You send the requests, your designer sends a design update every business day, and your team keeps control of the brand and the final sign-off. Trusted by over 700 UK businesses since 2020, including Purplebricks, Oak Furnitureland, YouGov, Live Nation, Beko and Pure Electric.
Flat monthly fee per designer from £699, excluding VAT. No day rates.
Designers based in the UK and employed in-house, working UK business hours
Unlimited requests and unlimited revisions
Outsourced design services let your business hand graphic design, branding, video editing and UI/UX design work to an external design team instead of hiring a full-time designer. When you outsource design this way, the designer works as an extension of your team, inside your brand guidelines and your workflow.
There are three common ways to do it. A freelancer suits one-off or specialist projects. A design agency suits work that needs strategy, campaigns and design together. A design subscription suits steady, ongoing work at a predictable monthly cost. Design Cloud is a design subscription, and it works best for teams with a regular flow of design requests who want one UK-based designer who learns their brand.
Design Cloud covers four types of design work, each on its own design subscription. You can run one or several side by side and send requests for all of them through one platform. All prices are per designer per month, excluding VAT, and longer terms are discounted.
One flat fee per designer, excluding VAT
One design update every business day
Add or remove designers as you need
Unlimited graphic design requests for social media, digital ads, email graphics, presentations, reports and print artwork. Essential £699, Agency £899, PRO £1,099 per designer per month, excluding VAT.
Logos, visual identities, brand guidelines and packaging design artwork, included in Graphic Design PRO at £1,099 per designer per month, excluding VAT. We don’t offer brand messaging or strategy; we bring your existing direction to life.
Web design for websites, e-commerce sites and apps, delivered in Figma for your developers. Essential £1,099, Agency £1,299, PRO £1,499 per designer per month, excluding VAT. Design only; your developers build.
Social video edits, video ads, motion graphics, logo and text animation, explainers and product demos. Essential £899, Agency £1,099, PRO £1,299 per designer per month, excluding VAT.
Design Cloud is a subscription design service. You submit requests through our platform and your UK-based designer delivers progress every business day, for a flat monthly fee per designer with no long-term contract unless you choose one.
Design Cloud delivers professional design assets daily, so you can focus on campaigns, not creative bottlenecks.
Low, predictable pricing
High-quality work delivered fast
Scale resource up & down
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Campaigns, channels and deadlines pile up faster than a small team can design them. Marketing teams usually hand over social posts, digital ads, email graphics, presentations and reports. Static campaign assets sit on Graphic Design Essential (£699); presentations and long documents need Graphic Design Agency (£899).
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In-house creative teams get stretched across departments, and hiring through procurement is slow. Enterprise teams hand over high-volume collateral, internal comms, event assets and marketing materials, while their in-house team focuses on brand and bigger projects. Several Graphic Design Agency designers (£899 each) can work in parallel, and every plan includes unlimited users and brands.
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Marketing, admissions and departments all need design, and there’s usually one small team to deliver it. Schools, colleges and universities hand over prospectuses, handbooks, posters, event promotion and social content. Graphic Design Agency (£899) covers prospectuses and long documents; Essential (£699) covers posters and social.
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Every launch, sale and season needs fresh ads, emails and store updates. E-commerce teams hand over product ads, email graphics, and store and product page designs. Graphic Design Essential (£699) covers ads and email graphics; UI/UX Agency (£1,299) covers Shopify, WooCommerce and Magento design. We design; your developer or platform builds.
Client demand rises and falls, and a full-time hire rarely makes sense for the peaks. Agencies hand over client ad creative, pitch decks, and website and landing page designs in Figma. Graphic Design Agency (£899) covers ads, decks and documents; UI/UX Essential (£1,099) covers website and landing page design. Add designers when you need more work moving at once.
You need to look established before you can justify a design team. Startups hand over a logo and visual identity, an investor pitch deck, launch assets and product interface designs. Graphic Design PRO (£1,099) covers the brand identity, and you can move down to Agency once it’s done. UI/UX PRO (£1,499) covers web and mobile app design.
Outsourcing to Design Cloud takes three steps, and most teams can start working with their designer within one business day of signing up. Every new request takes at least one business day; simple tasks often take one or two updates, and bigger projects are delivered in stages.
One flat fee per designer, excluding VAT
Discounts for longer terms
Add or remove designers as you need
We look at the work you have coming up and suggest a plan, or tell you if we’re not the right fit.
Pick your service, plan and contract length on our website, then check out by card or UK Direct Debit. Fill in a short onboarding form and send your brand guidelines, logos, fonts and a few examples of past work.
Add as many as you like through our platform. Your designer works on one at a time, in your order, and sends an update every business day until you mark it complete.
