Michell C. Clark
Author and Strategist
Culture-Shaper & Champion of Creative Community
Michell C. Clark is an author, strategist, husband, and father who writes affirmations for creative entrepreneurs committed to bettering themselves and the world around them.
Clark is deeply invested in leveraging his platforms, access, and skillset to build community. He and his wife, Duanecia Clark, are the founders of The Creative Summer Co. agency, which leverages strategy, content, design, and research to empower mission-consistent Black-owned and Black-facing brands and businesses.
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Clark has a personal following of more than 600,000 people across Instagram and Twitter. The agency, which produced Webby-nominated work in its first year of existence, focuses on helping clients drive sustainable growth and establish clear brand identity. A native of Woodbridge, VA, Clark graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Post-grad, he honed his skills as a writer and researcher for brands and cultural institutions including the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Clark is the author of Keep It 100, daily affirmations for millennials who are tired of being called millennials, and is currently working on his next book.
Clark has worked on social media campaigns for HBO, Warner Brothers, and Starbucks. As a journalist, he curated and wrote a year-long series with MTV News to empower and inform readers by focusing on interviews with compelling people and their stories.
Clark and his wife reside in Brooklyn, New York with their daughter, Ada.