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What We Do
WE REARRANGE THE MARKETPLACE
IN YOUR FAVOR
Precision strategy. Clean execution. No loose ends.
We make conplicated businesss look obvious and irresistable – with a delivery style that’s fearless by design.
Most agencies pick a market and stay in it. We don’t. Two countries, one operation, and by the time your competitors figure out what happened, it’s already done.
CHICAGO – NASHVILLE – LONDON
The Process
HOW WE
OPERATE
Consult.
You’ve tried nice. You’ve tried cheap. You’ve tried “just one more campaign.” Time to stop pretending.
We identify what’s leaking money, what’s slowing growth, and what needs to be cut loose — then sharpen your strategy, message, and market visibility before your competitors realize what changed.
Strategy.
A Sharpe strategy is the line between momentum and an expensive death by committee.
We decode your buyers, scope your competition, pressure-test your positioning, and hand you a plan your business can actually execute. No decks. No BS.
Dominate.
Spray-and-pray is what happens when no one’s really in charge.
We operate as your fractional marketing department, embedded, accountable, and dangerous in the right way. From bold launches to high-stakes pivots, we show up armed with strategy and ready to execute under pressure. We do outcomes.
We've built across
two continents.
Associations, nonprofits, memberships, motorsports, service providers, salons, BBQ brands, financial services, and luxury. Same mission: clarify the message, sharpen the offer, turn visibility into revenue.
We use humor, a little shock value, and ruthless precision to cut through the noise. Because safe marketing is easy to ignore. What we do isn’t.
Strategy & Market Control
Leadership, intelligence, and a strategy built to dominate.
- Fractional CMO & Marketing Leadership
- Market, Audience & Competitor Intelligence
- Brand & Go-To-Market Strategy
- Marketing Audits & Growth Planning
- Budget Strategy & Performance Allocation
- Department & Team Architecture
Brand & Digital Experience
Brand, messaging, and digital experiences that make people say “yes.”
- Brand Identity & Messaging Systems
- Creative Direction & Product Development
- Website Design & Development
- Digital & Interactive Experiences
- Motion, Video & Visual Storytelling
- Customized AI & Marketing Automation
Growth & Revenue Execution
SEO, ads, email, and optimization that turns attention into money.
- Integrated Marketing Strategy & Execution
- Paid Media & Advertising
- Search, Social & Email Marketing
- Affiliate, Influencer & Brand Awareness Campaigns
- Conversion & E-Commerce Optimization
- CRM, Retention & Lifecycle Marketing
They're Forward-Thinking.
We're Outcome-Obsessed.
when your industry is ruthless,
gentle doesn't survive.
Visibility is a fight. We bring the weapons. (The legal kind. Mostly. Relax.)
You’re not hiring an agency. You’re installing a fractional marketing department built to move fast, think clearly, and turn attention into revenue.
You don’t need more tactics. You need to know what to deploy, what to optimize, and what to kill before it kills your budget.
Ready to stop playing it safe? Let’s build Sharpe strategies that hit their target. Dead on.
Ready to stop playing it safe? Let’s build Sharpe strategies that hit their target. Dead on.
the advantage
two markets.
one agency.
Chicago-based strategy with London-rooted perspective.
A partner embedded in the UK market — right now, today.
US audience fluency. European brand sensibility.
Clients crossing the Atlantic in either direction already have a team on the ground.
Most agencies are local. We’re not built that way.
think 007.
but make it
marketing
Charlotte Sharpe (Chicago, via London) founded The Sharpe Agency on one premise: most agencies are too slow, too junior, and too in love with their own process.
We’re not.
She brought in Rachel — London-based, sharpe as they come, and the perfect counterweight — and together they built something neither market had seen before. Two founders, two continents, one operation. They’ve been deploying ever since.
Senior-level strategy, transatlantic reach, no meetings that could’ve been a sticky note. They gather intel, build the plan, and deploy with intent — the target isn’t just your audience, it’s whoever’s currently outranking you.
Both sides of the Atlantic, built to use that advantage for clients who are serious about growth.
We’ll be polite. We’re British after all. But we won’t be gentle.
Charlotte Sharpe
Founder & Strategy Director
Chicago → Nashville · Originally London
Rachel Baine
Partner & UK Director
London, UK · Currently Deployed
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