Sarah Childs
Account Executive
We are Five Ones, a small, woman-owned creative collaborative based near the Nation’s Capital.
Helping ambitious organizations do big things with real constraints. Strategy, messaging, and campaigns that move the work forward without the big-agency overhead.
Five Ones operates like an extension of your staff and the partner your team has been missing.
We’re invested in your goals, fluent in your challenges, and small enough to move fast. We bring the strategic thinking of a large agency and the personal commitment of a founder who genuinely cares whether your work succeeds.
We’re invested in your goals, fluent in your challenges, and small enough to move fast. We bring the strategic thinking of a large agency and the personal commitment of a founder who genuinely cares whether your work succeeds.
You’re In Good Company
The strategist, the founder, the untangler. All in one.
Julia McDowell is the Principal and Chief Strategist at Five Ones and the force behind everything you see here.
Before Five Ones, she led one of the largest agencies in the mid-Atlantic region. Now she leads a lean, expert collaborative built around one idea: that great marketing starts with strategy, not guesswork.
With 25+ years of marketing experience, two Effie Awards, and a client roster spanning global nonprofits to defense contractors, she built Five Ones because she believed marketing could be smarter, leaner, and more intentional.
Our Collective
Five Ones operates as a creative collaborative, which means we draw on a carefully curated network of specialists depending on what your project needs. Every person we bring in is vetted, trusted, and fully invested.
Vanessa French
Project Manager
Eva Day
Creative Director
Jon Wilcox
Art Director
Rebecca Butler
Media Outreach
Sarah Childs
Account Executive
Vanessa French
Project Manager
Eva Day
Creative Director
Jon Wilcox
Art Director
Rebecca Butler
Media Outreach
Rebecca Butler
Media Outreach
Let’s talk about what we can build together.
Five Ones is a creative collaborative that delivers strategic guidance and exceptional execution for nonprofits and associations that need visionary leadership and marketing momentum.
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- Marketing campaigns
- Digital advertising
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