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Digital ProposalAugust 2026

(a)mar.

90-Day Launch Strategy + Content Partnership

90 days to define the look, build the rhythm, and make (a)mar unmistakable.

Prepared for

(a)mar San Antonio

403 Pearl Parkway, San Antonio, Texas

Prepared by

HILMY

Brand strategy lead, with Tavo Gonzalez as production partner

Term
90 days
Team
HILMY + Tavo
Investment
$4,500 / month
Whole fish, shellfish and crustaceans arranged on crushed ice
Tone reference: the category at its best.
01The Need

The bones are already there: Oaxaca in the materials, the coast in the menu, mezcal in the bar. Our job is to turn those ingredients into one unmistakable visual language.

  • 01

    Define the visual language

    Luxury cantina: premium, social, energetic, never precious. Oaxacan craft and warm imperfection over polish.

  • 02

    Establish the visual heroes

    Seafood, mezcal, the signature drink, room energy.

  • 03

    Build a repeatable system

    Content that makes the restaurant look alive and unmistakably (a)mar.

Luxury does not have to whisper.

Pearl does not need another beautiful restaurant. It needs the room everyone wants to be in, and (a)mar is built for it.

Restaurant worker's hands selecting oysters from a crushed-ice seafood display behind the counter
Reference photography: James Trenda / Unsplash.
Beverage advantage

Mezcal is the story only (a)mar can tell.

Ownership holds interests further up the beverage supply chain, including a liquor store and its own mezcal. That is a story no competitor at Pearl can borrow.

The signature drink is a month-one priority, and it is a communication tool as much as a beverage. One recognisable (a)mar serve and ritual, repeatable on a full Friday, becomes a recurring visual asset Tavo shoots every month. A non-alcoholic sibling keeps the whole table in the moment.

Liquor lockers, handled within TABC rules, are the simplest recognition device for regulars.

Every beverage recommendation assumes responsible hospitality and strong non-alcoholic options.

Mezcal cocktail at a bar in Oaxaca, Mexico
Reference photography: Joyboy / Pexels, Oaxaca, Mexico.
02The 90-Day Plan

Three months. Build the idea, build the habit, build the culture.

  1. Month 01

    Define + Ignite

    • Lock visual language + guest promise
    • Signature mezcal drink brief
    • Shoot food, drinks, people, movement, nighttime
  2. Month 02

    Build the Habit

    • Follow what guests repeat
    • Refine happy hour / bar / hidden-room stories
    • Build regulars + repeat content system
  3. Month 03

    Make It Culture

    • Collaborations / residencies / special moments
    • Private groups + celebration behavior
    • Set the repeatable content calendar for the next quarter
  1. The experience
  2. Tavo documents it
  3. (a)mar distributes it
  4. The audience amplifies it

Make the restaurant worth documenting, then document it exceptionally well.

PR is used selectively, for real news moments, not the monthly engine.

03The Team

One strategic lead. One production partner. A clear line between them.

HILMY
Strategy, creative direction, client lead
Tavo Gonzalez
Photo + video production
(a)mar
Culinary, operations, approvals
  1. (a)mar priority
  2. HILMY brief + direction
  3. Tavo production
  4. HILMY review
  5. Live content
Tavo production terms
  • Two shoot days per month
  • 20–30 edited photographs monthly
  • Four edited reels, 15–30 seconds
  • All RAW photography available on request

Tavo's $2,500 monthly production fee is a third-party cost passed through at cost, with no HILMY markup.

Selected work

Independent production partner, working under his own name and with @tungstenmedia. His work lives on his profiles.

04Scope + Investment

Two line items. No markup. One clear total.

Total monthly

$4,500*

HILMY Strategic Consultancy
$2,000 / month
Tavo Content Production
$2,500 / month, at cost
Initial term
3 months
90-day total
$13,500

* Third-party production beyond the agreed Tavo scope, paid media, printing, fabrication, influencer fees, event costs and travel outside San Antonio are not included unless approved.

$2,000

per month

HILMY Strategic Consultancy

Primary Brand Consultant + Relationship Lead

One weekly 60-minute strategy session, plus ongoing async review within scope.

  • Luxury cantina positioning and launch strategy
  • Signature mezcal drink brief, month-one priority
  • Guest experience: arrival, energy, generosity, rituals
  • Beverage-led growth, regulars and liquor-locker strategy
  • Owned-media model with selective, moment-based PR
  • Monthly content priorities and creative direction for every shoot
  • Menu, pricing and perceived-value feedback from a brand perspective
  • Brand review and alignment before anything ships

Advisory only. Not culinary consulting, restaurant operations management, staffing, alcohol compliance advice or financial guarantees.

$2,500

per month

Tavo Content Production

Photo + Video Production Partner, passed through at cost

Two content shoot days per month, consecutive days preferred.

  • 20–30 edited photographs each month
  • Four edited reels, 15–30 seconds each
  • Two content shoot days per month
  • All RAW photographs available on request
  • People, motion, bar energy and nighttime alongside food
  • Shot against HILMY's monthly brief

Tavo's $2,500 monthly production fee is a third-party cost passed through at cost, with no HILMY markup.

Spirit being strained into a rocks glass over a large ice cube in a dark bar
05The Opportunity We See

Three useful references. One distinctly San Antonio opportunity.

Contramar

Mexico City

Identity concentrated in a few unmistakable dishes; the room looks effortless.

Visit

Este

Austin

Seafood credibility that never loses nightlife energy. The closest reference for (a)mar.

Visit

Mixtli

San Antonio

Proof that San Antonio supports ambition when it is specific and well hosted.

Visit
The whitespace

Seafood credibility + proprietary mezcal + real San Antonio energy. That is the space (a)mar can own at Pearl.

Plated seared fish on a dark ceramic plate
06Why HILMY

You know the work. Here is the part that matters for (a)mar.

Pearl
3 years as Agency of Record for Pearl.
Pearl Restaurants
2 Pearl restaurant concepts: Jazz, TX + Botika.
Oxbow Development
4 Oxbow mixed-use / multifamily projects.
  • Oxbow Building, naming + brand system
  • Southline, naming + brand system
  • Aldea, naming + brand system
  • Elmira, naming + brand system
Relevant Current + Approved Experience
Kairoi Residential
Current Agency
6G Austin, Bosque at Waterline + active residential projects throughout Texas and the United States.
White Lodging
Current Agency
Kimpton San Antonio + Tenfold Rooftop.
Autograph Collection Hotels
Approved Agency
Plaza San Antonio + Anaqua.

We know the place, the audience, and the standard. HILMY leads the brand. Tavo captures it. Together, we build the visual system (a)mar needs for launch.

Approve the 90-Day Launch Partnership$4,500/month · 3-month initial term · $13,500 total

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