A creative agency alternative for B2B and funded startup marketing teams

No layers between you and the work.

Most agencies add people to manage the work. Graphic Dojo built a process that removes them: strategy and execution on one fixed monthly retainer, starting the week you say yes.

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"Graphic Dojo has the ability to push strategic imperatives while keeping high-level aesthetics a priority."

Victor T., Manager, Pharmaceutical Marketing
COUNT THE LAYERS

Every layer between you and the work slows it down.

Here's who your feedback passes through before it reaches the person making the change.

Typical agency
4 handoffs
Every note gets retold three times before anyone opens the file.
You
Account manager
Project manager
Creative director
Designer
In-house hire
2 handoffs
Fewer layers, after months of hiring and ramp-up before the first piece is done.
You
Creative lead
Designer
Graphic Dojo
Direct
You talk to the people making the work. Decisions happen in one conversation.
You
The people making the work
AGENCY VS IN-HOUSE VS GRAPHIC DOJO

What actually changes when you switch.

Compare
Typical agency
In-house hire
Graphic Dojo
Who you talk to
Typical agency
An account manager, who briefs a project manager, who briefs a designer
In-house hire
Your own team, once you've hired them
Graphic Dojo
The people making the work, every time
Getting started
Typical agency
Weeks of discovery and onboarding
In-house hire
Months of recruiting and ramp-up
Graphic Dojo
The week you say yes
What comes back
Typical agency
Three options and “let us know your thoughts”
In-house hire
Whatever the team has the skills to make
Graphic Dojo
One clear recommendation, and why
How it's priced
Typical agency
Hourly billing, change orders and overages
In-house hire
Salaries, benefits and software, every month
Graphic Dojo
One fixed monthly retainer
Range
Typical agency
A different team or vendor for each discipline
In-house hire
Usually one or two specialties
Graphic Dojo
Brand, web, video, decks and booths in one place
How work moves
Typical agency
Ad hoc requests and fire drills
In-house hire
Whatever is loudest this week
Graphic Dojo
A quarterly plan with a set number of projects in motion
Regulated content
Typical agency
Review is left to you
In-house hire
Depends on who you hire
Graphic Dojo
Built for medical, legal, compliance and regulatory review from the first draft
What stays behind
Typical agency
Files
In-house hire
Knowledge that leaves when people do
Graphic Dojo
Templates and systems your team keeps using
How it's measured
Typical agency
Rounds of revisions
In-house hire
Output
Graphic Dojo
Results: conversions, demos and meetings

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WHAT THE SAME WORK COSTS ELSEWHERE

A year of steady creative work. Four ways to pay for it.

Build a full in-house team
An art director, a designer, a web developer and a video editor, plus benefits and months of hiring.
About $494K a year
A traditional agency
A core retainer plus 8 videos, 8 design projects and a site build at published rates, with account management on top.
$226K to $350K a year
Hire one staff designer
One senior brand designer at remote market pay. One skill set, with video, web builds and strategy still uncovered.
About $255K first year
Salary $170KBenefits and taxes $51KRecruiting fee $34KAbout 4 months to fill
Graphic Dojo
Strategy, design, video, web and booths on one fixed monthly retainer. No benefits, recruiting fees or months of hiring.
One fixed monthly retainer

Based on one year of work: 8 videos, 8 design projects and a site build, with planning. In-house team: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics median wages, May 2025, plus about 30% benefits. Staff designer: midpoint of $151,000 to $189,000 for remote U.S. brand designer roles with published pay (WeLoveProduct, 2026), plus about 30% for benefits and payroll taxes (BLS puts benefits at 30% of total compensation), a standard 20% recruiting fee and Indeed's 128-day average time to fill a designer role. Agency: low end to midpoint of published 2026 rates, including a core retainer from $10,000 a month (Healthcare Success), corporate video at $10,000 to $30,000 (Clutch), website redesign at $10,000 to $35,000 (Parallel) and design projects at $2,000 to $10,000 (AM World Group). Full math in the pricing guide.

THE SYSTEM

A process built to remove layers, not add them.

Every engagement runs on the same four steps, so work keeps moving without status meetings.

01

Audit

Month one shows what's working, what isn't and what's missing across your marketing.

02

Plan

A quarterly plan with priorities set against your deadlines: launches, events and board moments.

03

Make

Defined stages and review checkpoints, so nothing stalls in a feedback loop.

04

Systematize

Every project leaves templates and rules behind, so your team moves faster next time.

WHO IT'S FOR

Built for B2B teams that move fast and can't get the details wrong.

Graphic Dojo works with funded startups and established B2B companies in fast-moving, often regulated industries, where a wrong claim or a slow launch costs real money.

Funded startups
B2B SaaS and tech
Fintech
Health tech
Life sciences
Insurtech and benefits
Other B2B teams
FAQ

Questions teams ask before they switch.

How is Graphic Dojo different from a creative agency?

There are no account managers or project managers between you and the work. The people making your creative are the people you talk to, and work starts the week you say yes.

Is it cheaper than an agency?

For the same volume of work, usually. Graphic Dojo runs on one fixed monthly retainer, with no hourly billing or change orders. The pricing guide has the full comparison.

Why not hire in-house?

A full team takes months to hire and costs far more once you add benefits and software. Graphic Dojo starts the same week and covers brand, web, video, decks and booths.

We already have a creative team. Does this still work?

Yes. Graphic Dojo works alongside your team, mentors your designers and sets up the templates and processes that keep work on brand and moving.

Can you handle regulated content?

Yes. Work is built for medical, legal, compliance and regulatory review from the first draft, so approvals move faster.

Do you use AI on our work?

Where it saves time, yes, inside private tools and always with human judgment on top. Confidential material never goes into public AI tools.

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