Growth Works Better When the Right People Are in the Room

Growth Works Better When the Right People Are in the Room

Growth Works Better When the Right People Are in the Room

Three senior leaders. Decades of experience inside some of the world's most recognized brands. One shared belief: that great work deserves a better system. So we built what we wished had existed.

Three senior leaders. Decades of experience inside some of the world’s most recognized brands. One shared belief: that great work deserves a better system. So we built what we wished had existed.

our story

OUR STORY

Great Ideas Deserve Better Systems

Great Ideas Deserve Better Systems

Great Ideas Deserve Better Systems

We spent years leading creative, content, and strategy for some of the world's most recognized travel, hospitality, and retail brands — both in-house and for creative agencies.

We spent years leading creative, content, and strategy for some of the world’s most recognized travel, hospitality, and retail brands — both in-house and for creative agencies.

The work was good. The results were real. But the system kept getting in the way.


Great ideas slowed down. Momentum disappeared inside layers of process, handoffs, and misaligned priorities. The work didn't suffer because people lacked talent. It suffered because the system made clarity hard and speed expensive.

So we stopped working inside that system and built a better one.

Growth doesn't come from doing more. It comes from doing the right things consistently, with clarity and conviction.”

Growth doesn’t come from doing more. It comes from doing the right things consistently, with clarity and conviction.”

ENERGY MEETS STRUCTURE

ENERGY MEETS STRUCTURE

Why Citrus. Why Slate.

Why Citrus. Why Slate.

Why Citrus. Why Slate.

Citrus


Energy, clarity, and momentum.

The spark that cuts through noise and moves

ideas forward.

Citrus


Energy, clarity, and momentum.

The spark that cuts through noise and moves ideas forward.

Citrus


Energy, clarity, and momentum. The spark that cuts through noise and moves

ideas forward.

Slate


Structure, foundation, and discipline.

The systems that make progress repeatable

and sustainable.

Slate


Structure, foundation, and discipline.

The systems that make progress repeatable and sustainable.

Slate


Structure, foundation, and discipline. The systems that make progress repeatable and sustainable.

Together


Energy without structure burns out.

Structure without energy stalls.

Citrus & Slate exists at the intersection of both.

Together


Energy without structure burns out. Structure without energy stalls.

Citrus & Slate exists at the intersection of both.

the team

the team

Senior Leaders,

Not Hired Hands

Senior Leaders, Not Hired Hands

Senior Leaders, Not Hired Hands

The same people you meet in the pitch are the ones doing the work.

Citrus & Slate was founded by three senior leaders with decades of experience across creative, content, and strategy — built inside some of the world's most recognized brands in luxury, travel, and hospitality.

We've led creative direction for global hotel brands. Built content systems for Fortune 500 companies. Shaped go-to-market strategy for brands navigating growth, repositioning, and everything in between.

What we share is a belief that great marketing requires more than good execution. It requires senior thinking, clear systems, and the kind of judgment that only comes from having done this work, at the highest level, for a long time.

When you work with Citrus & Slate, you work directly with that experience. Not a team assembled around it. Not a junior team inspired by it. The real thing, from day one.

The same people you meet in the pitch are the ones doing the work.

Citrus & Slate was founded by three senior leaders with decades of experience across creative, content, and strategy — built inside some of the world’s most recognized brands in luxury, travel, and hospitality.

We’ve led creative direction for global hotel brands. Built content systems for Fortune 500 companies. Shaped go-to-market strategy for brands navigating growth, repositioning, and everything in between.

What we share is a belief that great marketing requires more than good execution. It requires senior thinking, clear systems, and the kind of judgment that only comes from having done this work, at the highest level, for a long time.

When you work with Citrus & Slate, you work directly with that experience. Not a team assembled around it. Not a junior team inspired by it. The real thing, from day one.

Years of Experience

Years of Experience

45 combined

45 combined

Top Verticals

Top Verticals

Travel, Hospitality, Luxury, Retail

Industry Awards

Industry Awards

20+

20+

Children + Pets

Children + Pets

8 combined

8 combined

Expertise across the team


Creative direction · Brand identity · Digital experience · Omnichannel campaigns · Messaging architecture · Brand voice · Content marketing · Campaign storytelling · Go-to-market strategy · Audience segmentation · Analytics & insight · Campaign planning

Expertise across the team

Creative direction · Brand identity · Digital experience · Omnichannel campaigns · Messaging architecture · Brand voice · Content marketing · Campaign storytelling · Go-to-market strategy · Audience segmentation · Analytics & insight · Campaign planning

Want to know more about who we are?

Want to know more about who we are?

experience

experience

Our Work
Speaks For Itself

Our Work Speaks For Itself

Our Work Speaks For Itself

Over the course of our careers, our team has led creative, content, and strategy for some of the world's most recognized brands across travel, hospitality, retail, and beyond.

Over the course of our careers, our team has led creative, content, and strategy for some of the world’s most recognized brands across travel, hospitality, retail, and beyond.

WHO WE WORK WITH

Who we work with

Built for Brands Ready to Move With Intention

Built for Brands Ready to Move With Intention

Built for Brands Ready to Move With Intention

If you’re looking for a hospitality marketing agency, a fractional marketing team, or a creative and strategy partner that can finally bring it all together, you’ve come to the right place.

If you’re looking for a hospitality marketing agency, a fractional marketing team, or a creative and strategy partner that can finally bring it all together, you’ve come to the right place.

Premium Brands

Brands where craft, perception, and customer experience are core to the business. Not an afterthought.

stretched marketing Teams

Teams doing great work without enough senior bandwidth. Who need a true partner, not more vendors to manage.

leaders who value seniority

Decision-makers who want to work directly with experienced people. Not to be passed down to junior teams after the pitch.

Brands Ready to Move

Companies that are done with agency bureaucracy and ready to build systems that actually compound over time.

Sound like you?

Our best partnerships are built on a shared belief:

that clarity, craft, and momentum aren't trade-offs. They're the goal.”

Our best partnerships are built on a shared belief: that clarity, craft, and momentum aren’t trade-offs. They’re the goal.”

Our best partnerships are built on a shared belief: that clarity, craft, and momentum aren't trade-offs. They're the goal.”

Your brand deserves a better kind of agency.

Your brand deserves a better

kind of agency.

©2026 Citrus & Slate

680 North Lake Shore Drive Suite 110, 3136. Chicago, IL 60611

©2026 Citrus & Slate

680 North Lake Shore Drive Suite 110, 3136. Chicago, IL 60611

©2026 Citrus & Slate

680 North Lake Shore Drive Suite 110, 3136. Chicago, IL 60611