We Build What your competitors Can't See.

We turn customer behavior, creative performance, and competitive blind spots into direct response advertising systems that consistently produce better creative. Through structured experimentation, production strategy, and continuous iteration, we help brands build repeatable growth instead of relying on isolated wins.

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By the numbers

The scale of the brands, budgets, and creative we've led.

8 Figure DTC Brands
7 Figure Monthly
Paid Social
10,000+ Creative
Tests Led
How We Work KAIT Method

Most brands don't need more creative. They need a better way to decide what to make. Better creative is almost always the result of better decisions, made before production ever begins. That's why every engagement starts with the KAIT Method.

Built across
  • 40+ Brands
  • 1,000+ Concepts
  • Thousands of Creative Assets
  1. K 01  /  Strategic Discovery Know the Customer. Strategy comes before creative. Before anything gets made, we read the whole system: performance data, the creative already running, the language customers use, competitive positioning, landing pages, and what your team can realistically produce. The goal is never more ideas. It is fewer, better bets. Most accounts are not short on concepts, they are short on evidence about which concept is worth funding. Creative IntelligenceCustomer ResearchCompetitive Analysis
  2. A 02  /  Experimentation Framework Analyze the Opportunity. Opportunities only matter once they become a roadmap. Every concept carries a hypothesis, a success metric, and one variable worth isolating, so the result is an answer instead of an opinion. Tests get sequenced by what they teach, not by what is easiest to produce. Volume without structure is spend. Structured volume compounds. Messaging StrategyGrowth RoadmapsHypothesis Design
  3. I 03  /  Creative Development & Production Iterate with Purpose. Execution should never dilute the strategy. Every concept becomes a production-ready brief: hook, messaging, creative direction, shot list, success criteria. Then we stay with it. We have produced, directed, shot, and edited, so we know exactly where a strategy gets lost between the brief and the timeline. Whether we lead your team, direct creators, or cut the work ourselves, the idea that tested is the idea that ships. Creator BriefsPerformance ScriptsCreative Direction
  4. T 04  /  Performance Optimization Transform Performance. Launch is where the learning starts. Every asset is read back against the hypothesis it was built on: what held attention, where it lost people, which message actually did the work. Those answers set the next round of messaging, direction, and testing priorities. The goal was never one winning ad. It is a system where each round starts smarter than the last, so the advantage compounds instead of resetting. Creative ReviewsEditorial DirectionPerformance Optimization

The hardest part isn't making the ad.

It's deciding which ad
deserves to exist.

Let's Build Better Creative

Work We've Made for brands You Know.

This portfolio brings together work we have personally shot and edited alongside campaigns we led through creative direction for UGC creators, influencers, and celebrity talent. Different execution, one standard: performance.

Brands We've Helped Scale

HexClad Oura WeightWatchers Curology Rent the Runway Mercari Girlfriend Collective TRX Grove Co. Flamingo Bliss Laura Geller Cover FX Function of Beauty Proven Skincare Sio Beauty TRIO Beauty Shield Labs Tovala Catalina Crunch Brightland Gratsi Material Kitchen Hedley & Bennett Caskata Lomi Begin Health GleeFull Supplements Kosmos Q Flo Pilates HUG Sleep Ice Blankets Jambys Hollow Socks Flux Footwear Charix The Patch Brand Vetchy Cowhides Direct StoryBoards Xena Workwear
Case study

Great Creative
Isn't Luck.

  • ClientDTC fitness brand
  • ChannelMeta
  • AudienceWomen 34–52
The challenge
  • Creative fatigue
  • Performance plateaued
  • No repeatable framework
The system
  1. 01 Research Personas · Reviews · Communities · Meta data
  2. 02 Insight Pain points · Motivations · Blind spots
  3. 03 Hypothesis A claim worth proving, one variable at a time
  4. 04 Test Hooks · Angles · Frameworks · Landing pages
  5. 05 Framework The pattern behind the winner, written down
  6. 06 Scale Rebuilt across audiences, formats and channels
The breakthrough

Dramatic storytelling beat feature-first creative. Lead with the story they already live, introduce the product second.

