Catalyst Marketing Agency

Catalyst Marketing Agency is an integrated marketing firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, with additional offices in Charlotte, New York, Austin, Chicago, and San Jose. The agency provides an end-to-end marketing solution designed for growing organizations, giving marketing leaders access to a full-stack team with strategic, creative, technical, and marketing operations expertise. Catalyst positions its offering as roughly the same yearly cost as a single new hire, making full-service marketing accessible to organizations that want to control the size of their marketing footprint.

The agency employs under 49 people and serves clients with a minimum project budget of $10,000 to $25,000 at an average hourly rate of $125. Catalyst works primarily with small and medium businesses, including startups, sales-based companies, nonprofits, and other organizational types seeking scalable marketing support without the overhead of building an internal department. The agency's flexible partnership models allow clients to customize support based on their stage in the organizational journey, business sector, and vertical.

Catalyst's services span digital marketing, video production, branding, and social media marketing, with areas of expertise including integrated marketing and social media platforms such as Instagram and Reddit. The agency maintains a portfolio of case studies covering nonprofit, financial, manufacturing, education, beauty, sports, construction, and SaaS marketing. Known clients include Special Olympics Washington, Charles Krug, Totally Chocolate, SkillUp Online, and Divine World Botanicals.

The leadership team includes CEO Rion Haber, who previously worked as a consulting director, CMO, and SVP of marketing at Pacific Northwest startups; Chief Operations Manager Doug McIntyre, who brings 20 years of event and entertainment project management experience and has overseen roughly 300 marketing campaigns; Chief Creative Officer Corey Stewart, a Columbus College of Art & Design graduate who led creative teams at a national magazine; and Chief Communications Officer Katharine Kemp.

Client reviews on Google give Catalyst a 5.0 rating across nine reviews. Reviewers praise the team's expertise, dedication, creativity, and communication, with several clients describing multi-year partnerships where Catalyst embedded deeply into their organizations. One nonprofit client noted the agency's work on social media, online advertising, and content marketing, while a startup client highlighted the value of building a strong marketing strategy without creating a full internal marketing department. The agency also holds a 4.6 rating on DesignRush from three reviews.