Start with people.
Conversations, observation, research. What matters to people, and what’s getting in the way?
Excavating the human truth
and building worlds around it.
I’m Mark Acquaye. I build brands, stories, and experiences that make people feel a little less alone.
GET INTO THE WORK ↙
01 / SELECTED WORK
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
02 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE PERSPECTIVE
MARK ACQUAYE
Mark Acquaye Strategist & creator
I’m Mark. I care about what happens on the other side of an idea. Whether someone feels more understood, more connected, or a little more like themselves.
As a first-generation Ghanaian-American, questions of identity and belonging are personal to me. I’m drawn to work that gives people room to recognize themselves, and sometimes discover something they haven’t quite stepped into yet.
I started in engineering and consulting, learning to get to the root of a problem. When I transitioned to talent attraction at Accenture, that translated into understanding people and creating experiences that helped them see a place for themselves. Those instincts naturally led to a career in brand strategy, helping brands build deeper connections with the people they’re trying to reach.
BRAND KNEW SOUL
You know that feeling when something just gets you? It puts words to something you’ve been carrying. Makes you feel like there’s a place for you. That’s what Brand Knew Soul means to me. I believe brands can create that kind of connection, and I want to help them find it.
HOW I WORK
I like getting underneath a problem, finding the human connection, and staying close as the idea becomes real.
Conversations, observation, research. What matters to people, and what’s getting in the way?
Where does that human need meet something the brand can credibly do? That’s where I look for the idea.
A story, an experience, a different way of doing something. I stay close to the details, test what’s working, and let what we learn shape what comes next.
03 / PERSONAL WORK
AN ONGOING PRACTICERecords, conversations, and creative experiments.
The things I keep coming back to.