For Blaze — Matthew Valcancick
Augusta, Maine — summer morning
For Blaze, Falmouth ME vmg.events/blaze

You scanned the code.
Thank you for that.

The letter promised some of the work. Here it is, plus a bit of context for why I think the seat across from your clients might be the right one for me.

For the past six years I have been the in-house client. At GoNetspeed I led digital and brand strategy through a multi-brand M&A rebrand, coordinating delivery across three outside agencies (Ethos Vont, Fluent, Access Marketing Company) to land a unified identity across web, content, CRM, and paid channels.

At Maine State Credit Union I run the in-house version of the same kind of work, owning campaigns from strategy through production across print, direct mail, digital, video, OTT, streaming audio, and traditional channels, while managing creative, photography, video, and media partners as the in-house client lead.

What I bring is six years of being on the receiving end of the noise, and a working sense of what makes a client trust their agency.
2020 — 2022

Many voices.
One brand.

Multi-brand M&A rebrand at GoNetspeed. Navigated multiple senior leadership teams from acquired companies, contradicting opinions, and merging cultures to land a unified brand across web, content, CRM, and paid channels.

Otelco to GoNetspeed rebrand announcement
GoNetspeed
2026

A campaign built
around a story.

Auto refinance at MSCU. Built around a narrative video concept rather than a media plan. Cast actors, hired a director and DP, shot on location in Rockland.

Auto refinance campaign — Rockland location shoot
MSCU
2024 — 2026

Website redesign.
RFP through launch.

Multi-year web and CMS overhaul at MSCU as project lead. RFP, vendor selection, scope negotiation, and daily delivery across IT, compliance, and the outside dev partner.

MSCU homepage with auto refi spring special hero
MSCU
2015 — Present

A decade of small-business work.

VMG Productions, my Maine wedding photography and videography practice. 20 to 30 weddings a year, inquiry to delivery. Not an agency, just a decade of running the kind of small business that teaches you what client communication looks like.

Wedding photography — couple under a starry sky
VMG Productions

Brand awareness, built in community.

A community highlight series for the organizations MSCU partners with. The premise: tell the partner's story first, let the brand presence emerge through association. The lead voice is theirs, not ours.

Cast a contractor. Cast the truck too.

Auto refinance for MSCU. Researched the midcoast market, built personas, landed on a contractor as the lead. The truck was picked as carefully as the talent, vehicle that fits a refinance, and matches the demographic. Director, DP, on-location in Rockland.

Thanks for the time it takes to read all of this. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Matthew J. Valcancick

matthew.valcancick@gmail.com   /   (207) 461-6663