PRINCIPAL, FRACTIONAL CMO | CREATIVE DIRECTOR

I TURN AMBITION INTO SHIPPABLE WORK WITH CLEAR DIRECTION AND A DEFINED GOAL.

CASE STUDY: Brand Growth and Market Expansion

CLIENT

The Hidden Sea Wines

ROLE

Fractional Marketing Director / Brand Manager

WHAT THEY WANTED

A senior brand and creative leader who could turn a powerful environmental mission into a clear commercial story that retailers, partners, investors, and consumers could understand, trust, and act on.

WHAT THEY GOT

A complete brand and marketing system: clearer messaging, stronger creative direction, sales-enablement tools, product storytelling, trade support, partner materials, and market-facing campaigns.

WHAT HAPPENED

Market leadership through 9x sales growth in Australia (FY21–24), brand expansion from 3 to 11 markets worldwide, and a 2024 U.S.A. expansion with off-premises distribution growing +195% YoY

Collage of The Hidden Sea wine on-premise brand activations, including bar posters, venue signage, tasting tables, event displays, social media moments, branded merchandise, and ocean-plastic impact messaging.
Collage of The Hidden Sea wine off-premise retail activations, including bottle displays, shelf talkers, store posters, window signage, exterior murals, retail coolers, and point-of-sale messaging about removing plastic bottles from the ocean.
Brian Dickett seated in a blue fishing boat during an outdoor production shoot.

On location in Jakarta for One Ocean, a short brand film created to help The Hidden Sea turn its cleanup partnership into a powerful market-facing story.

Just wanted to thank you for all your incredible work and input into the brand over many years. Your work is beyond A grade.

ANDREW C • CFO, THE HIDDEN SEA

CASE STUDY: Live Brand Experience

CLIENT

The Hidden Sea Wines

ROLE

Creative Lead / Event Strategy & Experience Design

WHAT THEY WANTED

A high-profile live experience for press, industry leaders, influencers, and partners—to celebrate the brand’s milestone of removing 10 million plastic bottles from the ocean in just 18 months.

WHAT THEY GOT

An immersive brand event at Australia House in London, developed in partnership with the South Australian Government with creative leadership and design across the full guest experience.

Lighting, projection, videos, and printed materials—all coming together to turn a major environmental accomplishment into a premium, media-ready occasion worth talking about.

WHAT HAPPENED

The event became a central live expression of The Hidden Sea’s 10 Million Bottles campaign, helping translate a sustainability milestone into cultural and industry attention. The broader campaign went on to win The Drinks Business 2022 Consumer Campaign of the Year, beating shortlisted global liquor brands including Casillero del Diablo.

Guests mingle beneath dramatic blue and magenta lighting in the grand ballroom of Australia House in London during The Hidden Sea’s immersive brand event celebrating 10 million plastic bottles removed from the ocean. A chandelier hangs above the crowd, with smaller event photos displayed in a strip along the bottom.
Two bottles of The Hidden Sea wine stand on a rocky shoreline beside the water, with mountains in the background. Text reads, “2022 Winner, Consumer Campaign of the Year,” alongside The Drinks Business logo.

I would like to take this opportunity to formally thank you in front of your peers and recognise both the quality of work and, more importantly, the manner in which you assisted me with this project. The end product is outstanding.

RICHIE V • CO-FOUNDER, THE HIDDEN SEA

CASE STUDY: Network Launch

CLIENT

BrewDog PLC

ROLE

Managing Partner / Executive Producer, Redtail Media

WHAT THEY WANTED

A drinks-based OTT television network built and launched in time for BrewDog’s U.S. Annual General Meeting.

WHAT THEY GOT

A BrewDog-branded app and web network launched in five months, with 130+ hours of programming across a dozen original shows.

WHAT HAPPENED

The network launched on time and on budget without overtime, supported by clear communication, practical systems, and calm leadership across a worldwide production involving nearly 100 people.

BrewDog Network promotional image showing the channel logo displayed across a TV, laptop, tablet, phone, and streaming devices against a blue digital background with sparks.
The band, Cold War Kids play outdoors on stage at night at the 2019 BrewDog USA Annual General Meeting.

Cold War Kids play on stage at the 2019 BrewDog USA Annual General Meeting, following the launch announcement of the BrewDog Network.

I could always rely on him to take on the most difficult, complex work and knew that he would get it done on time to an extremely high standard.

STEPHEN J • ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING VFX SUPERVISOR

CASE STUDY: Branding and Launch

CLIENT

Limestone Coast Wines Pty Ltd

ROLE

Creative Lead / Marketing Director

WHAT THEY WANTED

A new wine brand that could move quickly from concept to market.

WHAT THEY GOT

A complete brand launch built from a limited brief: positioning, visual identity, product story, sales deck, launch messaging, and trade materials.

WHAT HAPPENED

Fox Tales launched with a complete brand platform into markets around the world.

Fox Tales wine brand page featuring a fox in a forest, eco-friendly brand messaging, a range of red, white, and rosé wine bottles with tasting notes and pricing, plus close-up label artwork and a silhouetted fox scene at dusk.
Portrait of Brian Dickett, smiling in a straw hat and patterned shirt, standing outdoors in front of a bright, tropical-looking background.

The work you have done in Australia, is a contributor to the massive success we are seeing here! Your work separates us from not only the other 80 brands in the Oatley portfolio, but the alcohol market.

JUSTIN K • GLOBAL SALES MANAGER, LCW

CASE STUDY: Branding

CLIENT

Limestone Coast Wines Pty Ltd

ROLE

Creative Lead / Marketing Director

WHAT THEY WANTED

A lifestyle brand for a spritzed lower-alcohol wine in a can (RTD), targeted at Millennial and legal-drinking-age Gen Z consumers.

