ABOUT JOA CREATIVE LAB
Founded 2016. Two thousand brands. Twenty-five industries. Still run by the person who started it.
WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO
We build the whole first impression.
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Strategy, brand, website, and the systems running behind all of it, built together, by one team, so nothing on your site contradicts anything else on your site.
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Most founders end up with a designer who doesn't write, a copywriter who doesn't build, and a developer who wasn't in either conversation. Then they spend a year being the project manager of their own brand. That's the thing we exist to prevent.
HOW WE GOT HERE
JOA started with one logo and a very simple idea: good design shouldn't only be available to people with a marketing department.
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Ten years and 2,000 brands later, I still believe that. We've launched people who hadn't made a dollar yet and rebuilt brands doing seven figures, sometimes in the same week. Nobody gets a lesser version because of where they're starting.
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Your work is worth building properly. That's true on day one and it's true at year ten.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
The message is the design problem.
Nine times out of ten the site doesn't need a new look. It needs to say the right thing. Fix that first and everything downstream gets easier.
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Your business is stewardship.
Something you were handed and are responsible for. Building it well is part of the assignment.
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Premium isn't a price, it's a standard.
We've never shipped something we wouldn't put our name on, and we've turned down work to keep it that way.
Nobody should have to chase us.
Real dates, real updates, and you'll always know which phase you're in.
OUR CLIENTS HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN:
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seantal
FOUNDER & BRAND STRATEGIST
Seantal founded JOA in 2016. She works where marketing meets design, strategy, messaging, and websites built to convert, not just look good.
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Fun fact: Jamaican, matcha over coffee, undefeated in font arguments.
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ALEX
COO AND LEAD DEVELOPER
Alex turns ideas into clean, fast websites people actually enjoy using. He believes good design should feel effortless, and he's the reason everything works when you click it.
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Fun fact: he spent over a decade as a Marine Engineer on merchant ships and luxury yachts.
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ERLANDE
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER & STRATEGIST
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Erlande makes sure the brand keeps talking after launch. She handles strategy, content, and the day-to-day of showing up online, so a beautiful site doesn't sit there waiting for someone to find it.
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Fun fact: Haitian, obsessed with fashion, and has never once been talked out of pink.
MEET THE TEAM
Take a look at the files
You'll meet everybody eventually. Might as well start now.
