In production
Electronic invitations and RSVP system for a golf day
Delivered
One fee, one design department
One fee.
No hourly billing.
No quotes for
small jobs.
One monthly fee for a managed design function, not a stack of quotes. A senior team, your own brand manager, the Brand Study, senior quality control, cover for leave, Druff HQ and the capacity to keep your queue moving. 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. Three months to start, then 30 days’ notice.
- 24–48h per brief in production
- From $5,000 a month
- Live in a week
- Since 2001
Druff HQ · your invoice · September
- Design slot, one job in production at a time
- Briefs delivered
- Revisions
- Same-day urgents
- Brand manager and senior check
No hourly billing. No quotes. No surprises.
$5,000
Plans
Every plan is the same department; the only question is how many jobs need to be moving at the same time.
Starter
$5,000/mo
- Jobs in production at once1
- BriefsAs many as you queue
- Turnaround24–48h
- Brand managerYes
- Quoted projects10% off
- Best forOne company, every department, one queue
Two at once
Growth
$7,500/mo
- Jobs in production at once2
- BriefsAs many as you queue
- Turnaround24–48h
- Brand managerYes
- Quoted projects10% off
- Best forTwo departments that regularly need work moving at the same time, or an agency reselling
Projects
Quoted
- Jobs in production at once—
- Briefs—
- TurnaroundQuoted, with a delivery date
- Brand managerYes
- Quoted projectsFull price
- Best forA rebrand, a full website, an intranet, or product and packaging
Onboarding is $1,500 once: the Brand Study, your brand loaded, your portal set up and the team briefed before day one. Working templates are built through your slot in month one. $5,000 a month buys the function, not an hour count: a senior team across seven disciplines, your own brand manager, brand onboarding, senior quality control, cover for leave, Druff HQ and predictable production capacity, with no separate quote for everyday work. One slot means one job is actively in production at a time; the queue holds as many briefs as your company sends and you control their order. When two jobs regularly need to move at the same time, add a second slot: $7,500 a month, added whenever the queue needs it, dropped with 30 days’ notice.
Capacity check
How many jobs need to be moving at once?
One slot is one job in production at a time, every working day, with as many briefs as your company queues behind it. Most companies start with one.
You need
1 slot
Druff
$5,000/mo
Your queue
No limit
Most companies start with one and add a slot when the queue tells them to.
What’s included
- The team
- A senior design team across seven disciplines
- Your own brand manager
- Senior check on every job
- The system
- 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
- Your control
- One job in production at a time
- Finished files in the formats you need
What’s quoted separately
- Rebrands and brand systems
- Website design and development, hosting and maintenance
- Intranets
- Product and packaging
- Video and motion
Retainer clients get 10% off quoted projects. Not offered: print production, media buying.
Scope
What counts as one brief?
24 hours
Five ad variations · a job ad set · an email layout · a trade show banner
48 hours
A sales proposal · a ten-slide board deck · an onboarding pack · a brand guideline update
Bigger
Quoted separately, fixed price, with a delivery date. Full website redesigns, rebrands, intranets, product and packaging.
Risk, removed
The first-brief guarantee.
If your first brief isn’t delivered within 48 hours of your slot going live, onboarding is free. Three months to start, then 30 days’ notice. Final artwork is yours to use.
Show us what’s stuckThe honest answer
Why not a hire?
If you have enough predictable work for one specialist and someone able to manage them, hiring may well be the right decision. If you need a big idea twice a year, keep your agency. Druff is for companies that need a wider range of design skills, reliable cover, senior quality control and managed capacity across several departments, without building the whole function internally.
It’s not one designer. It’s a whole design department, for one flat fee.
| In-house designer | Agency | Freelancer | Druff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | Salary plus leave, cover, software and your time | Quote per job + retainer | Varies by job | $5,000 |
| Turnaround | Depends on their queue | Quote first, then a week | When they’re free | 24–48h per brief, one in production at a time |
| Cover for leave | None | Usually | None | Floating designer, always |
| Skills | One person’s skills | Marketing | One person’s | Every department |
| Meetings | Daily | Status calls | Ad hoc | None required |
| Commitment | Permanent | 3–12 month contracts | None either way | 3 months to start, then 30 days’ notice. Or sign up for 12 months and pay for 11. |
| Time to start | 2–3 months to hire | 2–4 weeks | Days | 1 week |
FAQ
Questions people ask before they sign
Is there a contract?
Three months to start, because that’s how long it takes to study your brand and set up your templates properly. After that, month to month with 30 days’ notice. Sign up for 12 months and you pay for 11. Onboarding is once-off and not refundable.
How fast is fast?
Every brief is back within 24–48 hours of entering production. One job per slot at a time, so the queue moves every working day. Two same-day urgents a month per slot are included; extras are $500 each, subject to availability.
Why not just hire?
If you have enough predictable work for one specialist and someone able to manage them, hiring may well be the right decision. Druff is for companies that need a wider range of design skills, reliable leave cover, senior quality control and managed capacity across several departments, without building the entire function internally. And keep your agency for the big ideas; give the everyday work to us.
Do revisions use up my slot?
No. Revisions happen on the same job and are included. A new direction is a new brief.
What happens if a payment fails?
Your queue pauses until it clears. Nothing is lost; it just waits.
Do we need to meet?
Only if you want to. Everything runs through Druff HQ. Some clients book a 15-minute monthly check-in; most don’t.
Where is the team?
All in one studio, on one time zone (SAST, UTC+2), working 08:00–17:00. Every job goes through the same brand manager and the same senior check.
What if I don’t use the slot one month?
The slot is yours whether you fill it or not, so keep the queue stocked; there’s always something to bring on brand. If you need a break, you can pause once a year, with 30 days’ notice.
Who owns the work?
The finished files are yours to use however you like. Working files, templates and licensed fonts or images stay with us; they’re the reason a job takes 24 hours instead of three days.
