Design as a Service
One monthly subscription.
Unlimited design firepower.
No hiring. No briefing agencies project by project. No invoices that blow your budget. Just senior creative work, delivered on demand, every month.
A better model
Design on demand
Traditional agency retainers lock you into hours you may not use and bills that arrive regardless. Hiring in-house means salary, benefits, and the wrong skillset for the next brief. There's a smarter way.
Design as a Service gives you a dedicated senior creative on call every month — scoped, predictable, and cancelable. Submit a request, we design it, you approve it or ask for revisions. Simple.
It works because we use AI-augmented workflows to move faster than a traditional designer — without sacrificing quality. You get more, faster, for less.
In scope
Almost anything design-related
If it's a design task, it's in scope. Here's a sample of what subscribers request most:
Not sure if your request qualifies? Ask us — it almost certainly does.
The process
Surprisingly simple
Subscribe
Choose your plan and get onboarded in under 24 hours. You'll get access to your private Trello board and a welcome call.
Submit a request
Add design requests to your board with a brief, reference images, and any brand assets. One active request at a time.
We design it
Your dedicated creative gets to work. Most requests are delivered within 48 hours. Complex work is scoped upfront.
Review & iterate
Approve it or request revisions — unlimited times until it's exactly right. Then submit your next request.
Simple pricing
Choose your creative capacity
All plans include unlimited requests, unlimited revisions, and a dedicated senior creative. Pause or cancel anytime.
Starter
Best for small teams
- 1 active request at a time
- Unlimited requests in queue
- Unlimited revisions
- 6-8 Business day delivery SLA
- Website & digital design
- Social & marketing assets
- Brand asset updates
- Video & motion
- UI/UX & wireframes
- Dedicated Slack channel
Pro
Best for growing businesses
- 2 active requests at a time
- Unlimited requests in queue
- Unlimited revisions
- 3-5 Business day delivery SLA
- Website & digital design
- Social & marketing assets
- Brand asset updates
- AI video & motion briefs
- UI/UX & wireframes
- Dedicated Slack channel
- Quarterly strategy call
Scale
Best for agencies & teams
- 4 active requests at a time
- Unlimited requests in queue
- Unlimited revisions
- 1-2 Business Day delivery SLA
- Website & digital design
- Social & marketing assets
- Brand asset updates
- AI video & motion briefs
- UI/UX & wireframes
- Dedicated Slack channel
- Quarterly strategy call
- White-label delivery available
All prices in NZD and exclude GST. Month-to-month. No lock-in contracts. Pause anytime with 7 days notice.
What we don't cover
Design as a Service is built for ongoing, iterative design work. A few things fall outside the model:
- Full website builds from scratch (these are scoped as separate projects)
- Photography and video production (we can direct and brief, not shoot)
- Custom illustration (available as add-on)
- Paid advertising management
- Development and coding work
Need something outside this scope? We'll scope it as a standalone project or point you in the right direction.
Who it's for
Built for teams who always have more to design
The busy founder
You're running the business and trying to market it at the same time. You always have a backlog of design tasks — social posts, pitch decks, website tweaks — but never enough time or budget to tackle them.
The growing SME
Your brand is working but your design needs are growing faster than your team. You need consistent, quality creative without committing to a full-time hire.
The agency or studio
You have clients who need ongoing design support beyond your core capacity. White-label our Scale plan and deliver it under your own brand.
From subscribers
What our subscribers say
I cancelled our agency retainer after the first month. Same quality work, half the cost, and I actually know what I'm getting each week.
Founder, Auckland e-commerce brand
The 48-hour turnaround is real. I submitted a landing page brief on Monday morning and had designs to review by Tuesday afternoon.
Marketing Manager, Wellington SaaS company
We use the Scale plan white-labelled for two of our clients. It's the most profitable thing we've added to our agency in years.
Director, Christchurch digital agency
Questions
Everything you want to know
It means we focus 100% on your active request before moving to the next. You can queue up as many requests as you like — we work through them in order of priority.
Via a shared Trello board. You add a card with your brief, references, and any assets. We pick it up and deliver back to the same board.
Request revisions — as many times as you need until it's right. Unlimited revisions are included in every plan.
Most requests are delivered within 48 hours. More complex briefs are scoped upfront so you always know the timeline before we start.
Yes. Give us 7 days notice and we'll pause your plan. Your billing pauses too. Resume whenever you're ready.
Upgrade to the Pro or Scale plan for 2 or 4 concurrent active requests. Or contact us — we can discuss custom capacity arrangements.
No. All plans are month-to-month. We'd rather earn your business every month than lock you in.
Start designing. Stop waiting.
Your first request could be in our queue by tomorrow. Pick a plan and let's get to work.
No lock-in · Pause anytime · NZD pricing · GST exclusive