Stop subsidising your agency’s overhead.
Get senior-led marketing strategy and execution measured in days, not months.
Marketing that moves at the speed of your business
Marketing that moves at the speed of your business
A New Way to Run Your Marketing
No Retainers: Buy what you need, when you need it.
No Juniors: Work directly with our Founding Consultants — vetted experts in their domains.
No Lag: Our CMOS platform uses AI to handle the grunt work, so our experts can focus on your edge.
Traditional agencies are designed to be slow. They thrive on billable hours, long-term retainers, and endless discovery calls. We’ve unbundled the agency into high-performance Sprints, so you pay for outcomes, not hours.
Meet the Team
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Derek Holota
FOUNDER & MANAGING CONSULTANT
With a background in corporate PR and leadership roles as a CMO and global communications director, Derek has seen first-hand how the industry must evolve to survive. He believes the future belongs to businesses that use AI to handle the heavy lifting while keeping experienced humans in the loop to provide strategy and market context. He founded Commonwealth to help brands bridge this gap by integrating human-powered AI to deliver faster, smarter, and more effective results. -
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Harry Burns
FOUNDING CONSULTANT
Harry is a seasoned strategic advisor who has spent over a decade at the highest levels of UK politics and international communications. From delivering historic election results to managing global media for the Commonwealth Heads of Government, he specializes in navigating complex crises and high-stakes reputation management. Today, he uses his deep expertise in the African market and international media to help governments and business leaders thrive in an increasingly volatile global landscape. -
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Kimberley Ford
FOUNDING CONSULTANT
Kimberley is an actress turned director who uses cinematic storytelling to help brands build trust and drive results. She blends her professional on-camera expertise with first-class filmmaking skills to create high-impact video and social media strategy. She is especially passionate about amplifying the stories of entrepreneurs through visual content that humanizes brands and converts viewers into loyal customers.
Who we’ve worked with
FAQs
What is Commonwealth Marketing?
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We are the operating system for the AI era of marketing. Commonwealth is a "Managed Hub" that replaces slow, expensive traditional agencies with productized Sprints. We combine high-speed AI automation with validation from elite human consultants to give you guaranteed strategic outcomes.
How are you different from a traditional marketing agency?
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Traditional agencies often trap clients in 3-to-6-month retainers and waste 80% of their time on administrative "plumbing". We’ve flipped that script. Our proprietary technology, CMOS, handles the data and drafting, while our experts focus 100% on the "poetry"—the brand storytelling and emotional connection that actually drives growth.
What is a "Sprint"?
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A Sprint is our alternative to the "hours-for-money" model. Instead of buying a consultant's time, you purchase a guaranteed strategic result delivered at 1/5th the cost and 1/5th the time of a legacy firm.
Why don't I just use ChatGPT myself?
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Commonwealth’s AI stack is custom built for marketing. We’ve built our own agentic workflow inside of our internal operating system (CMOS) that delivers high-quality outputs for your use case. Generic AI tools also suffer from an "Accountability Gap". While they can generate content, they don't offer professional liability or strategic trust. Commonwealth bridges this gap by backing our AI-driven speed with professional indemnity insurance and expert-led quality control.