The outcome
  • ROAS
  • Click-through rate
  • Cost per acquisition
  • Landing page conversion
  • Engagement
01  /  Direct response

Client Footage & UGC

TRX
TRX
Charix
Charix
Flo Pilates
Flo Pilates
Hedley & Bennett
Hedley & Bennett
HexClad
HexClad
Hollow Socks
Hollow Socks
HUG Sleep
HUG Sleep
Laura Geller
Laura Geller
Proven Skincare
Proven Skincare
Rent the Runway
Rent the Runway
Storyboards
Storyboards
The Patch Brand
The Patch Brand
Tovala
Tovala
TRIO Beauty
TRIO Beauty
Vetchy
Vetchy
Xena Workwear
Xena Workwear
LomiPlay
Lomi
Begin HealthPlay
Begin Health
CurologyPlay
Curology
JambysPlay
Jambys
02  /  Celebrity

Celebrity-Led Campaigns

Laura Geller / Bethenny FrankelPlay
Laura Geller
Bethenny Frankel
Laura Geller / Jennie GarthPlay
Laura Geller
Jennie Garth
Bliss / Katharine McPheePlay
Bliss
Katharine McPhee
Laura Geller / Katharine McPheePlay
Laura Geller
Katharine McPhee
03  /  Static

Built to Win the Scroll

Every static was designed with intention. From concept and copy to composition and creative testing, these images were built to stop the scroll, communicate instantly, and drive action.

Reasons Why
Leg Lumps
Estrogen Lumps
Jeans Fit Cartoon
Jeans Fit Again
Intimacy Story
Cartoon Review
Before and After
180 Day Guarantee
Laura Geller
Laura Geller
Flo Pilates
Flo Pilates
Flo Pilates

Ready to build a creative system that scales?

Let's Build Better Creative
How We Work Together

Ready to Scale Creative?

Low thumbstop rates. Weak watch times.
Declining CTRs. Rising CAC. Creative fatigue.

These aren't isolated metrics. They're symptoms of a creative system that isn't built to learn. We partner with a handful of brands each quarter to identify what's limiting performance, uncover the ideas that move the numbers, and build a repeatable creative system that consistently produces stronger ads and more efficient growth.

The packages

Ways We Can Work Together

More than creative. A thinking partner.

We don't disappear for 5 days and come back with a folder of assets. We work alongside your team, challenge assumptions, simplify decisions, and build systems that make every round of creative smarter than the last. The goal isn't just better ads. It's a better way of making them.

Fixed priceFixed scopeFixed timelineUnlimited usage
01 Strategy

Creative Opportunity Report

$750 5 business days

Perfect for brands that know their creative isn't performing as well as it should but aren't sure what's holding it back or where to focus next.

What's included
  • Performance review
  • Competitor analysis
  • Customer insights
  • Audience personas
  • Winning hooks & angles
  • Creative fatigue audit
  • Growth opportunities
  • Prioritized action plan
You receive
1Creative Opportunity Report
1Live strategy walkthrough
02 Briefs

Creator Brief Sprint

$2,000 5 business days

Perfect for brands with an established creator or influencer network that need production-ready briefs to guide their next round of UGC.

What's included
  • Creative strategy
  • Customer insights
  • Messaging
  • Creative concepts
  • Hooks
  • Shot lists
  • Visual references
  • Production guidance
  • Testing recommendations
You receive
10Production-ready creative concepts, each with a corresponding creator brief

Every brief covers creative objective, hook, core messaging, creator direction, shot list, talking points, visual references, production notes, success criteria.

03 Briefs

Editor Brief Sprint

$2,000 5 business days

Perfect for brands sitting on a library of UGC or creator content that need production-ready editor briefs to turn existing footage into high-performing ads.

What's included
  • Creative strategy
  • Footage analysis
  • Messaging
  • Creative concepts
  • Hooks
  • Edit direction
  • Visual references
  • Performance recommendations
  • Testing recommendations
You receive
10Production-ready creative concepts, each with a corresponding editor brief

Every brief covers creative objective, hook, core messaging, edit direction, scene-by-scene structure, visual references, motion graphics and text callouts, music and pacing, success criteria.

