Limited to 4 clients at a time · Currently accepting applications
TRUSTED BY
40+Growth Campaigns
280×Best Campaign ROI
13+Years in the Work
$2.3MEarned Media Value
$500 → $140,010 · National Day of Prayer280× ROI · 1,400+ attendees vs. 400 goal33.8% YoY Growth · Fall Enrollment Campaign$0 → $1,190,000 · Zero paid budget$2.3M Earned Media · 218.7M impressions, zero spend+38% Fundraising · Nonprofit brand campaign$5,000 → $805,000 · 161× ROI$500 → $140,010 · National Day of Prayer280× ROI · 1,400+ attendees vs. 400 goal33.8% YoY Growth · Fall Enrollment Campaign$0 → $1,190,000 · Zero paid budget$2.3M Earned Media · 218.7M impressions, zero spend+38% Fundraising · Nonprofit brand campaign$5,000 → $805,000 · 161× ROI
The Promise
We build the marketing system your mission deserves — and we prove it with the numbers.
National Day of Prayer — 280× ROIJessup University — 33.8% enrollment growthBlack History Month — $2.3M earned media, $0 ad spendProject Church Apparel — Sold out in 48 hoursProject Church — 263% ROI · Sold out in 48 hoursAOH — +38% fundraising revenueMiles Minnick — 95% venue capacityCFF — $160K+ in sponsorshipsAdkins — 31% traffic increaseErin Hill — 10+ speaking engagementsNational Day of Prayer — 280× ROIJessup University — 33.8% enrollment growthBlack History Month — $2.3M earned media, $0 ad spendProject Church Apparel — Sold out in 48 hoursProject Church — 263% ROI · Sold out in 48 hoursAOH — +38% fundraising revenueMiles Minnick — 95% venue capacityCFF — $160K+ in sponsorshipsAdkins — 31% traffic increaseErin Hill — 10+ speaking engagements
Purpose-Driven FocusWe only partner with brands building something that matters
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Results, Not RetainersPerformance-based outcomes you can measure and scale
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Who This Is For
Built For Leaders Whose Work Matters Beyond The Bottom Line.
For a lot of mission-driven leaders, the word “marketing” sits a little uncomfortably — it can feel like selling something that was never meant to be sold. We understand that hesitation. Usually it means you care about doing it right. So we treat marketing as stewardship: the honest work of making sure the people who need your mission can actually find it.
And if your marketing has never quite kept pace with your mission, that’s not a discipline problem on your end. Most agencies simply don’t understand purpose-driven work — so they sell you tactics instead of building you a system. We built UMEH for the three kinds of organizations below.
Faith-Based OrganizationsYour events are undersold, giving has gone flat, and your message reaches a fraction of the people it should. The work is changing lives — the marketing just isn’t matching it. That’s the gap we close: faith partners have hit 280× ROI and filled events at 350% of capacity.
Startups & Personal BrandsYou’ve proven the concept, but the brand still looks DIY and growth arrives in unpredictable spurts — mostly because you’re still doing it all yourself. We build the system that scales without you: one startup ran 10+ sold-out drops with zero outside funding.
Higher Ed & NonprofitsEnrollment is stagnant, donors drift toward louder causes, and you’re outspent by competitors many times over. The impact is real; the visibility isn’t. That’s what we fix: 33.8% enrollment growth at a university and $2.3M in earned media value with zero ad spend.
What We’re Not
We’re not a content-by-the-month shop, not a freelancer juggling ten accounts, and not a vendor you’ll spend your week managing. We don’t take every client, we don’t sell retainers cold, and we don’t hand you work you can’t run without us. If you want more posts, we’re the wrong call. If you want a system that compounds, you’re in the right place.
The Framework
So we built the system most agencies never could.
The 5-Pillar System Behind $100M+ In Results.
Not borrowed from a book. Built from 13 years and 40+ campaigns. One framework that diagnoses where you are, then builds the system to get you where you’re going. Five pillars — Brand, Influence, Funnel, Execution, and Alignment — that spell B-I-F-E-A: the Brand Impact Formula™ every engagement is built on. Zero guesswork.
