Plaine Studios
Since 2005
Our studio
- Website & Application Design & Development
- Identity & Branding
- Advertising & Print Design
- Photography & Video
- Managed Hosting
Plaine Studios is a boutique design agency founded in New Orleans and now based in Charleston, South Carolina. Owned and operated by me, Chris Brown, and my wife, Jacee Brown, we started with the goal of making the ever-evolving and complex worlds of design and digital media accessible to individuals and businesses. Our mission has always been to allow our clients to focus on selling their products or services rather than worrying about managing their websites.
We keep things small and simple, dedicating our attention fully to each project rather than rushing to the next. This boutique approach enables us to spend quality time with every client, developing creative ideas and delivering tools that are affordable, easy to use, and designed to generate a high return on investment.
My Role
- Founder
- Managing Partner
- Strategy & Development
- Project & Product Management
- Creative Direction
- UX/UI Work
- Content Strategy & Development
- Photography & Videography
- Linux Server Administration
- Client Training & Support
I perform a wide variety of tasks in our business, driven by my lifelong “DIYer” personality. I enjoy building custom-themed sites in WordPress, troubleshooting and resolving code bugs, contributing to the creative direction of every project, shooting photos and video, overseeing content strategy for clients, configuring and managing the dedicated server that hosts client sites, and helping craft brands and identities for new small businesses. I also take pride in developing and planning our business growth, managing all of our finances, and collaborating with our small team of developers on more complex projects that go beyond the scope of my DIY skills.
What I enjoy most, however, is working with everyone involved in the project as a product/project manager. I find great satisfaction in talking through client needs and concerns, translating those into actionable steps, and communicating these ideas to our design and engineering team to develop aligned, exciting solutions. The most rewarding part of any project for me is the final release of a site, product, or brand and seeing the look of satisfaction on the faces of our clients and the Plaine Studios team. Knowing that the process was enjoyable, frictionless, and successful for everyone involved is what makes the work truly fulfilling.
Our history
- Founded in New Orleans in 2005
- +$1.5M in revenue
- 6 team members
- Clients in real estate and apartment rental, government agencies, restaurants, entertainment venues, retail businesses, e-commerce businesses, law firms, advertising agencies, higher education, non-profits, bands & musicians, resorts & spas, opera companies, railroads
I founded Plaine Studios in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans in 2005 with my wife and business partner, Jacee. By combining her design education and experience with my “jack of all trades” approach to life and constantly-wanting-to-learn work ethic, we quickly found a niche serving start-up businesses as the region recovered from Hurricane Katrina. We grew rapidly by developing a reputation for delivering award-winning work on a reasonable budget and doing so in a holistic and passionate way that made our clients feel like part of a family that cared about their success moreso than a line on our balance sheet. We enjoyed relationships with clients of all sizes inside and outside of the New Orleans area, from Maryland to California.
In 2012, a year after the birth of our first son Felix, we relocated to Charleston, South Carolina. In a “pre-remote work” world, we continued serving all of our clients in New Orleans without missing a beat. However, we were beginning to crave more family time as our days, nights and weekends were still totally consumed with work. In 2014, much to our surprise, we welcomed our twins Maxwell & Truman into the world and immediately knew that our professional lives would need to change. We began to scale back our growth and reduce our client roster dramatically over the following few years to focus on raising our boys. By 2020, we had stopped accepting new clients to fully reclaim our nights and weekends with our growing family.
We began accepting new clients again in 2025.
(843) 789-9504