Studio Partner
Operations that work as hard as you do.
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 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've just built something that grew faster than the infrastructure underneath it - and now you're paying for it in creative energy.
Your team waits on you because everything lives in your head, every decision comes back to you. They're not being difficult. There's just nowhere else for it 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 the engine - 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 deeply, rather than the five people you're currently briefing every day.
What’s included:
Weekly catchup call
A status check so all project, internal and external, stay on track
Monthly reporting
Visibility on what's working, what we can improve, and what's coming
Quarterly planning
We zoom out, look at the next 90 days strategically, and make sure you're building towards something you actually want
Ongoing project and team management
I keep things moving, teams accountable, 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 creative 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 caught off guard or kept in the dark.
What this looks like in practice:
Here's a taster of what I've done for Studio Partner clients in a single month:
Built a dashboard showing project status and profitability across a whole agency. Owned a full launch plan with dependencies, deadlines, and risk scenarios all mapped out. Migrated 28k subscribers to a new email platform. Chased late payments. Onboarded new hires with SOPs and a proper employee handbook. Kept everything moving while my client took maternity leave - without a single worried message from her. Rebuilt project workflows and delivery templates for a studio's full portfolio of services. Line managed a team. Relaunched a community. Built a marketing dashboard and made recommendations.
This is what it looks like to have someone in your business with you, who cares about your success.
£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, 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 just execute without any strategic input. Studio Partner is a long-term partnership built on trust.
