Creative marketing studio · Brisbane · Gold Coast · Canberra

Marketing with bite.
None of the buzzwords.

Brands, campaigns and marketing systems for startups, SMEs and the public sector. Sharp strategy, strong creative, and modern tools that make good work faster. The thinking stays human.

Creative work at First Touch Studio
20 yrs
Marketing experience across 35+ industries
Pre-qualified supplier · Working nationally
Trusted by teams across 35+ industries, from startups to government
Who we work with

Two kinds of client. One standard of work.

Be honest with yourself

Is your marketing keeping up with your business?

Ideas die waiting to ship

The campaign that took six weeks should have taken six days. By the time it went live, the moment it was built for had passed.

How much is slow costing you each quarter?
Every channel sounds different

The website says one thing, social says another, and last week's proposal reads like a third business entirely. That drift erodes trust quietly.

Would a stranger recognise your brand across three touchpoints?
Tools that promised, then didn't

Subscriptions bought on a demo, set up without a brief, abandoned by week three. The tools were fine. The foundation was missing.

What are you paying for that nobody uses?
What we do

Three ways in.
One standard.

No off-the-shelf packages. We diagnose first, then scope the work to the problem, write it down, and price it before we start.

No. 1
Build
For businesses defining who they are

Brand strategy, identity and creative direction. The foundation that makes every downstream decision faster, cheaper and more consistent.

- Brand strategy and positioning
- Visual and verbal identity
- Creative direction
- Messaging architecture
No. 2
Grow
For businesses chasing revenue

Campaigns, advertising, content and social. Commercial intent behind every creative decision. Attention is cheap. We build the kind that converts.

- Campaign strategy and execution
- Advertising management
- Content strategy and production
- Social media management
No. 3
Systemise
For businesses drowning in manual work

Automation, tool setup and AI workflows configured to your brand. Do more without hiring more. Nothing running on memory and goodwill.

- Marketing automation
- AI tool setup and training
- Lead nurture and pipeline
- Content systems
Proof, not promises

Work that earned
its keep.

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The honest bit

Where AI fits. And where it doesn't.

Every agency now claims AI. Few will tell you where it genuinely helps and where it makes work worse. We use modern tools because they make good work faster. The strategy, the ideas and the judgement stay human. That's the whole point.

Read our full AI Transparency Statement, published to the standard government agencies publish their own.

Where we use it
- Producing content at volume once your voice is documented
- Refreshing ad creative before performance fatigues
- Following up every lead without a human remembering to
- Cutting the time between idea and live
Where we never will
- Strategy and positioning. Judgement doesn't automate
- Generic prompts on no brand foundation
- Replacing the thinking you're actually paying for
- Client-facing output without a human passing it first

We came in asking for help with our content. They told us content wasn't the problem and fixed the right thing instead. It's rare to find people who will talk themselves out of scope.

James M.Founder, established SME · Canberra
For professional services firms

Winning on credentials
is running out of time.

The Professional Services Marketing Audit shows you exactly what your marketing is doing wrong and what to do about it. Built for firms that sell expertise and have historically won on reputation and referral. No email gate. No pitch.

41
Pages of scorecards and benchmarks
8
Areas scored across your marketing
0
Email addresses required
Download it free

If you want to go further after reading it, you know where we are.

The Professional Services Marketing Audit

Tell us what's
not working.

We'll look at what you have, tell you honestly what we'd focus on, and give you a straight answer on whether we're the right fit.