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About the studio

Built to
steward what
you've been given.

Based in
Fort Worth, Texas
Working since
2020 · LLC formed 2025
Founder
Ana Elizabeth Grande
Serving
Purpose-driven founders & nonprofits

The Marketing Dept. was born from a simple conviction: your passion, your business, and your brand are among your most treasured possessions — and they deserve to be handled with both strategy and care.

Hello, I'm Ana

A decade of building brands that mean something.

I spent nearly a decade as a Marketing Director before stepping out to build this studio — years of learning what actually moves a business forward versus what just looks good in a deck.

Since then I've led rebrands, launched websites, and grown audiences for organizations doing work that matters — from a nonprofit fighting human trafficking to authors and advocacy groups finding their voice.

What I care about hasn't changed: helping people reach everything they've been entrusted with, and doing it with excellence.

— Ana Elizabeth
What we hold to

Three things we won't compromise.

Strategy first

Pretty without a plan is expensive decoration. Every creative decision here traces back to a business goal you can name.

High touch

You're not handed to a junior team. You work directly with the person who built your strategy — start to finish.

Honest counsel

If a tactic won't serve you, we'll say so. We'd rather protect your budget than pad an invoice.

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How we work

Four moves, every time.

01

Listen

We start with your heart for the business — the goals, the constraints, the season you're actually in. No templates until we understand you.

02

Map

Audience, positioning, message, channels. You leave with a written roadmap you could hand to anyone.

03

Make

Content, campaigns, sites, identity. Built to the strategy — and built to look like you at your best.

04

Measure

What worked, what didn't, what's next. We report plainly and adjust with you every month.

Our mission

A sophisticated marketing approach to your passion, your brand, and your business — partnering to reach your next stage of growth.

And every business that partners with us partners with a nonprofit. We give social media and marketing to nonprofits — orphanages, churches, and outreaches — free of charge. When you partner with us, you help them grow too.

Our culture

Presence-driven. Kingdom-minded.

We help businesses grow through creative strategy, boldness, and intentionality — work that connects values and creativity, and puts Him above all. Here's what we hold to.

Our values
01

Honor

We honor one another, our clients, and above all, God.

Romans 12:10
02

Stewardship

We steward our clients' time, our talents, and our resources well.

Psalm 24:1
03

Community

We work together — in unity, building trust.

1 Corinthians 1:10
04

Equip

We give, share, and equip each other to run the race.

Titus 1:5
05

Excellence

We give our all — never halfway. Kingdom standards.

Colossians 3:23
06

Celebration

We celebrate the wins and even the hard losses.

Nehemiah 8:10

“And we know that all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose.”

Romans 8:28 — the heart behind the work
Beyond the studio

Wanderback

Ana's personal brand — the creative, the wandering, and the stories behind the strategy.

Enter Wanderback →