Case study / Creative operations retainer

A launch engine, built end to end for Grit & Gratitude Fitness

A holistic health and self-leadership coaching brand needed to take its first digital course from idea to open doors. STUDIOKVA delivered the strategy, the systems, and the shipped launch: brand and content strategy, two landing pages, full email infrastructure, a complete course build, and the operational backbone underneath it all.

Client

Grit and Gratitude Fitness, coaching brand founded by Angel Hermosillo-Rojas

Engagement

Creative operations and marketing retainer

Scope

Brand and content strategy, launch coordination, digital infrastructure, and backend systems

Flagship

Aligned and Accountable, a 6 week group coaching cohort, launched June 2026

01 / The starting point

The tools existed. The system did not.

GGF came in with a strong coaching practice, a course concept, and a stack of disconnected platforms. The engagement was designed to close four specific gaps.

No Operations Layer

The business ran on individual effort and reactive decisions rather than documented, repeatable workflows.

Inconsistent Content

Without a structured content system, publishing was a recurring source of friction instead of a brand asset.

Inactive Email Infrastructure

Lists existed with no nurture. Every stage of the customer journey was leaking opportunity, especially pre-launch.

No Launch Coordination

A course launch spans landing pages, sequences, content, and real-time execution. Nobody owned the whole picture.

02 / The build

Ninety days, foundation to open doors

WEEK 1 / APRIL 2026

Audit and Architecture

Full audit of tools, workflows, content, and communications. Platform access consolidated. Master project boards built to run the entire engagement from one place.

MAY 2026

Strategy and Infrastructure

Comprehensive content strategy delivered and approved, covering audience positioning, brand voice, content pillars, platform strategy, and the full launch arc. Email infrastructure activated from scratch. Landing pages designed and built, including a custom pattern to embed the email forms directly inside the site framework.

JUNE 2026

Launch Execution

Aligned and Accountable launched: sales page live, checkout configured, waitlist converted, enrollment opened on schedule. A parallel Pride event campaign shipped with its own landing page and four email nurture sequence.

JUNE TO JULY 2026

Course Delivery Systems

Complete course build for the 6 week cohort: four core modules plus two bonus modules, a custom thumbnail and banner design system rendered from the GGF brand, an onboarding email sequence, and member access workflows for every enrollment path.

03 / Scope of work

Four functions, one operator

Brand and Content Strategy

  • Full content strategy document: ICP, anti-persona, brand voice, content pillars
  • Platform strategy for Instagram and TikTok with a launch content arc
  • Monthly content calendars with captions and hashtag strategy

Launch Coordination

  • End to end launch timeline, project tracker, and milestone management
  • Pre-launch QA across emails, landing pages, and funnel steps
  • Enrollment operations, including off-platform payment paths with manual access provisioning

Digital Infrastructure

  • Two custom landing pages: course sales page and Pride event page
  • Email sequences: lead nurture, welcome, and onboarding flows
  • Course build with custom-designed module banners and lesson thumbnails
  • A form-embed integration pattern, now reusable across the site

Backend Operations

  • A backend workspace: project tracker, content planner, content calendar, and task boards
  • Decision log as a single source of truth across the engagement
  • Trainer partnership one-pager and supporting collateral
04 / Featured builds

The work, up close

Landing page

Aligned and Accountable Sales Page

Built in the GGF brand system. Carried the page from waitlist mode through open enrollment and back, with copy in the founder's voice: warm, direct, identity driven.

Aligned and Accountable sales page
Campaign

Pride Event Campaign

A dedicated landing page and a four email nurture sequence supporting GGF's community Pride event, coordinated alongside the course launch window.

Pride event landing page
Design System

Course Visual Identity

A repeatable banner and thumbnail system for every module and lesson: cream base, teal quarter circle, gold sunburst, and headline type drawn straight from the GGF brand.

Course visual identity banner
Email

Onboarding Sequence

Welcome, activation, and check in emails in the founder's voice, timed against the course drip so every member lands in Module 1 with a clear next step.

Onboarding welcome email
05 / The stack

Every platform, wired into one workflow

Web and landing pages Course platform Email marketing Project management Design Team communication

Every platform was either configured from scratch or restructured within the engagement, then connected: forms embedded across framework boundaries, enrollment data flowing to access provisioning, and tasks and decisions tracked against a single log.

06 / What shipped

From zero infrastructure to a live cohort

90

days from onboarding to a launched course with paying members and delivery systems running

2

campaigns shipped in one launch window: the course launch and the Pride event, each with its own page and email sequence

6-wk

cohort live with four modules, two bonuses, a full workbook, and a complete onboarding flow

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