About the agency
We're more than
designers. We're
storytellers, problem
solvers and brand builders.
The team, South Main studio, spring 2026
ThinkMemphis was founded in a one-room satellite office in 2014. While we’ve grown, our mission has remained the same: every small business deserves the same level of strategy, creativity, and craftsmanship that the world’s biggest brands invest millions to achieve.
Over the past 25 years, we’ve partnered with businesses to deliver more than 250 successful digital projects. Today, our team includes strategists, designers, developers, marketers, and branding specialists based in Memphis and working with clients nationwide. We intentionally take on a limited number of projects each year, allowing us to provide every client with the creativity, craftsmanship, and personal attention their business deserves.
Our story
Twelve years,
one obsession
Our first client was a barbecue joint that could not get anyone under forty through the door. We rebuilt the identity, shot real photography and rewrote a menu that had been photocopied since 1998. Six months later there was a line down the block.
That project taught us the thing we have built the agency on: brand is not a logo, it is every decision a customer notices before they decide to trust you. The signage. The load time. The way the checkout handles a mistyped ZIP code. We treat all of it as design work, because to the customer it is.
Today, we partner with businesses across Memphis, throughout the United States, and around the world. Yet our standards remain exactly where they began—in a one-room satellite office built on hard work, craftsmanship, and an unwavering commitment to quality.
As we’ve grown, our mission has never changed: every business, regardless of size, deserves the same level of strategy, creativity, design, and attention to detail that the world’s leading brands invest millions to achieve.
If it isn’t exceptional enough to carry our name, it doesn’t leave the studio.
2014
One room, one client
Founded in a one-room satellite office with a iMac and a barbecue restaurant willing to take a chance.
2017
We learned to build
Brought development in house so design intent survived the handoff. First custom WordPress builds ship.
2020
Stores, not just sites
Twelve Memphis retailers moved online in ten weeks. eCommerce became a permanent practice.
2023
Marketing joins the room
SEO, content and paid media added, so the traffic matches the quality of what we built for it.
2026
Nine people, one team
A boutique studio of designers, developers, marketers, and strategists dedicated to mastering their craft. We intentionally keep our team small, allowing us to deliver exceptional work with personal attention. Because quality takes time, we maintain a waiting list—and we’re proud to be transparent about it.
Our philosophy
Good design is more than how it looks. It is how it works and how it makes people feel.
Which is why our mission is a practical one: make small and mid sized businesses impossible to overlook, and measure it in real terms. Qualified leads, booked consultations, average order value, market share taken from a competitor who got comfortable.
ThinkMemphis
We build brands that look exceptional
What makes us different
Four things
we will not bend on
These have cost us projects. We have kept them anyway, and they are the reason the good clients stay.
01
Strategy before pixels
No design begins until we can name your customer, your competitor and the one thing you want people to feel. If we cannot write it in a sentence, we are not ready to draw it.
02
Nothing off a template
Every site is designed and built from scratch for the business it belongs to. We do not resell themes, and you will never find another company with your layout.
03
Photography is not optional
Stock photos of strangers in a boardroom undo everything else. Most projects include a shoot day: your space, your team, your products.
04
We say the hard thing
If your pricing is the problem, or the location, or the name, you will hear it from us early, while it is still cheap to fix.
The people
Who you'll
actually work
with.
Wesley
Developer
Susan
Brand Strategist
David
Lead Developer
Mark
Marketing Lead
Come see
the studio.
Coffee, a look at the print bench, and an honest conversation about what your brand needs next.