Hiring in-house
Slow to staff, expensive to keep, and hard to flex across design, back-end, and operations.
The long wayWebsites + custom software
We build software around how your business actually works.
First we learn the business. Then we design the website, commerce experience, or operating system around it.
30 featured projects
4 core services
2 founders
Featured work
Campaign experience · 2026
Wonderful Halos · Creative direction + digitalSunshine you can peel.
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Trusted by growing teams across the region
Why build custom
Off-the-shelf makes you adapt. Custom adapts to you.
What happens when the software fits the business instead of the other way around?
The savings compound—in time, in money, and in the headaches you stop having. We map how your team actually works, then build the system around it: fewer tools, fewer workarounds, fewer spreadsheets holding everything together.
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What sets us apart
Senior talent. Smarter systems. Purposefully built to keep up with you.
You've outgrown the workarounds.
Most of our clients come to us duct-taping a business together. Here's what changes when the software fits the way you actually work.
What's slowing you down
✕Spreadsheets holding it together
✕Manual, repetitive workflows
✕Outdated websites
✕Disconnected tools
What we build instead
✓One system built around you
✓Automation that does the busywork
✓A sharp, modern web presence
✓Everything connected end to end
Customer stories
All case studies Real businesses, running on systems we built.
The Light Guys Christmas · Website + Local SEO
A cinematic, quote-first experience built to win an entire season in eight weeks.
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Wonderful Halos · Campaign + Web
40 Social Ads. One Creative Campaign. Assembled into one joyful campaign world.
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Welker's · Custom Platform
A live board-foot quoting and milling platform for a family lumber yard.
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What we build
One team for everything from your website to your back office.
Custom SoftwareBakersfield Web DesignMobile AppsAI + AutomationContractor WebsitesE-commerceConfiguratorsCRM + OperationsQuoting + PricingDashboardsIntegrationsSupport + Growth
The right fit
Hiring in-house or a traditional agency? Neither.
Collins Creative
One senior, founder-led team. Design and engineering together, AI-accelerated, built around your business.
The fitTraditional agencies
Layers of handoffs, junior teams, and templated builds with little context for how you actually run.
The detourHow we work
One clear process, from problem to working software.
No mystery, no black box. You see real progress at every stage—from the first map of your workflows to a system that keeps growing with your business.
01Discover—we learn your business
02Design—we plan the system
03Build—we ship in steps
04Support—we stick around
Who you'll work with
Design and engineering, led by the founders.
No account managers, no handoffs, no junior team learning on your budget—you work directly with the two people building your system.
Design + front-end
Brendan Collins
Brendan leads UI/UX, branding, and front-end execution—making software simple, clear, polished, and easy for real people to use.
Architecture + engineering
Nathan Staker
Nathan leads architecture, back-end systems, databases, and automation—making systems reliable, secure, scalable, and aligned with how the business runs.
Tell us what's slowing your team down.
Send us a note and we'll show you what a system built around your business could look like—no obligation, no jargon.