Content Strategy · Creative Direction · Brand Growth

Your brand has a story.
Your client needs to feel it.

I lead content strategy and creative direction for brands and founders, building the systems and telling the stories that turn audiences into revenue.

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4M+
Organic views on a single video
1.5M+
Consistent views every month
$350K
Course revenue in month one
166K
Instagram community, from 66K
Vivian Weyll
Aria InsurTech
AIRE Insurance Group
Ely Nails and Spa
Vivian Weyll
Aria InsurTech
AIRE Insurance Group
Ely Nails and Spa
Vivian Weyll
Aria InsurTech
AIRE Insurance Group
Ely Nails and Spa
Karen Bentz, About
The story

I'm Karen. I lead strategy and creative that grows brands.

Over the past several years, I've helped personal brands, B2B, and SaaS companies transform the way they show up online – from unknown to trusted, and from overlooked to unforgettable. My work lives at the intersection of strategy and creativity. I don't just create content; I define the direction behind it.

From brand positioning and messaging to photography, content production, social strategy, and creative leadership, I've built end-to-end marketing systems that turn ideas into brands people recognize, trust, and choose. Whether I'm leading a campaign, behind the camera, developing a content strategy, or managing a creative team, every decision starts with understanding two things: who the brand truly is, and what its audience genuinely needs. The strongest brands are built where those two meet.

I believe the strongest brands aren't built by posting more – they're built by communicating with clarity, showing up with intention, and consistently creating experiences that make people feel understood. Because when people see themselves in your story and believe you can solve the problem they're facing, trust naturally follows.

AI has become part of that process too, helping me move faster, scale stronger ideas, and spend more time where creativity matters most.

Helping brands earn attention is easy. Helping them earn trust is the part I enjoy most.

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Based in
Miramar, FL
Languages
English · Español
What I do

Strategy and craft, in the same hands.

Most people in this space do one side or the other. I do both, and that's why the work connects strategy to a metric you can point at.

01

Social Media Strategy

Platform strategy owned end to end. Content pillars, positioning, and 90-day roadmaps built to hit business goals.

02

Content Production

Production directed from concept to publish, leading shoots on-site and the creative team behind them.

03

Creative Direction

Visual and narrative direction across every touchpoint. Mood, message, and identity, defined.

04

Photography

Brand and product imagery, directed and shot. Concept through final delivery.

05

Paid Social

Acquisition funnels architected and managed. 10,000+ leads generated at $20 CPL.

06

B2B Content

Complex products translated into content systems that scale across channels and speak to professional audiences.

07

Executive Presence

Founders positioned as industry authorities. Personal brands turned into pipeline.

08

AI Workflows

AI-native systems built to scale content: custom Skills, dashboards, and pipelines that keep the human hand.

Selected work

Case Studies

Strategy, direction, and content that translated into measurable business results - growth, revenue, and authority.

01Personal Brand · Founder

Vivian Weyll

Built and led the full organic content strategy that grew a founder's personal brand into a recognized industry authority, sustaining over 1.5 million monthly views for more than eight months. Contributed to the organic and paid strategy behind a course launch that generated over $350K in its first month.

Strategy · Content Production · Creative Direction
66K → 166K
Instagram community growth
1.5M+
Monthly views, sustained 8+ months
$350K+
Course revenue, launch month
6
Platforms managed
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The 4.8M views reel
4.8M
Views
228K
Likes
107K
Shares
41K
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Top performing carousel
651K
Views
30.4K
Likes
21.5K
Shares
8.5K
Saves
Top performing carousel
Top performing carousel
40K
Views
1.4K
Likes
578
Shares
172
Saves
Top performing carousel
Top performing carousel
343K
Views
23.5K
Likes
11.6K
Shares
6.5K
Saves
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Insights
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Insights
02Local · Bilingual

Ely Nails

Real strategy. Real results.

When Ely, owner of a nail salon in Doral, came to me, she had built something incredible, but her social media didn't show it. In three weeks, we changed that. One video went viral because it spoke directly to her ideal client. Her sales grew, she hired new help, and most importantly: she saw her own worth reflected back to her. Months later, new clients are still walking in from that content. That's what content with strategy does. It works while you sleep.

Strategy · Content Production · Bilingual Copy
5K → 7K
Followers in 3 weeks
250K+
Views on top video
30+
New client bookings driven on the first month
2
New hires enabled by growth
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Top performing reel
35.5K
Views
2.4K
Likes
156
Shares
119
Saves
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03B2B Platform · Strategy

Aria InsurTech

Created and implemented a client acquisition strategy across organic social media, email, and SMS marketing, designed to drive platform traffic, new account creations, and sales. The organic strategy contributed to a 50% increase in new monthly account sign-ups and supported sales growth from $190K to $430K in monthly sales over seven months.

B2B Strategy · Content System · Executive Presence
+50%
Monthly new account sign-ups (sustained 7 months)
~100K
Monthly Instagram views, consistent
04Brand Launch · InsurTech

AIRE Insurance Group

Led the social media strategy for the company's brand launch, including the teaser campaign that built anticipation ahead of the reveal. Produced a promotional video series for 30 founding agency owners - content built as recruiting tools to help each agent grow their own agency. As Head of Content for the company's annual summer conference, I also created the paid and organic strategy that drove event registrations.

Creative Direction · Brand Launch · Event Coverage
30
Agent video series directed
500+
Conference attendees
AIRE Insurance Group Launch Video
CREATIVE DIRECTION - SCRIPTS
AIRE Insurance Group Agent Video Series
AIRE Insurance Group Agent Video Series
AIRE Insurance Group Agent Video Series
AIRE Summer Conference.AIRE Summer Conference.Head of Content.
Photography

Brand Photography & Creative Direction.

Concept to final delivery. Product campaigns, personal brands, corporate events.

Brand photography by Karen Bentz
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Results at a glance

The numbers do the talking.

$190K → $430K
Monthly sales growth supported over 7 months
+50%
Monthly new account sign-ups from organic strategy
$350K
Course revenue generated in launch month
166K
Instagram community built (from 66K)
10,000+
Paid leads generated at $20 CPL
1.5M+
Monthly views sustained across 8+ months
Tools & tech

An AI-native workflow.

I run a daily practice across the Claude ecosystem, custom Skills, and the video/image AI stack, built to scale content without losing the human hand.

Intelligence
  • Claude
  • Claude Code
  • ChatGPT
  • Gemini
Video / Image
  • HeyGen
  • OpusClip
  • Higgsfield
  • NanoBanana
Production
  • Adobe Suite
  • CapCut Pro
  • Lightroom
Docs & Decks
  • Gamma
  • Notion
  • Google Workspace
Paid & Analytics
  • Meta Ads Manager
  • Metricool
  • GA4
Build
  • Lovable
  • Framer
  • Custom Dashboards
Work with me

Ready to be seen?

Let's tell your story, the way your client needs to feel it.

Book a Call

Have a quick question? Email me: contact@karenbentz.com