High-Leverage Growth for Experts, Agencies

The Shadow Legacy is a boutique branding and marketing consultancy for experts who are done with duct-tape marketing.

Min project size
$10,000+
Hourly rate
$100 - $149 / hr
Employees
2 - 9
Locations
Elko, NV
Year founded
Founded 2015

Service Lines

AI Consulting: 25%
Branding: 25%
Fractional CMO Services: 25%
UX/UI Design: 25%

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AI Expertise

Chatbots & Conversational AI: 60%
Machine Learning: 20%
Natural Language Processing: 20%

Branding Focus

Corporate identity: 40%
Brand strategy: 20%
Brand messaging: 15%
Product branding: 15%
Naming: 10%

AI Consulting Focus

AI Deployment: 50%
AI Strategy: 50%

User Experience Focus

UX Strategy: 50%
Usability Testing: 25%
User Research: 25%

Industries

Business services: 25%
Consumer products & services: 25%
Financial services: 25%
Real estate: 25%

Clients

Midmarket ($10M - $1B): 60%
Enterprise (>$1B): 40%

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Our Story

Vanja and Andjela founded The Shadow Legacy in January 2015. Two directors, eleven years, five clients at a time. Everything the studio makes is made by the people whose names are on it. The name comes from a line Vanja wrote down years before the studio existed: building well established, legacy brands that live on long after we are gone. Legacy beats trend, perception is a commercial instrument, and nothing ships until it survives both of us.

Meet the Team

Co-founder and art director. For eleven years she has decided which brands are ready to leave the shadows. Exacting about craft, allergic to good enough: nothing ships until it is unmistakable.

Co-founder and creative director. Drawing since he was seven, building brands ever since: identity, web, packaging, and AI systems. He judges every brand as an investment, built to still make sense in ten years.

Obsessed Strategist. Former head trainer for Tony Robbins. He came to the studio as a client, saw the work from the buying side, and stayed: he sharpens the strategy before the design work starts.

What Sets Us Apart

Legacy beats trend

A brand built to look current is obsolete on a schedule. We build the version that still makes sense in ten years, because that is the one that compounds.

Five clients at a time

Selectivity is a service. We spent years accepting every job that came, and the work suffered for it. The cap exists so that yours does not.

You own what we build

Files, guidelines, and the reasoning behind every decision transfer to you. A system you cannot operate without us is not a system, it is a dependency.

Quick Facts

11 years in business

Tools and Technology

Figma

Slack

Zoom

Google Drive

FigJam

Commonly Asked Questions

One application, one call. The studio takes five engagements at a time, so onboarding starts when a slot opens: a short application, a conversation with both directors, then the Welcome Guide with the timeline and deliverables. You work directly with the two people whose names are on the studio.

Five. Selectivity is a service: we spent years accepting every job that came, and the work suffered for it. The cap exists so that yours does not. The next slot opens when one closes.

Locations (2)

442 Court Street Elko, NV, United States 89801

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