Studio Partner
YOUR RIGHT-HAND WOMAN → IN YOUR BUSINESS, EVERYDAY
You didn’t build this just to spend your evenings catching up.
You're good at what you do, and you know it. Your work is amazing, you get results, and clients keep coming. On paper it’s all working.
But behind the scenes things are…messy. Before you've opened that deck to finish that proposal you’ve been working on, there are already thirteen Slack messages, two client questions waiting, and a quick approval that can't wait. By the time you've dealt with all of that, your brain is somewhere between spreadsheet and overwhelm. That campaign concept, that new offer, that strategic thinking you actually needed to do, has been bumped yet again.
You end another day feeling busy but not like you've actually moved anything forward. So you work in the evenings to catch up on the work that needs your creative founder brain.
You go to bed with a list of to-do’s running in your head and a vague sense of dread like something is about to get forgotten.
Nope, you're not disorganised. And no, you haven't failed at business! You're just doing the jobs of 4 different people and now you're paying for it in creative energy.
Your team waits on you because everything lives in your head and every decision comes back to you. They're not being difficult. There's just nowhere else for them to go.
Your best thinking happens at 10pm. By the time the reactive day is done, the only quiet space left is when you should be switching off.
You can't take a proper week off. Not because you don't want to, but because the moment you do, something's going to slip and you know it.
Your best ideas stay on the backburner. There’s no time to bring them alive because they’re constantly being overtaken by the next urgent thing.
You've been saying "I just need to get on top of things" for six months now. You're doing three jobs at once. More time isn't the answer!!
THIS IS STUDIO PARTNER
For when you’ve built something brilliant and now need someone to help you actually run the thing.
Your right-hand woman. In your business, every day.
I come in as your operations manager and run things behind the scenes, so things happen without you having to chase them, your team knows what to do without you repeating yourself, and your clients get a consistent, professional experience that doesn't depend entirely on you.
I'm part project manager, part account manager, part studio manager, part tech troubleshooter. One person who understands your business, and cares deeply about your vision.
What’s included:
Weekly status call
A regular check-in so all project, internal and external, stay on track.
Monthly reporting
Visibility on what's working, what we can improve, and what's coming up next.
Quarterly planning
We zoom out, look at the next 90 days strategically, and make sure you're building towards what you actually want.
Ongoing project and team management
I keep things moving, your team accountable, and your clients happy, without you having to micromanage any of it.
Proactive ops management
I'm two steps ahead. Nothing operational should ever be the thing that blocks your progress.
Slack access
Async comms, five days a week. Just drop it in and know it's handled.
Data monitoring
Key metrics tracked and flagged proactively so you’re never kept guessing.
Here's a taster of what I've done for Studio Partner clients in a single month:
Built dashboards tracking project status and profitability across a whole agency - so my client knows exactly how profitable she is, and what stage all projects are at at a glance.
Owned a full launch plan with dependencies, deadlines, and risk scenarios all mapped out - so my client’s launch felt handled and she could focus all her energy on marketing and delivery.
Migrated 28k subscribers to a new email platform - so my client could refresh her email marketing efforts without a single subscriber noticing.
Chased late payments so they were off my client’s plate.
Onboarded new hires with SOPs and a proper employee handbook, so her team were looked after as soon as they accepted the job.
Kept everything moving while my client took maternity leave - with her coming back to a stable business running exactly how she liked it.
Rebuilt project workflows and delivery templates for a studio's full portfolio of services - so quality and consistency stayed high.
Line managed a team - so much client could focus on growth knowing her team felt looked after.
Relaunched a membership - with clear processes and team roles in place to ensure members were engaged and felt part of a community.
Built a marketing dashboard and made recommendations that took learnings into future campaigns.
£2100 p/m
Minimum 3 month commitment
This is for you if:
You run a creative agency or studio and you've got a team - but you're still across everything. Delivery, sales, ops, line management. All of it, still you.
You've outgrown the DIY setup but you haven't had the time or the headspace to build something better. You know what needs to happen. You just can't get there while you're also doing all the other things.
You're not looking for someone to be told what to do. You want a partner who gets in there, figures it out, and makes your operational worries disappear so you can get back to the work that actually needs your brain.
This isn't for you if:
You're just starting out and don't have consistent clients yet, or you just want someone to execute without any strategic input.. Studio Partner is a long-term partnership built on trust.
“Steph is the perfect right hand support. Proactive, supportive and extremely detailed - as well as being so lovely and fun to work with daily. She brings my ideas to life with care and passion. She manages my clients & calendar superbly and is full of ideas to make the business better for us all. It’s like having a logistical clone of myself that’s an absolute pro at the tech. AKA heaven!! Cannot recommend her Studio Partner retainer enough and wish I had her by my side these past years. I have never felt so peaceful or protected in business.”
- Han Mosby, Coach + Founder of Social Han
