Hey, Sproutbox team.
My name is AJ Miranda.

Hi — I'm AJ. I'm 25, based out of Vancouver, Washington. I'm an aspiring digital marketer, a photographer, and one half of a band called El Wedos. I work a day job at Parr Lumber while I build my agency, Miranda Media Co, from scratch.

I could've sent you a resume. I built this instead — sitting in my room trying to figure out how to stand out, putting everything I've learned to use just to say hello. I actually used AI as a tool to help me build this landing page for you guys, but every idea you'll see here came straight from me.

Why I'm Reaching Out → See My Work

The
Backstory

Film cameras, music, and running out of excuses.

I've always been building. I just started calling it work.

I picked up a camera in high school and never really put it down — photography became the way I see, the way I frame people, light, and a moment. Around the same time, my best friend and I started El Wedos. Nine years of making music together, and I've been the one behind the camera the whole time — shooting band photography, directing music videos, and pouring every creative skill I had into something that felt completely mine.

Today I put that same eye into marketing. I build websites and systems for local service businesses — sites that rank, capture leads, and run on automations I wire by hand into my CRM. I run paid search, Google Business Profile, full campaigns, commissioned design, and brand photography for the clients who want it.

I'm still early — but everything I make has intention behind it. I got here not because I planned it, but because I gave myself no other choice but to succeed.

Photography

Film

Music

The Workspace

El Wedos

Film / Camera

What I've
Built

Less volume. Way more intention.

I run Miranda Media Co — I handle the work for local service businesses mentioned above. Here's what that actually looks like, plus a couple of things I do that most people in my position don't.

Custom Websites

Hand-built, mobile-first sites designed to rank on Google Maps and turn visitors into booked jobs.

Lead Capture + Automations

Multi-step forms that webhook straight into my CRM — with follow-up sequences to both the owner and the customer.

Personalized Outreach

Every prospect gets their own landing page and a Loom audit of their business. Less volume, way more intention.

Audit URL Generator — Walkthrough Watch

Instead of blasting generic emails, I generate a personalized landing page for every prospect — their name, a Loom audit of their business, and a form that webhooks straight into my CRM.

Interactive Intake Form — Try It Live Demo

What kind of business do you run?

What's costing you the most right now?

Where should I send your free audit?

That's the idea.

On a real prospect's page, this just webhooked into my CRM and kicked off an automated follow-up to them and a heads-up to me. This whole form is a working demo.

Why I build it this way. 63% of web traffic is mobile — and for local service businesses, it's even higher. A wall of form fields on a phone gets abandoned. One question at a time, a progress bar, and it's done in seconds. Multi-step forms like this convert 2–3× better. The second they submit, a webhook fires into my CRM and an automated follow-up goes out before they put their phone down. That's speed to lead — and that's the difference between a booked job and a missed one.

The Magnum Opus

This page is the best thing I've built — so far.

Everything I've made up to now led here. The client sites below were some of my very first attempts at building a real landing page for a business — and honestly, a few are a little outdated now, built before the process I use today.

This site — the one you're on right now — is my magnum opus. It's the product of all my learning, all my struggles, and exactly where my skill level is at today. It's the clearest picture of what I'm actually capable of.

View My Work →

Live client sites in the dropdown below — and every social platform I create on lives in The Full Picture ↓

Santiago General Contracting

santiagogc.com · React / Vercel · current process

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Remodel Vancouver

remodelvancouver.com · Home remodeling

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Miranda Media — Smart Websites

website.mirandamedia.co · My own funnel

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Express Water Heater

expresswaterheater.mirandamedia.co · early build

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Jerry's Fence & Decks

jerrysfenceanddecks.mirandamedia.co · early build

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Generations Barbershop

generationsbarbershop.mirandamedia.co · early build

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Why
Sprout Box

You built something personalized. So did I.

What stood out to me wasn't just the work — it was how you built the brand around your people. The team videos, the photos, the way you talk about who you are and not just what you do. You've created something personalized and that takes real intention.

That's exactly what I was trying to do with this page.

I want to be around a team like that. I'd start with contract work, show up prepared, and do the work until it's right. Photography and videography are part of your world — they've always been part of mine too.

I don't have credentials. I have grit, a real skill set, and a strong desire for success.

↓ see — I'd make a great addition to the team ↑

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Where I'd
Fit In

Job titles I'd happily accept.
Pick any.

Honestly? I'm not totally sure where I slot into a team like yours yet — so I drafted a few possible job titles for you. One of them is serious. The others are negotiable.

Position #1

Dude Who Gets the Coffee

Showing up early, learning the room, knowing everyone's order by week two. Will sweep the floor on the way out.

Position #2

Junior Vibe Manager

Keeping the playlist good, watering the fake plants with full sincerity. The aux cord is not safe around me.

Position #3 — actually serious

AJ Miranda — AI Strategist

Building the workflows, MCPs, and AI integrations that make the whole team move faster. Yes, I talk to my computer. No, I'm not embarrassed about it. Hire me and I'll make it everyone's problem.

How I
Work w/ AI

I'm the AI guy.

I built my first website by hand on purpose. I wanted to understand everything before I let a tool do any of it.

Now I run a workflow built around constantly learning how to make AI useful — not as a gimmick, but as real leverage. MCPs, API keys, automations, and integrating every tool I touch into one central hub so I can pull and act on information from anywhere in the stack.

I built this page using the exact same process I use in my business every day. I wanted to stand out, so I did the only thing that made sense — I used my own AI workflows to bring it to life. The tools were mine. The process was mine. And every word came from the heart.

Tech Stack

Claude + Claude Code

Research, strategy, content, and the dev workflow this site was built in

MCPs + API keys

Wiring AI directly into the tools I already use

GoHighLevel

CRM, multi-step forms, automations, invoicing

GitHub + Vercel + Cloudflare

Build, deploy, and ship

Notion + Granola

Central hub for clients, projects, and knowledge — Granola captures meeting notes and pipes them straight into each client's database

The Full
Picture

Why I'm showing you all of it.

Honestly, I want to make a creative life my actual living. I've spent most of my young-adult life in blue-collar jobs and fields that have nothing to do with anything creative — and I've felt out of place the whole time, watching the part of me that matters most go to waste.

So I'm sharing everything — the music, the film, the photography, all of it. Not because every piece is a credential, but because together they show you who I really am: a hard worker with a creative mind who can't keep pouring it into places he'll never grow.

I want to be in a room with creative people — to share ideas, get challenged, build, learn, and grow somewhere that actually pushes me. I want to be the least experienced person in the room, learning from people who are better than me at the work — because that's the only way I actually get better. So instead of just asking for a job, I'd rather show you my whole self and tell you straight: this is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Find me everywhere — every creative avenue I'm on

Miranda Media Co.

My agency, built from scratch

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El Wedos

Music videos I directed & produced

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El Wedos on Spotify

Our music, streaming now

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Personal YouTube

Photography, camera repair, vlogs