportunity to optimize processes, storage, security, scalability, and sustainability practices with a defined marketing product management center of excellence (COE).

    How we helped

    Aiming to uncover meaningful ways to improve marketing product management and rally a team around solutions, we:

    • Interviewed individuals playing the role of product manager to understand their responsibilities and pain points

    • Defined a COE model with job descriptions and leveling to centralize and up level the role of product management in operations

    • Toured current product storage locations to understand space constraints, security practices, and access controls

    • Toured best-in-class product management solutions such as ecommerce warehouses, retail stores, and .com photo labs to define the process, space, and technology requirements for an onsite marketing product library

    • Facilitated workshops to identify the top challenges product operations talent faced when managing product

    • Mapped current and future state processes from product request to product fulfillment and liquidation

    • Defined solutions to reduce overspend on product, product loss, or waste with tools that would allow for greater alignment, visibility, and organization of a product library

    • Identified sustainable solutions to liquidate product such as employee sample sales, recycling into shopping bags, and shredding for alternative uses such as rubber running tracks

    • Designed a recommendation report and booklet to build a business case for a product management COE across executive leaders

    What made a statement

    Bringing forth our services in strategy, operations, and change management, we identified a significant amount of cost and space savings that could self fund a COE that in turn recognized and elevated the roles of the operations people managing the marketing product management processes. It was a win for leaders and teams.

  • “I’ve had the privilege of working closely with Sarah [founder of Statement Co.] for the past year. She’s been an important partner on many of my large projects. She’s brought high-level strategic thinking alongside effective, tactical delivery to everything we’ve worked on. Sarah’s expertise lies in communications, but she also has strong skills in strategy development, systems thinking, user experience, and project management. She also has a great eye for design. She’s super organized, and doesn’t miss a detail. I’ve been really impressed with her ability to own a project, bring the right players together, and efficiently execute a complicated list of responsibilities.”

    — Director of Experience Design

Brand & Communications

Communicating a brand story through the articulation of an identity, architecture, positioning, aesthetic, and messaging across digital and physical experiences to boost awareness, understanding, and adoption of new ideas, products, or programs

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  • At Statement Co., we believe that the best stories use all the senses to captivate target audiences, bringing colors, typography, iconography, photography, logos, products, and experiences into one, cohesive statement.

    • Brand research and insights

    • Market research, surveys, and analysis

    • Marketing channel review and audit (e.g., website, social media)

    • Company and employee research, surveys, and analysis

    • Human-centered design and design thinking workshops

    • Key audiences and personas

    • Brand strategy, identity, and architecture

    • Brand statement

    • Brand guides and guidelines

    • Creative direction for photography and videography

    • Content strategy, planning, and creation

    • Brand storytelling, copywriting, and editing

    • Communication design

    • Communications guides

    • Executive presentations and templates

    • Presentation design and production

  • A naturopathic physician’s office was looking for a refreshed brand aesthetic to attract more clients and grow their practice.

    The opportunity

    There was an opportunity to develop a written and visual brand story that could inform their website, marketing, and office space.

    How we helped

    Partnering closely with the lead physicians to create a brand authentic to their current service offering, style, and experience, we:

    • Conducted workshops to define a brand ethos, personality, and voice

    • Designed a brand guide with colors, fonts, and imagery

    • Provided creative direction for photography and iconography

    • Incorporated an existing logo into the brand materials

    • Defined the client journey across physical and digital channels

    • Wrote the marketing and website copy for brand and products

    • Built a website reflective of the client experience and brand aesthetic

    • Developed templates and guides for social media

    • Created print marketing materials for clients

    What made a statement

    The medical office consistently received feedback that the website was beautiful, clear, and representative of their brand. They felt that they had one of the best websites in the medical field.

  • “Always thinking outside the box, and never afraid of challenging the status quo, Sarah [founder of Statement Co.] is a voracious investigator that finds new ways to approach and solve problems. She can listen to ideas while collaborating with others and synthesize them into a concise and compelling story. She is a talented strategic thinker and designer, which aids in clearly communicating new ideas and vision. She leads with poise and is always at ease when facilitating larger group sessions.”

