The Constellation ▾
Fractional CEO · Camden NW1 · LGBTQ+-Founded

YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS NEEDS AN ENGINE

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NIGHTLIFE/ FASHION/ CULTURAL PRODUCTION/ FINE ART/ CRM · PAYMENTS · CAPTURE/ QUEER INTELLIGENCE/ RUNNING LIVE/ NIGHTLIFE/ FASHION/ CULTURAL PRODUCTION/ FINE ART/ CRM · PAYMENTS · CAPTURE/ QUEER INTELLIGENCE/ RUNNING LIVE/
"You made the thing.
We make it sell."
Execution over ideation · partnerships.community
Where you are. What we build. Where you end up.

Same work.
Different margin.

Most founders are losing 50% on every sale and don't know it. We build the infrastructure that captures the margin back — starting from the first day, on the first sale.

50%
£500 kept per £1,000
↓ where most creative founders are right now
Traditional Gallery
Standard consignment · marketplace
78%
£780 kept per £1,000
↑ £280 more than gallery while the engine builds
p.c Managed
We sell. We build your direct channel. Commission included.
97.5%
£975 kept per £1,000
↑ £475 more than gallery · the engine running
Direct
SumUp · Stripe Link · yours to keep

You start at 78% — already £280 ahead of a gallery on every sale. While we manage that, we build the infrastructure that gets you to 97.5%: the payment links, the CRM, the direct channel. The commission you pay us is recovered in margin on the first direct sale. The engine pays for itself before a new customer walks through the door.

The problem I exist to solve

You built something beautiful. The till stays dark.

Brilliant founders, brilliant work — and no commercial infrastructure to turn it into revenue. No data capture. No CRM. No clean way to take the money. I'm the fractional CEO who builds and runs that engine, in your brand and your voice, so the work doesn't just land — it pays.

Twenty years of partner ecosystems

The infrastructure
behind the names.

$200M+
Partner pipeline built
1,600+
Ecosystem members
$1.1Bn
Turnaround portfolio
$2.6Bn
Partner ecosystem value

Built at Dentsu, Braze and WPP. Now that same infrastructure-building instinct runs for independent creative founders — at a fraction of the cost and in your brand throughout.

The operating system

AuDHD isn't
a footnote.

Two diagnoses. One operating system. I hold a portfolio of ventures in parallel the way most people hold a single inbox — and I've spent twenty years building the partner engines behind some of the biggest names in media.

Parallel processing
27 live systems. One operator. Simultaneous.
Pattern recognition
Savant-level signal extraction from noise.
Hyperfocus
48 hours, brief to live system. Every time.
Execution bias
Zero decks that don't ship. Everything live.

Three ways
to start.

Advisory is cheap and everywhere. I deliver live systems — and then I run them.

01 · Retainer
Fractional CEO
The Partnership

I become the commercial brain your venture doesn't have — strategy, infrastructure, partnerships, and the systems to run them. Built and operated, not advised. Your brand throughout, never mine.

Start the conversation →
02 · From £2,500
48 hours
The Engine Sprint

One piece of commercial infrastructure, built and deployed in 48 hours — data capture, a CRM wired to Stripe, a booking flow, a launch page. You leave with a live system, not a strategy deck.

Book a sprint →
03 · From £750/mo
The AI Engine
Operations, Run

The same agent stack that lets one operator run 27 live systems, built for your venture. CRM, payments, analytics, continuous deployment — the engine under the partnership, so the work actually ships.

Build your engine →
Proof · running live, not slideware

A portfolio,
named.

01MaeHemFashion · Stella Mae · AFWL 2026 runwayLive
02Studio 19Cultural production · narrative show · NFC installationLive
03The Art ProgrammeFine art · 324 works · tiered disposal + direct salesLive
04HS2 CamdenCultural legacy proposal · NW1 · awaiting responseWarm
05ODACOld Diorama Arts Centre · neighbourhood partnership · MOU pendingWarm
The constellation

Nine worlds.
One operator.

Peace
The anchor space. Research, strategy, and creative direction for the portfolio.
partnerships.community
Studio 19
Cultural production. Narrative art, NFC installation, live events.
studio19.partnerships.community
The Library
Knowledge infrastructure. Docs, research, institutional memory.
library.partnerships.community
The AI Engine
Agent operations stack. Runs 27 live systems. Available to clients from £750/mo.
lab.partnerships.community
ROMON
Remote operations and monitoring. Always-on oversight across the portfolio.
admin.partnerships.community
The Store
Direct commerce. SumUp · Stripe · 97.5% net margin channel.
store.partnerships.community
The Collective
Creative founder network. 1,600+ ecosystem members. Strength in numbers.
collective.partnerships.community
The Lab
Product development. Rapid prototyping. 48-hour sprints from brief to live.
lab.partnerships.community
The Bus
Mobile activation and experiential. The road engine. Camden, everywhere.
In build
The operator

One mind that runs in parallel. Two diagnoses, one operating system.

