SaaS Kelvin Studio 2023 16 weeks
A studio OS for a creative agency's workflow
Building the internal SaaS that turned a 12-person studio into a 40-person operation.
Live · Shipped 2023
Services provided
DiscoveryProduct DesignFullstack DevAI/ML
Tech stack
Next.jstRPCPrismaPostgresOpenAILinear API
The challenge
Kelvin was drowning in spreadsheets and Notion pages. Every new hire needed 4 weeks to learn the process. Founder was losing 15 hours/week to admin work.
Our approach
How we solved it — step by step.
01
Mapped 47 existing internal processes and killed 22 of them.
02
Shipped a purpose-built studio OS — briefs, retainers, invoicing, capacity.
03
Added an AI copilot that auto-drafts briefs from Slack conversations.
04
Integrated with their Linear + Figma + Xero — zero data duplication.
In-product
A closer look at what we shipped.
The receipts
Numbers that mattered to the business.
3.3×
team size, same admin load
-64%
founder admin hours
12h
saved per project brief
4 yrs
still working together
Client word
"We hired them for one product. Kept them for four. That should tell you everything."
Sana Weiss
Founder, Kelvin Studio
