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Who we are

Marketing run like a working forge, not an agency of record.

StarForge Digital started as three people frustrated with how much agency work got outsourced to whoever was cheapest that quarter. We built the opposite: a small studio that keeps the work in-house and the thinking sharp.

Our stance

We say no to fit, not just budget.

We turn down engagements where we don't think we're the right team — even well-funded ones. A campaign built by people who don't believe in the category shows, eventually.

Our size

Deliberately small.

We cap active accounts so every client gets senior attention. If we're at capacity, we'll tell you honestly rather than overextend the team that's already working.

How we work

Four things we don't compromise on.

01

Show the mechanism

Every recommendation comes with the reasoning behind it, not just the recommendation. You should be able to push back on our logic, not just our output.

02

One brief, every channel

Disciplines don't work in isolation here. SEO knows what paid media is testing. Content knows what analytics is seeing. Nothing gets built in a silo.

03

Report the misses too

Monthly reporting includes what didn't work and why, not just the wins. We'd rather lose an easy compliment than lose your trust.

04

Budget like it's ours

We treat client media spend with the same scrutiny we'd apply to our own money — because a wasted dollar is a wasted dollar regardless of whose account it's in.

Since 2018

How we got here.

2018

Founded in a shared office space

Three founders, one SEO client, and a shared conviction that most agency reporting was theater.

2020

Paid media and content join the forge

Grew from a single-channel shop into a three-discipline studio after clients kept asking us to take on more.

2022

Brand & design studio launches in-house

Stopped subcontracting creative and design work out, bringing the full identity-to-launch pipeline under one roof.

2024

Analytics becomes its own discipline

Built a dedicated attribution and reporting practice after realizing every client's biggest blind spot was the same one.

2026

54 brands, one forge map

Still capped, still senior-led, now running the full stack for companies across robotics, healthtech, logistics, and more.

The team

Who you'll actually work with.

Every account gets a pod from this group at kickoff — not a rotating cast of subcontractors.

MK

Mara Kessler

Co-founder, Strategy

Formerly led growth marketing at two Series B startups before starting StarForge in 2018.

DO

Diego Orellana

Co-founder, Paid Media

Ten years managing eight-figure paid budgets across search, social, and programmatic.

TW

Tomasz Wieck

Co-founder, Analytics

Built attribution systems in-house at an ad-tech company before bringing that rigor to client reporting.

RN

Rhea Nakamura

Head of SEO

Specializes in technical SEO recoveries — the accounts other agencies gave up on.

JB

Jonah Birdsall

Head of Brand & Design

Runs identity and web projects from first sketch through final build.

SA

Sana Al-Farsi

Head of Content

Built editorial systems for three category-leading SaaS companies before joining StarForge.

Think we might be a fit?

Tell us about the work. If we're not the right team for it, we'll say so and point you somewhere better.