Summer
Sprint
Fixed scope. Fixed price. A working brand system, a launchable site, or a hero brand film, finished and in your hands before August 1. We reply to every message inside forty-eight hours, or you keep half your money.
Ten slots, first inquiry first served.
Forty-eight hour replies
Every message during the engagement gets a substantive answer within two business days.
Half your money back
If we ever miss the SLA, we credit five percent per miss, up to the full fifty percent deposit.
Finished before August
Scope is fixed up front. No moving line items. You launch in July or sooner.
Three sprints
Pick the one your team needs in your hands by August.
2 weeks
Brand Sprint
$4,000
A working brand system you can ship behind. Positioning, wordmark, color, type, and a one-page guideline you can hand to anyone.
- Strategic positioning document
- Primary wordmark plus one secondary lockup
- Color and typography system
- One-page brand guidelines
- Two revision rounds on the wordmark
2 to 3 weeks
Site Sprint
$6,500
A single-page marketing site that does the heavy lifting. Built on your existing brand, deployed to your stack, ready for paid traffic.
- Single-page responsive marketing site
- Copy refinement on partner-supplied draft
- On-page SEO foundation
- Contact form routed to your inbox
- Deployment to a partner-owned environment
3 to 4 weeks
Story Sprint
$9,000
A 60 to 90 second hero brand film. Two shoot days, finished master, plus a vertical cutdown for social.
- 60 to 90 second hero brand film
- Up to two shoot days in the contiguous US
- One rough cut and one final cut revision
- Licensed music and basic motion graphics
- 16:9 master plus a 9:16 vertical cutdown
Fifty percent deposit reserves your slot, fifty percent on delivery. Scope is locked when the contract is signed. Anything beyond the appendix is quoted separately so nothing creeps.
How a Sprint runs
Four phases. No mystery. You always know what is next.
Week 0
Fit call
Twenty minutes to confirm the scope is right and the timeline is realistic. No pitching, no slide decks.
Week 1
Kickoff
Contract signed, 50% deposit cleared, intake questionnaire returned. We set the working channel and the milestone calendar.
Weeks 2 to 3
Build
Daily progress, one structured review per week, 48-hour reply guarantee on every message. You always know what is next.
By August 1
Deliver
Final files handed off, deployment completed, balance invoice issued. You launch with everything you own outright.
Hear it from us
Two partners. One promise. Take a minute, hear it in our own words.
From a recent partner
“After reviewing the brief, we are confident we can deliver everything by April 28. Our team has handled similar timelines before and is ready to move quickly.”
Kati Li, SMU Simmons School of Education and Human Development
Hilltree was selected, produced on-site, and delivered on schedule. The same operating posture powers every Summer Sprint.
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Claim a slot
Tell us what you are launching by August 1.
Share a couple of windows that work for a twenty-minute fit call. Blake or Jesse will reply personally within a few hours to lock the time.
The Sprint Guarantee
Half your money back if we ever miss a reply.
What counts as a reply: a substantive written response from Blake or Jesse, sent within 48 business hours of any partner message during the engagement. Auto-responders and acknowledgement notes do not count.
How the credit works: each miss earns back 5% of the contract value, applied to your delivery invoice. Misses stack to a maximum of 50%, which equals your full deposit returned.
The fine print: business hours are Monday through Friday, 9am to 6pm Central. Weekends, federal holidays, and your own delays in providing requested materials pause the clock. The guarantee is documented in writing on every Summer Sprint contract.