Pierce McConnell

Creative Director  ·  E-Commerce  ·  Brand Growth

Pierce
McConnell

I help consumer product brands tell better stories — on Amazon, in retail, and everywhere a customer makes a decision.

10+
Years in consumer brand creative
20+
Brands across global marketplaces
10K+
SKUs across catalog & retail
Creative Direction E-Commerce Strategy Brand Storytelling Team Leadership Photo & Video AI Workflows Amazon Expertise Conversion Optimization Packaging

Case Studies & Projects

Creative that converts isn't an accident —
it's a system.

01

Story First, Channel Second

Every brand has a reason to exist. I find the tension between what a product does and why a customer should care — then build creative systems that carry that story from main image to retail endcap.

02

Data-Informed, Not Data-Led

Marketplace data tells you what's happening. Creative instinct tells you why. I combine customer insights, search behavior, and conversion data with strong visual direction to make work that's intelligent and resonant.

03

Scale Without Losing the Craft

I've built creative systems for hundreds of brands simultaneously. Clear brand rules, AI-assisted workflows, structured production pipelines — without losing the quality that makes work actually work.

Pattern
Assoc. Creative Director

Lead a multi-disciplinary creative organization — Art Directors, Designers, Copywriters, QA — supporting hundreds of consumer brands across global e-commerce marketplaces. Own creative strategy and marketplace storytelling for flagship brands including TUMI, Bosch, Swanson, Balance of Nature, and Quicksilver Scientific. Drove multi-million-dollar revenue growth and led adoption of AI-enabled creative workflows at scale.

Creative Leadership Amazon Global Markets AI Workflows Photo & Video
Aug 2022 – Present
Thrasio
Sr. Designer / Team Lead

Led creative direction for a portfolio of newly launched Amazon brands across 50+ ASINs. Built listing systems, A+ content, photography, video ads, and social campaigns. Helped produce one of the company's top-performing Facebook-to-Amazon campaigns and modernized multiple legacy brand systems into scalable, performance-driven creative.

Amazon Launch A+ Content Performance Creative Social Ads
Mar 2021 – May 2022
360 Electrical
Senior Graphic Designer

Led all branding, packaging, photography, and marketing creative for a consumer electronics company with a 500+ SKU catalog. Directed the launch of a new logo and packaging system across retail channels, and built product marketing assets supporting national sales growth.

Packaging Brand Identity Retail 500+ SKUs Photography
Nov 2016 – Mar 2021

Let's make
something
worth buying.

I'm currently open to in-house Creative Director roles at consumer product brands — companies that sell online and in retail and want their creative to do more work. If that sounds like you, let's talk.