Who we are

Outcomes first.
Craft without the theater.

Founded in 2019, Prism unites web development, marketing, and video under one team — 180+ shipped projects, 94% retention after the first engagement, and a nine-week average from brief to launch.


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By the numbers

Seven years.
One way of working.

Every number here is tied to a real client outcome. We track them because they hold us accountable — not because they look good on a slide.

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Projects delivered
across 14 industries
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Client retention
after first project
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Integrated practices
web through video
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Average time from
brief to launch
What we believe

Principles that don't
bend under pressure.

These aren't aspirational values on a wall. They're the rules we use when a project gets difficult, a deadline slips, or a client pushes for something we don't think is right.

We measure success by what changes for our clients, not by what we shipped. A beautiful site that doesn't convert is a failure. We hold ourselves to the numbers — conversion rate, organic traffic, revenue per visitor — and report honestly, even when disappointing.

Every project has defined success metrics agreed before day one. If we're hitting them, great. If not, we say so immediately and adjust.

Measurement Accountability

We deliberately limit concurrent engagements so each client gets senior attention — not a junior bench or a rotating account roster. The team stays close to the work and the results, and we add specialist partners only when the scope honestly needs them.

That is intentional: fewer clients, deeper ownership, faster decisions.

Quality Selective

You see everything we are building, in real time. Staging is live from week one. You have a direct line to the people on the job — not an account manager gatekeeping updates. No big reveals. No surprises.

If something is behind, we say so before you have to ask. If a strategy isn't working, we tell you and propose an alternative.

Transparency No surprises

Slow projects almost always stem from unclear briefs. We invest heavily in the strategy phase — sometimes more than clients expect — because every hour of clarity upfront saves three hours of revision later. We ask hard questions early so we don't ask them in week six.

Strategy-first Efficiency

Everything we build is designed to be maintained, extended, and owned by you after we leave. No spaghetti code, no undocumented design decisions, no vendor lock-in for its own sake. Every codebase is documented. Every design system ships with usage guidelines.

Scalability Documentation
Why it matters

The model is the
differentiator.

Most agencies are set up to maximize revenue per client. We are set up to maximize results per client. The two are not the same thing.

Traditional agency
Junior teams managed by a distant senior
Account managers as the single point of contact
Hourly billing — incentivized to run long
Design, dev, and strategy in separate silos
Success measured by deliverables, not outcomes
12–24 week timelines as standard
Prism
Senior practitioners own the engagement — who you meet is who runs the work
Direct Slack with the team building it — clear owners for every workstream
Fixed-scope, fixed-price — no meter running
Web, marketing, and video coordinated as one team — specialists when the brief demands depth
Success measured by revenue, traffic, and conversion
Brief to launch in nine weeks, staged rollout
Our story

Built as the
anti-pattern.

We got tired of watching talented people bury the work under the process.

In 2019, after a decade inside agencies, we'd seen the same pattern repeat: great people buried under account layers, clients paying for process instead of outcomes, and work that looked finished but was not tied to real metrics.

The brief was simple: build the studio we wished we'd had — direct relationships, outcomes over theater, and a structure where strategy stays tied to execution. Specialist partners when the work truly needs them; never a fake “bench” on the proposal.

Seven years and 180+ projects later, that lean model still works. Clients who start with one engagement tend to come back for the next.

2019
Prism founded
Launched with a narrow focus on web and growth. First clients came from referrals within 60 days.
2020
Marketing practice added
Clients kept asking to run campaigns after we built their sites. Paid media and SEO went on the menu, with specialist partners when a buy needed extra bandwidth.
2021
50th project delivered
Hit 50 projects with a 100% referral pipeline. Invested in tooling and the Prism playbook that now governs every engagement.
2023
Partner network formalized
Formalized a partner network for motion, extra development, and large media buys — engaged only when timelines or craft require it, never to pad a pitch deck.
2024 — now
180+ projects, same model
Same fixed-price discipline, same strong retention, same playbook — now with 180+ launches behind it and sharper tooling on every engagement.