About
A Note from Our Founder & President
Since I was a child, my best and brightest ideas have come to life while sitting with my feet in the water ripples of Little Cedar Creek in my paternal family’s hometown of Cave Spring, Georgia. In 2021, while doing exactly that, I decided it was time I put those ideas to work. That’s why I founded Creekside Creative, an integrated marketing and strategic communications firm built to help organizations and individuals maximize their reach and build brands that captivate.
Like flowing water, it’s important to have a plan to navigate rocks in the way and sudden bends - and even when all is calm, one must ensure that the water is healthy for all to drink. We are here to help every step of the way, building strategies to ensure marketing and communications success.
John Casey
Founder & President
John is a dynamic marketing and communications professional with a proven track record of driving transformational growth for B2B and B2C clients by seamlessly integrating innovative creativity with impactful strategy. He has partnered as a consultant with internationally-recognized corporations, impact-driven nonprofits, and key advocacy organizations. John is passionate about mentoring emerging professionals and fostering a collaborative environment.
He is a talented storyteller who amplifies his clients’ impacts on the lives of individuals and organizations across the Nation. While John is a proficient and creative writer, he is also recognized for his captivating imagery. Through graphic design, photography and brand generation visuals, John brings his clients’ vision and voice to life.
His prior experience working with political campaigns and advancing client policy initiatives grew his affinity for grassroots mobilization and effectiveness as a spokesperson before civic, business and political groups. A mass communications graduate of Loyola University in New Orleans, John earned his journalism stripes covering news stories for CNN, The Times-Picayune/The Advocate as well as the nationally recognized college newspaper, The Maroon.
He is an avid nature lover and in his downtime is most often found hunting, fishing and relishing in the beauty of the north Georgia fields and farmlands.