About Shadley

I’m a publisher, author, and marketing communications consultant with 20+ years of experience across media, entertainment, financial services, agencies, and publishing.

My career hasn’t followed a straight line, but one thread has stayed consistent: I look at what’s already there, find connections others may not see, and ask what else we could do with it.

That thinking has taken a lot of different forms, including:

  • Exploring more than 60 concepts for creating new value from existing brands and IP at Condé Nast

  • Speechwriting for the C-suite at Hasbro

  • Reviewing existing IP for rights and remake opportunities at Disney

  • Ghostwriting business books on topics ranging from leadership to higher education

  • Helping organizations rethink marketing, communications, partnerships, content, and business opportunities

Today, I’m the founder and publisher of Kingbird Press, where I help authors and experts turn ideas into professionally published books.

Through Grei Matter, I apply that same way of thinking to marketing and communications challenges for companies.

Because whether it’s a book, a brand, a piece of content, a relationship, or an idea that never quite got off the ground, I keep coming back to the same question:

What else could this become?