The studio

A collective, not an agency

Sodales started in 2019 with a simple frustration: the best digital work gets made by small teams who stay in the room, and almost no client gets to work with one. So we built the studio around that idea — focused specialist teams, one shared standard, and only a handful of clients at a time.

The name comes from Latin: sodales means companions — the members of a society, not its suppliers. It's how we work with clients, and it's also literal: alongside the studio we design, build, and run five live products of our own, from a learning academy to a curated film program. The products keep our craft honest; the client work keeps it fed.

collective founded: 2019
specialist teams: 7
live products we run: 5

What we hold to

Three commitments

Senior hands only

The people who pitch the work do the work. No bench-and-bait, no handover to whoever was free that week.

Evidence over taste

We have strong opinions and weak egos. When the research disagrees with the mood board, the mood board loses.

Calm over clever

The best compliment our work gets is that it never made anyone think about the interface. We spend our cleverness on that.

The teams

Who you'll work with

Seven specialist teams, one shared standard. Each engagement brings in the teams it needs and nobody it doesn't.

Development
Web platforms, mobile apps and integrations
Builds what the other teams design and plan: fast, accessible web platforms on Next.js and TypeScript, mobile apps, and the integrations that keep them running after launch.
Web platformsMobile appsIntegrations
Design & brand
Identity, interface and product design
Shapes how a brand looks, reads and behaves: identity systems, interface design, and the design systems product teams keep using long after launch.
Brand identityUI / UXDesign systems
Video & content production
Film, edit and AI-assisted content
Plans, shoots and edits brand films, product videos and social cuts, and produces AI-assisted content with rights, consent and disclosure handled properly.
CinematographyVideo editingAI content
Social media marketing
Channel strategy, campaigns and community
Turns the work into a steady presence: channel strategy, content calendars, paid and organic campaigns, and reporting that shows what actually moved.
Channel strategyCampaignsCommunity
Automation
Workflows and AI agents that remove busywork
Finds the repetitive work in a business and automates it: connected tools, workflow automation and AI agents, with human checkpoints wherever judgment matters.
Workflow automationAI agentsIntegrations
Strategy & research
Discovery, audits and a plan you can run
Starts every engagement with evidence: user research, product and accessibility audits, and a prioritized roadmap the other teams build from.
ResearchAuditsRoadmaps
Finance
Clear quotes, budgets and billing
Keeps every engagement accountable: transparent quotes, milestone billing and budget tracking, so you always know what you are paying for.
QuotesBudgetsBilling