Strategy.
Design. Shipped.

A boutique creative consultancy for teams without a full creative bench. We do the thinking, make the work, and ship the deliverables — without the agency overhead.

Brand strategy/ Creative direction/ Design/ Marketing production/ Brand strategy/ Creative direction/ Design/ Marketing production/ Brand strategy/ Creative direction/ Design/ Marketing production/
01 Who we work with Founders · Small businesses · Lean marketing teams

The thinking and the doing, in one place.

We help teams turn messy ideas into clear strategy, polished creative, and ready-to-use materials. Senior-level judgment, design taste, executional firepower — without the agency overhead.

You get one principal across the work, not a junior team running the file.

01

Founders

You're running the company and the brand. Catana takes the brand off your plate.

02

Small businesses

You have a team, but no one whose full-time job is brand. We become that person, on call.

03

Lean marketing teams

You have headcount but not bandwidth. We extend the team without expanding it.

Not a fit for pre-product startups looking to test a logo on a budget.
02 Services Four disciplines, one team

Four disciplines.
One team.

We engage on a single discipline or run the whole stack. Most engagements pair strategy with one or two execution tracks — sized to the project, not the retainer.

01

Brand Strategy

Positioning, naming, messaging, voice. We align the team on what the brand stands for before we touch a single visual.

Positioning brief Messaging matrix Voice + tone Brand narrative
02

Creative Direction

The taste layer. We art-direct campaigns, photo + video shoots, and brand systems so everything ladders to one coherent point of view.

Art direction Mood + reference Shoot direction Cross-channel oversight
03

Design

Identity systems, websites, packaging, decks, social. Senior-led from sketch to final file.

Identity systems Web design Packaging Decks + collateral
04

Marketing Production

The deliverables your team actually needs in their inbox. Templates, source files, prepress, handoff. The work is only done when it ships.

Toolkits Print + prepress Asset libraries Dev handoff
03 Process Typical engagement: 6–8 weeks

A cleaner way
from idea
to done.

No discovery gauntlets. No 40-page brand bibles no one reads. Four phases, scoped to the work, with one principal across all of it.

01 Week 1

Discover

A focused intake. We listen to the team, audit what exists, and define the real problem worth solving.

02 Week 2–3

Direct

Strategy and creative direction land together. You leave this phase with a clear point of view, not a deck of options.

03 Week 3–6

Design

We make the work — identity, web, packaging, campaigns — in tight loops with you, not over an inbox.

04 Week 6–7

Deliver

Final files, templates, and a handoff your team can actually use. We stay on retainer if you want a creative partner on call.

05 A note from a partner US spirits portfolio · brand manager
Brand Manager
US bourbon portfolio
Cat built the bridge between strategy and execution. The whole team uses it now — across brands, agencies, and budgets.
06 Start a project Booking Spring 2026 · 2 slots open

Have something
worth making?

Tell us about the project, the team, and the timeline. We reply within two working days with a take, not a templated response.