Every question, answered plainly.

Grant Alexander Studio is a Chicago studio that helps executives and founders come across the way they intend, on camera, on stage, and in the room. There are four ways to work with us: Executive Styling & Wardrobe, Creative Direction for a launch or raise, a Studio Day before a keynote or interview, and The Monthly, one filmed conversation a month.

Founders, CEOs, and executives with something coming: a bigger role, a launch or raise, a keynote, or a year of being looked at. If you’re earlier in the build, the Notes and the newsletter are free, so start there.

Yes, and it’s one of the main things we do. We build executive wardrobes: the closet edit, sourcing and custom clothing, and exactly what to wear written down, all checked against the camera. Start at the Styling page.

Yes. That’s creative direction: we work out the idea with you, direct every surface of it, and see it through to done. Start at the Creative Direction page.

A real conversation, 75 minutes, on camera. No script, no teleprompter. Coaching is built in — you get sharper on camera every month, and everything we capture becomes your content.

No. Agencies hand you content. The Studio makes you credible on camera and builds your presence from real conversation — the part AI can’t fake, and the part audiences can tell.

No. PR gets you the interview; we make you worth interviewing, and ready for it when it lands. We work with PR firms, not against them.

No. We don’t coach your leadership. We coach the minutes when people are watching you — on camera, on stage, in the room — and we film the practice so you can see the change.

Styling engagements start at $6,000, Creative Direction projects and Studio Days at $7,500, and The Monthly at $6,000 a month with a 4-month minimum. You’ll have an exact number after one conversation.

Projects start at $7,500 and are scoped and priced before any work begins. You’ll have a number after one conversation about what you’re making. More on the Creative Direction page.

No. A fractional CMO runs your marketing month to month. We direct one thing that matters, finish it, and hand it back. If what you want is ongoing work on how you come across, that’s The Monthly. More on the Creative Direction page.

We direct it. We bring in crews when you need them and direct the ones you already have, so the output matches the idea. What you’re buying is the eye, not the equipment. More on the Creative Direction page.

As long as the date demands and no longer, because every project here has an end date. Most run a few weeks to a few months, set in the scope before we start. More on the Creative Direction page.

Yes, and it’ll read like it. What you’re buying isn’t content. It’s being credible on camera, and a system you’ll actually stick with, because your whole involvement is one conversation a month. More on The Monthly.

75 minutes on camera each month, plus about 15 minutes a week approving from your phone. That’s the entire ask. Everything else happens without you. That’s the point of the Studio. More on The Monthly.

The Monthly runs from $6,000 a month, with a 4-month minimum, then month to month: one month to set what you stand for, three to practice it, then we look at the tape together. The exact number comes in your proposal after the Visibility Audit, once I’ve seen what you’re working with. More on The Monthly.

The tape doesn’t lie. After session 4 comes your first quarterly review: month-4 you against month-1 you, side by side, plus everything that shipped and what your name turns up now versus the day we started. If month-4 you doesn’t outperform month-1 you, fire me. More on The Monthly.

Only as much as you want. I ask the questions and direct the session. In the edit, my voice can disappear entirely, or stay in for a TV-interview or podcast feel. Either way it’s branded as yours, not mine. The format serves your goals, and we pick it together. More on The Monthly.

Yes, every session. Message, delivery, presence, and the vocal side: pacing, projection, filler words, the pauses that make people lean in. When someone wants deeper, sustained voice work, I bring in my vocal coach as an add-on. We can scope that in the first conversation. More on The Monthly.

No. Some clients publish everything. Some keep a private executive archive and publish only the clips and writing. Your call, and you can change it monthly. More on The Monthly.

Almost nobody is when we start — that’s why coaching is built into every session. My questions do the work, and you’ll be better in 3 sessions than most executives get in a career. More on The Monthly.

Most clients come to Chicago, and in person is worth it, every time. But we travel. My production team and I come to you, scoped as a custom engagement, and with enough notice most cities work. If virtual genuinely fits how you operate, it works too. Ask. More on The Monthly.

No. Everything is delivered ready to post, with covers, captions, and pull-quotes done. You or your team hit publish. The Studio doesn’t do scheduling or social media management. If you want that handled, we bring in a partner and build it into the scope. More on The Monthly.

Start with the problem in front of you: clothes is Styling, a launch or a raise is Creative Direction, one big day is a Studio Day. If you’re building for the longer term, that’s The Monthly, and any of the others can roll into it. More on The Monthly.

Same budget line, different room. It is run by a working host who still delivers on live television, the reps are real and filmed, and the feedback is specific to the person in front of the camera, not a framework. More on the media training page.

Leadership teams a company puts in front of press, investors, and employees — and individual executives who want the reps monthly instead of once. More on the media training page.

Chicago is home, and the room is worth it. But the Studio travels: days run on location with enough notice. More on the media training page.

Almost everyone is at the start — that is the point of coaching inside every session. You will be better in 3 sessions than most executives get in a career, and the tape will show it. More on the on-camera coaching page.

It includes that, but the reps are conversational and filmed, because interviews, panels, and video calls are where executives are actually judged. More on the on-camera coaching page.

On tape. Month against month, side by side, along with what your name turns up when people look. The tape doesn’t lie. More on the on-camera coaching page.

No. Personal branding optimizes how you package yourself. Executive visibility is whether you are credible when attention actually arrives — on camera, on stage, in the room — and what people conclude when they look you up. More on the executive visibility page.

PR earns the moment; visibility is being worth the moment and ready for it. We work with PR firms, not against them. More on the executive visibility page.

With a free 30-minute Visibility Audit: what your name turns up today, how you read on camera, and 3 specific upgrades — useful either way. More on the executive visibility page.

Far enough for at least one rehearsal to settle — weeks are better than days. If the moment is tomorrow, ask anyway. More on the keynote and interview preparation page.

No. The writing stays with you or your speechwriter, and we work happily alongside the firm that wrote it. We make the delivery match the material. More on the keynote and interview preparation page.

It is media training pointed at one date on the calendar: real reps, on camera, for the moment you have named. More on the keynote and interview preparation page.

Yes — the advisory works for anyone on camera: fit, color, silhouette, and what the lens does to fabric. My custom-clothing history is menswear, and I say so; for custom womenswear, a specialist works under my direction. More on the wardrobe for camera and stage page.

Yes. That’s Executive Styling & Wardrobe: the closet edit, sourcing and custom clothing, and exactly what to wear, written down. Start at the Styling page. More on the wardrobe for camera and stage page.

As a starting point: solid mid-tones, structure through the shoulders, nothing that shines or vibrates. The real answer depends on the set, the light, and you — which is what the wardrobe note is for. More on the wardrobe for camera and stage page.