The agency model is broken. So I built something different.
You don't need a 25-person studio with five layers of account management. You don't need a Fiverr freelancer who ghosts after the deposit. You need one designer who knows your business, ships consistently, and treats your brand like it's their own.
Most clients land here after burning out on the same two options.
Hire an agency: slow, expensive, fragmented across five people you'll never meet. Hire a freelancer: cheap, inconsistent, gone the moment the deposit clears. M13 sits between — close enough to feel like part of your team, structured enough to actually deliver.
Need to convince the decision-maker? Send this page to your boss, your CFO, or whoever holds the budget. The numbers below make the case for you.
Less than the cost of an in-house senior designer in Canada or the US.
Most subscription requests round-trip in 2–5 business days.
Every file, every asset, every source — yours. No locked exports, no vendor traps.
Since 2011. 56+ projects shipped for small businesses across North America.
The numbers don't lie.
Three different paths. Three different price tags. Three very different experiences. Use this when you're stress-testing the decision.
Based on Canadian and US national averages for senior creative and agency engagements.
I started M13 because I watched too many talented business owners get charged a fortune by agencies that disappeared the moment the invoice cleared.
Every business deserves a designer who's invested in their growth — not just their next invoice. That's what M13 is.
Lines I won't cross.
Not values pillars on a poster — these are how M13 actually behaves week to week. If any of these slip, the work isn't worth shipping.
Transparency is the only policy.
T.O.P.No gatekeeping, no hidden fees. You see the work in progress, you know what every line on the invoice is for, and if I'm running behind I tell you before you ask. Built on mutual respect — I keep it 100.
Expertise that's been earned.
Receipts, not promisesFifteen years of design and dev work, hundreds of projects shipped. My process isn't guesswork — it's a system built on what's actually worked, not what looks good on a sales page.
Digital assets that actually perform.
Main character energyYour website, your brand, your tools should be your best employees — constantly acquiring clients, processing sales, driving growth. Not pretty pictures collecting dust.
One dashboard for every M13 client.
Project or subscription, you get the M13 Creative Dashboard — your single source of truth, replacement for the email-and-Asana shuffle. Project clients use it for tracking. Subscription clients use it for tracking and submitting requests through their two active slots.