A CMO proposal · 2026

Sajic Skin Science
deserves the marketing
operating system
its assets earned.

A fractional CMO engagement built around performance fees, owned infrastructure, and agentic AI as a software builder.

BRYAN CALCOTTPrepared for Dr. Sajic
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01The brand

The brand should be at $50M to $100M.

Most $1B brands would buy these assets if they could.

01

An MD/PhD founder. TEDx and GQ on the resume.

02

A real third-party 9-month split-arm clinical study.

03

A luxury-grade brand identity already in place.

04

Sister brand DERMA Skin Institute runs two clinics in Canada and Los Angeles billing $7K to $15K per in-clinic procedure — a built-in patient pipeline Sajic ecommerce can compound on.

What is missing is a Chief Marketing Officer connecting those assets into one operating system. The right CMO is one who builds the system instead of renting it.
02The deal

The deal in one paragraph.

A fractional CMO is paid the way a CMO should be paid. Performance on the upside, cost-recovery on operations. No salary, no equity dilution.

Performance fee
10% of net monthly profit on Sajic Skin Science. No retainer, no floor, no ceiling.
Social engine
$6,000/mo flat — 240 pieces/mo, brand + Dr. Sajic personal
YouTube
$300/video · 12/mo for the first 3-month blast, cadence reviewed each month. After month 3, cadence is reset against performance.
SEO articles
$150/article · 10/mo for the first 3-month blast. After month 3, cadence is reset against performance.
PR + podcast coordination
Bundled. Pass-through any vendor costs.
All ad accounts — Google + Meta
$2,500/mo flat across both DERMA clinic locations + Sajic ecommerce · regardless of spend (industry charges 10–15%)
Brainz Magazine + paid backlinks
Pass-through at cost. Zero markup, ever.
AI-integrated EHR
$15,000 one-off · 30 days · fixed scope, fixed price
Blast phase · months 1–3
$13,600/mo
$6,000 social + $3,600 YouTube + $1,500 SEO + $2,500 all ad accounts. Plus approved pass-throughs.
Steady state · month 4 onward
$10,300/mo
$6,000 social + $1,200 YouTube + $600 SEO + $2,500 all ad accounts. Plus approved pass-throughs.
03Risk asymmetry
You sign for the EHR. Everything else, you cancel any month with one email if I am not earning my keep.
No salary.

No equity dilution. No long contract.

Linear comp.

Compensation scales linearly with profit, not with hours billed.

$1M shared finish line.

At $1M monthly net skincare profit, you keep $900K. I earn $100K.

04Site audit

What sajicskin.com is leaving on the table.

Verified live, 2026-05-01.

·Page title18 characters. Generic.
·Meta descriptionAbsent.
·og:imageAbsent. Social shares render blank.
·Schema markupZero of five priority schemas deployed.
·Concern hubsNone. Single /blogs/journal handle only.
·Quiz funnelAbsent.
·Review moduleAbsent.
·Email + SMS captureDefault Shopify popup only.

Every piece of organic and paid traffic landing on the site converts at a fraction of the rate the brand identity could support. That gap is the engagement.

05Keyword opportunity

Two engines. Two keyword sets. Two revenue lines.

The brand has to rank separately for ecommerce skincare buyers and for local in-clinic procedure patients. Different searches, different intents, different landing pages, different revenue streams. DataForSEO Google Ads, US, verified 2026-05-01.

Engine A · Ecommerce skincare (sajicskin.com)
Drives product revenue
KeywordVol/moKDAsset
derma acne scars27,100low coverageAcne-scars concern hub + matching product page
retinol cream40,50038Retinol product page + retinol ingredient hub
acne scars treatment22,200lowAcne-scars concern hub
medical-grade skincare3,600lowBrand authority hub page
Headline math · top-3 across the full ecom keyword set

93,400 combined monthly searches across the four keywords above. Top-3 ranking, 15–25% CTR, 2–4% conversion, $100–$150 first-order AOV, 2x LTV from subscription replenishment + repeat purchase:

280 to 934 first orders / month → $672K to $3.36M annualized ecommerce revenue ceiling.