AuDHD isn't a footnote — it's the architecture. I hold a portfolio of ventures in parallel the way most people hold a single inbox. Twenty years building partner engines behind some of the biggest names in media: Dentsu, Braze, WPP Partner of the Year. Now that engine runs for independent creative founders.

Dentsu Braze WPP Partner of the Year AuDHD savant Camden NW1 LGBTQ+-founded
The engine, in detail

An agency of one.
Eight divisions.

The Studio
Decks, docs, sites, design, research — shipped, not outsourced.
The Floor
Pipeline, forecast, outreach, account research.
The Signal
Campaigns, content, SEO, lifecycle email, brand.
The Works
Code review, debug, deploy, incident response.
The Bench
Contract review, compliance, risk — flagged, not faked.
The Ledger
Statements, reconciliation, variance — in GBP.
The Engine Room
Status, runbooks, specs, roadmaps, dashboards.
The Guard
Identity firewall + brand integrity on every output.
Press · Research · Signal

What we're
reading + building.

Press
Studio 19: NFC Art Installation Turns Grief Into Infrastructure
The "You Won't Help Me Show" by Studio 19 uses NFC-tagged canvases to route emotional narrative into a live CRM — documenting coercive control as both art and data structure.
Camden · Live · 2026
Research
Channel Economics for Creative Founders: Why 97.5% Beats 50%
A single direct sale routes £475 more per £1,000 than a gallery consignment. The same infrastructure that runs 27 live systems handles this routing automatically — from day one.
partnerships.community · The Maths
Press
MaeHem at AFWL 2026: The Infrastructure Behind the Runway
Stella Mae's MaeHem debuted at Africa Fashion Week London 2026. The commercial engine — CRM, ticketing, press capture, post-show direct sales flow — was built and operated by partnerships.community.
AFWL · London · 2026
Research
AuDHD as Operational Architecture: Running 27 Systems in Parallel
Two diagnoses, one operating system. Parallel stream processing isn't a coping mechanism — it's the feature. Savant-pattern recognition applied to partner ecosystems, creative ventures, and live infrastructure.
partnerships.community · The OS
Signal
HS2 Camden: The Case for Queer Cultural Infrastructure
partnerships.community submitted a cultural legacy proposal to HS2 Camden — arguing that the NW1 neighbourhood's queer history is not a footnote but the load-bearing infrastructure of its identity. Awaiting response.
NW1 · Submitted · 2026
Artist Resources

Everything you need
to make the work pay.

Live · Originals
The Pink Hare
Tori Woolley
Original works £395–£1,995. Nature-centred fine art, LGBTQ+-adjacent. Available via Dalloz Contemporary and direct from the studio.
View works at Dalloz →
Live · Fashion
MaeHem
Stella Mae
AFWL 2026 runway debut. Multidisciplinary creator — singer, designer, MTV alumna. Full commercial engine built and operated by partnerships.community.
See the build model →
Pricing · Formula
Value your work in cm²
The CPSCM formula prices original works at £0.13–£0.32 per cm². Smaller canvases command higher per-cm² rates. Trigger a 10–15% step-up at 50% sell-through within 6 months.
Price = cm² × £0.13 – £0.32
Economics · Channel
Sell direct. Keep more.
One £1,000 direct sale routes £475 more into your pocket than gallery consignment. The engine pays for itself on margin recovered before a new customer arrives.
97.5%Direct · SumUp / Stripe Link
78%p.c Managed · full partnership
50%Traditional Gallery · consignment
FAQ · Creative Founders
Common questions
What does the engine cost?
Retainer, revenue share, or sprint. Engine Sprints from £2,000. Retainers from £3,500/month.
Do you represent me publicly?
Never. We operate in your brand and your voice — invisible by design, always.
How fast from brief to live?
48 hours. That's the Engine Sprint — brief to live system, not brief to strategy deck.
Let's build

You have the product.
Let's build the engine.

Tell me what you've made. I'll tell you what it takes to make it pay. Independent creatives and creative-adjacent founders only.

Or directly: simon@partnerships.community