VA — Studio Two principals

Studio: Two Principals

No layers between sales and shipping. Two people. One contract. Building together since 2008.

TWO
OPERATORS.
● Miami · Florida Keys · Orlando · Melbourne Est. MMVIII · Returned MMXXVI
VA — 01 The principals

Two people. The same two since 2008. This is exactly who shows up on every project.

Angelo
Manzano

Strategy and design · Co-founder

Started in branding and print, then moved through agencies into enterprise product strategy work. Twenty years working with Disney, Marriott, P&G, and Meta on everything from brand systems to mobile experiences that match how people actually behave. Beat Saber's UX was a high-constraint challenge: controller-only interaction in VR at 90fps. Went independent in 2018 and now runs ChrowmDesigns out of Central Florida. Owns every project from brief to launch. No handoffs. Best work comes from real collaboration.

  • 001Senior UX strategist, 20 years
  • 002Disney · Marriott · Meta · P&G · Malibu Rum
  • 003Beat Saber music pack UX, 90fps controller-only
  • 004Independent practice since 2018
  • 00540+ enterprise engagements
20.
Years senior UX

Kit
Mobley

Engineering and build · Co-founder

Got online in 1991 when the internet didn't exist yet. Literally ran a bulletin board system. He was at TheGlobe.com during its record-breaking IPO and co-invented two patents there. Led AWS infrastructure work for Tribune Publishing's newspapers, built the first Ultra Music Festival site (grew from 7,500 to 24,000 attendees in two years), and has been the webmaster for Robbie's of Islamorada since 2016. That site has made $7.1M. Now runs two companies from the Florida Keys.

  • 001BBS Sysop 1991 · 35 years on the internet
  • 002Co-inventor, two patents · TheGlobe.com (NASDAQ: TGLO)
  • 003Software Engineer III · Tribune Publishing AWS migration
  • 004Ultra Music Festival (7,500 to 24,000+ in two years)
  • 005Robbie's of Islamorada · webmaster since 2016 · $7.1M revenue
  • 006Operates FishIntel.ai and DirtyBoat · Florida Keys
35.
Years internet
VA — Numbers The record, not the pitch
35.
Years internet · Kit Mobley
BBS 1991 · TheGlobe IPO · Tribune AWS · Florida Keys
20.
Years senior UX · Angelo Manzano
Disney · Marriott · Beat Saber · Malibu · P&G
$7.1M
Online revenue · one client
Robbie's of Islamorada · retained since 2016
18.
Cases on file · two principals
1998 NASDAQ IPO to 2026 AI workspace
VA — 02 What makes us different

Most agencies split sales from building. We don't. Design and code happen with the same people.

Two people.
Not two hundred.

Big agencies have layers. A salesperson sells you, then someone else designs it, then someone else builds it. We're two people. The person who sold you designs and builds the work. When something goes wrong, you call Angelo or Kit. Not a project manager.

Retained,
not transactional.

We've kept one client since 2016. Robbie's generates $7.1M online per year. We don't chase project work to keep the lights on. We want long-term partnerships where we improve things year after year.

Strategy and engineering.
One contract.

Design-to-build handoffs kill most projects. We don't have one. Design and code happen in the same room with the same people. One deadline. One contract. What you buy is what you get.

VA — 03 How we engage

How a program starts.

We keep it short. If it fits, both sides know fast.

Start a conversation →
01
Two-hour working session. Both of us.

Not a pitch. Just you, both of us, and whoever owns the brief. We work through the problem and figure out if we're a match.

02
We tell you straight if we're the fit.

Real project, real budget, real timeline. If that's you, we're in. If not, we'll say so and point you elsewhere.

03
One contract, everything included.

Strategy, design, engineering. All on one document. No phase-outs. No scope creep by discipline. What you sign is what you get.

04
Most programs ship in under three months.

We don't pad timelines. Tight briefs with real deadlines are what we're built for.

05
Most become long-term retainers.

Robbie's is the template. Clients improve more over time when we stick with them. That's the real goal.

— First Chapter · MMVIII — MMIX —
A partnership that has already delivered for

C-SPAN·ESPN·ABC News
Good Morning America
WWE·Final Fantasy·Seagate

— and twenty-six more —

Winter Music Conference· The Daily Business Review· NukoToys· Tralliance· Intown Publishing· Deep Blue Agency· Blue Interactive· Cherrypal· Bright Antenna· Nex2Play· My Catalogs Online· Skyrocket Records· Dirty Beats· Cato K· Luke Campbell· Macallee King· Space Night Club· Revolution Nightclub· Gryphon Nightclub· Pangaea Lounge· Pangaea India· Tank Industries· Built by the Factory· G2· COG1· Brothers By Choice

Two principals. One contract. Shipping since 2008. Faster, now.

— V / A · First Est. MMVIII · Returned MMXXVI —
VA — Next Want to work with us?

Engagements
by inquiry or introduction.

We take on a small number of programs per year. The right fit is a serious project, a real budget, and a team that wants to ship.

Start a conversation → See the work →