Friday Night — Brand Story Consulting

Your story isn't missing.
It's just untold.

Friday Night finds the human story underneath your brand — and builds everything around it.

Free. No pitch. No commitment. Just the truth about where your story stands.

Work that's reached the right rooms

Nike Audi Under Armour ABC OWN / Oprah U.S. Dept. of Defense Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nike Audi Under Armour ABC OWN / Oprah U.S. Dept. of Defense Dept. of Veterans Affairs
35M+
Views on a single DoD
storytelling campaign
20+
Years of brand storytelling
across film, military & media
2
Verticals. One through-line:
the human story
The case for human story
88%
of consumers say authenticity determines which brands they like and support
3x
more likely to call consumer-created content authentic vs. polished brand content
76%
of consumers say they'd buy from a brand they feel connected to over a direct competitor

Source: Stackla Consumer Content Report, 2021  ·  Nosto Post-Pandemic Consumer Report, 2021

Four moves. One story.

Every Friday Night engagement follows the same disciplined sequence — because great brand stories don't happen by accident.

01
Find
We go deep into your history, your business, your life. The real story is almost never the obvious one — we excavate until we find it.
02
Frame
We build the narrative architecture — your core message, voice, positioning, and the through-line that makes everything coherent.
03
Build
We execute across every touchpoint — website copy, social presence, video, press materials, and anything else the story needs.
04
Sustain
The story evolves as the brand grows. Friday Night Partners stay in the business — recalibrating, refreshing, and keeping the narrative sharp.

Play Our Reel

Hollywood Grit · Face Your Dragon · Brand Films

Unbreakable

A 10-episode docu-series produced by Friday Night — following the stories of veterans, athletes, and leaders who refused to break. This is what we build for brands: stories that hit the nerve.

Unbreakable Trailer
Trailer
Unbreakable

Official Trailer

Ten stories. Ten people who stared down the moment that should have ended them — and didn't. A Friday Night original docu-series.

Episodes — Season 1
Episode 01
EP 01
Episode 02
EP 02
Episode 03
EP 03
Episode 04
EP 04
Episode 05
EP 05
Episode 06
EP 06
Episode 07
EP 07
Episode 08
EP 08
Episode 09
EP 09
Episode 10
EP 10
"In a world where AI generates content for everyone, the rarest thing a brand can own is a human story told with craft and intention."

Most brands have a presence. Few have a story. And in a market flooded with AI-generated copy, generic messaging, and forgettable brand voices, the businesses that win are the ones whose story makes someone stop, feel something, and choose them — over everyone else offering the same service.

That's not a trend. That's the thing that doesn't change. People have always chosen brands, leaders, and businesses they can believe in. Friday Night exists to make sure yours is one of them.

Built for brands
ready to be found.

Every engagement starts with the Friday Night Audit — free, no strings. From there, we build the story your brand has been trying to tell.

Tier 1
Story Foundation
$5,000 – $8,000
One-time project

For brands that have never built their story with intention. We find the real story — the human one — and build the architecture around it.

  • Brand story discovery session
  • Core narrative & positioning framework
  • Brand voice & tone guide
  • Messaging hierarchy — tagline through long form
  • Founder / leader human story development
  • Content pillars & platform strategy
Most Popular
Tier 2
Full Build
$12,000 – $18,000
One-time project

Everything in Tier 1, executed across every touchpoint. We don't hand you a framework and disappear — we build it out and stay for 30 days after launch.

  • Everything in Story Foundation
  • Website copy — full site, all pages
  • Social profile rewrites across platforms
  • 60-day content calendar with copy
  • Personal brand build for owner/founder
  • Influencer strategy & partnership guidance
  • Press bio & media-ready materials
  • Interview & media appearance prep
  • 30-day post-launch support
Tier 3
Friday Night Partner
$3,500 – $6,000
Per month · 3-month minimum

An ongoing strategic partnership. We stay in your business because a story needs time to breathe, grow, and respond to what's working.

  • Monthly strategy & story sessions
  • Content direction & editorial calendar
  • Platform management oversight
  • Influencer vetting & campaign narrative
  • Campaign & launch story support
  • Monthly narrative performance report
  • Quarterly story audit & recalibration
Production Add-ons — Custom Rate
Brand Film
Cinematic brand story for your site, events, and pitches
Founder Story Film
Your story, on camera, in your voice
Social Content Package
Produced short-form content built around your narrative
Podcast & Media Strategy
Find the right shows and prep your story for audio
Speaking & Keynote Story
Structure, arc, delivery — built around the human moment
Event Coverage
Field production and real-time social content at live events

Every engagement starts with a free audit. Book a call to talk through what's right for your brand.

Two worlds.
One through-line.

Veteran Vertical

Mission-Driven Brand Build

You've already proven yourself under pressure.
Now let the world know it.

Veteran-owned businesses and veteran leaders carry a story that most brands would pay millions to invent. Service, sacrifice, mission, earned trust — it's already there. Friday Night builds the story around it and translates it for civilian markets without losing an ounce of authenticity.

Starting at $8,000 — one-time project
Beauty & Aesthetics

Practice Story Package

Your practice is exceptional.
Your story should be impossible to ignore.

The medical aesthetics industry is saturated with practices that look identical online. Friday Night positions the founder, differentiates the practice, and builds a human story that attracts the right patients, retains top teams, and makes your brand the obvious choice in your market.

Starting at $5,000 — one-time project
Partner network: 20% discount available
Ryan Curtis — Filmmaker, Army Veteran, Founder of Friday Night

Ryan
Curtis

Filmmaker · Army Veteran · Brand Strategist
Founder, Friday Night

"I've spent twenty years finding stories that other people walk right past. In combat. On set. In VA waiting rooms. The story is always there. Most people just don't know how to look for it."

Ryan Curtis grew up outside Boston, left through college athletics and military service, and spent the next two decades in some of the most demanding storytelling environments on earth — the front lines of war, the sets of major brand campaigns, and the VA system, where he built a storytelling initiative that reached 35 million people.

He's directed branded content for Nike, Audi, Under Armour, ABC, and Oprah's network. He's made documentaries and a theatrical feature film. He's stood in front of cameras for the Department of Defense and sat across from veterans who hadn't talked about their service in years.

Every environment was different. The skill was the same: find the human story underneath everything else and make it impossible to ignore.

Friday Night is that skill, applied to your brand.

U.S. Army veteran — deployed to the Middle East
Director, Hollywood Grit — theatrical release 2025
Branded content: Nike, Audi, Under Armour, ABC, OWN
Face Your Dragon — VA/DoD national initiative, 35M+ views
Full portfolio: ryancurtis.us →

Know exactly where your story stands.

The Friday Night Brand Story Audit analyzes your complete online presence and delivers a scored report — free, in minutes, no strings. Message clarity, authentic voice, visual cohesion, platform presence, and public narrative. Scored, diagnosed, and delivered.

Start Your Free Audit →

Takes about 60 seconds to fill out.
Our team reviews every audit.

Ready to talk
about your story?

Book a free 30-minute conversation. We'll look at where your story stands, talk through where it needs to go, and figure out what Friday Night can do for you. No pressure. No pitch deck. Just a real conversation.

Send an Email Instead

Prefer email? ryan@fridaynight.io