EST. 2020

Neilson Swiader acts as a conduit to cultural currency, aligning each brand's inherent values with the most relevant trends of today — and tomorrow. Known for our innovative strategies, we deliver end-to-end services across media, precision marketing, CRM, data, digital commerce, advertising, healthcare, public relations, and branding.

WHO WE ARE

A black and white portrait of Neilson Swiader Co-Founder Mora Neilson. Her hair is pulled back and she wears a white pussy-bow style blouse with small polkadots.
CO-FOUNDER

Mora Neilson

With more than 20 years of experience, Mora Neilson is a successful executive-and performance-based leader in beauty, consumer products, healthcare, fashion, luxury, and entertainment. Prior to co-founding Neilson Swiader, Mora spent more than a decade leading integrated marketing communications for L’Oreal Paris, the number-one beauty company in the world. Mora drives brand communications, strategy, and integrated marketing. She specializes in CSR, storytelling, and executive leadership. Her goal is to help businesses and talent around the world thrive and grow.

A black and white portrait of Neilson Swiader Co-Founder Kate Swiader. Her hair is pulled back and she wears a black and white suit.
CO-FOUNDER

Kate Swaider

Kate Swiader is a visionary executive creative director, founder, and strategist with more than two decades of experience driving brand innovation and business growth. Her multifaceted career spans fashion, technology, and sustainability, where she honed her skills in art direction, digital media strategy, and brand commercialization. Kate specializes in building high-performing creative teams that deliver measurable results while creating cultural impact. As a founder and start-up expert, Kate thrives on fostering innovation within lean business models. She brings a growth mindset to every project, embracing challenges as opportunities to learn and evolve. Kate’s ability to bridge creativity with strategy makes her an invaluable partner for organizations seeking to redefine their brand narrative and achieve sustainable success.

OUR APPROACH

What's Now

With CMO-level expertise, deep listening and client attunement, we take a holistic view of your company’s strategic goals and marketing needs to grasp what matters most.

OUR APPROACH

What's New

We analyze cultural and marketing trends, consumer behavior and the competitive landscape to identify growth opportunities and offer truly innovative communication strategies.

OUR APPROACH

What's Next

Our comprehensive marketing and communication efforts are executed to ensure that paid, owned, and earned media harmoniously elevate and amplify your brand.

Our expertise comes from

real-world experience.

Neilson Swiader’s unique approach to marketing communications reflects the expertise and personalities of its founders, Mora Neilson and Kate Swiader. With decades of leadership experience in consumer products, beauty, healthcare, fashion, media and entertainment, they combine real-world business and marketing acumen with an engaging, can-do attitude. ​

OUR REPUTATION

We believe success depends on more than delivering exceptional work — it’s about the depth and quality of our relationships. We cultivate client satisfaction and mutual respect by bringing open communication and thought leadership to every interaction.

ALYSSA HOWARD
Vice President, MCRA

"Nielson Swiader has become an indispensable partner to MCRA over the past two years. Their deep understanding of our business, coupled with their ability to quickly respond to our needs, sets them apart from any other vendor or agency we've worked with. They take the time to not only get to know us as an organization, but they really understand our clients and their needs, which makes all the difference. Nielson Swiader feels like an extension of our team, always encouraging us to think creatively and stay ahead of the curve. From revitalizing our brand identity to executing a series of highly successful campaigns, they've completely transformed MCRA's presence in the industry. We consider ourselves fortunate to have found such a dedicated and talented partner, and the bonus is that they are a true pleasure to work with."

DAVID NICHOLS
CEO, ORTHOBOND

“Neilson Swiader provides a broad and current perspective to branding and marketing your company and its products or services. Their experience was unique for our medical device space which tends to be more technical than customer facing. They worked closely with our company to refresh our brand and sharpen our image. And more importantly, they are fun to collaborate with on projects.”

JULIE CHAMBERLAIN
CEO, Sweetspot Labs

“Ultimately, Neilson Swiader has designed and implemented a glidepath that first rooted the brand in a strategic framework. This included a significantly differentiated brand position and brought it to life through compelling visuals, voice and narrative; expressed this through content that influences action across all owned, paid and earned touch points; continuously optimizes to generate increasing ROI/ROAs, all while hiring, firing, partnering and, oh yeah, building out our social and brand purpose. If not only the what, but also the how, are important to you. If you want the best value for your money. If you want an extension of your team versus just another scope of work. If you want commitment versus consultant. Hire them. Hire them right fucking now.”