Who we are

Former CSO of Mother, James is a strategic and agency leader with 15+ years experience in NY + London, developing brand, creative and integrated strategies for brands of every stripe.

Mila is a change agent that thrives at the pivot point. She’s helped digital agencies expand to social, PR firms redefine creativity and culture agencies do it all. She’s worked on everything from large-scale experiential and social to comms at places like 160over90, MMC, VML, 360i and Code and Theory. From beauty and banks to burgers and healthcare Mila happily redefines every category. When not creative directing, Mila writes plays, screenplays, pilots and spoken word.

A Creative Director, storyteller, and community gatherer, she’s spent the last decade summoning culture-shifting campaigns across continents and categories — from Grey New York to Leo Burnett London, Code and Theory to Amazon, LEGO, Nike, and beyond.

Her craft sits at the edge of emotion and instinct. She hunts for tension. She listens for resonance. And she shapes ideas that don’t just earn attention, but energy.Hollie is also the founder of We Are Shelance — a collective of women who freelance on their own terms — and a builder of creative ecosystems that feel more human.

Now, with The Alchemist, she’s turning her creative force toward deeper transformation: where strategy becomes story, brands find their soul, and ideas take on a life of their own.

Jarrod Bull is a catalyst of growth and grounding. Former partner at Code and Theory and Managing Director at Yard, he’s guided agencies from creative boutiques to global networks and helped steer work for startups all the way through to globally recognized brands like Amazon, Diageo, Gap and Walmart. Now with Alchemy, he's an AI enthusiast and leader, helping shape solutions that amplify human creativity and connection.  Off the clock, he’s a devoted father and NASM-certified wellness coach.

Our not so silent partner. At Alchemy, AI is not an afterthought it’s ever-present. We work with AI to ignite all we do. To help us mine social and audit media. To spot trends before they happen, foresee the patterns and find hidden synergies. To brainstorm at the edges with us and build up and out. To rapidly prototype and produce at scale. To take all our human fire-power and create infinite potential with it.