Fractional Creative Direction for Startups: Cut the Creative Chaos
Your Creative Team Isn’t the Problem — Your System Is.
Audit and rebuild your creative operations solutions so your team stops spinning and starts driving real results. Schedule a free consultation and start your 60 day Creative Transformation Framework.
GET THE HELP YOU NEED
The 60 Day Creative Transformation Framework
Most fast-growing teams hit the same wall:
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Designers stuck in one-off requests
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Projects delayed by messy approvals
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Off-brand creative slipping through
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No source of truth, no visibility, no metrics
It’s reactive, inefficient, and unsustainable.
But it’s also fixable.
WEEK 1
Creative Systems Audit
Deep dive into your people, platforms, and processes and find immediate bottlenecks identified and addressed with a full action plan delivered
WEEKS 2 - 4
Build the Structure
Brand hub with templates, guidelines, and AI-ready assets with ops setup including project flows, DAM, approval routing and AI tools integration
WEEKS 5 - 8
Activate the Team
Live training to onboard your team into the creative operations solutions, creative KPI dashboard to measure what matters and scale what works
END RESULT
What you Get
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A proactive system that supports fast, strategic marketing
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Fewer bottlenecks, faster approvals, and cleaner handoffs
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Metrics that actually prove performance
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A proactive team and system that gets out of creative survival mode and starts getting results
Creative Systems for Fast-Growing Marketing Teams
Core Package
Perfect for small teams ready to clean up creative chaos and install a scalable system fast.
What’s Included:
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1:1 Creative Systems Audit
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Brand Hub setup with templates, guidelines, and AI-ready assets
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Creative operations solutions for workflows, asset, and more
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AI-powered workflow recommendations
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Live team training session (1 hour
FRACTIONAL CREATIVE DIRECTION
Fractional Creative Director Services for Startups
Keep the System. Add the Leadership. Once your 60-Day Creative Transformation is complete, you don’t have to go it alone. Also available as a stand alone service.
Get expert-level creative direction on a flexible, fractional basis, tailored to the hours and type of support your team actually needs.
Whether it’s graphic, digital, or web design, your ongoing support is fully customized to your priorities.
On-Demand Graphic & Digital Design Support
Your team gets hands-on support for every creative channel including websites, marketing graphics, digital campaigns, and video content. This includes live reviews, approvals, and mentorship to maintain quality and stay aligned with your brand.
Ensure every campaign, brand asset, and design initiative aligns with your business goals. No more disjointed output — just focused, strategic creative execution.
Flexible, Fractional Creative Director Support
Whether you need 40 hours a month or a 80+, Graphic Dojo tailors support to your exact needs. Scale up or down without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire.
Who’s the Expert Behind This? Hi, I'm Michelle Tag.
20+ Years Building Creative Systems That Scale
I’ve led graphic, digital, and brand design for startups, agencies, and global brands — and teach design operations at the university level to help teams move faster with less friction.
Strategic Design That Drives Marketing and Business Results
I create systems that align creative with marketing goals so your team delivers faster, stays on brand, and supports growth across every channel.
Fractional Creative Direction for High-Growth Teams
From scrappy startups to scaling companies, I help marketing leaders simplify creative ops, reduce bottlenecks, and get more done with the team they already have.