the creative fuel to ignite your marketing

We Listen

Our process starts with learning about your goals, vision and what problems you solve for your customers. From there, we create a unique point of view that becomes the foundation of your marketing. 

We Guide

Over the last 30 years developing creative for hundreds of big and small companies, we’ve learned a lot that will help guide you to success. 

We Deliver

We believe great creative is a combination of your customer insights and our experience helping companies communicate their value. We want to enable your success.

We understand you’re under a lot of pressure to get results. And you only have so much time (and money) to get it done. We have developed hundreds of effective creative solutions for marketing groups from start-ups to established leaders. With the Creative Octane process, we can quickly and effectively help you reach your marketing goals. Here’s how…

Jim and company ALWAYS deliver. They were forced on me by an interim CEO, but they did so well that I brought them along to my next gig. One of the best creative teams you’ll ever work with – and they totally get all of the business and political issues, too.

David Rand

CMO, Foxit Software

Jim Mercado

Jim Mercado

Executive Creative Director / Principal Spark

I believe that creative is a competitive advantage for marketing-driven businesses. My personal mission is to utilize my experience to produce creative that enables success for companies.

Our Partners

We bring the right team together for your needs. Our team members share a common creative methodology and have combined forces on many projects over the years. We work in an efficient and highly collaborative manner and bring a diverse set of skills and experiences to every project. We have a great deal of respect for one another and are driven to do great work for our clients. We tailor multidisciplinary teams to complement your creative needs in order to provide you with unsurpassed value and service.

Need better creativity to fuel your marketing?

We have a proven creative process that’s helped hundreds of tech companies
reach their marketing goals through brilliant creative.