Partner with the Zine
You’re not just purchasing an advertisement. You’re investing in creativity.
CRÉATEUR Zine partners with businesses, brands, and organizations that believe creatives deserve more than exposure. Together, we create thoughtful editorial, meaningful visibility, and partnerships that directly support the creative community.
EXPLORE OUR PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES BELOW
A DIFFERENT MODEL FOR CREATIVE MEDIA
Too often, creatives are asked to work for visibility instead of value. CREATEUR Zine exists to help change that.
Our mission is to redefine how creatives are valued by replacing exposure-based opportunities with thoughtful creation, meaningful partnerships, intentional storytelling, and professional respect.
We believe stories should be told with care, creatives should be respected professionally, partnerships should feel authentic, and communities should grow together.
Where Your Investment Goes
Paid partnerships and sponsored placements help cover the cost of producing and printing CRÉATEUR Zine. That allows us to focus magazine sales toward supporting and paying the Featured Creatives a percentage of our Zine sales within each season.
FEATURED CRÉATIVE PAYOUTS
Helping us direct magazine sales toward the creatives featured within each season.
PROFESSIONAL STORYTELLING
Giving creative work the time, care, and presentation it deserves.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Supporting issue releases, gatherings, and opportunities for connection.
CRÉATIVE IMPACT FUND
At the end of each year, a percentage of CRÉATEUR Zine income is contributed to the Créative Impact Fund.
BUILT WITH OUR CREATIVE COMMUNITY
1,000+
CRÉATEUR ZINE ISSUES SOLD
200+
RELEASE PARTY ATTENDEES
40+
FEATURED CRÉATIVES PAID
20+
LOCAL CRÉATIVE PARTNERS
Choose How You Want to Partner
From immersive editorial partnerships to flexible sponsored placements, there are several ways to become part of CRÉATEUR Zine.
PRIMARY PARTNER OF THE SEASON
$2000
OUR HIGHEST LEVEL OF COLLABORATION.
PERFECT FOR BUSINESSES WITH SPACE FOR AN EVENT.
A full editorial, event, and community partnership built around your business and a CRÉATEUR Zine issue.
High-level inclusions:
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Exclusive sit-down interview in CRÉATEUR Studios in Ballard with Founder, Aria Bird. Shot on video and audio edited for CRÉATEUR Unscripted podcast.
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A 4-page CRÉATEUR-produced editorial feature, written by CRÉATEUR's editorial writers (real humans). You will have the opportunity to review and approve the final feature before publishing.
We want you to be just as proud of your feature as we are!
A sneak peak “Zine Online” blog article placement will also be published among our online articles.
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1 hour professional photoshoot and 1 hour professional video shoot of business tour.
You’ll receive the published photos and video footage as complimentary. The complete shoot collection of unpublished photo and video footage will be available to you for purchase.
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Complete primary partner issue campaign including social, email, and website platform promotional campaign.
Where applicable, Partner can include a special limited-time offer for CRÉATEUR readers and viewers.
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The primary partner of the season opens their place of business to host the official Issue Release Party of their featured issue.
CRÉATEUR Zine manages the planning, design, marketing, and production of the party in collaboration with the partner.
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The primary partner provides available wall space to spotlight work by the Featured Creatives within their featured issue for the featured season (three months)
This could mean a rotating Featured Creative spotlight per month, or a collective exhibition of all the Featured Creatives for the season.
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You are invited to the CRÉATEUR Gala coming in 2028 with unique participation opportunities and recognition.
You’ll receive 20% OFF all future CRÉATEUR Advisors services for one year.
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Exclusive sit-down interview in CRÉATEUR Studios in Ballard with Founder, Aria Bird. Shot on video and audio edited for CRÉATEUR Unscripted podcast.
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A 2-page CRÉATEUR-produced editorial feature, written by CRÉATEUR's editorial writers (real humans). You will have the opportunity to review and approve the final feature before publishing.
We want you to be just as proud of your feature as we are!
A sneak peak “Zine Online” blog article placement will also be published among our online articles.
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1 hour professional photoshoot.
You’ll receive the published photos as complimentary. The complete shoot collection of unpublished photos will be available to you for purchase.
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Digital campaign including social, email, and website platform promotional campaign.
When applicable, Partner can include a special limited-time offer for CRÉATEUR readers and viewers.
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Partners of the season receive a partner spotlight at all the featured season’s events.
This means appearance of logo on all promotional material. A promoted special offer from you to CRÉATEUR Zine readers. And a booth or presence spotlighting your business or services at each event.
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CRÉATEUR Zine would love to work with you to collaborate on a supportive pop-up or activation opportunity for you and your business within the season.
