( the studio ) ABOUT
A STUDIO THAT SHIPS.
AYCAS Studios is an AYCAS Investments studio in Harare. We design and build the systems businesses run on — the brand, the website, and the operating core underneath — delivered as one engagement, with one point of contact.
BRAND & VOICE
How the venture sounds and what it stands for. One brand book per engagement — positioning, narrative, voice, visual direction, written guardrails — and a copy library written in that voice, used for years.
- Brand identity & strategy
- Copy & editorial
VISUAL & PRODUCTION
How the venture looks — every still and every frame. Concept through retouch, grade, and delivery, with source files and a documented handover. No briefs farmed to stock.
- Graphic design & print
- Photography & image-making
- Film, video & motion
OPERATIONS & AI
How the venture runs day-to-day. Hand-coded sites on owner-owned domains, and the core deliverable: an AI team mapped to your operation, the knowledge base it draws on, the procedures it works to — wired into your day-to-day tools.
- Web, digital & integrations
- AI operating system · CORE
REACH & COMMS
How the venture is heard, seen, and covered. Platform strategy and a published rhythm your team runs after handover; campaigns that publish their performance numbers; personalised press pitches — no mass-blast lists.
- Social media & content
- Advertising & campaign
- PR & media relations
The flagship engagement is the Venture Build — the whole operation stood up as one engagement: brand identity, digital presence, the operating core, enablement, and the first ninety days of comms. Ten to sixteen weeks from signed scope.
Every build engagement is fixed scope, fixed fee, milestone billed — the number locks in writing before you sign.
- FEE MODEL
- Fixed fee, milestone billed — 30 / 30 / 30 / 10 across the four phases. Smaller pilots run 50 / 50, deposit and final.
- CURRENCY
- USD by default.
- NOT ON THE MENU
- No hourly billing. No drip pricing. No surprise extras.
- CARE PLAN
- A separately documented monthly retainer in three tiers — Lite, Standard, Growth. Activates on day 31 after handover.
The brand book governs every output — everyone builds inside it. A case study publishes only after the client signs a public release; until then the work stays unnamed. Sites are hand-coded, on domains and repos the owner holds. And the handover is real: we build the operating system, your team runs it. These commitments hold on every engagement, regardless of what any individual scope says.