Design Retainer

Unlimited design. One flat rate.

A senior designer on tap — without the overhead of a full-time hire. Submit requests anytime, get polished work back fast, and scale your creative output without scaling your headcount.

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Why a Retainer

Hiring is slow. Freelancers are unpredictable. Agencies charge by the hour.

You need design work constantly — social assets, pitch decks, landing pages, brand collateral — but none of the traditional options make sense. A full-time designer is expensive and underutilized half the time. Freelancers disappear mid-project. Agencies nickel-and-dime every revision. The retainer model fixes all of it: predictable cost, consistent quality, and a designer who actually knows your brand because they work on it every month.

How It Works

Request. Review. Repeat.

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Submit a request

Drop your request into the portal anytime. A new logo, a social set, a pitch deck, a landing page — whatever you need. No scoping calls required.

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We get to work

Requests are picked up in order and worked on one at a time (or two at a time on higher tiers). Average turnaround is 2–3 business days per deliverable.

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Review & revise

You review the work and request revisions. Unlimited revisions on every request — we're not done until you're happy.

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Repeat

Once a request is complete, the next one starts. Your queue is always moving. Pause or cancel anytime.

What You Can Request

If it can be designed, it's covered.

No "that's out of scope" surprises. The retainer covers virtually any design deliverable your business needs.

✓ Brand identity & logo design
✓ Social media graphics & templates
✓ Presentation & pitch deck design
✓ Marketing collateral
✓ Digital ad creative
✓ Email template design
✓ Landing page & web page design
✓ Packaging & label design
✓ Signage & environmental graphics
✓ Infographics & data visualization
✓ Print design
✓ Icon sets & illustration

Complex projects like full brand identity systems or multi-page website designs may span multiple requests. That's fine — they just move through the queue like everything else.

Plans

Pick your speed.

Every plan includes the same quality and the same designer. The only difference is how fast your queue moves.

Standard
$3,500 /month

Best for steady, ongoing design needs.

  • ✓ One active request at a time
  • ✓ Unlimited requests in queue
  • ✓ Unlimited revisions
  • ✓ 2–3 business day avg turnaround
  • ✓ Access to request portal
  • ✓ Source files included
  • ✓ Pause or cancel anytime
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Most Popular Pro
$6,000 /month

Best for high-volume or time-sensitive needs.

  • ✓ Two active requests at a time
  • ✓ Unlimited requests in queue
  • ✓ Unlimited revisions
  • ✓ 1–2 business day avg turnaround
  • ✓ Priority queue — your requests go first
  • ✓ Access to request portal
  • ✓ Source files included
  • ✓ Pause or cancel anytime
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No setup fee. No contracts. Pause your subscription anytime and pick up where you left off.

In Practice

Here's how clients actually use it.

Every month is different. That's the point. Here's what a real month might look like for different types of businesses.

Standard Plan

Local Restaurant

Preparing for a seasonal menu launch and staying active on social:

  • • New seasonal menu design (2 pages)
  • • 6 Instagram post graphics
  • • Updated hours/holiday signage
  • • Gift card design for the holidays
  • • Facebook cover photo refresh
9 requests completed — $3,500 flat
Pro Plan

SaaS Startup

In fundraising mode, also needs to keep marketing moving:

  • • Investor pitch deck (22 slides)
  • • Redesigned pricing page mockup
  • • 4 LinkedIn ad creatives
  • • One-pager / sales leave-behind
  • • Updated onboarding email template
  • • App store screenshot graphics
11 requests completed — $6,000 flat
Standard Plan

Marketing Agency

No in-house designer, white-labeling for their clients:

  • • Client A: Logo concepts (3 directions)
  • • Client A: Brand guidelines document
  • • Client B: Trade show banner design
  • • Client B: 4 social media templates
  • • Client C: Email newsletter redesign
8 requests across 3 clients — $3,500 flat

These are real examples of what a month can look like — not guarantees or caps. Some months you'll request more, some less. The retainer flexes with you.

Why a Retainer?

How it stacks up.

Full-Time Freelancer Agency Retainer
Monthly cost $5,000–$8,000+ Unpredictable $150–$300/hr $3,500–$6,000 flat
Availability Business hours Varies Scheduled Anytime (async)
Brand familiarity High (over time) Low Low–Medium High (dedicated)
Scope flexibility Limited to skill set Project-based Scoped & billed Unlimited types
Revisions Included Often extra Billed hourly Unlimited
Commitment 12+ months Per project Per project Month-to-month
Scaling Hard (hiring) Start over Re-scope Upgrade/pause
Why It Works

Design on demand. No compromises.

48hrs

Average turnaround per request

14+

Requests completed per month (avg)

96%

Client retention rate

FAQ

Common questions, straight answers.

Is there really no limit on requests?

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Correct. You can add as many requests to your queue as you want. They're worked on sequentially (one or two at a time depending on your plan), so "unlimited" means unlimited volume over time, not unlimited simultaneous work. Most clients complete 10–20+ requests per month.

What counts as "one request"?

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One request = one deliverable or one cohesive set. A single social graphic is one request. A set of 5 Instagram story templates in the same style is also one request. A 20-page pitch deck is one request. If it's ambiguous, we'll sort it out — the goal is to be fair, not to nickel-and-dime.

How fast will I get my work back?

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Average turnaround is 2–3 business days on Standard and 1–2 business days on Pro. Complex requests (like full presentation decks or multi-page layouts) may take slightly longer. We'll give you a time estimate when we pick up each request.

Who does the work?

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You work directly with a senior designer — the same person, every time. No hand-offs to junior staff, no rotating freelancers. Your designer learns your brand and gets faster and better the longer you work together.

What if I don't like the work?

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Revisions are unlimited. Tell us what to change, and we'll revise it. If a request is heading in the wrong direction, we'll hop on a quick call to realign. We don't mark a request as complete until you approve it.

Can I pause my subscription?

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Yes. If you have a slow month, pause your subscription and pick up right where you left off. Your billing stops while you're paused and resumes when you're ready. No penalties.

What tools and file formats do you deliver?

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We work primarily in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign). You get source files with every request, plus exports in whatever format you need — PNG, SVG, PDF, JPG, EPS, you name it.

What's NOT included?

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Motion graphics, 3D rendering, video production, and development/coding are outside the retainer. If you need these, we can scope them as separate projects. Everything else that falls under graphic design and UI/UX is fair game.

How do I submit requests?

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Through a dedicated request portal. Drop in your brief, attach references or assets, and we take it from there. No back-and-forth emails, no scheduling calls for every request.

Do you require a contract?

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No contracts. Month-to-month billing. Stay as long as the work is good — and we'll make sure it is.

Ready to Start?

Your design team is ready.

No proposals. No hourly estimates. No scope creep. Just great design, every month, at a flat rate. Pick a plan and start submitting requests this week.

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