The Team
We’re a team made up of creatives, researchers & strategists with diverse backgrounds. Our team is located around the country, ready to come together to help your brand enable passions in the outdoors.
Nate's natural curiosity has led him to build his life around the outdoors and the art of capturing genuine human moments.
Nate is a published photographer and an award-winning cinematographer from Chicago. Since 2017, he's worked in brand strategy, market research, and innovation consulting for some of the country’s largest companies. For the past four years, Nate has embraced a nomadic lifestyle, living in his self-converted van. During this time, he has dedicated himself to climbing, building his outdoor community, and developing his passion for production.
Throughout his career, he has collaborated closely with industry-leading companies as a market research and brand strategy consultant. His approach involves conducting in-the-moment research, enabling brands to tap into real-time consumer behaviors and thoughts. He continues to craft effective research reports & strategies that deeply resonate with brand audiences, create long-lasting connections and drive brand growth.
Nate Stephens
FOUNDER | STRATEGIST | RESEARCHER
A ROBUST NETWORK
OF FREELANCE RESEARCHERS, STRATEGISTS, DIRTBAGS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, FILMMAKERS AND FRIENDS.
After five years traveling across the United States, spending hundreds of days each year at the country’s most iconic crags, trailheads, and mountain towns, we’ve built a tight-knit team of outdoor enthusiasts, photographers, filmmakers, brand strategists, and market researchers. We’re not outsiders observing the culture, we are in it every day.
Together, we’re embedded in the communities that outdoor brands most want to understand and connect with, offering an authentic, in-the-moment perspective that traditional research can’t reach.