Math: 14,010–23,350 monthly clicks × 2–4% conversion × $100–$150 AOV × 12 months × 2x LTV. First-order revenue alone is $336K to $1.68M annualized. "derma acne scars" alone contributes $190K to $980K of that on the same model.

Engine B · Local clinic (DERMA Skin Institute · LA + Canada)
Drives in-clinic procedure visits
KeywordVol/moKDAsset
best dermatologist los angeles5,40041LA clinic landing page + Google Business Profile
Headline math · "best dermatologist los angeles" → clinic

Top-3 ranking, 15–25% CTR, 1% to booked consult, $7K–$15K in-clinic procedure visit value:

8 to 14 incremental consults / month → $56K to $202K monthly clinic revenue ceiling from a single keyword.

Note: keyword research for the local clinic is in flight. Engine B will expand to procedure-specific local terms (e.g. "acne scar treatment los angeles", "morpheus8 los angeles") with the same top-3 → consult math applied per keyword.

Conservatively modeled · top-3 keyword rankings, annualized
Engine A · Ecommerce
$0Kto$0.0M
annualized revenue ceiling
4 ecom keywords · 93,400 combined vol/mo
Engine B · Local clinic
$0Kto$0.0M
annualized revenue ceiling
"best dermatologist los angeles" · 5,400 vol

Two independent revenue lines. Engine A compounds the full ecommerce keyword set. Engine B is a single local keyword — the in-flight local research will multiply this side too.

06Methodology

Methodology in one frame.

01
Audit everything.

Site, ads, CRM, content, ops, brand voice. Score against verified third-party data.

02
Identify leverage.

Where does the smallest input produce the largest output?

03
Build the system that captures it.

Custom code, owned by Sajic. No third-party rentals where the math doesn't justify them.

04
Score against a KPI tree.

Conversion rate, AOV, ROAS, capture rate, scroll depth.

05
Iterate weekly.

6 to 12 CRO tests/mo. 30 to 50 ad creative variants per concept.

The Mint CRO Method on every ad, every landing page, every email.
07Scope

Ten workstreams.

01Social engine — 240 pieces/mo across the brand and Dr. Sajic personal$6,000/mo flat
02YouTube long-form (education / brand / transformation)$300/video
03Short-form repurposing (3–5 shorts per long-form)Bundled
04SEO articles (concern hubs, PDPs, ingredient pages)$150/article
05PR, podcast coordination, Brainz placementBundled / pass-through
06Custom CRO testing harness (built, not rented)Bundled
07Custom email + SMS + capture (built, not rented)Bundled
08All paid ad accounts — Google + Meta, both DERMA clinic locations + Sajic ecommerce$2,500/mo flat
09Local SEO + GBP + location pagesBundled in #4
10AI-integrated EHR (Medplum, FHIR-native, 30 days)$15,000 one-off
08The advantage

AI as a content tool is a toy. Agentic AI as a software builder is the engagement.

Most marketing operators in 2026, including most fractional CMOs and 100% of traditional agencies, still use AI as a content tool. The bulk of their stack is the same agency-and-headcount machine that ran marketing in 2018.

Lighthouse case

A custom physician practice OS shipped last year. Medplum-based, FHIR-native, AI-integrated EHR. Vendor quote: $50K to $200K, 9 to 18 months. Sajic's variant ships even faster — clinical workflow live on day 30, practice-side testing starting day 14, $15K fixed.

The team a CMO would hire is replaced.

Embedded freelance roster supported by an AI operating system that does the headcount work freelancers don't need to.

The recurring software stack is replaced.

Custom email, SMS, capture, quiz funnel, CRO harness, schema deployment, review module, content pipeline. Built once, owned forever. Total recurring third-party software cost on Sajic's side: ~$95/mo.

Speed compounds.

6 to 10 articles/mo → same volume in 3 to 5 days. 1 to 2 ad variants → 30 to 50, scored on live data. Across a year: 4–8x more winning iterations.

Every piece of custom code shipped during the engagement is delivered to Sajic's GitHub, Shopify, and infrastructure accounts. There is no vendor contract that vanishes if I roll off.
09The economics

Side by side.

