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Creative Partnership for consumer brands

Creative that sells the product, not just shows it.

A senior creative team that plans, shoots and ships your campaigns: brand films, motion, design and paid social. One partner with one standard, and nothing for your team to manage.

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30 minutes with James, the creative director who leads the work. No sales team.

Studio reelFilm, motion and design, made in-house

$800K → $13M

MONQ revenue during our engagement

2.4×

ROAS on MONQ paid social

Est. 2010

15+ years of film and campaign production

Selected work for Softeq × TechCrunch Disrupt VentureBuilder × NOV My Eyeris MONQ Unbridled Power

Trusted by Softeq, TechCrunch Disrupt, NOV, My Eyeris, MONQ, Lacoste Miami and Christian Louboutin Miami.

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Selected work

Proof first. Then we talk.

Four briefs, four different problems, one standard.

01 / 04

MONQ · Wellness device

$800K to $13M.

Creative that made a small device feel like a ritual.

$800K → $13M revenue2.4× ROASStop-motion campaign system

A portable aromatherapy diffuser in a crowded wellness category. We chose stop motion, a medium as patient as the product, and built a calm visual language from linen, wood and golden-hour light, from opening the box to the first breath. Then we turned it into a system of paid social variants the brand could scale.

Why it matters for you → When the spec sheet can’t set you apart, craft and feeling can. Then the numbers follow.

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02 / 04

Softeq × TechCrunch Disrupt · Technology services

A show-floor story built for a 7 × 20 ft LED wall.

Softeq needed to pull attention on one of tech’s busiest floors and make complex services legible at a glance. We led creative direction and built custom motion graphics for large screens and a 7-foot by 20-foot LED wall.

Why it matters for you → We’ve designed for the exact format your booth will run on, at the pace a trade-show crowd moves.

“They are like a Swiss Army knife. Every tool for any situation.”Joel Carter, CMO, Softeq and Softeq Venture Studio

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From intention to execution

One wall, three stages.

Storyboard frame for the Softeq LED wall sequence
01 · IntentionBoarded to the wall’s 7 × 20 ft proportions, so every beat reads from across the floor.
Production moment from the Softeq project
02 · ProductionMotion paced for people walking past, not sitting down.
Finished frame from the Softeq TechCrunch Disrupt film
03 · ExecutionLive on the TechCrunch Disrupt floor.
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VentureBuilder.vc × NOV · Venture studio

Opening a demo day for a room of oil and gas executives.

Eleven startups, Seed through Series A, pitching to a data-driven industry audience. The intro film had to frame the venture model fast, using kinetic typography, drone footage of industrial sites and a score built to hand the stage to the first founder.

Why it matters for you → Translating new technology for a skeptical, senior audience is the job. Your buyers are that audience.

“Conveying the mission is hard in venture capital. Their team made it easy and helped bring us into the spotlight the way we needed at NOV.”Billy Grandy, President, VentureBuilder.vc

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04 / 04

My Eyeris · Consumer tech

One product. Three audiences. A film for each.

Instead of one ad for everyone, we built “These Are For…”. A top-of-funnel brand film fed the retargeting pools, then separate films spoke to adventurers and gamers, each shot in its audience’s own visual language.

Why it matters for you → Creative built as a funnel instead of a single hero spot, so a paid team can actually test against it.

“It was incredible to see our ideas come to life, and not just done but elevated.”My Eyeris executive team

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Also in the catalogue Unbridled Power: one shoot, six months of campaign Lacoste Miami Christian Louboutin Miami Full catalogue

Have a launch, a show or a brand that’s outgrown its creative?

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The Brand Havan Standard

Ordinary creative is the most expensive thing you’ll buy.

Excellence reveals itself in the smallest decisions. The frame that took another hour. The story refined one more time. The typography, pacing, color and emotion that finally feel exactly right.

Not because someone asked for it. Because the work deserved it.

What we believeWhat it means for your business

Details matter.

Small misses cost trust at full scale.

Ordinary creative isn’t an option.

Forgettable ads cost you every dollar of media spend behind them.

Every story is told with intention.

Each asset has a job, a viewer and a metric.

We take ownership of the work.

You approve. We handle everything else.

Thoughtfully conceived. Meticulously crafted. Built to mean something.

Now showing

Lights down. Judge us by this.

Everything on this page is a claim. This is the evidence. Find a quiet minute, turn the sound up, and judge the work for yourself.

Film · Motion · Sound — made in-house Sound on ↗

How we work

One shoot. Six months of campaign creative.

One senior team covers strategy, film, motion, design and copy. Your team approves the work. We run the crew, talent, editing and versions.

Think

Strategy before a single frame

We map your launch calendar, audience and offer into a quarterly campaign plan.

Make

Film, motion, design, copy

We plan one shoot and get a hero film, cutdowns, motion, stills and paid social variants out of it.

Compound

A system, not a pile of files

We read the ad data each month, keep what works and make new versions of it.

What you never manage: crews, casting, locations, editors, file versions, aspect ratios.

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Your 2027 calendar

Your first 90 days, mapped.

Days 1–7

Plan

Strategy session, then a written roadmap with a quarterly campaign plan.

Days 8–30

In market

First shoot, hero film and first paid social set in market.

Days 31–60

Read and refine

Performance read, new variants, cutdowns for every channel.

Days 61–90

Compound

Second campaign cycle and a creative library your team can deploy.

By day 90, your team has creative for two campaigns and a library ready for the next launch.

A typical partnership delivers 2 hero films, 12 paid social variants, 8 short-form cutdowns and 24 edited stills, organized so your team can find and deploy them. We’ll also review the first campaign’s performance together and use what we learn to shape the next round of creative.

The engagement

A creative department, without the hiring.

Two ways in. You’ll know the price before any work starts.

