Design department on retainer

A design department
on retainer.

Everything your company puts in front of a customer, a candidate or the board, produced by one team that already knows your brand. Marketing, sales, HR, leadership, events and internal comms all brief the same queue. You set the order and watch it in Druff HQ; every brief is back within 24–48 hours of starting. One job is in production at a time; add a second slot when two need to move at once. No quotes for everyday work, no hourly billing, no meetings you didn’t ask for.

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24–48h per brief in production
From $5,000 a month
Live in a week
Since 2001

Druff HQ · your queue · 1 slot

Sales proposal, 12 pages In production48h
Job ad set, 4 sizes Queued · starts Tue24h
Trade show banner Queued · starts Wed24h
Onboarding pack Queued · starts Thu48h
Board report deck Queued · starts Mon48h

1 slot · 1 job in production · 4 queued 24–48h

The Design Bottleneck

Sound familiar?

The campaign idea is ready. The design isn’t.

Brief it and it’s in the queue; back within 24–48 hours of starting, so the plan ships when you planned it.

Your brand looks different in every department.

We studied your brand once; the same team applies it to everything.

You don’t know where anything is.

Druff HQ: every brief, its stage, its due time.

What you get

What the department includes.

A senior design team across seven disciplines
Your own brand manager
The Brand Study: we learn your brand once
Senior check on every job
Cover for leave and sick days
Druff HQ: one visible queue you prioritize
Every brief back within 24–48 hours of starting
Two same-day urgents a month, included
Revisions included
One job in production at a time; add a second slot when you need two

Typical briefs, and what they take

Sales proposal48h
Ad set ×524h
Onboarding pack48h
Board report deck48h
Job ad set24h
Trade show banner24h

From $5,000 a month. Live in a week. See full pricing

How We Work

Your first month.

Here’s what happens after you say yes. No onboarding workshops, no six-week discovery; you’re live in a week and shipping in the first.

Brand Study

Week one. Our senior lead reads everything your company has put out and writes down what the brand is, where it’s drifting and the rules we’ll design to. You’ll never explain it twice.

Live in a week

Your brand loaded, Druff HQ set up, your brand manager and designers named. Send the first brief.

First brief

In production within 48 hours of going live, or onboarding is free.

Templates, in your slot

Proposal, deck, onboarding pack, social set, email: built through your queue in month one, so every job after starts on brand.

Month one report

What went out, how fast, what’s queued, and whether the queue is telling you to add a slot.

Brands featured in our work

Twenty-five years in, and clients like Chaos Theory have stayed for twenty of them.

Client Stories

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“I have had the pleasure of working with Druff Interactive since 2019 across both CallCabinet and Smarsh. Dan and his team are phenomenal and truly considered core members of our marketing team. Over the years, Druff has been responsible for everything from full website creation and maintenance to two major rebrand projects, collateral development, tradeshow booth design, partner portal branding, swag, and more.”

“Druff have been an integral part of our creative support for almost 20 years. They have constantly delivered over and above our expectations, across numerous design disciplines, including websites and micro sites for ourselves and numerous of our clients. We have no hesitation, highly recommending Daniel and his entire team to anybody needing a fresh approach to design, and phenomenal customer service.”

“Daniel and the team at Druff are the epitome of professionalism. They have been responsible for the creative assets on both my personal brand and The Speakery and have been an invaluable partner in guiding us through a startup company. Druff are highly efficient, pay attention to detail and just great people to work with. Nothing is ever too much and I have no hesitation in sending clients to Daniel – I know they will be exceptionally well looked after.”

“Druff have done the creation, design and management of our website since our promotion’s inception in 2009. I have personally recommended Druff to numerous friends and associates and have only ever received positive feedback from them all.”

“We had a very complex web design request but Druff were flexible enough to meet our needs. Very helpful after sales service and willing to go the extra mile to satisfy our requirements. We are looking forward to working with Druff on future projects.”

“Working with Druff Interactive is always a pleasure. Daniel and the team are dynamic, innovative and professional. There is absolutely no substitute for working alongside a company with such passion and commitment to getting it done right, on time and under budget. These guys really know what they are doing.”

“Dear Druff Team, Thank you to each and every one who had a helping hand in creating a website and CMS that we are proud to call our own. We are truly grateful for all the hard work, patience, commitment, and willingness to go the extra mile throughout the entire process.”

“Druff Interactive is a pleasure to work with! They have a quick turnaround time, always very accommodating and great at what they do!”

FAQ

Questions people ask before they sign

What counts as one brief?

A 24-hour brief is five ad variations, a job ad set, an email layout or a trade show banner. A 48-hour brief is a sales proposal, a ten-slide board deck, an onboarding pack or a brand guideline update. Anything bigger (a full website redesign, a rebrand, an intranet, product and packaging) is quoted separately, fixed price, with a delivery date, at 10% off for retainer clients.

What is a design retainer?

A fixed monthly fee for a design team’s guaranteed capacity, instead of quoting and paying job by job. With Druff, your company queues as many briefs as it likes; we work them one at a time, each back within 24–48 hours, all on brand, from the same senior team every month. It replaces the quote-wait-invoice cycle of an agency and the single skill set of one in-house designer.

Can more than one person send briefs?

Yes. Anyone in your company, any department, can queue a brief. They’re worked in the order your queue owner sets, one at a time, and your brand manager keeps the order honest.