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You are invited to the CRÉATEUR Gala coming in 2028 with unique participation opportunities and recognition.
You’ll receive 10% OFF all future CRÉATEUR Advisors services for one year.
PARTNERS OF THE SEASON
$1000
OUR SECOND HIGHEST LEVEL OF COLLABORATION.
PERFECT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES WITHOUT A STOREFRONT.
A smaller-scale partnership that combines professional editorial storytelling with digital promotion and an intimate activation.
High-level inclusions:
Self-Produced Featured Placements
For businesses with a story to tell and the creative resources to tell it themselves.
Self-Produced Featured Placements offer the same intentional space within CRÉATEUR Zine while giving your team the freedom to develop your own editorial, imagery, and design. Whether introducing your business, sharing the people behind it, or telling a story that connects with the creative community, your feature should feel like something worth reading—not simply an advertisement.
All self-produced placements are reviewed and approved by CRÉATEUR prior to publication to ensure they meet in the Zine’s editorial, visual, and production standards.
Your story. Your production. Our pages and community.
4-Page Self-Produced Feature
$1000
Take the space to tell a fuller story. Your team provides:
The finished editorial with sources
Original imagery and design with sources
2 Social Posts for CRÉATEUR to share
2 graphic blocks for CRÉATEUR email marketing placement
Final content reviewed and approved by CRÉATEUR prior to publication. CRÉATEUR includes:
Sneak Peak “Zine Online” Blog Article Placement
*Must include a special limited-time offer for CRÉATEUR readers and viewers.
2-Page Self-Produced Feature
$500
A focused way to introduce your business and what you bring to the creative community. Your team provides:
The finished editorial with sources
Original imagery and design with sources
A Social Post for CRÉATEUR to share
A graphic block for CRÉATEUR email marketing placement
Final content reviewed and approved by CRÉATEUR prior to publication. CRÉATEUR includes:
Sneak Peak “Zine Online” Blog Article Placement
*Must include a special limited-time offer for CRÉATEUR readers and viewers.
Put Your Business In Good Company
Not every partnership needs to begin with a feature.
Sponsored Placements give businesses an accessible way to support CRÉATEUR Zine while introducing their work, products, services, or upcoming opportunities to a community of creatives and the people who believe in them.
Each placement lives inside a publication intentionally designed to be kept, shared, revisited, and collected–not simply scrolled past.
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FULL PAGE
$250
A full-page sponsored placement gives your business an entire page within an upcoming issue of CRÉATEUR Zine.
Ideal for businesses looking to tell a larger story, promote a service or upcoming event, introduce an offer, or create a strong visual presence within the issue.
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HALF PAGE
$120
A half-page sponsored placement provides room for your business, message, imagery, and call to action while sharing the page with another CRÉATEUR partner.
Ideal for local businesses, independent professionals, events, and organizations looking for meaningful visibility at an accessible level.
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QUARTER PAGE
$55
A simple introduction to the CRÉATEUR community.
Quarter-page placements are ideal for a logo, concise message, offer, event, or call to action and provide an easy way for small businesses and independent professionals to participate in an upcoming issue.
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WEBSITE PLACEMENT
$10 / MONTH
Keep your business visible within the Zine community beyond the printed page.
Monthly website placements offer an ongoing presence on the Zine website connecting visitors with your business through a dedicated visual placement and direct link.
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ONLINE GUEST ARTICLE
$75
Have something meaningful to share with the creative community? Contribute a guest article to the Zine Online and bring your knowledge, perspective, or experience into the conversation.
Guest articles are provided by the partner and reviewed by the Zine team for editorial fit before publication.
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SOCIAL POST
$25
Meet our community where the conversation continues. Promoted social posts give your business a dedicated sponsored post across the Zine’s social presence, combining your message and visuals with a direct call to action.
All sponsored content is reviewed by the Zine to ensure it feels relevant to our audience and aligned with the Zine.
Your Partnership Goes Further Than The Page
Every CRÉATEUR Zine partnership helps us do more for the creatives at the center of the publication.
Your support helps cover the cost of producing and printing each issue, create a richer editorial experience for our Featured Creatives, and make it possible to share a percentage of Zine sales directly with the creatives featured inside.
And the impact keeps going.
A percentage of CRÉATEUR Zine’s annual income is contributed to the Creative Impact Fund, supporting independent creative projects and experiences beyond the publication.
More than space in a Zine. It’s a way to help build what happens around it.
Let’s Start A Conversation
Interested in becoming a CRÉATEUR Zine partner? Submit your information below to connect directly with founder Aria Bird and explore what a partnership could look like for your business.
Starting with a conversation about what we could create together.
