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WHERE CREATIVE & SOCIAL MERGE

WE PROPEL BRANDS FORWARD WITH MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS THROUGH CREATIVE BRANDING, MARKETING & TRAINING.

OUR WORK

WHO WE ARE

WHERE CREATIVE & SOCIAL MERGE

WE PROPEL BRANDS FORWARD WITH MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS THROUGH CREATIVE BRANDING, MARKETING & TRAINING.

OUR WORK

WHO WE ARE

WHERE CREATIVE & SOCIAL MERGE

WE PROPEL BRANDS FORWARD WITH MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS THROUGH CREATIVE BRANDING, MARKETING & TRAINING.

OUR WORK

WHO WE ARE

Recent Campaigns

More Work Social Training

Our Capabilities

SOCIAL MEDIA

What are people saying about your brand on social media? And on which platforms? Find out how we can improve your brand engagement.

MARKETING

Do you have a marketing strategy? This is paramount to being discovered and connecting with audiences. Let us create an online blueprint for you.

CREATIVE & CONTENT

Does your branding outshine your competition? From your logo to your website, let us plan an effective brand strategy that will separate your business from the rest.

we are strategists, storytellers, designers & innovators
we are merge forward.

KASIA JOHNSON - Founder Read More

DARREN MATHENY - PARTNER Read More

JONATHAN SAGER – Storyteller & Analyst Read More

MELANIE NEAL - SOCIAL STRATEGIST Read More

About Us

The Merge Forward team consists of leaders with many years of experience. We are creative and talented professionals who work hard to build and deliver amazing projects and results. We take pride in merging our talents to design and deliver the most strategic programs for your brand.

Our foundation is built on strong relationships, experience, timeliness and quality. We are an ambitious team that thrives on the opportunity to create and grow. Our focus is on creativity, innovation and helping our clients succeed.

Clients We’ve worked with

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“Merge Forward is able to take an initial meeting and produce an outstanding campaign to support our sales and marketing efforts with a high level of energy and professionalism.”
Jack Weinzierl / Boardwalk Ferrari

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“Merge forward has always been customer focused and stays involved with my projects from beginning to end. I know I can always depend on them to get the job done right the first time.”
Christopher Shipley / The Dallas Morning News

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“The Merge staff were not only extremely professional and helpful, but they also brought new creative ideas to the project that we would not have otherwise conceived of. We couldn’t be more pleased with the product they delivered.”
Scott Schafer / Regal Energy

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“Through this whole process you were so patient with us and made this much easier than I ever thought it could be. We truly appreciate all your help and input. It would have been a disaster without you.”
Dean Mathis / Porter Lighting

Our Capabilities

SOCIAL MEDIA

• Goal & Brand Alignment
• Capabilities Development
• Training Programs
• Content & Activations
• Management & Engagement

MARKETING

• Brand Architecture
• Ad Campaigns
• Event Activations
• SEO & SEM
• Campaign Consulting

CREATIVE & CONTENT

• Graphic Design
• Copywriting
• Video & Animation
• Website Design
• Email & Collateral Design

KASIA JOHNSON
Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Kasia is an accomplished and reputable out-of-the-box thinker with 14 years experience in creative execution and team management from large corporations to boutique firms. She is an expert at building authentic client relationships and knows how to deliver with dedication. She is a creative and driven problem solver with a proven track record of bringing new light to projects. She has a strong focus on interactive design, social media strategies, and campaign implementation.

As a Polish-born Texan with an entrepreneurial spirit, Kasia is well connected within the DFW community. She has a passion for inspiring entrepreneurs and shares her wisdom through speaking engagements and her blog, Forward Mastery. She earned her undergraduate degree in Communication Design at The University of North Texas and now enjoys traveling with her two children for creative inspiration.

DARREN MATHENY
DIGITAL MARKETING STRATEGIST

Darren partners with MergeForward to help businesses leverage paid traffic, advanced targeting, content and email to increase revenue. Darren has founded multiple startups including a document software company that quickly bootstrapped to multiple millions in revenue using digital marketing. Subsequently, he built and scaled a new SaaS application to over 750,000 users in just over a year. As an investor and advisor, he has helped multiple e-commerce companies grow past the seven figure mark in revenue.

Darren’s current focus is on applying digital marketing marketing strategies to help businesses grow and scale.

JONATHAN SAGER
Storyteller & Analyst

I am a creative and a problem solver.

People know to come to me for ideas, solutions, and sometimes just another point of view to give them food for thought. As a former teacher, I excel at finding people’s strengths and capitalize on them, and I can work with virtually anyone to facilitate the work we are getting done together.

I enjoy creating processes that operate efficiently and articulating them to my team in clear and succinct terms. Being both inclined toward words and numbers, I happily take on a variety of roles and play a number of them at Merge Forward, guiding content creation, copy writing, analyzing performance, and framing insights in digestible terms.

MELANIE NEAL
SOCIAL MEDIA & DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGIST

Melanie has over 15 years experience developing and managing integrated marketing campaigns. She has managed successful marketing programs for B2Bs, B2Cs & Non-profits. She has worked with numerous brands to develop engaging interactive marketing campaigns including: Mountain Dew, ePrize, Machinima, Xbox, AVP, NBA, Sony, Ubisoft, Activision, Global Gaming League, Nintendo, NFL, Electronic Arts, Def Jam, 2K Sports, Rockstar Games, Lucas Arts, NBA Europe & Major League Gaming.

Melanie is a proud 5th generation Texan and graduated with an MBA in Marketing from The University of Dallas. She is also the founder of the Dallas Entrepreneur Meetup group.