Tusk Creative Studios · Newport Beach · Est. 2017

Websites that convert. Ads that scale.

A Newport Beach digital studio building premium websites and paid ad campaigns for Orange County's most discerning brands. Designed and built by Austin Simpkins, one engagement at a time.

5.0 ★★★★★

Selected Work

Recent work.

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Kitchen Foundry luxury appliance store website.eCommerce

Kitchen Foundry

Shopify build · 8x ROAS
ZH Construction luxury home builder website across devices.Luxury Construction

ZH Construction

Brand & website
Wisdom Trading futures trading platform website.Fintech

Wisdom Trading

Platform & brand system
INKD fashion eCommerce storefront.Fashion / DTC

INKD

Editorial shop experience
GreenLife healthy catered food website for Orange County.Health / Food

GreenLife

Web & online ordering
Vintage Surfari Wagons VW camper rental booking site.Travel / Rentals

Vintage Surfari

Booking site & SEO
UnstableML AI video generation product ad creative.AI / SaaS

UnstableML

Launch ad creative
01Flagship · Websites

Websites engineered to convert.

Custom builds on Shopify, WordPress, and headless stacks. Every page is designed around one job: turning your traffic into revenue. No templates, no compromises, no off-the-shelf themes.

200+Projects launched since 2017
100%Custom-built, never templated
  • Conversion-first design & UX, mapped to your funnel
  • Shopify & WooCommerce stores built to scale
  • Landing pages & CRO that lift paid performance
  • Care plans that keep the engine sharp post-launch
ZH Construction, a Newport Beach luxury home builder website shown across desktop, tablet and mobile. ZH Construction · luxury home builder
02Flagship · Paid Advertising

Ad campaigns built to scale.

Google Partner-certified management across Google, Meta, TikTok, and Bing. Data-driven, ROAS-obsessed, and built on creative that actually stops the scroll and earns the click.

4Ad platforms managed in-house
GooglePartner Certified
  • Full-funnel Google & Meta campaign management
  • TikTok & Merchant Center for eCommerce growth
  • Ad creative systems that compound performance
  • Transparent reporting, in plain English
Kitchen Foundry paid ad creative for an outdoor kitchen campaign.
8xROAS · Kitchen Foundry
Kitchen Foundry · paid ad creative
BBQGrills.com grill and outdoor-living eCommerce storefront.
Featured Case Study · BBQGrills.com

A storefront engineered to convert.

BBQGrills.com is a high-volume grill and outdoor-living retailer. We rebuilt the store around how people actually buy, then scaled it with a PPC engine across Google Search and Shopping. The site does the selling. The ads keep it busy.

+2,558%
Conversion value
+2,012%
Return on ad spend
92%
Cost per click
Web DesigneCommerce / CROGoogle AdsShopping & Merchant Center
Talk through your store
ID-001 · Newport BeachEst. 2017

Austin
Simpkins.

Founder & Lead Designer

BasedNewport Beach, CA
Studio ofOne, by design
Building since2017 · nearly a decade
Q3 2026 slotsOne remaining
Meet the Founder

Designed by one person. Built like an in-house team.

I'm Austin. I started Tusk in 2017 from a coffee shop on PCH with one goal: build the kind of marketing partner I wished I'd had as a business owner. Real conversations. Real video updates. Real work that compounds.

Every project goes through my hands, from the first discovery call to the last care plan check-in. That's not a studio-of-one problem. It's the whole point.

The agencies I worked with as a founder treated me like a ticket. I built Tusk to treat you like a partner.

Austin Simpkins, Founder
Get on Austin's Q3 calendar

One partnership remaining for Q3 2026.
Free 15-minute discovery call included.

What We Do

Two flagships. Two supporting pillars.

Every engagement is shaped
around your business goals.
How We Work

A partnership in three steps.

I don't disappear after launch.
The real work starts when the site goes live.
01

Listen.

Every engagement starts with a free 15-minute discovery call. Three things I'd fix first. No pitch. No strings.

Discovery · Week 1
02

Build & launch.

Strategy, design, development, launch. You see progress weekly, not at the end. Real video updates, real previews, real conversations.

Execution · 2 to 8 weeks
03

Scale & care.

Ongoing optimization, monthly reporting, and a care plan that keeps the engine sharp. I'm your partner, not a vendor you ghost after handoff.

Partnership · Ongoing
What People Say

Straight from real clients.

5.0 ★★★★★
Sourced verbatim. Every name is real.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"THE BEST! Austin is so talented, knowledgeable, communicative and SO easy to work with. He literally took my website to the next level."

DZ
Doug Zalar
Business Owner · Google Review
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Hire this man! He has an excellent sense of design and what would be appealing to a potential customer. Turned an overwhelming goal into a doable step-by-step process."

HP
Hallmock Presents
Web Design Client · Google Review
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"Made a significant difference in our Google rankings. We have the utmost confidence in their work product and highly recommend Tusk Creative Studios."

DS
Diane Staggs
Vintage Surfari · Google Review
★ ★ ★ ★ ★

"I started working with Austin and immediately saw a difference in all of my marketing strategies. He is on top of everything and great with communication, which is rare in this field."

AM
Andrew Morcos
Marketing Client · Google Review
Common Questions

Good to know.

Still have a question? The fastest answer is a quick discovery call. Get in touch.

What types of businesses do you work with?
From bootstrapped startups to established $1M+ brands across eCommerce, medical, construction, trades, hospitality and professional services. If you're serious about growth and value craft, we're a fit.
Can you redesign my existing site, or only build new?
Both. Many engagements start as a redesign of a site that looks fine but doesn't convert. We audit what's there, keep what works, and rebuild the rest around your funnel.
How do you make sure ads reach the right audience?
Strategic keyword and audience research, tight conversion tracking, continuous A/B testing of creative, and in-house click-fraud monitoring. We optimize toward revenue, not vanity metrics.
Can I choose a single service, or only full packages?
You can start with one service. Most clients begin with a website or an ads engagement, then expand once the flywheel is working. No forced bundles.
How do you report on results?
Live dashboards plus plain-English monthly summaries. You'll always know what we did, what it returned, and what's next. No jargon, no smoke.
What makes Tusk different from other agencies?
A studio of one, by design. Austin touches every project personally, so you get senior-level work and an in-house-team feel, without the agency overhead or account-manager telephone game.
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Let's make it matter.

Free 15-minute discovery call. No pitch, no strings. Just three things I'd fix first.

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