Commence Studio

I’m the owner of a consulting firm. We do financial and operational consulting in the arts and education nonprofit sector.

We needed a new website design.

Commence Studio built the WordPress website from scratch. We didn’t need anything fancy because we didn’t have web commerce, but they did many unique ways to add content and testimonials for customers. They also host the website for a small fee.

The principal was involved initially. Then, we worked with Cole (Project Manager), Alisha (Frontend Web Developer), and a designer, so four people in total.

A friend of mine knew them; he’s in the music industry. I was looking for something that wasn’t boring; I wanted something a little flashier, so he recommended them.

We invested $25,000.

We worked together from November 2021–April 2022.

We haven’t looked at any metrics. Most of our business comes from word-of-mouth referrals, so the website’s importance is to legitimate our business when people are told about it. In that sense, the website looks good; it has a beautiful design.

They were perfect on the budget and deadlines. If anything, we got delayed a bit because we missed two deadlines. We communicated via email and Zoom meetings.

They were great at understanding what we were trying to communicate. They worked well thinking about how they could convey the information in a new way. Also, what really distinguished them was that they gave us a handoff list on how to make changes to the website if we wanted to. They built many templates and a step-by-step guide to walk us through it. The person who will update our website was absolutely blown away by this, and I feel like I can do it even though I don’t know anything about this.

No, I can’t think of anything. They delivered everything they promised; we were really happy with how the website turned out.

People just need to know how much time it’ll take them to write the content. You have to write it for them because they don’t know how you run your business; you have to give them what you want.

I’m the chef and owner of Hey Hey’s Fried Chicken, a local food truck in Reno, Nevada, that specializes in fried chicken sandwiches.

We reached out to Commence to help us with our branding.

Commence helped us create our entire branding, including our logos, website, messaging, and general look and feel. Initially, we came to them with a Pinterest board of the kind of art we preferred, which was a mixture between traditional American tattoos and Reno vibes. Then, they provided us with a few options for our logo. After choosing one, they delivered 6–10 separate imagery based on it that represented our company and that we would be able to use at our discretion.

I’ve worked very closely with Kylie (Creative Director), who designed all the imagery and helped with the web design. Additionally, Cole (Project Manager) is my main point of contact, so I reach out to him if I have any questions. Besides them, I’ve also interacted with Matthew (CEO & Founder), who has been involved throughout the entire process.

Commence came highly recommended to us by a couple of other local owners. We were blown away by their work, so we were excited about working with them on our whole branding process. It was a very easy decision.

We’ve spent about $9,000.

We started working with them in July 2021, and we’re still working together.

Commence’s design work has had a great impact on our business. A local artist they recommended painted the logos on our food truck, which made it very noticeable. We get a lot of positive comments from customers about our image, which will help us a lot in the future.

Commence has performed very well. They’ve done everything within the promised timeline, always delivering great quality work. Additionally, they’re personable, and their price is fair.

Their attention to detail and the quality of their artwork distinguish Commence from other providers. It was impressive that they delivered what we wanted on the first iteration, having only one round of small edits. We met with Kylie for an hour, which was enough for her to understand what we were looking for and run with it. Working with artists like them has been a pleasure; they take their craft as seriously as we do our food.

I don’t have any constructive feedback for Commence, and I wouldn’t change anything about the experience I’ve had.

Don’t be afraid to invest in branding; it gives your business identity and makes it stand out from the competition. I don’t regret this process at all.

I'm the owner of a firm that provides accounting services to the restaurant industry.

Our website needed to be redone in order to cater to our niche of serving restaurant clients; The project included a full rebrand of VAST as well as building out the new website.

We have been familiar with Commence for quite some time. When we explained what we wanted to accomplish from the rebrand and through the new site, we appreciated the thoughtful responses and suggestions we received. We felt that they truly understood the scope of the engagement and how we could differentiate our firm in this space.

The scope of work included developing a new logo/wordmark/etc and building out a new site that incorporated our new niche in the restaurant industry. As part of the website, we wanted to refresh our team pics, build-out industry testimonials and case studies as well as provide a prospective client quiz where we offered feedback to the quiz taker on their best suite of services and recommendations to help them meet their goals.

Matt (CEO), Cole (Project Manager), Kylie (Creative Director), Alisha (Web Developer).

Not yet. But we are just getting started. We plan to work with Commence on the next phase of the project which will include SEO.

We had frequent check-ins and were able to truly talk through and think through how we wanted to site to appear. I felt that the team had great feedback on how our brand is perceived and how to showcase our offerings to the industry we are targeting.

Many creative firms we have worked with haven't been as detail-oriented when it comes to financing. We felt that the Commence team truly understood what made our brand tick.

Because we are growing quickly and have a lot of projects in progress, we sometimes would not respond to them quickly inadvertently holding up the project. The team often wouldn't push harder to get what they needed - to their detriment! Moving forward, I would encourage them to be more forceful in enforcing deadlines to ensure the project moves forward!

I’m the owner of Gravallese Co, a men’s grooming product brand.

We engaged Commence Studio to develop my overall branding and e-commerce website.

To kickstart the project, I gave Commence Studio some general inspiration on how I wanted my brand to look and basic information about the company. Based on that, they created our logo and branding identity. They then designed our product packaging which was followed by the website development and design project. They’re currently providing website maintenance, and we plan to hire them for advertising and marketing work in the future.

I’m working with five people from Commence Studio, including Matthew (CEO & Founder) and Kylie (Creative Director).

We saw Commence Studio’s website and the branding work they did for a few of my fellow friends and business owners. We liked that their level of attention to detail was impressive; they had every process lined out.

We’ve spent $20,000–$25,000.

We began our partnership in November 2019, and we continue to collaborate.

They’ve been able to develop a user-friendly e-commerce website that allows our end-users to go through all the pages relatively quickly. Not only is it user-friendly for the customers but for our end as well.

They have an excellent project management process. We communicate once a week through email.

No, they’re great.

Hire Commence Studio because they have a good process. You don’t have to worry about them at all because they provide high-quality work.

I am the Community Project Manager for the Nevada Small Business Development Center. I manage the Made in Nevada program and Nevada Entrepreneur Network.

We hired Commence to design Nevada Entrepreneur Network branding.

We were recommended to Commence through a trusted partner, EDAWN.

Our team was interviewed to get a scope of the project, it's mission, values, and identity. Commence then did their own research and came back with 3 different branding concepts. They were very flexible and timely with our requested edits, and delivered all materials on time in a beautiful, easy-to-access package.

I believe we worked with 3 different people, Project manager and 2 designers.

Our website/landing page is now modern and sophisticated, thanks to the design recommendations from Commence. We also now have consistent, quality branding that can be implemented by our various partners across a multitude of platforms.

We had project meetings as needed. All of our requests were listened to, discussed, and ultimately decided upon in a team setting. Everything was delivered on time and matched exactly what we wanted.

The team of young professionals delivering high-quality, modern work in a flexible and laid-back environment. They made it very easy to consider drafts and be comfortable enough to recommend changes or edits as needed.

Nothing that comes to mind.