AI CREATIVE STRATEGIST — EST. SANTA BARBARA

I help brands use AI
without losing the Human Touch

15+ years directing campaigns for wine & spirits, luxury travel, entertainment and hospitality. These days I build the creative systems that let small teams ship work that looks like it took a big one.

01 — WHAT I DO

End-to-end solutions, built for scale and performance.

From figuring out the plan, to making the work, to building the infrastructure that runs it — here's what working together actually looks like.

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Positioning and identity that actually holds up.

  • Brand Identity & Positioning
  • Visual & Art Direction
  • Generative Creative Direction
  • Content Systems Design
Brand Strategy & DesignAI Strategy & IntegrationMarketing & ContentEcommerceProducts & Platforms
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02 — INNOVATION

Old-school craft, new-school tools

I came up through global agencies — Nintendo, Netflix, big budgets, late nights. That training never leaves you. But the playbook changed, so I changed with it. Now I pair that visual storytelling background with AI to build content engines for my partners — work that keeps its quality while moving at a completely different speed.

Explore the Portfolio
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03 — SELECTED WORK

Case Studiesand recent builds

04 — ABOUT

About me

Craft, detail, and a lot of time in the water.

I'm a creative based in Santa Barbara, and I spend about as much time in the ocean as I do at a desk. I came up through LA agencies, learned how the big stuff gets made, and somewhere along the way realized the work that actually lasts always has a system behind it.

So now I do both. I still think like a creative director — but I also build the tools and workflows that let good ideas scale without losing what made them good. Mostly, I just like making things that look great and work even better.

Nick Cabugos