Our Story
Stark / Raving is a Boston-based branding and digital marketing agency that provides tailored creative and strategic solutions to strengthen brand awareness and engage customers to help you accomplish your marketing objectives, whether they are big or small. Founded by Matthew Stumm, a 25-year veteran in branding and digital marketing, Stark / Raving combines agile strategies, high-impact creative and the latest digital media solutions to create meaningful connections. We exist for brands with ambition – for innovative companies with breakthrough ideas and an amazing story.
We are a team of exceptionally talented professionals who use our varied backgrounds, unique skills, and collective expertise to challenge your thinking and deliver smart, creative, on-target work. We strive to make the process not only successful, but also enjoyable. We take an “idea-first” approach to the work we do, making sure that collaboration has the most important seat at the table. Fresh thinking combined with strategic insights and zero ego can yield some incredible things.
We invest in our well-defined processes and always welcome new opportunities to innovate. Because we’re independently owned, we can be agile in the way we choose to service our clients, helping us deliver on project management, time-management, and creative quality, giving your business the advantage, every time. We earn your trust by consistently delivering on defined, measurable objectives. And if those objectives change, we’ll be ready to pivot to produce the results you need. By providing a transparency in our working relationship we can assure that we’re working as a team to help you meet, and hopefully exceed, your business goals.
We value our relationships because it is critical to the work we’ll do together. We appreciate and feel pretty good about the fact that a large percentage of our business comes from client referrals. It lets us know we’re doing it right. From listening to our client’s needs, to taking a consultative role to finding the best solutions for your business, we aim to cultivate a long-term relationship built on mutual respect.
STARK / RAVING IN THE NEWS
Stark / Raving Branding + Digital Marketing Ranks No. 797 on the 2022 Inc. 5000 Annual List of America's Fastest Growing Companies
STARK / RAVING IN THE NEWS
Stark / Raving's Founder Matthew Stumm speaks with Entrepeneur Magazine on the rebirth of vintage brands.
STARK / RAVING IN THE NEWS
Stark / Raving Branding + Digital Marketing is Named Leading Branding and Web Design Agencies In The United States
Our Fiercely Talented Team
Our most valuable asset is our exceptional team of creative professionals. It’s comprised of strategists, designers, writers, programmers, and digital enthusiasts. We take a personalized and collaborative approach – helping our clients think beyond the ordinary, challenge what is, and define what’s next.
Matthew Stumm
Founder + President
Leslie du Roure
Creative Director
Michael Coleman
Senior Designer
Jocelyn Moniz
Designer
Laura Wayne
Project Manager
Bob Hunter
Production Manager
Ariana Colozzo-Wells
Director of Content
Ben Harrington
Production Designer
Nicole Williams
Senior Designer
Rachel Reilly
Project Manager
Janelle Cox
Senior Copywriter
Awards + Recognitions