B + I + F + E + A = Growth The Brand Impact Formula™
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Brand Foundation
When your positioning is clear, everything else gets easier. Your audience recognizes you instantly, and every marketing dollar works harder.
What We Deliver+
Brand Playbook™ — positioning, voice, core message and tagline system
Visual identity system — logo, typography, color, asset library
Ideal-customer profile + audience segmentation
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Influence & Visibility
The right content strategy turns your expertise into authority. 218M+ impressions and earned media placements happen when you build visibility on purpose.
Purpose-driven audiences connect deeply when your marketing reflects your values authentically. That alignment can't be manufactured — but it can be systemized.
What We Deliver+
Values audit — what you stand for, what you don't
Voice + tone system anchored to mission
Partnership filter — who you serve, who you decline
The Transformation
From Scattered Effort To A System That Compounds.
This is the before and after most mission-driven organizations live.
Before UMEH
Marketing happens in scattered bursts — no system behind it.
Events undersold, giving flat, enrollment stuck.
Out-marketed by organizations with less purpose and bigger budgets.
Every campaign starts from zero. Nothing carries forward.
After The Brand Impact Formula™
One system where brand, visibility, funnel, execution, and alignment reinforce each other.
Revenue you can plan around — six months out, not month to month.
Earned attention that punches far above the budget.
Each campaign builds on the last. Growth compounds.
The Record
You don’t have to take our word for it — here’s the proof.
What Becomes Possible With The Right Partner.
Real results from organizations that chose to grow with intention.
Total influenced revenue: $100M+ · 13 Years · 15+ Organizations
Influenced revenue reflects the combined enrollment, event, fundraising, and earned-media value attributed to UMEH-led campaigns across client engagements, 2012–2025.
Client Voices
In Their Words.
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UMEH was instrumental in helping Architects of Hope establish and grow our social media presence. Their expertise not only elevated our visibility but also played a key role in helping us secure grants and funding by showcasing our impact through a dynamic social media presence.
Jairon Jackson
CEO · Architects of Hope, Inc.
+38% Fundraising Revenue
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Jesse is the kind of ideator and visionary I love working with. He takes a simple idea or concept and elevates it far beyond what is expected. He is collaborative, kind, clear, and trustworthy, bringing integrity to every project we have collaborated on.
Faith Witcher
Content Strategy Manager · Jessup University
$100M+ Influenced Revenue
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Jesse Umeh helped us roll out the most successful merch line to date. From creative ideas, to production, to marketing he ran the campaign from start to finish with incredible focus and actual tangible success. He was an idea guy who always followed through on execution — a rare combination.
Caleb Cole
Lead Pastor · Project Church
263% ROI · Sold Out in 48 Hours
The Cost Of Waiting
Every Month Your Message Stays Small, Someone Misses It.
Growth compounds — but so does its absence. Every month your message stays small, there are people who needed to hear it and couldn't find it: the family who never discovered your church, the student who enrolled somewhere else, the donor who gave to a louder cause. The real cost of waiting isn't counted in dollars first. It's counted in the people your mission never reached.
What a system creates
5×
growth. When brand, visibility, funnel, execution, and alignment work together, every effort stacks on the one before it. One campaign turned $500 into $140K. Another generated $2.3M in earned media with zero ad spend. The system is the multiplier.
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With a brand system
You attract aligned partners, donors, and audiences who already believe in what you do.
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With a funnel
Revenue becomes predictable and you can plan 6 months ahead instead of scrambling month to month.
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With execution capacity
Your team ships campaigns confidently and sees results in weeks, not quarters.
How It Works
And here’s how you start — free, no pressure.
Three Steps. No Guesswork. No Pressure.
Every UMEH engagement starts the same way — with clarity. You understand your gaps before we ever talk about working together. Three steps. Each one earns the next. We don't sell retainers cold — we let the work prove fit before either of us commits.
