Small studio.
Big ideas.
Studio Nine is a strategy & creative consultancy. We partner with ambitious companies on a simple bet: the best work happens when strategy and execution share a room.
We started in London in 2017 on two beliefs. First, strategy compounds when the work in market stays faithful to it. Second, ambitious companies don’t need more vendors; they need partners who can think and make in the same conversation.
Today we work with founders and growth-stage teams, pre-seed to Series C, on scoped projects and ongoing retainers. In the room sits a small, senior team that cares as much about the craft as the strategy. Every project starts with Listen, before we make a single design decision.
Strategy is the real product. Everything else is how it shows up.
Every project is led by a senior partner. We don’t sell down to juniors, and we don’t grow to be big. We grow to be sharper. Strategy and execution are made in the same room, by people who care about both halves.
We measure ourselves by the decisions our work helps clients make, not by how many files we hand over. If the campaign is gorgeous and the funnel is empty, we lost. Every engagement has a number we’re trying to move.
2017
Founded in London
Seed → C
Pre-seed to Series C: the stages we work across
6 yrs
With Mercado Labs, from pre-seed to its acquisition
3
Cities: London, Manchester, New York
What we believe
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Strategy is a verb
Decks are deliverables. Strategy is what the team chooses to do every Monday morning. We design for the second one.
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Senior, embedded, small
A senior partner leads every project, and we don’t sell down to juniors. We don’t grow to be big. We grow to be sharper.
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Decisions over deliverables
Our measure is the decisions our work helps clients make, rather than how many files we hand over.
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Beauty is a business case
Quality of craft isn’t a vibe; it’s compounding interest on every customer impression. We argue for craft like we argue for budget.
About Studio Nine
Studio Nine is a strategy and creative consultancy based in London. Simon Lodge founded the studio in 2017, and Nine Marketing Studios Ltd trades as Studio Nine. It partners with ambitious companies, founders and growth-stage operators, from pre-seed to Series C, across the UK, US and Europe.
A senior partner leads every engagement and never hands it down to juniors. The studio spans five capabilities: Strategy, Brand, Campaign, Digital and Systems. It sizes the work to the brief, then holds it accountable to the number it should move. For many clients, it also serves as the outsourced marketing function.
Studio Nine has partnered with Harbinger, Team, Mercado Labs, InfinitForm, Landi Technologies, ElectroTempo and OW Logistics. Mercado Labs worked with the studio from pre-seed to its 2024 acquisition by CargoWise. The studio publishes its thinking on strategy, brand and modern marketing in Insights.