

Clarify Your Brand
Grow Your Revenue
Multiply Your Impact
OUR STORY
A Different Kind of Advertising Agency: Profit + Purpose
Grove9 is a strategic branding, marketing, and digital ad agency in Wichita, KS.
We help grow the good by empowering on-mission marketplace leaders and nonprofit organizations with strategic marketing, insightful research, branding expertise, and proven results.
What’s with our name? It’s all about mission. Whether it’s helping foster kids find forever homes or financial planners foster generosity, we are inspired by our clients’ missions and the way they embody the Fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. (Hint, there are nine of them.)

OUR TEAM
Strategists Aligned by Purpose

Disciplined in equal parts marketing strategy and creativity, Justin’s drive to create impact fuels everything he does. He’s passionate about leading our team and clients toward ongoing success and sustained growth. Before founding Grove9, his professional journey included time building brands at Associated Advertising Agency, various nonprofits, Pathway Church, and independent consulting. Justin’s love of missional marketing is rivaled only by his devotion to his family, coaching volleyball, singing Jimmy Buffett songs, and a good cup of coffee.

Lynn’s countless curiosity, leadership, and love of data help our team solve client needs and deliver results. With her three-decade proven marketing track record, it’s clear to see how much she values doing work that matters. She has been instrumental in fostering success for Exploration Place, EmberHope Youthville, Wichita State Foundation, Sedgwick County Zoo, Star Lumber, and more. In addition to seeing purpose-driven clients grow, Lynn loves seeing her plants and her faith grow, traveling anywhere, and spending time with her family.

With a strong background in nonprofit marketing, education, and banking, Christina brings almost 30 years of insightful thinking, organization, and creativity to the table. Under her watch, Exploration Place, Commerce Bank, and Bishop Carroll HS saw strong advances in marketing, communications, and public relations. She has served on several community boards and is active with her church, currently serving as secretary for its Stewardship Council. She was also named Wichita Business Journal’s Nonprofit Marketer of the Year and Women Who Lead – Marketing. When not writing client strategy, Christina enjoys traveling, preferably near an ocean, enjoying a good cup of coffee and sitting on her back patio with family and friends.

Relocating to Kansas from Texas, Maci brings high energy and experience to her client accounts. She’s a brand builder with a strong drive to grow the good through strategic marketing and social media. The Dallas Cowboys, Union Rescue Mission, and Prestonwood Christian Academy are just a few of the organizations where Maci has dedicated her skills and expertise. At Grove9, Maci is a do-er that makes other do-ers look on with envy. When she’s not enthusiastically helping purpose-driven organizations, Maci can be found spending time with Jesus and family and friends, working out, or visiting a new coffee shop.
Join Us – Current Opportunities
If you have a heart for impact and a desire to use your talents to grow the good, come work with us.
Opportunities include graphic design, copywriting, web design, social media, and more.
If you think you’ve got what it takes, email us at hello@grove9.com.
Job Description
Grove9, a mission-driven marketing agency located in Wichita, KS, believes that smart marketing can help on-mission organizations make a greater impact in this world. The Brand Manager full-time position will work directly with Grove9 leadership to create impact for our amazing clients by developing and managing client accounts, projects, and timelines.
The ideal team member is able to take initiative on day-to-day tasks and projects while providing clear communication and cross-functional collaboration. You must be flexible, highly organized, and proactive. You enjoy multi-tasking, are detail-oriented, and driven to help our mission-driven clients change the world.
Key Attributes
- Motivated, organized marketing professional with a growth mindset and client-first outlook.
- Utilize excellent communication skills to interact with clients and team members.
- Manage time wisely and communicate workload and project status effectively.
- Exemplify and support the Grove9 Code.
Position Details
- Initiate, coordinate, and follow through on projects for Grove9 and our clients to ensure success, on-time completion, and quality.
- Maintain accurate information within the agency’s web-based project management system so tasks and jobs are completed on schedule.
- Communicate and meet with clients, contractors, and other key stakeholders to initiate tasks, update progress, send reminders, and track projects/tasks.
- Coordinate communication and orders of print collateral, including banners, signs, flyers, business cards, etc.
- Prepare client meeting agendas, and organize notes for next steps and timelines for execution.
- Must be comfortable with a variety of digital tools such as: Google Apps, Project Management Software, Social Media, etc.
- Help develop and implement a strategic digital and social media plan for Grove9 and our clients, including budgets, timelines, content, and metrics.
- Ensure brand platform/voice are consistently communicated across all channels.
- Help optimize Grove9 and our clients’ websites for SEO, including site structure and content. Measure search rankings to track progress.
- Establish and track key metrics. Measure and report results on a regular basis.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor-level degree in marketing, business, or related field preferred.
- Strong ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work within deadlines with high attention to detail.
- Strong communicator, both in-person and digitally, to be able to communicate with clients and co-workers.
Our Code
MARKETING MAKES A DIFFERENCE
WE THINK BEFORE WE TELL
We believe success always starts with strategy.
THERE’S POWER IN PARTNERSHIP
STORIES MATTER
We believe every organization is unique and has a powerful story to tell. We help you find it, refine it, and build your brand on it.