A creative director who learns your business, and AI agents that keep building after he goes home. You pay far less than one salary, and you see where every hour goes.
Employee, agency, or Lakefly?
A hire gives you someone who owns the work. An agency gives you range. Here is where a Lakefly partnership sits between them.
| Compared on | Employee | Lakefly | Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| CostWhat you pay every month | $$$ | $$ | $$$ |
| QualityHow good the finished work is | One person's ceiling | Direction and review on every piece | Specialists in one craft |
| SpeedHow fast the work comes back | One person's hours in a day | Building continues after hours | You queue behind their other clients |
| Range of workVideo, web, print, email, ads, software | One person's skill set | All of it, from one partnership | Depends on the shop |
| OwnershipFinds the opportunities, not just the tasks | Owns their own lane | Brings ideas to you, does not wait for them | Executes the brief you hand over |
| VisibilityHow much of the work you actually see | At their desk | In your office in person multiple hours per week | A monthly report |
| Starting upHow soon the first work lands | Weeks to hire, months to ramp up | Starts this week | Onboarding calls first |
| AvailabilityWhen the work actually happens | Forty hours, minus time off | 24/7 | Business hours |
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He learns your business, understands your goals, and helps decide what to create. You can bring requests, but you don't need all the answers. Finding opportunities and bringing ideas forward is part of the partnership.
Tokens are your budget for creative time, replenished every week. Daniel's direction and the agents' production draw from that allocation at different rates. Agents handle computer work at a much lower rate, so your budget goes further.
Work that once meant hours at a computer moves forward through AI agents. Daniel reviews and directs, agents revise and test, and the work comes to completion ready for your approval. They run 24/7, so assigned work continues while you sleep.
It's the ongoing creative support you want from a salaried role, with visibility built in. You see what's being done, who's doing it, and where your tokens go. Time is tracked down to the second.
Not just marketing. Anything your business needs made.
If you hired a creative or marketing director, you would pay a salary, and then benefits, equipment, software, recruiting and training, plus paid time off to plan around.
What you actually want from that investment: creative direction for your business. Someone finding opportunities and taking ownership. And finished work, every week — the website, the videos, the campaign, the customer experience.
With Lakefly, you build a plan around those deliverables. Daniel is at your business one or two days a week, part of the team, not just a vendor. You invest far less in the role and get the same finished work.
Your website, your name, and an email. A phone number is optional if you want text updates. That's the whole form.
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