Most complete
04 Full production

Launch-Ready Creative

$4,000 7 business days from product arrival

Perfect for brands that want fully produced performance creative that is ready to launch, with nothing left to hand off.

What's included
  • Creative strategy
  • Scriptwriting
  • UGC production
  • Video editing
  • Creative variations
  • Final exports
You receive
4Fully produced concepts
12Performance variations
24Launch-ready assets

Delivered in 9:16 and 1:1, exported for paid and organic.

Add-ons

Production, On Its Own

Bolt either onto a package, or book them standalone when your team already has the strategy and just needs footage.

Kait on camera

UGC On-Camera Footage

$600

Perfect for brands that need authentic, creator-style footage filmed and ready for their editing team. Kait is the creator on camera, shooting and delivering every clip herself.

20On-camera talking points
20Raw clips, 8s minimum
  • Product interaction
  • Lifestyle B-roll
  • Multiple angles & takes
  • Organized, edit-ready files
  • Unlimited paid & organic rights

Send a script or talking points, or give general direction and we will write the messaging based on what performs.

Sample reel
On-camera delivery and high-quality product B-roll, shot in house. Take the raw files organized and ready for your editor, or have us cut them into launch-ready ads.
Product

Product B-Roll Package

$500

Perfect for brands that need premium product footage to strengthen existing ads or build new creative.

20Premium B-roll clips, 8s minimum
  • Lit for paid social & ecom
  • Product interaction
  • Lifestyle footage
  • Multiple angles & movements
  • Organized, edit-ready files
  • Unlimited paid & organic rights

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Working Together?

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Meet Kait

I Love Finding the insight Everyone Else Missed.

Kait Winey sorting records on a Brooklyn stoop

Kait leads creative strategy for DTC and ecommerce brands, combining strategy, performance marketing, and production to build creative systems that drive growth. Her role is to determine what gets made, why it gets made, how it gets tested, and how success is measured. What she enjoys most is solving the puzzle behind performance. Every winning ad, customer insight, and performance trend reveals something about why people buy. Her job is turning those insights into better creative decisions and stronger business results. She began her career producing original television content for ABC and NBC affiliates, where she learned to tell compelling stories, make confident creative decisions, and execute under pressure. Today, those instincts are paired with experimentation, customer research, and performance data. AI is a core part of her workflow, helping her accelerate research, analysis, creative development, and production. It doesn't replace strategy. It gives her more time to focus on the thinking that moves the business forward. Whether she is leading a creative team or building campaigns herself, her approach is the same: understand the customer, challenge assumptions, test relentlessly, and continuously improve. To her, creative strategy isn't about making more ads. It's about understanding people and building systems that help brands grow.

I grew up wanting to do exactly this. Every day, I get to solve problems, uncover opportunities, and help brands grow through creative that actually makes an impact.

It never feels like just a job because it feels like I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be. Working alongside ambitious founders and teams is something I never take for granted, and it's a privilege I hope to keep doing for the rest of my life.

Kaitlyn Winey
Behind the work

15 Years
Behind the Camera.

For the past 15 years, I've been producing, directing, filming, and editing stories across broadcast and digital media. That experience shaped the way I approach every project today, combining creative instinct with strategic thinking to produce work that performs.

On location for an interview shoot. The llama was not in the brief.
On location for an interview shoot. The llama was not in the brief.
Beauty segment, network affiliate studio.
Beauty segment, network affiliate studio.
Field production. Camera, audio, and a lot of mud.
Field production. Camera, audio, and a lot of mud.

Strategy is only half of it.

The other half is
knowing how it gets made.

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DTC Thoughts

Notes On creative that Works

Essays on hooks, testing, briefs, and what the data actually says.

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Let's Find your next Win.

Easter egg

Creative Strategy Quest

Run the process end to end. Collect insights, dodge bad KPIs, reach the dashboard. Sixty seconds, one level.

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Strategy
Beats Volume.

Stomp a bad KPI to kill it. Touch one from the side and you lose a life. Grab every insight you can on the way to the dashboard.

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Mission complete

Winner
Found.

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