Weekly design blocks
to launch business faster
VCs, early-stage, and growth-stage companies hire me for streamlined design, strategic messaging aligned with business goals. They want no-hassle engagements across brand, decks, web design — consider it done!
Trusted by
Design is one way our portfolio can create real competitive distinction and I can always count on Matthew to do just that — every time.
CEO Outer Bio / Partner Hawktail VC
You can see Matthew’s experience in every master stroke decision. Instead of 10 rounds with a Jr designer I’ll choose to do a single round with an expert — half the time, better results.
CEO XMTP / Partner Logos Ventures
High Impact Individuals
- Seth Godin
- Tim Ferriss
- Michael Polansky
- Shane Mac
Large Scale Business
- Walmart
- MailChimp
- Turner Broadcasting
Large Scale NPOs
- Schmidt Sciences
- Gates Foundation
- Parker Institute of
Cancer Immunotherapy
Venture Capital Firms
- a16z
- 8VC
- LUX Capital
- Oak HCFT
- SV Angel
- Riot
- Hawktail
- Cantos
- Logos
- KDT Ventures
- Hummingbird
- Valkyrie
I work in weekly design blocks:
$7k / week
- Example: A typeface logo with a 3-5 page marketing site, including copywriting, and business cards. 2-3 weeks.
- Example: A 15-20 page pitch or sales deck design, with strategic copy refinements. 3-4 weeks.
- Example: A full 5-7 page site redesign for a marketing or e-commerce site including copywriting. 4-5 weeks.
Simple promises
- I will create clarity of purpose and then work expediently.
- I will keep my client count low so I’m focused on you.
- I will focus on your business goals, not my personal style.
- I will communicate at a level that will be unusually clear.
Decoding Bio
Creating an inspiring and distinctive brand and online home for the fastest growing biotech publication on the planet.
Tangle News
Design and Creative Direction for the fastest growing non-partisan news organization with a new brand and website.
Tell Your Story
Crafting a simple brand, style, and essential strategy for launching Tucker & Emily’s brilliant memoir academy.
Spikeball
Enabling the innovative alt sports company to inspire a new wave of funding for their expansion.
Oak HC/FT
Deploying a new presence of Oak to show off their powerful presence in healthcare and fintech as a brand name VC.
Relational Therapies
The most clearly defined value props for a therapist site ever created.
Neros
Defining both brand and online presence to help Neros win defense contracts from the DOD.
We The Action
Communicating urgency and humanity across an online presence for one of the brands under the Emerson Project.
Arta
Crafting marketing and product flows to support Arta becoming the pre-eminent art shipper internationally.
MailChimp
Crafting an experimental expression of email for MailChimp, themselves the masters of brand and email.
Robin
Building a templated educational system for Robin’s clients to learn the Robin methodology for utilizing office space.
Common Questions:
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How many time blocks do I need?
We’ll do an initial call and assess that together based on your business goals, financial budget, and deadlines. I will advocate for the right work that can be done in the design block timeline. I don’t bullshit you. I’m here to make your life easier.
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I need a launched website. Do you do dev too?
I’m a technologist, but not a developer. I don’t build sites, but I will be your advocate and find you the perfect developer from my extensive network to build your site on time and on the right platform.
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What if we need small changes?
I’m a reasonable human and I want you happy. I can add hourly if necessary. We’ll work something out, and if I lack the bandwidth I will find you the right person to take the work forward from my huge network. My job is to see you succeed.
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What deliverables do you offer?
See my skillsets below, but anything I don’t offer I will refer you to some of the best and brightest out there. After 20 years I have one of the best networks in the industry, which is likely how we were introduced as well.
My skillsets:
- Pitch & Sales Decks
- Marketing Site Design
- Branding & Logos
- Landing Pages
- Email Campaigns
- Strategic Copywriting
- Marketing Design
- Creative Direction
Skills I refer
to others:
- Animation
- Development
- Long Form Content
- Design Systems