WHAT THEY GOT

“Sun Society” logo, brand design & style, typesetting, color palette, brand story, voice mood & tone, slogans, brand positioning, package design, and mockup POS & merch.

WHAT HAPPENED

A salable pitch with a complete vision of a lifestyle brand built from nothing but the image of a can.

Branding presentation collage for “The Sun Society,” a vibrant canned spritz drink concept. The image shows multiple campaign and brand guideline slides in a grid, using bold yellow, purple, orange, teal, and black. Featured visuals include slim beverage cans, glass bottles, flavor descriptions, packaging boxes, retail posters, outdoor signage, merchandise, and lifestyle photography of smiling women. Large headlines include “Live brighter,” “Presentation,” and “Welcome to The Sun Society,” creating a sunny, playful, high-energy brand identity.
Professional video editing workstation with multiple monitors showing a Sierra Nevada Hazy IPA commercial, color grading scopes, timeline controls, and a large preview of a drink being poured.

I think about you all the time, we constantly get compliments on your work...

STEVEN M • CEO, BIOLIFE4D

CASE STUDY: Television

CLIENTS

Esquire Network / NBCUniversal, BrewDog PLC

ROLE

Managing Partner, Redtail Media
Executive Producer / Supervising Post Producer

WHAT THEY WANTED

An entertaining hour-long series to help launch Esquire Network, then later support BrewDog’s momentum as the brand expanded in the U.S. market.

WHAT THEY GOT

“Top Gear for beer”: a high-energy drinks-based travel series built around ambitious concepts, global locations, big personalities, and complex production demands.

Delivered 34 hour-long episodes across network and brand-owned versions of the show, leading production, post-production, creative execution, team coordination, and delivery.

WHAT HAPPENED

The series became one of Esquire Network’s highest-rated shows, attracted a global fan base, and created long-form entertainment content that supported BrewDog’s growth as an international brand.

Behind-the-scenes group photo from from the BrewDog Punk IPA shoot, with cast and crew raising beer bottles of beer on a colorful bar set with stage lighting, instruments, and production equipment.

Wrap photo on set for the BrewDog Punk IPA commercial.

Brian is very creative and able to take a director's wishes and implement them visually... And on top of that he's just plain fun to work with.

CORINNA S • EMMY AND OSCAR NOMINATED PRODUCER

CASE STUDY: Television

CLIENT

TruTV (Warner Bros. Discovery)

ROLE

Managing Partner / Executive Producer, Redtail Media

WHAT THEY WANTED

A smart, adult-skewing comedy series to support truTV’s “Funny Because It’s tru” rebrand and pair naturally with the network’s growing prime-time slate.

WHAT THEY GOT

You Can Do Better: a mostly scripted half-hour comedy series blending writers’ room segments, field pieces, host-driven advice, and man-on-the-street comedy into a practical-but-ridiculous guide to modern life.

WHAT HAPPENED

The show became a natural prime-time companion to their hit show, Adam Ruins Everything, and helped extend truTV’s voice into a second original comedy format.

Two hosts pose against a bright yellow and orange TruTV promotional background for “You Can Do Better.” The woman (Abbi Crutchfield) stands with one hand on her hip, while the man (Matthew Latkiewicz) stands beside her with his arms crossed, raising one hand to show four fingers. Large white text reads “YOU CAN DO BETTER,” with the orange TruTV logo above it.
Behind-the-scenes view of a Fox Studios set, with crew members, cameras, lighting rigs, monitors, and production equipment surrounding the filming area.

On site at Fox Studios in Los Angeles, overseeing screen content for a Fox Filmed Entertainment spot featuring CEO, Tom Rothman.

Your technical knowledge, speed and great temperament was incredibly valuable.

MAUREEN H • DIRECTOR OF PRODUCTION, FOX MOVIE CHANNEL

CASE STUDY: Global Brand Work

CLIENTS

TBWA\Media Arts Lab, RadicalMedia, Anonymous Content, Nomad Editing Company, Outpost Digital

ROLE

VFX Supervisor / Senior Compositor / Editor

WHAT THEY WANTED

High-quality editorial, compositing, and VFX execution for product launches, automotive campaigns, branded content, and documentary projects.

WHAT THEY GOT

Supported product launches for Apple, General Motors, and Volvo—plus editing for the feature documentary Re:Generation, produced by Anonymous Content and Ryan Gosling.

WHAT HAPPENED

This experience established the craft foundation behind my later production leadership, brand systems, creative direction, and ability to turn strategy into finished work.

Collage of brand and design work featuring a close-up Apple Macbook Air laptop, illuminated GM wall signage, a bold “Regeneration” movie poster, and a sleek white Volvo concept car interior.
Behind-the-scenes view of Redtail Media Managing Partners, Brian Dickett and Chris Burke seated in a video production studio, giving thumbs up beside cameras, lighting equipment, monitors, speakers, and a large screen with the Redtail Media logo.

Inside Redtail Media’s color suite—one of several of facilities where our network television and branded content were finished.

It’s killing it on social media (89,000 views on Facebook alone and we haven’t even promoted it) and the excitement is palpable in the consumer comments...

ROBIN G • COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, SIERRA NEVADA BREWING COMPANY
Portrait photo of Brian Dickett, smiling in a dark jacket while seated against a black backdrop and holding a glass of whiskey.
Client testimonials of Brian Dickett's work.
Client testimonials of Brian Dickett's work.