✦ About us

We're rethinking how companies hire creative talent.

MakerPotter matches any team with vetted designers, motion artists, illustrators and video pros — in about a day, paid per design. No agencies, no gambles, no months-long hires.

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A team of two, and 260+ makers around the world.
Why we exist

Great work shouldn't be this hard to buy.

Every growing company needs design — but the options are all broken. Agencies are slow and expensive. Freelance marketplaces are a coin flip. Hiring in-house takes months you don't have. So great ideas sit in a queue, waiting.

We built MakerPotter to fix that. We hand-vet the top 3% of independent makers, then use AI to match the right one to your brief in about a day. You get on-brand, senior-level work — paid per design, with unlimited revisions and full ownership. No retainers, no lock-in, no drama.

"A potter takes raw clay and shapes it into something people love. That's what a great maker does with your brief — our job is just to put the right one at the wheel."

— HOW WE GOT THE NAME
What we believe

Four things we won't compromise on.

Makers first

We treat makers as partners — fair pay, real ownership, and work they are proud to sign.

Taste is non-negotiable

Only the top 3% get in. We obsess over craft, polish and the details most people skip.

Fast, but human

AI handles the matching in a day; real people own the outcome and have your back.

You own your work

Full IP and every source file, on every single project. No strings, no lock-in.

260+
vetted makers
18,400
designs shipped
4.9★
average rating
40+
countries
How we got here

From one bad hire to 18,000 designs.

2023

MakerPotter is born

Two friends, one maddening design hire, and a much better idea.

2024

The first 100 makers

Hand-vetted, top 3% only. Quality over quantity from day one.

2025

AI matching goes live

24-hour matches at scale, backed by real project leads.

2026

18k designs shipped

1,200+ teams in 40+ countries, making faster than ever.

The people at the wheel

A small team, obsessed with your work.

Dana Okoye
Co-founder & CEO

Ex-design lead who got tired of waiting weeks to make a single hire.

Sam Whitfield
Co-founder & CTO

Built the AI matching engine at the heart of MakerPotter.

Kenji Sato
Head of Talent

Personally vetted the first 500 makers in the network.

Mateo Herrera
Head of Design

Keeps the bar for craft honest — and impossibly high.

…plus 260+ makers across 40+ countries who bring the work to life.

Let's make something together.

Tell us what you need and meet your matched maker tomorrow. It starts with a quick demo.

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