A Little About Us

Marilyn Trent started with little more than a Bachelor of Fine Arts, her creative talent, her tenacity and her commitment to satisfying the design needs of her clients when she first started Trent Creative. Over the past two decades she has turned that business into a successful, full-service marketing and design agency while simultaneously raising two daughters and acting as a catalyst for positive social and ecological change in her community.

Marilyn also facilitates, manages and aligns the brand and marketing strategy for each client. She ensures that the work is superbly executed and the message matches the medium. Her client list is extensive and diverse with clients such as the JAC Products, the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, MNP Corporation and Pennsylvania Steel.

Marilyn is responsible for the overall supervision of Trent Creative’s creative product. She also helps clients discover the best way to turn abstract goals into concrete deliverables and makes sure that a constructive working relationship is established between the client and assigned production team.

Marilyn won the Business Woman of the Year Award from the Rochester Regional Chamber of Commerce. She was recognized for her positive reputation, business growth and community involvement in 2013. She currently serves on three boards—the Downtown Development Authority of Rochester, the Rochester Regional Chamber of Commerce and the National Entrepreneurs Association.

Scott McCabe spent four years at St. John’s College in Annapolis, MD studying some of the greatest authors, philosophers and rhetoricians ever produced by Western civilization. His love of logic and literature has led him to a career as a copywriter and programmer. He has written for U.S. congressmen and multi-million dollar corporations as well as non-profits and local start-ups.

Scott is a PHP developer and SEO Stratgist. He is Google Certified in AdWords and has comprehensive knowledge of Javascript, HTML and PHP as well as years of practical experience designing, developing and coding websites. Recent websites that Scott has programmed include Powerlink, Art X Detroit, South Oakland Shelter, Erskine Law Group, Mexican Town, Shop/Dine Midtown and Paint Creek Center for the Arts.  He also provides support services for websites such as Revolve Detroit, Midtown Detroit Inc., Detroit Historical Society, Brasco International, Pennsylvania Steel and Titan Metallurgy.

Jeff's two decades of experience in marketing, sales, analytics and operations places him at the center of the emerging field of revenue operations. Revenue operations is the alignment of technology, automation, data and teams to create buying experiences that convert more leads to customers, and more new business to recurring business.

In addition to both front line and executive leadership roles in marketing, sales and business intelligence, Jeff also holds an MBA from the Ross School of Business at The University of Michigan. He is passionate about bringing the growth-enabling technologies and methods used by enterprise organizations to small and mid-size businesses.