Thomas Clewett-Dang

Sydney · Analytics & Creativity

Analytics meets creativity.

I'm Thomas. I help teams who are drowning in data find the one thing that matters — and actually act on it. The creative eye is why it lands.

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Portrait of Thomas Clewett-Dang

the real problem

You're not short on data. You're short on answers.

More dashboards. More metrics. More reports nobody reads. Most teams aren't missing information — they're buried in it, and still can't say what to do on Monday.

The data side

The numbers are all there. The meaning isn't — so the dashboard gets built, then ignored.

The room

Execs and creatives don't want a model. They want the one line that tells them where to go.

Most dashboards bury the answer.

So here’s what I do

Find the one thing that matters. Say it so the room acts.

Not another chart. The single decision worth making today.

why me

Most people pick a side. I work where they cross.

Plot analytics on one axis and creativity on the other. The translators — the people who can read the data and speak to the room — sit where the two meet. That's the whole job, and it's where I've spent twenty years.

Creativity ↑ Analytics →
Thomas
high on both

Proof, not theory

Real problems. Clear answers.

Five situations I get called in for — and the single thing that turned each one around. Scroll through.

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01 · Experimentation

Why aren’t people signing up?

It wasn’t the form’s length — adding “Cancel anytime” built the trust that was missing.

The real blocker was trust, not friction — the lift came from testing the right idea.

↑ winner
Shorter form Cancel anytime

02 · Creative & content

Why do some reels go viral and others flop?

The ones that hit had a talking head — and held attention past three seconds.

Reading what actually drives retention, then briefing the next one to do it on purpose.

0:03 Talking head No face 0:00 0:30 STILL WATCHING

03 · Conversion & funnel

Why aren't trials converting?

Most quit right before they hit the feature that hooks them.

Not the whole trial — one moment. Move it to day one.

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First feature
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04 · Retention & churn

What actually drives churn?

Onboarding. The customers who finish it rarely leave.

The strongest signal is a complete first run — so onboarding is where retention is won.

Finished onboarding Stalled early · churns WEEK 0 WEEK 12

05 · Deep-dive analysis

These customers churned. They looked healthy — why?

They hit an early bug and never contacted us. Invisible until you cross the two.

No single metric flagged them — the risk only appears where two factors meet.

Contacted us
Didn't
Hit a
bug
churn ▲
No
bug

Neither factor alone flagged it — only the overlap.

Thomas Clewett-Dang presenting analytics work at MeasureCamp

In practice

From the boardroom to the stage — making data make sense to people.

A dashboard, a measurement framework, or a talk to a room full of analysts — the job is the same: turn complexity into a clear decision people can act on.

Tool-agnostic

The tool is never the hard part.

SQL Python BigQuery APIs n8n Agentic AI Adobe Analytics Adobe CJA GA4 Google Tag Manager Optimizely Adobe Campaign Classic Adobe Journey Optimizer Tableau Power BI DAX Power Query Looker Studio Nielsen Circana Salesforce Photoshop Illustrator

I've never met a tool I couldn't pick up. The software is the easy part — the thinking is what took twenty years. Drop me into a stack I've never seen and I'll be useful within the week.

why the data lands

The creative work isn't a hobby. It's the method.

Twenty years behind a camera and in the kitchen taught me composition, restraint, timing and story. That's exactly why my dashboards get used and my recommendations get remembered — I know what makes something land. The evidence is below.

Evidence 01 — photography

Seeing clearly, before explaining clearly.

thomasdangphoto.com →

Composition, attention, restraint, timing — the same instinct that makes an image stop you makes a dashboard get used.

Editorial fashion photography in a sunlit field
Vintage VW at sunset — travel and character photography
Automotive photography — Porsche 911s on a coastal road
Beach volleyball at golden hour

Evidence 02 — Table of Dang

Heritage, craft and storytelling, on a plate.

tableofdang.com →

Recipes, Vietnamese heritage, photography and content — a living creative project where memory, technique and taste come together. Same discipline: make something complex feel effortless.

Caramel flan with toffee almonds
Mango sticky rice dessert
Bánh mì éclairs on a banana leaf
Chocolate tart with pistachio and rose
Sips & Strokes colouring books for wine lovers

Evidence 03 — Sips & Strokes

An idea, followed all the way to a product.

A published colouring-book series for wine lovers — travel, relaxation and wine culture in one. Proof that the instinct to chase an idea across disciplines turns into something real.

Find them on Amazon →

What this adds up to

Analytical enough to make sense of complexity. Creative enough to make people care.

StructureTurning ambiguity into a clear way forward.
StoryFinding the message people actually remember.
TasteKnowing when to simplify, sharpen or hold back.
UsefulnessMaking work that survives contact with real people.

let's talk

Drowning in dashboards that nobody acts on? Let's find the one thing that matters.

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