Most of the studios I talk to right now are fighting two things at once: the work they were built to do, and the work they’re going to need to do twelve months from now.
Most of the playbooks they’re reading were written for one or the other. None of them were written for both.
I’m Alberto Venditti. For fifteen years I’ve worked as a creative director, product partner, and strategist on problems that don’t come with an established playbook. Digital twins and pre-demolition AI/ML pipelines at Skanska. ML-driven gameplay tracking multiple sclerosis progression for Novartis and Microsoft Research. Persistent spatial audio AR inside the Galleria Borghese. Mixed-reality tooling to design the Virgin Galactic spaceport interior. Ray-Ban Meta smart-glasses workflows at NASA. Right now I’m embedded with the product and pipeline teams of a film studio, using AI and a lot of UX to give artists more space — and pull weeks out of blockbuster pre-production.
That last bit is the part most clients want to talk about — AI, generative tooling, the sudden collapse of cost and time. Fair enough. I’ll talk about it with you. But the more useful conversation is usually the one underneath.
You don’t have a tooling problem. You have a decision problem. Tools change every six months; the way you decide what to build doesn’t have to.
I take a small number of clients at a time. Three months minimum, usually longer. I don’t run the keyboard — I help you decide what to do, in what order, with what trade-offs. Your team executes.
Who this is for
- Studios and agencies whose senior team can feel the next wave coming and want a sober second pair of eyes before they commit budget.
- Founders building products that don’t fit a tidy category yet and need someone willing to sit in the ambiguity with them.
- Production houses and creative shops where the margin has collapsed and “let’s adopt AI” is the wrong-shaped answer to the actual problem.
- Leaders ready to execute — not investigate.
Who this is not for
- Anyone shopping for cheap delivery. I don’t render, design, or code at the keyboard. I rebuild strategy; your team executes.
- Studios that are “curious” about AI — or anything else — but aren’t willing to change how they work.
- Founders who want a deck, a babysitter, or someone to perform expertise on a stage. I provide unfashionable honesty and a sharp plan. You execute it.
Now for the part most people skip past
This is expensive.
Retainers start at £5,000 a month, three-month minimum, and you’ll be required to actually implement what we discuss — including the parts that are inconvenient. If what you want is a deck for the board, save us both the call and pay someone else.
If you want clarity on what’s actually worth building next — and the discipline to stop building everything else — we should probably talk.
Past clients & collaborators
- Skanska
- BRE
- Microsoft Research
- Novartis
- Unit9
- Virgin Galactic
- Meta
- NASA
- Galleria Borghese
- Mihira Visual Lab
How this works
My roster is full. I’m only opening applications for the Q3 2026 cohort.
You complete the form below. I read every one personally — that’s why I ask the awkward questions. Within seven days, you’ll get one of two replies from me:
- “I don’t think we’re a fit, here’s why.” You’ll get an actual reason — not a template.
- “Let’s talk.” A thirty-minute call to figure out whether this is real.
No sequencing. No nurture. No “checking in next quarter.” This is the whole funnel.
Apply
— Alberto
P.S. If your team is currently burning more than £15k a month on consultants, decks, and “alignment” — and nothing has shipped — that’s the conversation we’re going to have.