Portrait: Cutwater

An agency that slices through the media clutter

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Who Founder, chief creative officer Chuck McBride (l.); president Christian Hughes
What Advertising and digital communications agency
Where San Francisco offices


When Chuck McBride named his agency Cutwater, it was both a reminder of youthful summers on Lake Huron where he cared for his grandfather’s wooden boats and an operating philosophy for the next phase of his career. Like the metal cutwater that fits over a boat’s bow and splits water as it goes forward, McBride’s agency aims to slice through the clutter marketers face in a complex media world.

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