THE SEAT

Engagement 02 — Marketing Seat

Don't hire a department.Take the Seat.

A dedicated Chisel & Notch specialist embeds with your company and works as if you hired them — for roughly a third of the cost. Run your own numbers below.

Two invoices. Zero surprises.

Invoice 1 — The people fee

A flat annual fee per specialist. It covers their time, labor, and management — no payroll tax, benefits, or desk space on your books.

Invoice 2 — Your marketing budget

Pre-funded monthly and spent on your behalf. Unspent budget rolls forward — your money stays in your account, reported line by line.

Fit guaranteed

Request a reassignment in writing and we propose a replacement specialist within 30 days.

What your specialist actually does

  • Strategy — planning, research, positioning
  • Execution — launches, builds, vendor coordination
  • Operations — running, optimizing, reporting

The Seat Calculator

Hiring in-house vs. taking the Seat

1 · Build your team

Junior specialists

Execution & operations muscle

1

Senior specialists

Strategy & department leadership

0

2 · Your hiring assumptions

Junior base salary

$68,000

Benefits, payroll tax & overhead

30%

Hiring, tools & space per seat / yr

$12,000

Annual cost of 1 seat

Hiring in-house

$100,400

The Chisel & Notch Seat

$45,000

You save / year

55% less than hiring

$55,400

5-year difference

stays in your business

$277,000

Estimate only. In-house figures use your salary assumptions plus benefits, hiring, tools, and workspace. The Seat fee is flat per specialist. Your marketing budget is separate — and identical in both worlds; with the Seat it simply stays in your account and rolls forward when unspent.

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Your rights

  • Request specialist reassignment if the fit isn’t right
  • See every dollar spent, every month
  • Receive any unspent budget back on termination
  • Know exactly what you’re signing up for

Our commitments

  • A replacement specialist proposed within 30 days
  • Monthly budget breakdowns delivered on time
  • 90-day notice from either party — no surprises
  • Clear contract, clear terms, no hidden fees

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Ready to stop interviewingand start marketing?

The Seat conversation starts with your goals, not our pitch. Bring your numbers — we'll bring ours.

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