No more template-looking brands, juniors on your account, missed launch dates, round five of revisions, design lost in the handoff.
We design and build the brand, website, product UI and launch film for funded tech teams that are raising, launching or selling upmarket.
Your first call is with meRyan Hofmann, founderI scope your project with the designers who'd make it. Not a sales rep.02Selected work
01 · TICKIZ · Brand identity
02 · HubsAI · Product design
03 · Watt2Trade · Launch film + launch graphics
If any of these came up in your last leadership meeting, you're in the right place.
template-looking brands
juniors on your account
missed launch dates
round five of revisions
design lost in the handoff
Three clients, what they came to us with, and what the work measurably did.
01 · TICKIZ · Brand identity
4 weekskickoff to a complete identity system
A $5M+ ticketing platform needed one identity that event-goers and organizers would both trust.
One identity system across app, web, merch and social, delivered in four weeks.
“Super smooth experience working with Alterra, one of the most high quality design teams we've ever worked with.”
Adrien, Chief Executive Officer, TICKIZ02 · iAgent · Launch video
1.9M+views across socials from one launch video
A funded product with 700k+ users had a launch to announce, and one video to carry it.
A launch video that generated over 1.9M views across iAgent's socials.
“We hired Alterra for a launch video that generated us over 1.9M+ views across our socials. Super easy to work with and very experienced.”
Jamie, Chief Executive Officer, iAgent + Redacted03 · Watt2Trade · Launch film + launch graphics
260k+wallet connections from our launch motion design
A rewards program had to explain its utility in seconds and get people to connect a wallet.
A launch film that helped drive 260,000+ wallet connections and 146,000+ impressions on X.
“Alterra's motion design garnered us over 260k+ wallet connections, 146k+ impressions and 1.8k+ likes on X alone, ultimately proving instrumental in communicating our clients' utility.”
Van, Chief Marketing Officer, OMNI Agency★★★★★Also on record
“Everreach is on Alterra Studio's annual membership, we get immense value from Ryan and his team and we couldn't be happier.”
Ethan, Chief Operating OfficerEverreach Labs“Alterra Studio completely transformed the way we approach design here at Surgence.”
Ruthy, Chief Executive OfficerSurgence“Alterra helped us at Node Financial and designed for our subsidiary ecosystem. We'll always go to Alterra for our design + development needs.”
Drew, Founder of ProgramsNode FinancialBrand, web, product, motion and ongoing design. Whoever scopes your project designs it, so nothing gets lost in a handoff.
For teams whose brand looks smaller than their product.
For teams getting traffic but few demo requests.
For teams whose users sign up and drift away.
For teams launching in weeks with nothing to show.
For teams shipping every week with no designer keeping it consistent.
The team that scopes your project designs it, builds it and reviews the results with you.
30 minutes on your business first: where it is, where it's going and what's in the way. No pitch deck, no hard sell.
A written plan within days: the outcome we're working toward, the deliverables, the team, the timeline and the investment.
We document your before state, including current site, brand, metrics and goals, so we can show exactly what changed.
Weekly check-ins, a shared board and work-in-progress you can see and comment on. Direction is signed off before production.
Launch support, organized source files, guidelines and a walkthrough, so your team owns everything we made.
We check back after launch to measure what moved and decide together what's worth doing next.
Priced on what the work has to achieve, not hours. Your exact price is fixed in a written scope before anything starts.
A launch date is set and one thing has to land: a launch film, a landing page or an identity refresh.
You've raised, repositioned or outgrown your look and need a brand and website that match where you're going.
You need senior design across brand, web, product and launches every month, without hiring a team.
Not ready to commit? Start with the Brand & Website Diagnostic. The full fee comes off any project you book with us within 30 days.
5 working daysSee what's included →Hiring a studio is a risk. These are the parts of it we carry, in writing, before you sign.
Scope of workStandard terms
Every project starts with a strategy and direction phase. If the direction isn't right, you can stop there, keep that work and owe nothing more.
Your written scope has a fixed price. It only changes if you change the scope, and you approve any change in writing first.
Launch-critical work is planned backwards from the date you give us, and the plan is agreed in writing at kickoff.
We record your starting point before we begin and review what moved after launch, so you can see what the work did.
In every proposal, before you signRyan Hofmann, Founder
A startup gets a handful of moments that decide how the market sees it: the raise, the launch, the first big customer, the hire who could work anywhere. In each one, someone who has never used your product decides what they think of you.
A partner skims your site before the first meeting.
The feed gives you about three seconds.
Procurement asks whether you'll still be around next year.
A senior candidate compares you with the offer they already have.
I started Alterra to make those moments land. Our launch motion design for Watt2Trade helped drive 260,000+ wallet connections, and TICKIZ got a complete brand identity in four weeks. When the brand, site and launch tell one story, you stop explaining the company on every call.
So we work backwards from your moment. The people who scope the work are the people who make it, and after launch we check what moved.
Ryan HofmannFounder, Alterra Studio · Seattle
Rive interactions and Blender films we make for ourselves, not for clients. Enter the lab
Prices, timelines, ownership and who does the work.
Funded tech, SaaS, AI and Web3 teams at a turning point: raising, launching, repositioning, or outgrowing how they look. If your product has moved faster than your brand, website or launch creative, we're built for you. If you need a quick, low-cost logo or a template site, we're probably not the right fit.
Projects start at $10k. You'll hear a likely range for yours on the first call, and your written scope fixes the price before anything starts. It only changes if you change the scope.
The price in your written scope only changes if the scope does. If you want to add or change something, we scope and price it in writing first, and nothing starts until you approve it.
Senior designers, with specialist developers when the build needs them, coordinated by one lead who owns your account. No juniors learning on your project and no account-manager layer between you and the people doing the work.
We confirm a start date on the call. Launch-critical work is planned backwards from your date, with the storyboard or direction signed off early so there are no surprises late.
You do. Once paid, the final deliverables made for you are yours, with organized source files and documentation your team can keep building on. Fonts, stock and other third-party assets stay under their own licenses.
In the Pacific Northwest, USA. We work with clients remotely, worldwide.
We start with your business: where it is, where it's going and what's in the way. Then we look at how brand, website, product or launch creative can close that gap. You leave with a recommended scope and next steps, even if we're not the right fit.
Ryan HofmannFounder, Alterra StudioNo pitch, no deck. Bring the problem, whether it's a launch, a raise or a site that isn't working. I'll give you my honest take and a price range, or point you to someone better.
Prefer email? hello@alterra.studio