Step 01 · Free
Take The Assessment
14 questions. 5 minutes. You'll get a Brand Impact Brief™ showing exactly where your biggest growth gap is – and which pillar to fix first.
30 minutes with Jesse. You leave with a Brand Impact Brief™, a 90-Day Priority Action Plan, and an honest fit assessment. Completely free — no pitch, no obligation.
Based on your Blueprint diagnosis, we scope a custom engagement around the pillars that need attention – brand strategy, campaign execution, growth infrastructure, or all three.
Scoped to your specific gaps
Every deliverable owned by you
Performance guarantee included
Maximum 4 clients at a time
Investment scoped after your free Blueprint Session
Currently accepting applications · Limited to 4 organizations at a time
Common Questions
No Hidden Surprises.
These are the five questions every prospect has but doesn't always ask. Answered here — so your first call is about growth, not logistics.
No. The Growth Blueprint Session exists specifically to prevent that. It's a focused session designed to give you a clear picture of your growth gap and whether UMEH is the right fit — before any retainer conversation happens. If we're not the right partner, we'll tell you directly.
How is UMEH different from a marketing agency?+
Agencies sell services. UMEH builds systems. The difference is what you own when the engagement ends. Every deliverable — your Brand Playbook, your campaign frameworks, your messaging architecture — belongs to you. You don't become dependent on a vendor. You become capable of executing without one.
We've tried marketing before and it didn't work. Why would this be different?+
Most faith-based organizations that "tried marketing" hired generalists who didn't understand the niche — or bought tactics without strategy. The Brand Impact Formula is built specifically for organizations where the mission, the audience, and the ask are all different from commercial brands. The framework is the difference.
Can you work with a church or nonprofit our size?+
If you have a $250K+ operating budget and a specific growth problem with a real number attached to it, you are in the right range. The Blueprint Session is where we assess fit honestly — including whether the timing and investment level are right for your organization.
What happens if it doesn't produce results?+
Every engagement starts with a clear scope, defined success metrics, and a documented 30-day check-in. If after the first 30 days the work isn't producing the agreed-upon early indicators, we recalibrate together — at no extra cost. We don't promise specific outcomes (no one honest can), but we do guarantee the standard, communication, and care behind every campaign. You're never locked in past what's working.
Still have questions? Let's talk — no pitch, just answers.
UMEH Agency was founded in 2012 with a single conviction: purpose-driven organizations deserve marketing built to the same standard as their mission.
That conviction came from watching it work the other way too often. Organizations doing genuinely important work — churches, universities, nonprofits, brands — were routinely out-marketed by businesses with a fraction of their purpose and many times their budget. The mission was bigger; the megaphone was smaller. UMEH exists to close that gap: to give mission-driven work the same caliber of strategy, systems, and execution that for-profit growth takes for granted. The four-client limit is part of that promise — it is the only way to do the work at the depth the mission deserves.
The work behind the proof stack on this site — the $100M+, the 280× ROI, the zero-budget campaigns that out-performed six-figure spends — was executed by one person with one framework and a team built to punch above their size. That is what you are hiring. Jesse leads strategy directly. A dedicated team of specialists handles creative execution, performance marketing, and project management.
UMEH works with a maximum of four organizations at a time. Not because of capacity. Because the work requires it.
Influenced Revenue$100M+
Years in Operation13
Peak Campaign ROI280×
Active Clients (Max)4
Free · No Commitment
Not Ready To Book Yet?
Take the 5-minute Brand Impact Assessment. 14 questions across 5 pillars. You'll walk away with a clear picture of your biggest growth gap — and whether UMEH is the right partner to close it.
Identify your biggest growth gapGiving, attendance, enrollment, donor retention — you'll know which lever matters most right now.
Get a framework for the fixBased on your answers, you'll receive a tailored starting point — not generic advice.
Understand if UMEH fitsIf your situation is a strong match, you'll know. If it's not, you'll know that too.
What's Next
The Next Chapter Of Your Mission Starts With A Conversation.
We partner with 4 organizations at a time. The first call is free, the strategy is real, and the only question is whether we're the right fit to help you build what's next.
