Most businesses are adrift with their marketing.
Branding, websites, photo & video, and the strategy to hold it all together — for the businesses that are great at what they do and scattered in how they show up.
The logo from three identities ago. The website that proudly says "last updated 2014." Posts that show up whenever someone remembers. None of it is your fault — running the business is the job. The marketing just slipped its mooring.
That's the whole reason we exist. Adrift Creative is the fixed point: one studio for your brand, your site, your photos, and the plan that ties them together — so you stop drifting and start showing up like you mean it.
We named ourselves after the problem. Bold, we know — but at least you know we get it.
In good company — trusted by Maine's finest, and a few from away
Five vendors who don't talk to each other is how brands drift in the first place. We keep it under one roof.
Logo, color, type — the whole system. The stuff that makes a five-person shop look like it's been around for fifty. →
Designed, built, and actually maintained. We retire the "last updated 2014" footer for good. →
Documentary-style photo and film that looks like your business on its best day — because it is. →
A steady drumbeat instead of a post every leap year. Planned, made, and scheduled so you don't have to think about it. →
Where to spend, what to say, and how you'll know it's working. The compass behind everything above. →
We dig into your business, your customers, and what's actually been holding you back.
Strategy and positioning. The plan you'll recognize, because it sounds like you — not a buzzword salad.
Branding, site, photo, film — built with a maker's hands, not a drag-and-drop template.
We launch, then keep in touch. We don't vanish the second the invoice clears.
Managment of the Skirious Problems Podcast and collaborations with the official Instagram account for the FIS Cross Country World Cup.
Brand matching website for film and photography.
Videography for cinematic social media presence.
Visual storytelling for an outdoor gear startup.
Adrift grew out of Coreshot — years of shooting, editing, and building brands for businesses across the U.S. and around the world.
We're not a big agency, and that's the point. You get the people actually doing the work — not an account manager and a long game of telephone. We show up, we tell you the truth, and we make you look better than you thought you could.
Weathered, not polished. Local, not from a stock photo.
They took our mess of a brand and made it look like we actually have our act together. Bookings are up and I stopped dreading our website.
First time our marketing felt like one thing instead of five. The film alone was worth it.
Fast, honest, and they didn't talk down to me once. Rare combination.
Because naming ourselves "We're Pretty Good At This LLC" felt presumptuous. Also: every business drifts a little. We're the thing that holds it steady. The name's the problem — the work is the fix.
Depends on the job. Some folks need a logo and a site; others need the whole operation rebuilt. We'll give you a real number, not a "starting at" wink. Tell us what you're after.
Probably. Brand, web, photo, film, social, strategy — it's all under one roof. If it's genuinely not our lane, we'll point you to someone good. No drifting you in circles.
Tell us where your marketing's been slipping. We'll tell you, honestly, how we'd fix it — no pressure, no jargon.
Opens your email, pre-written. Old-fashioned, we know — but it works.