For 7-figure DTC brands

Cut your paid-acquisition CAC by 20–40% in 90 days.

Lodestar Studio is the creative engine for scaling DTC brands. We ship 24+ paid-ready ad variants every 14 days — so your performance team always has fresh fuel and your founder never reviews creative at 11pm again.

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5 founding-client spots · 30% off for 6 months · Locked for life
The problem

Your winning ad has fatigued.
Your CAC is climbing.
Nobody on your team can keep up.

Stale creative is the silent CAC killer. Every month you don't ship 20+ fresh variants, you're leaking $20K–$80K in ad efficiency. The math gets ugly fast.

01

Creative fatigue

Your top hook has carried 70% of your spend for six weeks. You can feel ROAS slipping. The next round of variants doesn't exist yet.

02

Your designer is drowning

They were hired to build the brand. They're spending 80% of the week resizing carousels and exporting 9:16 cuts.

03

Agencies move at agency speed

Six-week onboarding. Junior designers. Strategy decks instead of ads. By the time work ships, the season is over.

The solution

The Creative Engine.

A senior-led creative team that operates as your in-house studio, at one-third the cost. 14-day sprints. Performance-tied briefs. Real guarantee in writing.

We don't sell design hours.
We sell lower CAC, on a clock.

Every creative concept ships with a hypothesis. Every sprint is graded against blended CAC, ROAS, and hook rate. We read the ad accounts ourselves.

"They run point on creative. I run point on the business. Best $14K I spend every month."
How it works

Five steps to a compounding creative engine.

01
Audit
We read your ad account, brand book, and top SKUs. Surface what's working, what's fatiguing, and what's missing. Day 0–3.
02
Thesis
A creative thesis: 6 angles, 3 formats, 1 north star. No fluff. Tied directly to CAC and ROAS goals. Day 4–7.
03
Sprint
First 8 variants in your ad account, ready to test. No 6-week ramp. Day 8–14.
04
Iterate
Every 14 days: review winners, kill losers, double down on what's compounding. Forever.
05
Compound
CAC drops. ROAS climbs. The brand sharpens. The founder sleeps.
What clients see

Numbers, not narratives.

−35%
Avg blended CAC reduction in 90 days
24+
Paid-ready ad variants per month
14
Days from kickoff to first variants live
2.1×
Avg hook-rate lift on Meta + TikTok
Founders who run with us

What 7-figure operators are saying.

"Our blended CAC went from $48 to $31 in 9 weeks. We doubled our daily ad spend without doubling our cost-per-acquisition. They're the most senior creative partner we've ever worked with."

Maya R. Founder · Beauty brand · $4.2M ARR

"The variant velocity is unreal. We're running 4x more tests than we were six months ago, and our hook rate has gone from 8% to 19%."

Jordan K. Head of Growth · Wellness brand · $7.1M ARR

"They run point on creative. I run point on the business. Best $14K I spend every month."

Sam P. Founder · Apparel brand · $2.8M ARR
The engagement

One offer. Three sizes. Built around your spend.

3-month minimum. Founding-client pricing through the end of this cohort.

Spark

For brands spending $30–100K/mo on paid social.

$8,000/mo
  • 12 ad variants per month
  • 1 photo / UGC concept
  • Monthly creative review
  • Slack support, 1 business day
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Engine

For brands spending $100–300K/mo and serious about scaling.

$14,000/mo
  • 24 ad variants per month
  • 2 concept shoots
  • Bi-weekly creative review
  • Brand asset library updates
  • Slack, <4hr response
  • 90-day CAC guarantee
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Apex

For brands spending $300K+/mo with full creative ownership.

$22,000/mo
  • 40 ad variants per month
  • 4 concept shoots
  • Weekly creative review
  • Dedicated creative director
  • Full brand stewardship
  • 90-day CAC guarantee
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✓
The 90-day guarantee.

If your blended CAC doesn't drop 20%+ in 90 days on Engine or Apex, you don't pay month four. We've never had to honor it. We don't plan to.

5 founding-client spots · 30% off for 6 months · Locked for life

Claim your spot before launch.

Founding clients lock in $9,800/mo on Engine, get a free Creative Audit ($2,500 value) within 48 hours, and skip the 4–6 week public-launch queue.

No spam. We'll review your brand within 48 hours and reach out personally.

You're in. Spot held for 72 hours.

Here's what happens next:

  1. I'll personally review your brand and ad account in the next 48 hours.
  2. If you're a fit for a founding-client spot, I'll send a 4-minute Loom with 3 creative angles I'd test for you immediately — no pitch.
  3. If you want to keep going, we book a 20-minute call to walk through the engagement.

If we're not a fit (rare, but it happens), I'll tell you that too — and point you to a better partner.