ABOUT THE STUDIO

Grounded Growth Studio is a fractional marketing consultancy dedicated to empowering clients with smart, actionable, and transparent solutions. Founded on the principles of stability and strategic growth, we specialize in helping growth-stage organizations transform their marketing function into a powerful, measurable growth engine.

By combining fractional marketing leadership with AI-driven insights and automation, we streamline workflows, optimize content, and enhance decision-making, ensuring every effort delivers maximum impact. Our support style is designed to meet businesses where they are, whether they need strategic planning, performance tracking, or content systems that scale.

ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Cody Gillund has seen it all: fast-scaling startups, global enterprises, and high-performance agencies. With deep experience in Cybersecurity, InsurTech, FinTech, and SaaS, she’s guided campaigns for brands like Experian, Costco, AAA, and BMW.

Through Grounded Growth Studio, Cody brings that expertise together to help businesses build stronger foundations, create genuine connection, and turn clarity into commercial momentum.

Her approach balances story and strategy, pairing creative depth with data-backed discipline to help companies grow with confidence—not chaos. As a fractional marketing leader, Cody works alongside growth-stage teams to sharpen positioning, align go-to-market programs, and generate measurable traction fast.

What sets Grounded Growth Studio apart is how it bridges vision and velocity. Cody combines the focus of a strategist with the executional drive of an operator, ensuring that every move ladder ups to lasting impact. Supported by AI-enabled insights and modern marketing systems, she helps brands evolve from standing out—to standing strong.

Meet the Team

  • Haley Brunnert

    DESIGNER

    Haley brings a colorfully creative background in marketing and advertising to Grounded Growth Studio, blending bold visual design with thoughtful strategy. From social media and email campaigns to brand development and custom illustration, she crafts visuals that don’t just capture attention, they communicate purpose.

    With a passion for transforming complex ideas into cohesive, scroll-stopping experiences, Haley’s work balances aesthetics with intention. Her design philosophy is rooted in curiosity, clarity, and connection, because great creative doesn’t just look good, it works hard.

  • Dennis Aranov

    CONTENT CREATOR

    Dennis brings a multi-hyphenate background in psychology, journalism, and marketing to Grounded Growth Studio, giving him a rare ability to see every story from both the human and strategic side. With experience leading marketing strategy across industries—from AI to entertainment—he knows how to ask the right questions, uncover what really matters, and turn insight into content that moves people to act.

    His writing has reached more than 250,000 readers through publications like USA Today, Collider, and Prediction News, and his portfolio spans everything from brand voice development to executive ghostwriting and thought leadership. Whether he’s building content frameworks or shaping narrative strategy, Dennis approaches every project with empathy, precision, and a storyteller’s intuition.