Meet Pauli,
your personal
creative
executive assistant.

Fifteen minutes to setup. Hours back to create.

You chose to go independent. That means you're the talent and the business. The creative and the administrator. Pauli handles the bookings, the invoices, and everything pulling you away from the craft, so you can stay in the creative flow that matters.

№ 01 / A natural conversation

You didn't ask Pauli
to flag the low offer.
It already knew.

Pauli moves before you ask. It holds your context, notices what matters, and handles it. You only get pulled in when a real decision needs to be made. Not commands. Action.

№ 03 / The real job

The part of the work
nobody told you about.

You chose to build a creative practice on your own terms. No label. No agency. No one to hand the paperwork to. Somewhere along the way, the other 9-to-5 moved in. The one nobody pays you for.

01 Eleven emails to confirm one show 10–20 hrs lost per week
02 Three months in. The invoice still unpaid £3k–£15k lost per creator / year
03 Four platforms. One mental load that never switches off 30–40% of creative capacity
04 A context switch every twenty minutes The work that matters, delayed

Based on interviews with independent UK creatives, 2025

Creativity powers culture, identity and innovation, yet creators spend up to half their working lives on administration. This is not a talent problem. It is a structural one.
Dave Rutledge, Founder of Pauli
№ 04 / Built for the craft

Not a dashboard.
Not a chatbot.
Someone in your corner.

Pauli takes ownership of running your practice. Everything a full team would handle, handled by one. The things you'd do yourself if you weren't already doing everything else.

i.

Handles the inbox,
the bookings, the follow-ups.

The fifth follow-up email to a venue. The "just circling back" message to a collaborator. Pauli writes them in your voice, sends them at the right time, and only pulls you in when a real decision needs to be made.

ii.

Makes sure nothing you've earned goes missing.

Invoices tracked. Royalties reconciled across every platform. Payments chased without the awkwardness. You'll recover between £1k and £15k a year that would have quietly slipped through the cracks.

iii.

Remembers your world,
so you don't have to.

Your collaborators, your rates, your recurring clients, the last thing you said to that studio in February. Pauli holds your context so nothing starts from scratch, and nothing is ever forgotten.

№ 05 / Who it's for

If you make something,
Pauli runs the rest.

Built first inside the UK independent music scene, where there's no management, no label, and no one to chase the invoice for you. What works there works for any independent creative with the same shape of problem.

MUSIC
Artists &
producers
FILM
Directors &
editors
DESIGN
Designers &
art directors
IMAGE
Photographers &
stylists
WORD
Writers &
journalists
STUDIO
Small teams &
collectives
№ 06 / The team

Built by people
who know the problem.

Dave Rutledge
Founder & CEO

Dave Rutledge

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Ed Strode-Willis
Founder & CTO

Ed Strode-Willis

LinkedIn
In our corner · Advisors
Ash Phillips
Ash Phillips
CEO, Rebellious
Shina Kenogbon
Shina Kenogbon
Creative Director, COLOURSxSTUDIO
№ 08 / Join the early circle

Hand the admin to
someone else. Get
back to your craft.

Built for independent creatives running their own practice. Early access is limited. Get in, shape how it works, and stop being your own administrator.

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