    — Director of Marketing

    “One of Sarah’s [founder of Statement Co.] greatest strengths is proactively transforming creative ideas into practical reality by looking at existing situations in novel ways, and coming up with fresh, innovative solutions. She consistently delivers quality, all while managing multiple projects. I am continually impressed with her ability to deftly navigate and build consensus across a highly matrixed and fast-paced environment. If you are looking for a communications professional who continually delivers results, goes above and beyond in providing exceptional service and support, and shows genuine integrity and respect – Sarah is the answer.”

    — Senior Director of Business Transformation

Organization & Capability

Helping organizations develop internal capabilities needed to achieve strategic objectives, thrive in a competitive environment, and remain resilient through constant change

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  • We believe the best change management solutions tell a clear story that starts with why and influences adoption with co-creation and shared ownership. At Statement Co. we want to help you move through change with minimal business disruption or resistance — be it standing up a new center of excellence (COE) or innovation lab, shifting cultural mindsets, introducing a new technology, reorganizing teams, or up skilling your talent.

    • Stakeholder interviews, surveys, and focus groups

    • Organizational assessment

    • Team building and collaboration workshops

    • Capability and competency mapping

    • Role descriptions

    • Mindset and culture transformation strategies

    • Workplace belonging strategies

    • Engagement plans

    • Skill building roadmaps

    • Onboarding and off boarding solutions

    • Leadership development and coaching

    • Executive presentations and stories

    • Templates and tools

  • A data and analytics (D&A) team at a sportswear retailer in Portland, OR reorganized to merge multiple data teams into a center of excellence (COE) with disparate processes and role definitions.

    The opportunity

    Our aim was to facilitate adoption of the organizational change by bringing teams together to define a new organizational operating model to better serve the business.

    How we helped

    Aiming to help the team feel more like one team, we facilitated a series of sessions that enabled the group to define the future and solve operational challenges together:

    • Conducted leadership teaming sessions to define a big, bold vision

    • Defined the COE model with a centralized team in technology with embedded data product owners in each business unit across product, supply chain, marketing, and HR

    • Hosted a series of workshops to value stream map business services and define organizational capabilities such as data product management, data science, data engineering, and data visualization

    • Defined supporting competencies, role descriptions, and skill levels to grow each data capability

    • Developed an intake process for primary business requests and identified enabling tools in partnership with business counterparts

    • Adopted Agile ways of working and up skilled teams on PI and sprint planning, outcome-based stories, and squad-based delivery

    • Developed an executive, “all hands” presentation to roll out the updated operating model to teams

    What made a statement

    This newly merged team walked away with clarity around the value they bring to the business with improved ways to partner effectively to intake and serve needs quickly with the right talent in place.

  • “Sarah is remarkable, a content and storytelling powerhouse who punches far above her weight. She is an amazing resource who we've partnered with on a variety of Digital Transformation, Marketing, and Enterprise Analytics initiatives. My personal experience is that 10 hours of her time is more valuable than 40 hours of anyone else's. I look forward to every opportunity to work with Sarah.”

    — Head of Data & Analytics

Change Management & Learning

Bolstering change adoption of new technologies, processes, ways of working, behaviors, and mindsets to empower high-performing teams to achieve business goals

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  • We believe the best change management solutions tell a clear story that starts with why and influences adoption with co-creation and shared ownership. At Statement Co. we want to help you move through change with minimal business disruption or resistance — be it standing up a new center of excellence (COE) or innovation lab, shifting cultural mindsets, introducing a new technology, reorganizing teams, or up skilling your talent.

    • Stakeholder mapping and analysis

    • Impact assessments

    • Change readiness assessments

    • Persona definition

    • Team building workshops

    • Change strategies and plans

    • Engagement and event plans

    • Change communications content and stories

    • Executive change coaching

    • Executive presentations and stories

    • Training and learning development plans

    • Metrics and measurement

    • Post-implementation support

    • Templates and tools

  • A technology team at a sportswear retailer in Portland, OR aimed to launch a multi-million dollar, multi-year initiative to replace its production support ticket management solution to boost its response time to priority issues.

    The opportunity

    Executives needed to gain rapid, widespread adoption and engagement of the new tools, processes, and roles required to roll out the new technology.

