Project

A defined problem, scoped and priced before it starts.

You approve the scope and the number before anything begins. No retainer, no hourly clock, no account layer. We agree what we are building, what it costs, and when it is done. Every engagement ends with a working asset your team keeps and a thirty-day window for implementation questions.

Project

Defined scope

Fixed fee, one owner, a finish line

You approve the scope and the number before anything starts. No retainer, no hourly clock. We agree what we are building, what it costs, and when it is done. Every engagement ends with a working asset your team keeps.

Payment Structure | 30 percent on commencement, 40 percent at the agreed milestone, 30 percent on close.

Entry

$1,500 to $8,000

Can I get a read on one thing before I commit to anything?

  • Production Bid Review $1,500–$3,500

    You have one quote and no way to judge it. I read it the way a producer reads it and tell you what is padded, what is missing, and what to push back on. You keep the annotated bid and the questions to send back.

    Five business days · Credited against the Production Audit

  • Production Audit $3,500–$7,000

    Every active bid, every vendor contract, usage and licensing, read line by line. You keep a written audit with the specific line items to challenge and the negotiation guidance to do it. It typically recovers its cost in a single production negotiation.

    Two to three weeks

  • Creative Clarity Report $5,000–$8,000

    A written read on where your creative function is costing you money and time, plus a sequenced plan to fix it.

    Three to four weeks · Credited in full against a retainer

Core

$4,500 to $14,000

Can someone senior hold one specific thing for me?

  • Producer on Your Side $4,500–$12,000

    One production, start to finish, with someone on your side of the table who has produced for MFS, The Hartford and CBS. Brief, bid, vendor, shoot, post. The vendor works for you. I make sure of it.

    Per production, scaled to budget

  • Audit and Standards Build Priced on scope

    The Production Audit, then the standards that stop it recurring: brief templates, a bid review checklist, budget benchmarks and an approval workflow, calibrated to your content. A training session with your team and thirty days of support after handoff.

    Four to six weeks

  • Agency Transition $6,500–$14,000

    Assess the relationship you have, run the RFP, evaluate the shortlist, and onboard the winner with the management protocols that make it work. You keep the protocols.

Build

$8,000 to $30,000

Can you build the system so I stop needing you?

  • Brand Architecture Sprint $8,000–$18,000

    Architecture, standards and governance: the foundation that lets anyone produce on-brand without asking. You keep the document your next three hires learn from.

  • Content System Build $10,000–$22,000

    A full operating model for how you produce and distribute content: strategy, editorial framework, workflow, and the vendor and tool stack. You keep a system, not a set of files.

  • Campaign Strategy and Launch $12,000–$30,000

    From brief development through post-launch optimisation, with creative direction and production management held by one person the whole way. You keep the launch playbook.

  • Production Program Build $12,000–$22,000

    Full production infrastructure: the standards, the vendor roster and the workflow, built inside your own team. What a production company’s best clients have.

    Six to eight weeks

Payment structure

You approve the number before anything starts. Then it is billed in three parts.

Project engagements are typically structured as follows, with the exact schedule set out in the scope of work before you sign. No retainer, no hourly clock, no account layer.

30%
On signing

The commencement payment. Work does not begin before it is received, which protects your start date as much as my calendar.

40%
At the mid-project milestone

The milestone is named in the scope of work before the engagement starts, so the trigger is a delivered thing and never a judgment call.

30%
On final delivery

Due on delivery and acceptance of every deliverable named in the scope. Nothing is held back and nothing is invoiced after close.

Expenses are separate and invoiced at cost. Travel, production tools, or third-party software required for the engagement, with receipts. Anything over $500 needs your written approval first.

Scope changes are priced, never billed by the hour. Additional work is scoped and agreed in writing at a fixed price before it begins.

If the function needs holding week to week rather than built once, that is a retained engagement.

See retained engagements