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Marketing with a focus on The Internet & Retail Since 2006

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OUR Story

Forged in a partnership of great respect, Solver Collective combines the many talents of our team to help highly visible consumer facing companies and brands with their online and offline business since 2006.

"There is no individual stronger than the collective. Together we are stronger than we are alone."

VISION

As Artists, we want to evolve our craft with technology, share our knowledge with others, integrate our craft into meaningful projects that bring delight to both ourselves and our partners in exchange for fair compensation. We specialize in Webflow web development and the Shopify ecosystem for e-commrece and retail POS and we want to help our clients leverage these technologies to get the most out of their digital and retail business.

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If this VISION aligns with yours... let's innovate together!

Collective

Director
BRIAN Edward GONZALES

Seattle University

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Software Engineer
Nicholas Eli

Clark College

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Web Developer
Mike Magliocca

University of Pittsburgh
Brooklyn College

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Art Director
Joel Brinson

School of Hard Noct Bureau

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ALLIance

Solver Meetup Group
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Draplin Design Co.
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Lead Generation
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01.

TECHNOLOGY

Your business relies on technology and sometimes you don't even know where to start. From POS retail hardware to Shopify+ E-Commerce. We got you covered.

EXPERIENCED:
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We humanize data for you
Simplify complex technology stacks
Bridge online and offline
Manage disparate systems
Documentation + Training
Research & Development
02.

MARKETING

Let us help you explore compelling ways to reach your audience, tell your story, and build an engaging experience backed by real world data prepared especially for you.

EXPERIENCED:
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Brand Discovery
Product Discovery
Market Strategy
Campaign Development
Merchandising
Multichannel Distribution
03.

CREATIVE

We are here to help produce your brand's creative content from start to finish utilizing our top tier talent and expertise that comes from 20+ years experience.

EXPERIENCED:
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Art Direction
Graphic Design / Collateral
Copywriting
Photography / Videography
Product Packaging
Motion Graphics

Director's Note

Hello there. My name is Brian Gonzales. I am the founder of Solver Collective. Phillip made this little video of me to help people like you get to know us. Please click the play button and enjoy the show.

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OUR CRAFT | CASE STUDIES
PROJECTS & PORTFOLIO
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CASE STUDY
CAPiTA Snowboards

Near Field Communication App

Near Field Communication (NFC) is the set of protocols that allow electronic devices to communicate with each other by bringing the devices in the proximity wireless in contact with each other. Alongside the team at CAPiTA Mothership, we built an extensive app that not only assists the production process but also allows the brand to educate and communicate in realtime with their customer base.

CASE STUDY
Union Binding Company

Digital Catalog

In the ever changing landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic, we had to think strategically and act fast. No longer will traditional printed catalogs be an option. Our new distribution model was 100% virtual. From showrooms to catalogs. See how we leveraged existing infrastructure and built a new permissions based digital experience which will shift the paradigm of the industry from here on out.

CASE STUDY
Supple Rockers

Product Photography

For the baseball purist, there is nothing more therapeutic than the kinetic energy of a Supple Rocker. Being baseball fans ourselves, we thoroughly enjoyed working with Dan and Kim Supple to provide brand consultation, art direction and dramatic product photography of their legendary chairs crafted from the finest of materials this side of the home plate.

CASE STUDY
MCNA

Explainer Video for Kids

This was an educational cartoon produced by a national healthcare insurance company to illustrate good dental practices for children. I had complete control throughout the project including script writing, concept art, 3d modeling, lighting, texturing, animation, rendering and compositing.

CASE STUDY
Diamond Pistons

Engine Fly Through

Style frames developed for a performance piston manufacturer.

CASE STUDY
Neff

Iterative Overhaul

Image of solver brand culture and past projects.
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

WHAT TO EXPECT

Every client and project is different, but here is a quick glimpse at what an average project budget and development cycle looks like. We use various communication tools along the entire process including phone, email, video meetings and Asana.
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Sample Budget: $10,000 - $49,000

NOTE ABOUT OUR ETHICAL PRICING MODEL:
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We appreciate value based pricing models, but with over 2 decades of experience we can still never justify it ethically. We will never ask you how much money you have - just so we can figure out if we can charge you more.

Instead, we will provide you with both a baseline estimate (you will never pay less than this amount) and a max-cap budget (you will never pay more than this amount).

We leverage our collective expertise and best guess to establish your project estimate based on "time and materials" priced at fair market rates. You heard that right - it is a bit of a guess that is based on over 2 decades of experience launching world-class projects. Once we establish the baseline estimate we will add an additional ~1/3 to the time allotted to allow for: mistakes, changes, and improvements.

Our goal is to get as close to the estimate as possible, but the allocated budget is there in case we need to use it. You will never be charged more than your total max-cap budget.

We will invoice you against your budget at a predefined interval (usually every 2 weeks or whatever makes sense for both of us; so let's work that out together). The portion of budget that we don't use is yours to keep or repurpose towards other rad project requests.

There are some instances where there will be costs associated to usage rights, distribution of media, and intellectual property. All pricing will be transparently communicated by your assigned account manager before any work has been performed and throughout the project lifecycle.

Thank you for trusting us with your business investment.

Sincerely,
Brian Gonzales, Director

INTRODUCTIONS

A Friendly Conversation
Skype / Zoom / Hangouts / In Person
Week 1 — NOW
WEEK 1

BRAND DISCOVERY

Client Questionnaire
We learn about you, the project challenges, and get inspired

CREATIVE / PROJECT BRIEF

Let us help formalize your needs and establish goals and scope.
WEEK 2 - FIRST PAYMENT
WEEK 2

TEAM ASSEMBLY

We work with top tier talent from our creative network to bring your project to life.
We are a remote first company with clients and co-workers from around the world.

ART DIRECTION

Creative Vision + Creative Strategy
WEEK 3
WEEK 3++

PROJECT ITERATION

We are in full swing of production mode so we will be working hard on your project, gathering assets and developing code.
This process of production iteration will occur over and over until project goals / budget / timeline have been obtained.

PROJECT REVIEW

Demo / QA / UAT
~2 weeks

- Project Iteration & Project Review -

REPEAT UNTIL MUTUALLY AGREED UPON BASED ON TIME | BUDGET | GOALS
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Project Launch

Trusted by brands

THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF SOME OF THE BRANDS THAT TRUSTED US WITH THEIR INVESTMENT.

We thank them so much.

Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as CAPITA Snowboards.
Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as Union Binding Company.
Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as Draplin Design Company.
Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as Neff.
Trusted by brands such as Li-Ning.
Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as RapGrid.
Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as Supple Rockers.
Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as Coal Headwear.
Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as Quarterlab.
Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as Kill Rock Stars.
Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as Frank 151.
Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as Definitive Jux.
Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as U.E.I. Test Instruments.
Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as Defcon.
Solver Collective is trusted by brands such as Armada.
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