Retainer-Based
Ongoing capacity — a dedicated team that works with you month after month. Great for iterating fast without starting from scratch each time.
Instead of scoping a new project from zero every time something comes up, you get a standing team that already knows your brand, your systems, and how you like to work. Requests move faster because nobody’s re-onboarding. Ideas can move straight from “what if we tried” to shipped, without a full proposal cycle in between.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
- A dedicated core team Typically 2–4 team members matched to your work (design, dev, content, or a mix), staffed for the life of the retainer.
- A studio lead on the account An experienced lead oversees quality, direction, and output every sprint — your point of contact and the person accountable for what ships.
- Monthly sprint planning A recurring planning session to set priorities for the month, so work always maps to what matters most right now.
- Defined monthly capacity A set number of hours or deliverables agreed up front, so scope stays predictable even as the work itself varies.
- Async + live check-ins Regular status updates plus a standing call, so you're never chasing progress or waiting on radio silence.
- Shared workspace access Visibility into task boards, files, and work-in-progress, so nothing lives in a black box between check-ins.
- Month-to-month terms No long-term lock-in — scale, pause, or adjust the engagement as your needs change.
HOW IT WORKS
- One team, one monthly cadence, always moving. — Typically 2–4 team members matched to your work (design, dev, content, or a mix), staffed for the life of the retainer.
BEST FOR
Ongoing marketing support, continuous product iteration, or any team that needs steady creative and technical capacity without the overhead of hiring in-house or re-briefing an agency every month.
WHY IT WORKS THIS WAY
A retainer team is still a studio team — students and recent graduates working under the direction of experienced studio leads, the same model behind every engagement we run. The difference is continuity: instead of a single applied-learning sprint, your retainer becomes an ongoing rotation where team members build depth on your brand over months, not weeks. You get consistency and speed; they get sustained, real-world experience instead of a one-off project.
Studio leads stay on the account throughout, so quality and direction hold steady even as priorities shift month to month.
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