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STAIM Creative and Content

Brand identity, video and social content from one studio.

We design identities, cut launch films and produce social content, using AI for the slow production work. People on our team make the creative decisions.

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Where AI fits in our creative work

People choose the direction and sign off

  1. BriefWhat you want to say, and to whom (stays with your people)
  2. ConceptsDozens explored in an afternoon (AI takes this step)
  3. DirectionChosen by our designers (stays with your people)
  4. ProductionRetouching, copy drafts, video (AI takes this step)
  5. Final craftEdits and sign-off by people (stays with your people)
  • AI speeds this up
  • Our designers and editors

What we make

The people who design your brand also cut the video and write the captions.

At a larger agency those jobs usually sit with separate teams and a project manager in between. Here they stay together, so a change to the brand shows up in the video without a handoff.

  • Short-Form Video

    Reels · TikTok · Shorts

  • AI Visuals

    Generated & enhanced

  • Copywriting

    Captions & scripts

  • Strategy

    Growth & analytics

Inside our own stack

Made in our own studio.

Before we make work for clients, we make it for ourselves: our own rebrand and a hand-drawn explainer. These are our own productions, not client projects.

The new STAIM logo, a lowercase staim wordmark with an orange dot over the i on a graphite tile, next to our Instagram grid of graphite and chalk posts with orange transit-line diagramsFull size
Our own rebrand: logo, Instagram grid, website and LinkedIn, designed in-house.
A hand-drawn frame titled "why you should start TODAY": a phone on a torn paper circle shows a yellow folder labelled someday, with the caption "called someday"Full size
A frame from a hand-drawn explainer reel, animated in code with voiceover, music and sound.

Real frames from our own productions.

Services

Six services you can combine on one project.

You don't have to pick a package. A project often uses three or four of these, and we scope it around what you need to launch.

  • Research first

    Brand Identity

    Logo, color, type and tone of voice, designed after a scan of how your competitors already look, so yours stands apart from them.
  • Concept to delivery

    Video Production

    Hero films, social cutdowns and product loops, combining generated visuals, motion design and edits sized for each platform.
  • Visual audit

    Competitive Positioning

    We look at how every competitor in your category presents itself and find the visual space none of them are using.
  • Monthly updates

    Brand Asset System

    Templates and tooling set up in your Figma, so new assets can go out each month without briefing an agency again.
  • Guidelines and prompts

    Brand Voice

    Written voice guidelines plus an AI prompt set up to draft in your tone, so your team edits drafts instead of starting from a blank page.
  • Shot or generated

    Photography

    Product shots, lifestyle images and headshots. We shoot for real, or generate and retouch, depending on which is faster and looks better for that shot.

Case study · brand

2025 · 4-week sprint · Hospitality

Restaurant Brand Identity & Launch

Farm-to-Table Restaurant

Challenge

A new farm-to-table restaurant opening in 6 weeks needed a complete brand identity, menu design, signage, and social media presence, with no existing assets.

Solution

Full brand identity sprint using AI-assisted design exploration, delivering everything from logo to printed menus to Instagram launch content in 4 weeks.

  • Midjourney
  • Figma
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Canva Templates

The line we built

Orange: the build does it. Hollow: people still do.

  1. BriefSix weeks to opening (stays with your people)
  2. Design explorationThe buildAI-assisted, many directions (AI takes this step)
  3. Direction chosenBy the designers and the owners (stays with your people)
  4. Assets producedMenus, signage, 30 posts (stays with your people)
  5. LaunchThe social kit goes live (stays with your people)
Brand Assets Delivered
50+
Time to Launch
4 weeks
Opening Week Covers
800+
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Case study · video

2025 · 3-week sprint · DTC skincare

E-commerce Product Video Campaign

DTC Skincare Brand

Challenge

A direct-to-consumer skincare brand needed video content for a product launch across Instagram, TikTok, and their website, but traditional production quotes started at $40K.

Solution

AI-assisted video production combining generated visuals with professional motion design and platform-optimized edits for each channel.

  • ComfyUI
  • Remotion
  • After Effects
  • DaVinci Resolve

The line we built

Orange: the build does it. Hollow: people still do.

  1. BriefLaunch, formats, deadline (stays with your people)
  2. Generated visualsThe buildProduct scenes and loops (AI takes this step)
  3. Motion designBy our team (stays with your people)
  4. Platform editsCut for each channel (stays with your people)
  5. Product dropOn the brand's date (stays with your people)
Videos Delivered
10
Cost Savings
75%
Launch Week Views
180K
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Our process

Same five phases on every project.

Whether it's a brand sprint of about 4 weeks or a launch of about 12 weeks across print, web and social, we work through the same five phases in the same order.

  1. 01Discovery & StrategyBusiness goals, target audience, competitive landscape: the strategic foundation before pixels.
  2. 02Creative ConceptAI exploresMultiple creative directions tested against strategy and audience. We commit to one and kill the rest.
  3. 03Design & DevelopmentWe design and produce each asset and check it against the strategy agreed in step one.
  4. 04ImplementationThe work is rolled out across print, web, social, packaging and signage, so everything matches on launch day.
  5. 05OptimizationAfter launch we track how the work performs and adjust it.
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Questions

Questions about working with us.

If you have a different question, send us a brief. A person reads it and replies by email.

How is this different from hiring an agency?
The same people scope, design and deliver the work, so nothing gets lost in a handoff between specialists. AI covers the slow production steps, which shortens the timeline and keeps the quote down. People on our team make the creative decisions.
Where exactly does AI fit in?
We use it to explore dozens of concepts in an afternoon, retouch photography, draft copy and produce video at volumes that would be too expensive to shoot. Choosing the final direction and the craft decisions stay with our designers and editors.
Can you work with our existing brand?
Yes. Most projects start mid-brand. We extend, refresh, or rebuild on top of what exists. We'll tell you honestly when something needs a full rebuild vs. just a sharpening.
Do you do retainers?
Yes, as a monthly content system with a fixed set of deliverables each month, for example 30 social posts, 4 reels and 1 hero asset. We don't do open-ended hourly retainers.
What happens after a brand sprint?
You get the source files, the strategy document and a brand manual. From there you can move into a monthly content system with us, or run the brand in-house.