Ongoing partnership · 90-day minimum

From $25,000 / month

The Brand Havan Creative Partnership

A senior creative team for consumer brands with a launch calendar to keep up with. James joins your planning meetings and leads the team that takes each campaign from concept through production.

  • Senior creative direction from James, with a quarterly campaign plan that maps what needs to be made and when it needs to ship
  • 2 shoot days per quarter, planned around two campaign cycles
  • Brand films, motion, design and copy, scoped to the campaigns on your roadmap
  • 12 paid social variants per quarter, testing distinct hooks, messages or offers and formatted for the placements in your media plan
  • Monthly creative performance review with your marketing team to decide what to carry forward and what to test next
  • 2 rounds of consolidated revisions per deliverable

Expanded partnerships can reach $50,000/month for brands running overlapping campaigns, planning larger productions or needing more creative across channels. We scope that work in your proposal.

Talent, travel, locations and third-party usage rights are quoted separately. Media spend is paid separately by the client.

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Fixed scope · one launch

From $35,000

The Launch Sprint

For a product launch, brand reveal or event with a date on the calendar. Brand Havan develops the campaign idea, produces the hero film and builds the assets your team needs for launch day.

  • Campaign positioning and messaging, with a clear audience, core message and creative direction
  • One hero film built around the campaign idea, from concept and production through final edit
  • One motion piece designed for the launch environment, such as an event screen or a website reveal
  • A launch asset kit: three short-form video edits and six campaign stills for paid social, email and your launch page

Planning more launches? The Sprint can roll into an ongoing Creative Partnership, so your team can build on the campaign and carry the work forward.

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2 partnership spots open for Q1 2027.

The math

What does a creative department cost?

For a growth-stage team, the decision comes down to budget, creative leadership and how much production your team wants to manage.

OptionBuild in-houseFreelance rosterTraditional agencyBrand Havan
Investment~$625K/year in compensation for five full-time roles*Hourly, day or project rates. Budget depends on the team and workload.Project fee or retainer, quoted by scopeFrom $25K/month with a 90-day minimum. Expanded scopes up to $50K/month.
When work beginsAs hires joinAs specialists are bookedPer the agreed kickoff and production scheduleFirst-week strategy session and campaign roadmap
Who runs the workYour internal creative leadYour team or a freelance producerAgency account and creative leadsJames leads creative direction. Brand Havan manages production.
Team structureDedicated employees across five disciplinesIndependent specialists assembled around the briefAgency team assigned to your scopeSenior-led team across film, motion, design and copy

$75K for the first 90 days at the starting rate. A full year runs $300K to $600K, depending on scope.

*Illustrative U.S. staffing estimate. Using Robert Half salary benchmarks, a creative director ($135K), motion designer ($91K), video editor ($72.25K), graphic designer ($68.5K) and web copywriter ($71K) total about $438K in salaries. Applying the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ private-industry compensation mix, where wages account for about 70% of total compensation, brings the estimate to ~$625K with benefits, before gear, software and freelance production. Brand Havan fees exclude talent, travel, locations, third-party usage rights and media spend.

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The guarantee

In market in 30 days. Or the next month is on us.

Your first campaign goes live within 30 days of kickoff. If we miss that because of us, your next month’s fee is waived.

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Jamice Ivie directing a studio shoot

Who you’ll work with

“Our edge isn’t just aesthetics. It’s psychology: understanding how your customer thinks, and what they dream about.”

Jamice “James” Ivie

Founder and Creative Director

James has directed brand films, motion and campaigns since 2010 for venture studios, consumer tech, wellness and fashion. The person on your first call is the person in your planning meetings and on set. James leads every engagement personally. You’ll never be handed off to a junior team.

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Getting started

Three steps. You’ll know the plan and the price within a week.

01 · 30 minutes

A creative direction call

We talk through your launch calendar and where your creative is falling short.

02 · Within 7 days

A roadmap and a price

A written roadmap and a fixed price, within 7 days of the call.

03 · Within 14 days

Work in production

In production within 14 days.

Questions

What marketing leaders ask before signing.

Why $25K a month?

You’re replacing a creative department that costs about $625K a year with a senior team that’s in production within two weeks. Every month includes strategy, production and paid social variants, not just hours.

What does a 90-day commitment get me?

A quarterly plan, 2 shoot days, 2 hero films, 12 paid social variants, 8 short-form cutdowns, 24 edited stills and a creative library your team can keep using.

What isn’t included?

Talent, travel, locations and third-party usage rights are quoted separately. Media spend is paid by you, separately. You’ll see every number before you sign.

Can we start smaller?

Yes. The Launch Sprint is a fixed-scope way to test the partnership on one launch.

Will you understand our category?

Yes. Strategy comes before production. We’ve explained venture models to energy executives, enterprise services on a TechCrunch floor and optics to gamers. The first weeks go to learning your buyer.

Do you work with our in-house team?

Yes. Your team approves and owns the brand. We add the production capacity and creative direction, in your tools and on your calendar.

How do you measure performance?

Paid creative ships in variants, tagged so your team can test hooks, formats and messages. We read the ad data each month, keep what works and make new versions of it.

How much of our time will this take?

A kickoff, one planning session a month and review rounds on the work. One point of contact on your side is enough.

Start the conversation

Your next launch is already on the calendar. Let’s make it the one people remember.

30 minutes with James. You’ll leave with a clear read on your creative, whether we’re a fit or not.

Prefer to skip the calendar jamice@brandhavan.com Text (615) 500-8233

30-minute creative direction call · Google Meet

Pick a time that works.

  • You’ll be asked for your company website and your next launch, campaign or brand challenge.
  • James reviews your current creative before the call.
  • You leave with a clear read on your creative.
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2 partnership spots open for Q1 2027.