Monthly cash (operations)
CMO + team$130K – $220K
Agency$40K – $80K retainer
Bryan + AI$11K – $14K
Software stack
CMO + team$5K – $15K/mo
Agency$5K – $15K/mo + 15–30% markup
Bryan + AI~$95/mo
Custom software capability
CMO + teamHire engineers, $150K+ each, 6+ mo
AgencyNone
Bryan + AISajic AI-integrated EHR delivered in 30 days for $15K (testing day 14)
Equity / profit dilution
CMO + team5–15% over 4 yrs
AgencyNone
Bryan + AINone
Skin in the game
CMO + teamEquity vest (delayed)
AgencyNone
Bryan + AI10% of profit, immediate
Cancellation
CMO + teamSeverance, lawsuits
Agency6–12 mo contract
Bryan + AIOne email, any month
Markup on expenses
CMO + teamNone
Agency15–30% common
Bryan + AIZero. Pass-through at cost.
What you keep
CMO + teamDeparting team. Knowledge walks out the door.
AgencyNothing portable
Bryan + AICustom marketing infra + EHR you own
10Trajectory

Year-one ROI math.

Engine A · Ecommerce (sajicskin.com)
  • Operating bill: ~$13.6K/mo blast phase (months 1–3), ~$10.3K/mo steady state.
  • Top-3 across the four-keyword ecom set = $672K–$3.4M annualized revenue ceiling on a $100–$150 AOV with 2x LTV. "derma acne scars" alone contributes $190K–$980K of that.
  • Path to $1M monthly net profit = the shared finish line. 3x baseline → $30K/mo to Bryan. 5x → $50K/mo. 10x → $100K/mo.
Engine B · Local clinic (DERMA Skin Institute)
  • Clinic ad management: $2.5K/mo flat across both locations. Pricing is independent of paid spend.
  • One added clinic consult/week at $7K–$15K visit value = $364K–$780K incremental annual clinic revenue.
  • "best dermatologist los angeles" top-3 alone = $56K–$202K / month. Blast- phase bill recovered inside the first ranked clinic keyword.
11Timeline

90-day blast. Quarterly cadence after.

Week 1
Onboarding · quick wins
  • Engagement letter + EHR SOW signed
  • Access provisioned across all platforms
  • Baseline KPI snapshot captured
  • First-visit popup live · alt-tags fixed · og:image https
  • EHR build kicked off in parallel
Day 14
EHR practice-side testing begins
  • Working build handed to clinic staff for hands-on practice testing
  • Workflow feedback captured + iterated through to day 30 ship
Week 4
Storefront · clinics · EHR live · month 1 of blast
  • EHR shipped — clinical workflow live in both clinics on day 30
  • Homepage + PDP + quiz + location pages rebuilt
  • All five priority schemas deployed
  • 10 SEO articles · 12 YouTube videos · 240 social pieces (month-1 cumulative)
  • Both clinic ad accounts rebuilt and live
Week 8
Scale signals · creative library · month 2 of blast
  • 20 SEO articles · 24 YouTube videos · 480 social pieces (cumulative)
  • Brainz feature live · 2–3 paid backlinks live · 2–3 podcast bookings
  • First measurable CRO lift visible in GA4
  • First monthly YouTube cadence review — confirm or adjust the 12/mo rate
Week 12
Blast phase complete · month 3
  • 30 SEO articles · 36 YouTube videos · 720 social pieces total
  • 6 to 12 Mint CRO tests scored
  • First quarterly performance report and reassessment
  • Cadence handoff to steady state (4 articles/mo · 4 videos/mo · 240 social/mo)
Month 4 →
Steady state
  • 4 articles/mo · 4 videos/mo · 240 social/mo
  • Monthly performance + expense + cadence reports
  • Quarterly fee-structure reassessment
12The ask

What I'm asking for.

01
Sign the EHR scope.

$15K, 30 days, fixed. The single non-cancellable line.

02
Activate the workstreams.

Social, content, SEO, ad accounts on month-to-month flat pricing. Cancel any month if I am not earning my keep.

03
Agree to the 10% performance fee.

On Sajic Skin Science net monthly profit. No floor, no ceiling, no equity.

04
Pick the start date.

I clear week-one onboarding inside seven days of green light.

The deal is structured so you only keep paying me if I am working.