About Briefly

One person. Zero complexity.

Briefly is a personal project by David Cruz — a digital designer with 16 years of experience who got tired of the old way of building websites.

The old model

The agency model is broken for most projects.

Too slow, too expensive, too many people for a job that doesn't need any of that. So I built the alternative.

The old way

Three discovery calls
Four weeks of waiting
A proposal at 2× your budget
A whole team for one page
Meetings, handoffs, delays

The Briefly way

One simple brief
Built by one person — me
Delivered the next business day
Custom-built, never a template
Fixed price. No meetings.

David Cruz, digital designer and founder of Briefly

David Cruz · Portugal

Who's behind it

Who's behind it.

I'm David Cruz — digital designer based in Portugal, with 16 years of experience working on digital products and websites for clients ranging from early-stage startups to established brands.

Briefly started because I kept seeing the same problem: people needed a clean, professional landing page and had nowhere to go that was fast, affordable, and didn't involve three months and a junior account manager.

So I built a service that does exactly that.

More of my work at davidcruz.pt

One person. Full accountability.

One person means accountability.

When you work with Briefly, you're working with me directly. I read your brief. I design your website. I build it. If something needs to change, you talk to me.