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Design Retainer
Fixed monthly capacity across all five other disciplines, queued and turned around on a predictable cadence — the studio, on call.
FIXED PRICE — FROM €3,900/MO
How the retainer works
One-off projects don't cover the steady drip of smaller ongoing requests, and hiring in-house is often premature. The retainer is fixed monthly capacity across brand, web, UI/UX, motion, and packaging & print — queued through one shared request list, turned around on the cadence your tier states.
- 01 What's covered: any request across the other five disciplines — a new landing page, a seasonal campaign asset, a packaging refresh, a component addition, a motion cutdown.
- 02 How requests are queued: you submit requests to a shared list; we work them in order, within the number of active requests your tier allows.
- 03 Cadence: average turnaround per request is stated per tier — most small requests clear faster than a one-off project would, because there's no new kickoff each time.
- 04 What's not covered: work that is itself a full new package elsewhere.
- 05 Billing: monthly, recurring. Your first month is invoiced from your order date; the same amount recurs monthly thereafter.
- 06 Commitment & cancellation: minimum 3-month term, then cancel any time with 30 days' notice.
- 07 IP transfer: ownership of each month's completed work transfers to you as it's delivered, under the same terms as our one-off packages.
What you receive
- 01 What's covered: any request across the other five disciplines — a new landing page, a seasonal campaign asset, a packaging refresh, a component addition, a motion cutdown.
- 02 How requests are queued: you submit requests to a shared list; we work them in order, within the number of active requests your tier allows.
- 03 Cadence: average turnaround per request is stated per tier — most small requests clear faster than a one-off project would, because there's no new kickoff each time.
- 04 What's not covered: work that is itself a full new package elsewhere.
- 05 Billing: monthly, recurring. Your first month is invoiced from your order date; the same amount recurs monthly thereafter.
- 06 Commitment & cancellation: minimum 3-month term, then cancel any time with 30 days' notice.
- 07 IP transfer: ownership of each month's completed work transfers to you as it's delivered, under the same terms as our one-off packages.
Packages
Tier 1
Solo
€3,900 /mo
- One active request at a time
- Average 3–5 business day turnaround per request
- Covers all five other disciplines
- Async requests via a shared queue
- Turnaround
- Avg. 3–5 business days/request
- Revisions
- unlimited
- Source files
Tier 2
Recommended scopeStudio
€7,400 /mo
- Two active requests in parallel
- Average 2–4 business day turnaround per request
- Priority queue placement
- Monthly strategy check-in call
- Covers all five other disciplines
- Turnaround
- Avg. 2–4 business days/request
- Revisions
- unlimited
- Source files
Tier 3
Partner
from €12,900 /mo
- A dedicated capacity block sized to your volume
- Multiple parallel requests
- An embedded design point of contact
- Quarterly system review
- Turnaround
- Scoped per engagement
- Revisions
- unlimited
- Source files
Prices shown net, excluding statutory German VAT. See how VAT is calculated for your country: FAQ
Not sure which tier fits your volume? Tell us roughly how many requests a month you expect — we'll recommend a tier before you commit.
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FAQ
01 What counts as one "request"?
A single, reasonably scoped piece of work — a landing page, a social template set, a packaging variant, a motion cutdown. Something large enough to be its own project (a full new identity, a full site build) is scoped and priced separately; the retainer picks up the work around it.
02 Can we change tiers later?
Yes — you can move up a tier at your next billing cycle, or step down at the end of your current minimum term.
03 What happens to a request that isn't finished by month end?
It carries over — the monthly cap is on active requests in progress, not on abandoning unfinished work at a billing boundary.
04 How is this different from just hiring an in-house designer?
No recruitment risk, no ramp-up time, and no single point of failure if one person is unavailable — you get studio-level range across five disciplines instead of one person's skillset, at a fixed monthly cost.
05 Can we pause the retainer?
The retainer is billed monthly with a 3-month minimum term and 30 days' notice to cancel; a pause isn't a separate mechanism, but you're never locked in past that notice period.
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