Clay Woodland Englehart

As a writer, photographer, trend consultant, creative strategist, and multimedia content producer, I am a headache for recruiters and HR who try to "place me." As much as I get that, I thrive off of diverse and challenging situations, and telling my own story of how I accumulated these skills usually provides perspective. I am a curious culturist, hungry to learn, experience, and grow in meaningful ways. I have proven expertise in connecting brands to emerging cultural trends, particularly among Millennials, and telling their stories.

I am a trend consultant and strategist at FIDO Global. The agency constructively disrupts reflex responses with customized, world-class independent talent (‘intelligent naivete’), proven processes, and facilitated online collaboration. I have been a key resource in uncovering several major trends, particularly among millennials, that help to inspire and fuel the collaborative "Doghouses" that collectively seek to find innovative solutions to a brand's specified - or discovered - point, or points, of weakness. I have also managed Doghouse projects, helped to facilitate the "Dogs'" ideas, and fuel the innovative fire by developing critical and trend-related questions that force the participants to dig deeper into their skill sets to find the group's collective intelligent naïveté. Clients range from four Fortune 100 companies, two of the world’s five most trusted media brands, and early stage companies in fields as varied as nanotechnology and financial services.

I am also a freelance Special Assignment Photographer for SIPA USA with an entertainment beat in New York City. I shot New York Men’s and Women’s Fashion Weeks as well as major movie premieres, red carpets, and other A-List celebrity social gatherings and events. My photo assignments let me immerse myself in cultural observation by telling the stories of fashion, film, and music.