SDVOSB
service-disabled veteran-owned small business
translation: your agency is run by a vet who's been through it and built systems that hold under pressure. you get gov-grade reliability with bestie energy.
home ✦ veteran-owned
veteran-owned. woman-owned. small-biz obsessed.
SDVOSB ✦ WOSB ✦ DVBE certified. a marketing agency that runs like the military and feels like your group chat.
what the alphabet soup actually means
certifications are cool. translations are cooler. here's what each one means for you, in plain english.
WOSB
woman-owned small business
translation: women-led shop. the work room is built on listening before pitching, which is exactly why my clients stop ghosting their own brand.
DVBE
disabled veteran business enterprise (CA)
translation: california-certified, eligible for state and municipal set-asides. great for your procurement team, great for your brand story.
why hire a veteran-owned agency anyway?
the honest answer: same reason you hire any team. they care, they ship, and they don't disappear after the contract is signed. the vet part is just why i'm built that way.
- ✦ 20+ years building brands across creative, government, and small biz
- ✦ based in kern county, bakersfield + tehachapi clients on speed dial
- ✦ in-house everything: design, copy, web, photo, video
- ✦ no junior pawn-off. you talk to the person doing the work.
good fit if you're...
you're a small biz that wants to hire mission-aligned
you don't want a faceless agency churning content. you want a team that gets discipline, follow-through, and showing up on the day they said they would.
you're a fellow vet or military spouse building something
we love working with our people. we'll meet you where you are, first website, rebrand, or finally getting the instagram off the ground.
you're mission-driven and tired of generic agency vibes
nonprofit, community org, mom-and-pop with an actual story. we build brands that mean something, not just look something.
you're a state agency or a government prime looking for a sub
cities, counties, special districts, and primes building a team. we work as a subcontractor, not a prime, so you keep the contract and we handle creative, outreach, and accessible communications.
a note from ash ✦
hi besties. i built this agency after years in the service and years in studios, and the thing nobody tells you is the two skill sets are weirdly the same: show up early, do what you said you'd do, communicate clearly, fix it when it breaks.
the veteran-owned and woman-owned certs aren't decoration. they're shorthand for the way I work. and if you've ever hired an agency that vanished mid-project, you already know why that matters.
if you're a fellow vet, a small biz owner, or a mission-driven brand who's tired of getting passed to the b-team, i'd love to meet you.
let's build something that lasts
government contracts, small biz rebrands, mission-driven launches. tell me what you're up to.
start a project ✦government / municipal procurement? see /gov for capability statement + NAICS codes.