Sharpe Creative is one-person (plus a few talented friends) working to push your brand to the next chapter.
I got my start filling diapers. Before long, I was filling sketchbooks...
An early childhood obsession to create resulted in sketchbooks filled with Disney characters and X-Men. That turned into filling sketchbooks with ideas and that has built a career and passion around helping businesses thrive through creativity...
Hi, I'm Andy. I'm a simpleton...
Investing in branding can be overkill or underkill. Some businesses skip or skimp. It doesn't work. Others buy the farm when what they really needed to thrive was a dairy cow and a chicken coop.
I aim for all-killer and no-filler... Stage-aware branding.
I bring big experience in a small, lean, focused package. I don’t chase awards (even though I’ve racked a few up), and I have zero desire to become some sort of design influencer. That sounds exhausting. And I’m not trying to scale up. I'm a quality over quantity guy.
I’m here for creative fulfillment. To help businesses who are serious about reaching new heights while supporting my family of five in a way that lets me be present as a husband and father. A thriving creative practice and thriving household. That’s the dream.
If you’re up for working with a simpleton, let’s talk.
more bounce for the ounce
Agency chops without the cost.
Sharpe Creative is led by an ex-agency creative who’s seen behind the curtain. Agencies can do great work—but you pay extra for bloated overhead.
Direct line. Not a game of telephone.
Save time, money, and headaches by working directly with the human creating. Three layers of account management only gets in the way.
Chasing results, not the clout.
The Sharpe name’s won its share of awards, but the pay-to-play isn’t worth the gold star. Let’s just focus on creating something great that works hard for your business.
At the intersection of brand and web.
Built from a career with one foot in branding and the other in web design, we craft conversion-driven websites that tell stories and make impressions.
Still using graphite and gray matter.
AI tools can be handy and create some efficiencies. But for genuine creativity and unique, ownable branding? That's best left to organic brains and skilled hands.
A stage-based pricing approach.
Branding can be a huge return on investment, or a liability. It really depends on being responsible in approach for your stage.
FREQUENTLY ASKED
What should I budget for branding?
It depends. The packages page is a good place to start. And we can always have a no-pressure conversation.
The short answer is that Sharpe Creative exists with the belief that not everyone needs to buy the farm. For where you are, maybe a dairy cow and a few chickens is the smart choice. All-killer, no-filler. Lean and mean to give your buck more bang.
Stage-based pricing for branding... What's that?
If you are a new venture, we’ll build from scratch—smart, efficient, and responsibly, keeping your stage in mind. Many new venture clients keep working with Sharpe Creative as they hit the growth phase.
If you are a growing brand, at least a minor refresh every 3–5 years is wise to prevent your brand from feeling stale. This doesn’t necessarily mean a new logo or a total overhaul (though it could). But often a fresh angle is enough. The bigger the business shift, the more oomph the approach should have.
No two clients are exactly the same. But we will create a proposal based on your current stage of business. Try the assessment for a little guidance.
How long will the process take?
Strategic branding work shouldn’t be rushed. If you are rebranding to hit a deadline, you probably aren't rebranding for the right reasons. We want to spend the appropriate time so that what we create will work hard for you for years.
We'll move a little quicker for startups and new ventures with intensives ( 2 weeks) and basic scopes (4-5 weeks).
Typically, a full branding process takes approximately 8+ weeks (including time for reviews). A typical marketing website can take approximately 2 months, but if done alongside branding, the processes can overlap, saving time.
Who do you work with?
Business size and industry aren’t critical factors. Experience across various industries means every client is treated as a new story to tell. Every business (regardless of size) can benefit from professional branding and web design.
We like passionate, visionary people (in whatever they do). If that is you, we'll take a stage-based approach to pricing how we help you punch in the next weight class.
Do you do full-service marketing?
It’s better to excel at a few things than try to spin too many plates with mediocrity. For more expansive projects, we collaborate with trusted experts such as specialized strategists, copywriters, photographers, animators, videographers, and platform-specific web developers, when needed.
While things like content marketing, SEO, and paid advertising are important, Sharpe Creative believes that strong and distinct branding is the foundation for all of it. Once we dial that in, we get by with a little help from our friends.
Do you do one-off design projects?
Sharpe Creative is brand-focused, not just a graphic design shop. We do ongoing Brand Support, but if your branding isn't in a good place, those efforts will mostly be a waste of time and money.
If your branding and website are both rock solid, we can discuss an ongoing creative Brand Support partnership, or we can tackle larger one-off projects like brand campaigns, microsites, package design, spatial design, merch design, or custom graphics kits.
Sharpe Creative is a one-person, all-killer, no-filler, builder of brand identities and custom websites. Relationally and without all the bloat, fluff, and smoke blowing.
An infrequent bit of shop talk and updates.
