Fractional Creative Services

The power of a boutique creative agency — in one simple retainer.

Growing companies need senior creative thinking — but not a full-time hire. DakJen Creative puts an experienced creative leader inside your business on a retained basis, at the level you need.

Your dedicated brand department — without the full-time hire.

We step in as your creative lead — overseeing campaigns, refining positioning, managing content, producing collateral, and making sure every touchpoint is unmistakably you.

Who It's For
Founders scaling past $500K

Your brand hasn't kept up with your business. We fix that — fast.

Executives building a platform

Personal brand alongside the company. LinkedIn, thought leadership, earned media.

Mission-driven organizations

Important work that deserves to be seen clearly. We make it visible.

A Separate Offering · DJC Marketing

The CMO Subscription

Your content & collateral, handled — on a flat monthly subscription. A dedicated design-and-copy team producing steady, on-brand marketing materials, without the cost of a full in-house team or the ballooning project fees of a traditional agency.

Where the fractional roles above embed a creative leader inside your business, this is done-for-you production — you send the requests, we ship the work.

Starter
Marketing Support
$1,500/mo

Collateral + light strategy.

  • 3 requests per month
  • Up to 10 pages of collateral
  • Graphic design, copywriting & collateral
  • 36-business-hour turnaround
  • Light strategic direction & input
  • Private client portal & asset library
Most Popular
Marketing Manager
$3,500/mo

Collateral + active strategy.

  • 5 requests per month
  • Up to 25 pages of collateral
  • Everything in Marketing Support
  • Campaign & content planning
  • Active direction & priorities
  • Standing strategy check-in call
Full Service
The CMO Subscription
Custom quote

Collateral + full marketing leadership.

  • 10+ requests per month
  • Page volume scoped to engagement
  • Everything in Marketing Manager
  • Full strategy & marketing leadership
  • Dedicated creative pod
  • Paid ad management included

Each tier's requests and pages are a monthly allowance, and unused requests and pages roll over for one month. Pause anytime and bank unused days. Annual option: pay for 10 months, get 12 on the first two tiers. Website builds, photo & video, and media buying are available as add-ons; hard costs are billed at actual cost with no markup.

Creative strategy meeting Marketing strategy session Creative team at work
Proven Results — 5-Year Engagement

We rebuilt a dormant digital footprint into a fully functioning thought leadership platform.

237%LinkedIn network growth — 1,645 to 5,543
28×Comment engagement surge
336Posts published vs. 33 in all prior years
6,557Visitors to the thought leader site we built
3,898New connections — 60%+ Director level+
2,346Total comments vs. 215 prior
199Strategic company follows from zero
500+Monthly visitors sustained after close

Earned media landed with authority — Black Enterprise, Bisnow Innovator of the Year, Inc. 5000 (659% revenue growth), Crain's, Bloomberg Radio, BBJ Top 100 Women. The infrastructure made the coverage matter more.

Clients & Partners
Northern Real Estate Urban Ventures Project Community Capital
Client Before & After — Dr. Gina Merritt, MBA
Before
Dr. Gina Merritt website before DakJen Creative
After
Dr. Gina Merritt website after DakJen Creative rebrand
About DakJen Creative Dakotah Jennifer, Founder & CEO of DakJen Creative LLC

Dakotah doesn't hand clients a strategy deck and walk away. She builds the thing — writing the content, designing the assets, directing the creative, and showing up month after month with the consistency that actually moves the needle.

Every engagement is driven by the same founding belief: amplifying underestimated voices, elevating underrepresented brands.

Credentials
  • Columbia University — MFA
  • 5+ years brand management & creative direction
  • Fractional creative leadership — retained engagements
  • Founder — DakJen Creative LLC / DakJen Enterprises LLC
  • Affordable housing marketing specialist
  • MBE/WBE Certification — in progress
Also Available — Retained Creative Leadership

Prefer a creative leader embedded inside your business rather than done-for-you production? These retained roles put senior brand direction on your team by the month.

Tier 1
Fractional Brand Manager
Starting at $2,000/mo

Your brand: better.

  • Brand guide development & maintenance
  • Core template suite (decks, letterhead, RFP, social)
  • Monthly check-in call
  • Creative review & guidance for your team or vendors
Tier 2
Fractional Marketing Director
Starting at $4,000/mo

Your brand, actively led.

  • Everything in Tier 1
  • Bi-weekly strategy calls + team meetings
  • Campaign and content direction
  • Direct collaboration with your social/marketing team
Tier 3
Fractional Chief Creative Officer
Starting at $7,000/mo

Your creative brain, in the room.

  • Everything in Tiers 1 & 2
  • Weekly access — calls, Slack/email, team meetings
  • Creative architecture of new business lines & initiatives
  • Creative guidance and strategy with your marketing team

All tiers are retained creative services only. Travel, ad spend, production costs, and operational support are scoped and billed separately.

Ready to talk? Let's find the right fit.

Book a Call dakotah@dakjencreative.com