    How we helped

    Leveraging the inspiring narrative of sport in a way that aligned with the corporate brand, we:

    • Designed a brand architecture and strategy including positioning, goals, and sport metaphors

    • Developed brand guidelines including a logo, colorways, fonts, iconography, photo visuals, and mood boards

    • Wrote copy for a messaging architecture including an initiative name, taglines, and key messages

    • Designed and filmed video storyboards with branded intros and outros, scripts, and music

    • Developed a website to host program information, materials, events, videos, and updates

    • Created digital and print materials to generate awareness and understanding of the program such as posters, one-pagers, and swag

    • Designed executive presentations to communicate the value of the initiative and generate awareness, understanding, and change adoption

    • Wrote copy for newsletters to communicate program updates

    • Planned and managed corporate event logistics

    How we made a statement

    The recognizable branding, simple messages, and cohesive storytelling became one of the most well known initiatives at the company, enabling a successful roll out and adoption.

  • “Sarah [founder of Statement Co.] stepped in at a time of tremendous change and evolution for our team and was an invaluable steady and strategic hand. I immediately trusted Sarah's thoughtful point of view and was most appreciative of her ability to thread complex topics, requests, ideas into a cohesive plan of action to move the team forward. On the personal side, she's loyal, honest and a steady, calm presence in stressful situations. You know that Sarah has your back and will always be transparent in the way things need to progress. She's exemplifies the term value add.”

    — Senior Director of Marketing

    “Sarah [founder of Statement Co.] is one of my favorite people I had the pleasure of working with. Sarah is extraordinarily creative and consumer focused. Sarah excels at storytelling in a way that is unmatched. The quality of Sarah’s work is outstanding and she has a unique way of anticipating stakeholder needs to deliver the best possible outcome(s). Sarah is (and will always be) one of my very favorite teammates!”

    — VP of Technology

Business Development & Consulting

Leveraging business development and consulting skills to define problems, identify solutions, influence outcomes, and drive results to facilitate effective paths forward with leaders and teams

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  • At Statement Co. we want to help individuals and teams unlock their consulting potential by learning the core skills and tools to tell a story, win new business, solve customer challenges, and create meaningful solutions — be it the desire to hone your skills in your current role, a dream to start a consultancy, or the need to up skill talent in your agency or firm. We believe consulting is a mindset that doesn’t require years of experience to begin applying to the work you’re already doing.

    • Workshop facilitation

    • Problem and opportunity definition

    • Sales enablement

    • Personal branding and digital presence

    • Proposal presentation design

    • Negotiations

    • Resume writing and design

    • Executive presentation

    • Leadership and influence coaching

    • Storytelling and sales training

  • A a clinical psychologist in Portland, OR was interested in reinventing his career to be focused on organizational change consulting and executive coaching.

    The opportunity

    Our aim was to bridge his current skills into a cohesive story that would position him for consulting with individuals and corporate clients.

    How we helped

    Through a series of joint co-creation sessions, we:

    • Defined a personal brand statement, core service offerings, and supportive key messaging

    • Defined the colors, imagery, aesthetic, and feeling of a personal consulting brand

    • Designed a consulting pitch deck that could be updated and leveraged for prospective clients

    • Designed a personal one-pager for corporate consulting opportunities

    • Wrote copy for an updated resume and LinkedIn profile

    • Leveraged updated storytelling assets to update a personal consulting website

    What made a statement

    With a sharper individual consulting story that built upon his time as a clinical psychologist, his career launched into organizational effectiveness roles at some of the biggest brands in Portland, OR.

  • “I can confidently say Sarah [founder of Statement Co.] goes above and beyond with her consultative approach in building business cases, creative engagements, and strategic positioning of opportunities. Our customers throughly enjoyed working with her as she ensured top quality results both internally and externally. I wouldn’t hesitate to put Sarah in front of customers or executives. She would be an asset to any company lucky enough to have her.”

    — Sales Executive

    “Sarah [founder of Statement Co.] was an outstanding consultant who succeeded in every task that was asked of her. She is results driven and worked well with everyone on the team.”

    — Director of Business Development

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