Davy Agency vs Ever (Kimberly Novosel)
Both serve creative professionals. Both do branding and marketing. Ever is a one-person creative consultancy for individual artists who want done-for-them marketing. Davy is a multi-discipline studio that produces the actual work — design, video, merch, PR — alongside the marketing strategy.
What Ever (Kimberly Novosel) is great at
Ever Studio (founded as KMN Creative in 2011) is run by Kimberly Novosel — writer, creative director, stylist, producer. Their tagline is "creative marketing for creatives who don't like marketing." Featured in USA Today and HuffPost. The model is intentionally personal: a single experienced operator handling marketing strategy and execution for individual creative professionals — artists, designers, writers, entrepreneurs. If you want a one-on-one relationship with someone who handles your marketing as a senior partner, that's the offer.
What Davy does that Ever doesn't
Davy is a multi-discipline studio — designers, photographers, videographers, screen-printers, marketers, PR strategists, sync pitchers, tour bookers — all under one roof in Portland. Marketing strategy is one of many things we do, not the whole offer. When your release needs an album cover designed, a music video shot, a tour booked, merch printed, a sync placement pitched, an EPK built, and a press campaign run — that all happens inside Davy without you assembling a team.
And when you sign with us, you also get put in front of our full industry network: labels, sync houses, festival bookers, fellow artists. That access doesn't come with a single-operator consultancy.
Pick Ever / Kimberly Novosel if
- You're an individual creative who wants a one-on-one marketing partner
- Your work is in writing, design, photography, or solo creative practice
- You don't need physical merch, music video production, or full release campaigns
- You want a senior consultant doing the marketing thinking with you
Pick Davy if
- You're an artist or band releasing music with multiple production needs
- You need design + photo + video + merch + PR + sync + booking + marketing
- You want one team that produces the actual work, not just plans it
- You want access to a music-industry network beyond just marketing channels
The honest answer
Ever and Davy aren't really competing — they're aimed at different shapes of client. Ever serves the solo creative pro who wants senior marketing thinking. Davy serves the music project that needs an entire release pipeline. Both legitimate; pick by the shape of what you're trying to ship.
Frequently Asked
Davy or Ever (Kimberly Novosel)?
Ever is Kimberly Novosel's solo creative consultancy — high-touch 1:1 strategic advice from one senior consultant. Davy is a full team that does both strategy (dedicated media strategist) AND execution under one roof. Pick Ever for solo high-touch consulting with a single advisor. Pick Davy when you want strategy plus the team to actually run what the strategy calls for.
When to hire a solo consultant vs full agency like Davy?
Hire a solo consultant for high-touch 1:1 advisory access to a specific senior voice you trust, where you'll execute or assemble vendors yourself. Hire a full agency like Davy when you want strategy and execution from the same team — Davy has a dedicated media strategist plus the production team to ship what the strategy calls for. Not a strategy-vs-execution split.
Does Davy do media strategy as a standalone service?
Yes. Davy has a dedicated media strategist on the team. Media strategy informs paid spend allocation, audience targeting, narrative arc, press positioning, and release timing. It's part of release campaigns, paid social retainers, and PR engagements, and can also be scoped standalone.
What does a full Davy engagement include?
3+ services typically combined: media strategy, brand identity, photography, music videos, web, release campaigns, PR, paid social, sync prep/pitching, tour support, Artist Discovery sends, merch. Full-engagement (3+ services) unlocks Network Access free — puts the artist in front of Davy's industry network: labels, sync houses, festival bookers, brand reps.