Every sector has different design needs. The pain points are similar: not enough time, too much to design, and not enough creative hands. Here’s how we support each industry:
Low, predictable pricing
High-quality work delivered fast
Scale resource up & down
An in-house designer is best when you have full-time design work and want someone in the room. A freelancer is best for a one-off project or a niche specialist. A design agency is best when you need strategy, campaigns and design in one place. A subscription is best when you have steady, ongoing design work and want predictable costs.
Location matters too. Our designers are all UK-based and work UK business hours, Monday to Friday, so updates and feedback happen in your working day rather than overnight.
One flat fee per designer, excluding VAT
One design update every business day
Add or remove designers as you need
Every designer is UK-based and employed in-house, working UK business hours, Monday to Friday. Each one is hired through a three-stage process and has at least three years’ full-time industry experience.
Over 700 UK businesses have worked with us since 2020, including Purplebricks, YouGov, Beko and Live Nation.
Graphic Design plans start at £699 per designer per month, excluding VAT, on a one-month rolling plan.
Your designer sends an update every business day, so you can give feedback as the work progresses.
Add a designer for a busy period and step back down at the end of your term.
Every plan includes unlimited revisions at no extra cost.
If you need help with creative work on a weekly or monthly basis, book a demo and we'll talk you through how Design Cloud can help you save time and money.
We work with businesses who are frustrated by inconsistent suppliers, stretched internal teams and slipping deadlines. Maybe you’ve waited days for a simple set of social graphics, or had to explain your brand guidelines over and over again. Perhaps a key deadline slipped because the designer was off sick.
You get a dedicated UK-based designer who learns your brand, understands your formats and works through your requests in the order you set. There’s no limit to how many requests you submit. With one update every business day and unlimited revisions, you always know where each request stands. Every new request takes at least one business day, so plan urgent work a day ahead.
What stays with your team
Being clear about this saves you a wasted call. We design; these stay with you or another specialist:
Copywriting: you supply the words, and we design with them.
Brand strategy and naming: we design identities from your direction.
Development and coding: websites, apps and emails are designed, not built.
Compliance and legal sign-off: your team approves regulated content.
User research and usability testing: our UI/UX designs follow standard good practice.
Work back the same day: every new request takes at least one business day.
If you need strategy, copy and design from one supplier, a full-service agency is likely the better choice. If you need ongoing design support from a UK team, that’s where we fit.
"Working with Design Cloud has been fantastic. Low cost but high quality, with fast turnaround. They understand our brand and their assets have instantly elevated all our projects."
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"When we needed it most, DesignCloud filled a skills gap, turned our assets into compelling social posts, and delivered creative, friendly service every week. Highly recommend!"
"Design Cloud is so easy to use and the level of customer service is fantastic. The offer initially seemed too good to be true but it has delivered on all fronts! Would 100% recommend to all agencies!"
"Couldn’t recommend these guys enough , super helpful and always go out of their way to help you. Been a great alternative to having a full time designer, in fact there’s no difference!"
"We used Design Cloud while waiting for our new designer to start. We worked with Ben, he was a great designer and always got back to us quickly with updates. Thanks to the whole team! 5* service!"
Yes. Submit as many as you like and your designer works through them one at a time, in priority order. To move more work in parallel, add another subscription.
You can upgrade or downgrade your plan, or add designers, at any time.
Yes. Many teams outsource graphic design first and add video editing or UI/UX design when their design needs grow.
Month-to-month plans need 7 days' notice before renewal. Quarterly, six-month and annual plans need 30 days' notice before the term ends.
Yes, as UI/UX design in Figma, ready for your developers. We don't write code or build sites.
Through our platform, where you brief, comment and review every version in one place. A Slack channel with your designers is included on Graphic Design PRO, Video Editing PRO and every UI/UX plan.
Hiring an in-house graphic designer means recruitment, salary, employer costs, software and management time. With Design Cloud you pay a flat monthly fee per designer and can add or remove designers as your workload changes. If you have full-time design work and want someone in the office, a hire may suit you better.
Adobe Creative Cloud for graphic and motion work, and Figma for UI/UX design.
Files are shared in standard formats such as PDF, JPG, PNG, Figma and MP4, depending on the task.
Another member of our team covers your work until they're back.
Your designer sends an update every business day. Every new request takes at least one business day; simple tasks are often finished in one or two updates, and complex projects are delivered in stages.
Yes. A dedicated designer works through your requests, so they learn your brand. Designers support several clients, with a team leader overseeing scheduling and quality.
If you need help with creative work on a weekly or monthly basis, book a demo and we'll talk you through how Design Cloud can help you save time and money.
