SHAWN KEDING

Marketing Leader
Product Leader
Growth Operator
AI Builder
Creative Director
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The Story

The Track
Record

Fifteen years building revenue, products, and the teams behind them. I started in enterprise sales as an intern and helped grow the business to $250M. I took a struggling SaaS up 20x in 24 months while leading 24 people. I was writing books on AI and shipping it for clients early, and I build AI products myself now. My best work sits where strategy, product, and creative meet.

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From Intern to $250M

Started as an intern and rebuilt the model: from refurbished devices to long-term contracts with major school districts and health systems.

02

The 20x Turnaround

Took marketing and product at a struggling SaaS and grew weekly recurring revenue from $20K to $400K in 24 months, leading ~24 people.

03

My AI Opened the Door

I had my AI agent reach out on my behalf and explain what I build. It opened a sit-down with the founder of one of the largest real estate companies in the world.

04

A Super Bowl Spot, Made With AI

I wrote and directed a Super Bowl commercial built with AI and real actors.

05

First-Wave AI

Among the first to write books on AI and sell custom GPTs to businesses, while the category was still forming.

06

Products I Shipped

Photon, Content Tractor, and Axis One: products I designed, built, and shipped myself, all live and in use.

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AI Products

What I Build

Software & AI. I design, build, and ship AI products end to end, on my own. Three of them are live and in use right now.

photon-v-1.vercel.app Photon, an AI creative console
Flagship · AI Creative Console

Photon

Runs a photographer’s entire post-production pipeline in one console: cull, edit, tag, and deliver a full shoot. The hard part is judgment, not batch actions, and it holds up across real work.

LLM agentComputer visionTypeScript
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Private App · AI Content Engine

Content Tractor

Turns a single brief into a full set of on-brand content. Built to ship hundreds of pieces a month while holding one consistent voice across every one.

LLM appPrompt systemsContent ops
axisonegolf.com Axis One, a productized course and funnel
Productized System · Live & Paid

Axis One

A paid digital product I took from idea to revenue alone: positioning, course, funnel, and checkout, designed and built end to end.

Next.jsStripeGo-to-market
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Alongside these, I build custom AI agents, LLM applications, and workflow automation for specific problems. Fifteen-plus live properties shipped in the past year.

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Creative

Creative Direction

I decide what a brand looks like, sounds like, and stands for, then stay in the room until it ships. Useful for building from zero or fixing what stopped working.

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Identity

Logo, type, color, voice. One system, built to hold up everywhere your customer sees you.

02

Positioning

The one sentence you lead with, pressure-tested, with copy your team can ship without a rewrite.

03

Visual Language

Photo, film, type, motion, web. One standard across every surface so the team stops guessing.

04

Timing

When to release, when to stay quiet, when to pivot. Knowing which brands caught the wave and which arrived late.

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Strategy & Growth

Strategy & Growth

I lead go-to-market end to end: positioning, pricing, launch, and the team that runs it. You bring the hard problem, a stuck launch or a number that won’t move, and we work it until it’s solved.

20x
Recurring Revenue, 24 Months ($20K to $400K)
24
People Led: Marketing, Product, Customer Success
$250M
Enterprise Sales, Built and Closed
"Strategy decides what is worth doing. Taste decides whether anyone believes it. Most teams have one. I bring both."
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Range

Video

I write and direct. Commercials, founder stories, launch spots. I directed a Super Bowl commercial made with AI and real actors, and I write and direct the video behind the campaigns I run. It is the same instinct that moves a product: decide what a person should feel, and earn it.

Concept
Script and Treatment
Treatment, script, and shot language. What the viewer should feel and why they stay.
Direction
On Set
Directing and operating, or running a crew I trust. Cinema cameras, real lighting, clean sound.
The Cut
Cut, Color, Sound
Edit, color, sound, and every format a campaign needs: hero cut, cutdowns, verticals.
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Writing

The Book

A Field Guide
How to Talk
to the
Future
Shawn Keding
A working framework for building when the technology is moving faster than the playbook.

I was among the first to write about AI for a business audience, and to build and sell custom GPTs to companies. How to Talk to the Future is what I learned doing it: how to read a new technology early, decide what is worth building, and ship before the consensus arrives.

  • I. Nobody Knows What's Coming (Start Anyway)
  • II. Why Most Visions Die at the Border
  • III. Being Early Without Being Wrong
  • IV. The Compound Effect of Giving a Damn
  • V. The Conversation That Never Ends
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Range

Photography

A hobby, and the one that keeps the eye sharp for everything else. Portraits and personal work, studio or location.

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Contact

Let’s
Talk

I am looking for a senior role: Head of Marketing, Product, or Growth at a company with a high bar. If you are building one and want an operator who can also ship the AI, get in touch.