Monthly Graphic Design RetainerYour own creative department, on a fixed monthly rate.
One design board, senior direction, the same invoice every month.
Starting at ₹1,39,900 per month, part time level
What design retainer covers
Our retainers run as Collab, a studio of their own. You take a level, add as many requests as you like to a shared design board, and we work through them in parallel. The rate does not move with the workload, every request gets creative direction rather than production only, and the work stays exclusively yours. This page is the short version. The plans, the teams and the request types live on the Collab site.
What you get
- A design board you can add to at any time
- An agreed number of requests running in parallel
- Senior creative direction on every request, not production only
- The same fixed rate every month, whatever the volume
- A dedicated project manager on the team levels
- Work made only for you, never templated from someone else
- Motion, 3D and development available as add ons
Who this is for
Collab suits a steady flow of work rather than one large project.
- Founders and early stage startups building an identity
- Brands building websites, apps and digital products
- Scaling brands running content, campaigns and motion across channels
- Teams who need the output of a design department without the hiring
How a design retainer project actually runs
- 01
Pick the level
Part time, a full time discipline or a dedicated team, decided by what a normal month looks like for you.
- 02
Open the board
Your design board goes up, you add requests to it, and we agree what runs first.
- 03
Work in parallel
Requests move through the agreed number of parallel slots, with direction on each one.
- 04
Scale it
Move up or down a level as the month changes, or add motion, 3D or development when a project needs it.
Collab levels
Three ways in, priced per month. Part time for a steady trickle, a full time discipline when one area never stops, a dedicated team when several do. Every level runs on the same design board, and the full detail lives on the Collab site.
Part time
₹1,39,900
Four hours a day, one task at a time. The steady trickle handled.
- Four hours a day, Monday to Friday
- One task at a time on your design board
- Social and ad creative for Meta and digital campaigns
- Thumbnails, launch creative and content templates
Full time discipline
Most chosen₹2,29,900
Eight hours a day on the one area that never stops.
- Graphic design from €2,000 a month
- Video editing or UI/UX design from €2,500 a month
- Web development from €4,000 a month
- Eight hours a day, one task at a time
- Motion, 3D or web maintenance on top
Dedicated team
₹5,59,900
Several disciplines at once, with a project manager holding it together.
- Three people and two parallel requests from €5,000 a month
- Six people and three parallel requests from €9,000 a month
- Ten people across every channel from €12,000 a month
- Dedicated project manager on every team level
- Website and app development from the six person team
Add ons
- Motion graphics on a graphic design level (per month)₹1,69,900
- Video and motion on a UI/UX or development level (per month)₹1,19,900
- 3D modelling and video production (per month)₹1,19,900
- Web maintenance (per month)₹1,19,900
- Brand diagnosis, a review of where the brand leaks (one off, starting)₹22,900
Add ons for motion, 3D, video and web maintenance sit on top of the level you pick. The full plan detail, request types and team sizes are on the Collab site. Every project is quoted in writing before it starts, with no hourly meter.
See the full Collab plansQuestions we get asked
You take a level, and your design board goes up. Add as many requests as you like, and we work through them in the number of parallel slots your level includes. The rate is the same every month whatever the volume.
The rate is fixed, so a quiet month costs the same as a busy one. That is the trade for a team that is always there, and it is why we would rather put you on the right level than the biggest one.
Yes. Move up when a launch lands, move back down after it. Add ons for motion, 3D, video or web maintenance sit on top of whichever level you are on.
Retainers starts at ₹1,39,900. Add ons for motion, 3D, video and web maintenance sit on top of the level you pick. The full plan detail, request types and team sizes are on the Collab site. Send us the brief and you get a fixed quote in writing rather than an hourly estimate that moves.
Yes. We run from Mumbai with a presence in Stuttgart, and most of our work is done remotely for clients in other time zones.
It depends on the scope and how quickly feedback comes back, so you get a timeline with the quote rather than a number that does not survive the first round.
(Often booked with this)
Know what is broken before your customers do.
Most brands have gaps nobody inside the company can see any more. We go through your brand, your site and your feed, write down what is working against you, and walk you through it on a call.
Usually $200 free for the rest of this month
ends this month
What you get
- Brand and visual presence review
- Visual consistency analysis
- Social media and content evaluation
- Website and user experience feedback
- Actionable recommendations, written down
- Brand strategy session to walk through them
A written brand guideline manual can be added afterwards for $500. No obligation either way.
(Contact us)
Let's talk.
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(Email)
hello@crafxstudio.com(Mumbai)
Ajmera Sikova, Damodar Park
Ghatkopar (W), Mumbai 400086
(Stuttgart - Artbild Studio)
Friedrichstraße 15
70174 Stuttgart, Germany