Digital Studio Hub
SA's Number 1 Dark Digital Marketing Agency
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#28,264
of 28,921 agencies on Upwork by lifetime earnings, and #1,694 in Google Advertising.
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Jobs
4
contracts to date
Hours
0
billed hourly
Job Success
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Hourly rate
$35/hr
min. project $1,000+
Index Score
20
#28715 overall
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Index Score breakdown19.5/100
Scale 0/40Quality 10/20Trust 0/15Momentum 3/15Team 6.5/10
Observation history
Every read of the public page. Last observed Oct 30, 2026 (live read).
| Observed | Earned | Δ | Jobs | JSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | Hidden | 4 | Not rated | |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Hidden | 4 | Not rated |
About
We Don't Run Campaigns. We Operate Systems. Digital Studio Hub is a dark agency and strategic think tank based in South Africa. We build, market, and operate brands — and we have been doing it with our own money long before we do it with yours. Our portfolio includes active internal brands across consumer e-commerce, media, SaaS, wellness, and financial education. Every methodology, framework, and execution system we deploy for clients has already been stress-tested in live commercial conditions inside our own operations. No recycled playbooks. No theoretical strategy. Only what is already running in production. --- What We Do We design and operate the full marketing infrastructure for affiliate, whitelabel, and enterprise businesses that need a strategic partner — not a task executor. Our core capabilities: • Search architecture and technical SEO • Paid acquisition — Google Ads, Meta, programmatic • Conversion-focused web development and engineering • Social media distribution and platform operations • Lifecycle email and retention architecture • Long-form SEO-led content systems • Conversion rate optimisation • CRM and marketing automation We do not sell isolated deliverables. We build the system that connects acquisition to retention to revenue — and we operate it alongside you. --- How We Work Fixed monthly retainers only. We do not take on one-off gigs, spec work, or project engagements. Our model is built for ongoing operational partnership, not task execution. We are selective. Not every business is the right fit — and we will say so before we start. --- Why This Model Works Because we think like operators, not service providers. We look at your acquisition channels, your conversion infrastructure, your retention systems, and your positioning. We find where the system is leaking before we build anything new. The question we ask is never "what should we post?" — it is "where does your architecture break?" If you are looking for a freelancer to execute isolated tasks, we are not the right fit. If you are looking for a strategic operations partner who has already built what you are trying to build — we should talk. --- Founded by Delano Alexander. SA rates. Global ops.Read more
Skills
Character AnimationContent CreationEcommerce WebsiteProgrammatic CampaignDigital StrategyShopifySocial Media OptimizationSearch Engine OptimizationBrand MarketingGoogle AdsBrand DevelopmentAnimationNative AdvertisingSocial Media ManagementFacebook Advertising
Agency facts
- Team size
- 11-50
- Teams on Upwork
- 1
- Founded
- Not published
- Member since
- Sep 2017
- Last contract
- Sep 2023
- Owner
- Delano Alex N.
- Client focus
- Large business, Medium business, Small business
- Country
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Languages
- Not published
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