HR · OS The business behind the brand // agency-1133 / homepage / v.2026

The operating system behind the brand.

Agency Eleven33 is the business infrastructure firm helping founders, growing service businesses, and senior leadership teams build the operating systems, talent strategy, and Connection Capital behind sustainable growth.

Founded2018
Disciplines05
Status● Open
Founded 2018
Disciplines 5
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// agency-1133 / services / five-disciplines

Five disciplines, one approach.

05 modules Custom engagement
01 Active

Business Infrastructure & Operations

Organizational design, operational buildout, process improvement, workflow optimization, internal systems development, business structure alignment.

  • Org design
  • SOPs
  • Workflows
  • RACI
  • Tooling
02Active

Workforce & Talent

Hiring, onboarding, workforce planning, performance management.

  • TA
  • L&D
  • Perf
03Active

Leadership Growth

Executive coaching, alignment, decision support, accountability systems.

  • Coaching
  • Decisions
04Active

Business Growth & Leverage

Strategic partnerships, business positioning, Connection Capital activation, opportunity mapping, business development.

  • Partnerships
  • BD
  • Positioning
05 Education layer · HireLevel HQ

Founder Education & Business Setup — for owners who'd rather build it themselves.

Templates, tools, training, workshops, payroll guidance, compliance basics, and starter guides — built for new and established business owners.

  • Templates
  • Payroll
  • Compliance
  • Workshops
  • Starter guides

// agency-1133 / clients / audiences

Who we build with.

03 segments
01

Founders & Early-Stage Operators

New owners building infrastructure for the first time, and founders ready to put structure behind the brand they've already built.

Pre-seed → Series A Solo + founding team First operating system
02

Growing Service Businesses

Service providers scaling into employers. Small operators fixing messy infrastructure. Owners ready to step out of every part of the work.

$1M – $15M revenue 5 – 50 employees Owner-out transition
03

Executive Leadership Teams

CEOs and senior leadership teams strengthening accountability, decision-making, and the internal structure required for sustainable growth.

Mid-market → enterprise People Ops & HR Org redesign

// agency-1133 / framework / connection-capital

What is Connection Capital?

The ability to leverage trusted relationships, strategic access, and aligned opportunities as a catalyst for measurable business growth. The layer most firms miss — and the one that turns operational discipline into enterprise value.

L1
Trusted Relationships
Access across corporate leadership, media, business, governance — built inside BET, REVOLT, WPP, EBONY.
→ ACCESS
L2
Strategic Access
Introductions, partnership pathways, rooms that move opportunities forward — through alignment, not cold outreach.
→ ALIGN
L3
Business Alignment
The right people to the right opportunities at the right time — the discipline behind every relationship-led growth motion.
→ GROW
Input · L1

Trusted relationships

Corporate leadership · media · governance · 20+ years of access

→ EXECUTE
Process · L2 + L3

Strategic alignment

Right people · right opportunities · right time

Measurable Growth ● OUTPUT
Arnicia V. Arrington

// founder

Arnicia V. Arrington

Executive operator, business architect, trusted advisor. EVP, People Operations & Culture at EBONY Media Group. Founder & CEO of Agency Eleven33. Prior senior leadership at REVOLT, BET, WPP.

Board member, Maryland Uninsured Employers' Fund (Gov. Wes Moore appointment). PG County Commission for Women. Honorary Doctorate, Humanitarianism, 2024.

  • EBONY · EVP
  • REVOLT
  • BET
  • WPP
  • MD UEF
  • HONORARY DR.

// hirelevel HQ · education layer

7 Steps to Becoming a Business Owner.

The complete starter guide from "The CorporatePreneur" — business name, domain, address, phone, IRS & state registration, banking. Practical, step-by-step, free. Templates, tools, training, workshops — built for new and established business owners.

// agency-1133 / signal / testimonials

Leaders we've built with.

03 lettersConfidential
"

A Fortune 500 People Operations engagement that quietly rewired our hiring committee. Six months in, we couldn't believe how chaotic we'd been.

ConfidentialSVP, PEOPLE · F500 MEDIA
"

Connection Capital is not a buzzword here — three of our highest-leverage partnerships came directly from rooms Arnicia walked us into.

ConfidentialCEO · PORTFOLIO COMPANY
"

She's lived inside the boardrooms most consultants only describe. That changes everything about how the advice lands.

ConfidentialFOUNDER · INDEPENDENT AGENCY

// agency-1133 / docs / faq

Common questions.

05 entries
What does Agency Eleven33 do?
A business infrastructure and growth firm. We design organizations, install operational systems, lead talent and workforce strategy, coach leadership teams, and activate growth through our signature Connection Capital framework.
Who is Arnicia V. Arrington?
Founder & CEO of Agency Eleven33; EVP, People Operations & Culture at EBONY Media Group; prior senior leadership at REVOLT, BET, and WPP; board member of the Maryland Uninsured Employers' Fund (appointed by Gov. Wes Moore) and the Prince George's County Commission for Women.
What is Connection Capital?
Our signature framework — the ability to leverage trusted relationships, strategic access, and aligned opportunities as a catalyst for measurable business growth.
What's the difference between Agency Eleven33 and HireLevel HQ?
Agency Eleven33 applies the systems for you. HireLevel HQ teaches owners how to build them themselves — templates, tools, workshops, and starter guides.
How do I work with you?
Book a discovery call. We'll scope against the five-discipline framework and propose an engagement shaped to your stage and gap.

// agency-1133 / journal / insights

Notes from the practice.

03 entriesUpdated quarterly
Framework

The business behind the brand.

The systems, structure, and operational discipline most founders skip, and the cost of building without them.

Coming soon
Connection Capital

Relationships are the strategy.

How disciplined relationship architecture creates business opportunities cold outreach simply cannot.

Coming soon
Operations

Building the team behind the growth.

Hiring, onboarding, and workforce design for service businesses scaling from solo to small team.

Coming soon

// start the conversation

Ready to build with us?

If you want us to build with you — work with Agency Eleven33. If you want to learn how to build it yourself — start with HireLevel HQ. Either way, let's talk.