ABOUT SEVENTH BEAR

Modern Marketing Guidance for Teams That Want to Work Smarter

We Believe Marketing Should Make Sense Again

Somewhere along the way, marketing got complicated.

Technology made us faster, but not wiser. Tools bury teams, trap them in workflows, and measure their output instead of their impact.

At Seventh Bear, we help teams slow down just enough to get smart again, to reconnect creativity with clarity, and strategy with execution. The problem isn’t that marketing is moving too slowly, it’s that it’s running in too many directions at once.

We call what’s missing valuable friction—the thoughtful tension that sharpens ideas and brings purpose back to the work. Our job is to help you find it again.

What We Do

Seventh Bear provides modern marketing guidance for teams that want to work better—not just harder.

We design systems, strategies, and skills that help your marketing grow wiser.

Our work spans four core practices:

• Build: hands-on consulting to design marketing systems, fix gaps, and get work reliably shipped.
• Guide: go-to-market strategy, positioning, and messaging your team can actually run.
• Grow: practical training and coaching that build confidence and lasting capability.
• See: original research and thought leadership that help leaders spot patterns and make smarter decisions.

Each engagement is collaborative, grounded, and designed to meet teams where they are—whether that’s fixing what’s broken or imagining what’s next.

Who We Are

We’re strategists, storytellers, and systems thinkers who believe marketing is at its best when it’s human.

We've helped more than 500 organizations, including 20 of the Fortune 100, to transform, renew, and find new directions.

We are not an agency. Nor are we a factory. We are partners in making marketing meaningful again.

Why the Name “Seventh Bear”?

In numerology, the number seven represents wisdom. And the constellation Ursa Major, "The Bear", always points to the North Star.

That’s what we do: help marketing teams find their correct direction and work with purpose.

Robert Rose

For more than 25 years, Robert has helped business leaders balance the art and science of marketing, and tell their story more effectively. For the last decade, Robert has served as a fractional marketing and strategy leader for companies in the technology and media industries, and as a strategic marketing consultant to more than 500 companies, including brands such as Salesforce, SAP, Anthem Insurance, Capital Group, Roche Pharmaceuticals, The Globe and Mail, Informa, and ServiceNow among others. 

Cathy McKnight

Cathy has spent her career helping organizations. From clearer communication to making sense of the complex intersection of content, technology, and people. A partner to the businesses and marketing leaders that turn to her for help, Cathy takes their ambitious strategies and turns them into practical, scalable realities that deliver measurable impact. Cathy has led global content and digital transformation initiatives for brands such as Hilton, CFA Institute, SAS, and Salesforce, guiding teams to improve collaboration, governance, and customer experience.