About the Author
Max Morgan is the founder and principal of Manhattan Strategies, an advisory firm obsessed with telling compelling visual stories for the world’s leading and emerging brands and voices. Over the past decade, Max has shaped some of this era’s most pivotal stories – from conceptualizing the future of work with AI, to advocating for infrastructure investment and raising the minimum wage, to championing innovation driving a clean energy future.
Combining data-driven insights with design-focused strategies, Max’s work has tested – and proven – that stakeholder action is primarily motivated by visual stimulation. With a background in higher education, technology, energy, finance, public infrastructure, and labor relations, Max integrates public affairs strategies with visual cognition principles to deliver transformative results for clients.
The New York Times has described Max’s work as “bold,” while Manhattan Strategies has been recognized as one of America’s fastest-growing private companies by Inc. Magazine, one of the fastest-growing agencies by ADWEEK, and a “Best in the United States” B2B service provider by Inc. Magazine. The firm has earned more than a dozen awards for its innovative visual communication framework across web, video, strategic communications, and marketing applications.
Under Max’s leadership, governments, nonprofits, and public and private organizations trust Manhattan Strategies for comprehensive marketing and communications strategy and execution. The firm's proprietary data and analytics engine, Manhattan Strategies Quant, generates actionable insights to drive campaign strategy, optimize performance, and contextualize results.
Before developing his visual communication framework, Max led strategic and digital communications in the public and private sectors. His career includes key roles supporting a current Fortune 100 tech CEO, a New York State Governor, and a statewide higher education system of colleges and universities. In these capacities, Max’s work has been instrumental to compelling action across a spectrum of constituencies, from investors to employees and voters to target customers.
Max holds a B.S. in economics and political science from the University at Albany and an M.P.A. with a concentration in public finance from New York University. He resides in New York with his wife, Maria.
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