CSA / Our agency

Good people. Great work.

CSA was built to function as an extension of your team. We collaborate closely with leadership, marketing departments, sales teams, and stakeholders to create strategic creative that supports real business objectives.

Meet the people ↓

WHO WE ARE

We become your in-house creative team.

Most companies don’t need another vendor.

They need a creative partner who understands their business, knows their goals, and can help bring ideas to life.

That’s how we work.

Whether we’re developing a brand strategy, launching a new product, producing a national campaign, or building a website, we approach every project with the same mindset:

Understand the business first. Create second.

OUR STORY

Storytelling. Strategy. Results.

CSA was built on a simple belief:

The most powerful marketing doesn’t feel like marketing.

It feels human.

We help brands uncover who they are, clarify what makes them different, and create work that people actually remember. Through strategy, storytelling, design, video production, animation, photography, and campaign development, we help companies communicate with clarity and grow with purpose.

Strategic Thinking

Every project starts with understanding your audience, business goals, and opportunities before creative development begins.

Creative Excellence

Award-winning storytelling, design, animation, photography, and production built to help brands stand apart.

Long-Term Partnerships

Our goal isn’t to create a single project. It’s to become a trusted creative resource that helps your company grow.

Business Impact

Beautiful creative matters. But great creative should also help support awareness, recruiting, sales, fundraising, engagement, and growth.

People set CSA apart

The people behind
the work.

CSA is built around a network of experienced strategists, designers, filmmakers, photographers, animators, writers, editors, and creative problem solvers.

We assemble the right team for every project, bringing together specialists with the expertise needed to help brands communicate at the highest level.

Because great work has never been created by one person alone.

Founder & Creative Director

Chad Stum

Owner - Creative Director

CSA was founded by Chad Stum, an award-winning creative director, filmmaker, marketer, and storyteller with more than 20 years of experience helping brands communicate with clarity and purpose.

Throughout his career, Chad has led creative teams, developed national campaigns, produced award-winning content, and partnered with organizations ranging from higher education institutions and healthcare systems to global brands and nonprofits.

Before launching CSA, Chad founded and led Original Six Media, a Chicago-based creative agency that produced award-winning work for nationally recognized brands and organizations. He later served as Head of Creative Production at Indiana University and Director of Creative at Spectrio, leading large-scale creative initiatives, building high-performing teams, and helping organizations tell stories that resonate with their audiences.

Today, he leads CSA with a simple philosophy:

Marketing should make people feel something.

Because the brands people remember are the brands they connect with.

Bridget Gronotte

VP - Executive Producer

Travis Cowley

VP - Business Development

Corey Lillard

VP - Creative Vision

Gibson Giddeon

Director - Design/Animation

Clayton Norman

Director - Social Media

Jamie Witt

Director - Content

Eric Rudd

Director - Photography

Zach Alexander

Director - Post Production

Why we do it

We care about the story behind your brand.

Every company has a story.

The problem is that many companies struggle to tell it.

That’s where we come in.

We help brands uncover what makes them unique and transform those ideas into campaigns, content, experiences, and creative systems that help people understand who they are.

Because when people understand your story, they remember your brand.

Trusted creative partners

Let’s create something people remember.

CSA is an approved vendor for Indiana University, Purdue University, and Publicis, and a strategic partner with Varro Media. Have a project in mind? Tell us what you need and we’ll schedule a conversation.