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SMALL BUSINESS · BALTIMORE, DC & REMOTE

A design team, without hiring a design team.

UX, product and web design, email, ads, video and print — made by one person who has done this for ten years, so the whole thing looks like it came from the same place. Hire me for a project, on contract, by the piece, or by the month.

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EXPERIENCE
10+ years
SHIPPED FOR
GEICO · CNN · IHG
HIRE ME AS
Contract · freelance · retainer
YOU WORK WITH
Me, directly
WHAT I MAKE

Eight things, one hand.

Most small businesses end up with a different person for the website, the emails, the ads and the flyers — and it shows. This is the same person doing all of it, which is the only reason it ends up consistent.

01

UX design

Fixing the part where people give up — the booking form nobody finishes, the checkout that loses them, the page that gets the call instead of the sale. Flows, screens and the states in between.

User flowsWireframesUsability fixes
02

Product design

If the thing you sell is an app or a piece of software: the interface, the design system behind it, and specs your developer can build from without guessing. I design and direct it; someone else writes the production code.

App & web UIDesign systemsPrototypesDev handoff
03

Web design

Marketing sites and landing pages designed to be read on a phone first, because that is where your customers are. Straightforward sites I can build and hand over outright — this one is hand-built.

Marketing sitesLanding pagesRedesigns
04

Email design

Campaigns, newsletters and the automatic ones people actually read — receipts, confirmations, reminders. Built as templates in the tool you already pay for, so your team can send the next one without me.

CampaignsNewslettersReusable templates
05

Ads

Paid social and display creative, sized for every placement you are running, with variants worth testing against each other rather than one design stretched six ways.

Paid socialDisplaySized variants
06

Video editing

Cutting footage you already have into something worth posting — short-form edits, captions, titles, and the vertical and square versions each platform wants. Editing and finishing, not a film crew.

Short-form editsCaptionsTitles & lower thirds
07

Posters & print

Posters, flyers, menus, signage and cards — set up properly for whoever is printing them, with bleed and the right color space, so the shop does not send it back.

Posters & flyersMenus & signagePrint-ready files
08

Brand basics

The small kit that keeps everything above consistent: logo use, type, color, and social templates your team can fill in. Not a sixty-page brand bible nobody opens.

Logo & typeColorSocial templates
Tell me what you need

Need more than one of these? That is the usual case, and it is cheaper to do them together than apart.

WAYS TO HIRE ME

Four arrangements. Same person either way.

Anything on this page can run in any of these shapes. Pick the one that matches how your business actually buys — not the one that sounds most serious.

MOST COMMON
A fixed project

One scope, one number, one end date, agreed before anything starts. A new site, a campaign, a rebrand of the everyday stuff.

Priced per engagement, not per hour
Deliverables named in writing up front
No surprise invoice at the end
SET TERM
Contract

Embedded with your team for a stretch — a few days a week for three months, or cover while a role is open. I join your standups and work in your tools.

Agreed days per week, agreed end date
Comfortable subcontracting through an agency
Your contract, your tools, your process
BY THE PIECE
Freelance

One thing at a time, quoted on its own. A poster for Saturday. One email template. A landing page for the campaign you are running next month.

Smallest way to start — no commitment past the piece
Quoted per item, or by the day
Good for testing whether we work well together
MONTHLY
Retainer

A set block of hours every month for businesses that always have something — this week's ads, next week's flyer, the page that needs updating again.

Same block of hours, same price, every month
You set the priorities at the start of each month
Month to month, with no annual lock-in
HOW PRICING WORKS

Everything is quoted against your actual scope rather than billed against a clock, so the number and the work are both settled before we start. Tell me what you need and I will send a fixed figure, usually within two business days. If your budget is fixed, say the number — I will tell you honestly what fits inside it and what does not.

HOW IT RUNS

Four steps, and you can stop after the first one.

Nothing here requires a discovery phase, a pitch deck, or a meeting to decide when to have the next meeting.

STEP 01 · FREE

You tell me what you need

The form below, or an email. A few sentences is plenty. I read every one myself.

STEP 02 · 2 BUSINESS DAYS

I come back with a number

A short call if we need one, then a written scope with a fixed price and dates. Including, sometimes, that you should not spend this money yet.

STEP 03

The work, in the open

You see it while it is in progress, not only at the end. Feedback in one place, in writing, so nothing gets lost between calls.

STEP 04

You get the files

Production-ready, in the formats you actually need, plus editable templates where a template makes sense. They are yours.

WHO THIS IS FOR

Businesses where the owner is still the marketing department.

Shops, studios, restaurants, clinics, trades, agencies, non-profits and one-person software businesses — anywhere the design work currently happens at 11pm in a free template because there is nobody else to do it.

Non-profit and community-organization rates available.

A GOOD FIT IF
You have more design work than a one-off, but nowhere near a full-time hire
Your website, emails and printed things look like three different companies
Something is losing customers and you suspect it is the design, not the price
You want one person accountable rather than a rotating cast
PROBABLY NOT IF
You need production engineering — I design and direct, someone else builds
You need a film crew, a photographer or a media buyer — I edit and design, I do not shoot or run the ad accounts
You want the cheapest possible version of the thing — that is a real need, and it is not me
FAQ

The questions that stall a decision.

What is the smallest job you will take?

One poster. One email template. One landing page. Freelance work is quoted per piece precisely so there is a way in that does not involve committing to a project — and plenty of retainers started as somebody needing one flyer.

How much does it cost?

It depends on the scope, and I would rather quote your actual job than post a number that is wrong for most people. Tell me what you need and I will send a fixed figure, usually within two business days. If you have a budget in mind, say it — I will tell you straight what fits inside it. The one published price on this site is the Product Audit at $2,500, which is for software products rather than marketing work.

Do you build the website, or just design it?

For a straightforward marketing site I can do both and hand you the files outright — this site is hand-built. Anything with a real backend, a login or a payment system goes to a developer, and I give them flows, states and specs they can build from without guessing. If someone tells you a solo designer will also deliver your production software, be careful.

Can you work with my developer, or my marketing person?

Yes, and it is usually the arrangement I would recommend. You keep the people who already know your business; I handle the design and give them what they need to execute. I am happy to join their calls if that helps.

What do you need from me to start?

Whatever you already have — the logo files, the last flyer, access to the site, the footage. If some of it is missing or the logo only exists as a JPEG somebody sent you in 2019, say so. That is common and it is fixable.

Do you work outside Baltimore and DC?

Yes. Most engagements run remotely and always have. Baltimore and DC are where I am, which matters for a site visit or an in-person session — but nothing on this page requires us to be in the same room.

Who actually does the work?

I do. There is no bench behind me and no handoff to someone junior after the sale. The person who answers your enquiry is the person making the thing. That is a limit as much as a feature — it means I take a small number of clients at a time.

TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED

What does your business need made?

A few sentences is plenty — you do not need the scope figured out before you write. I read every one myself and come back within two business days with a straight answer, including when the honest one is that you need something smaller than you think.

Not sure which of the four arrangements fits? Say so on the form and I will tell you which one I would use.

Prefer email? hello@fezmedia.co

Still designing it
yourself at 11pm?

Tell me what your business needs made and I will send back a fixed number, or tell you it is not worth doing yet.

Tell me what you need