Why Us

We've reinvented design for the social and cultural spaces.

From delicious web, to graphics, motion and video, we produce strategic brand experiences on-demand, and give you unfettered access to senior designers to help you foster deeper audience connections and long-term support.

Our Work

Yep. We do it all.

From branding to web and print, our senior designers have spent over a decade shaping visual stories that create lasting impact for social institutions. There's a reason we're called The Art Department.

NEW!

Meet the design subscription for social impact.

It's like having an art department in your back pocket.

One

Submit your requests.

Meet with our team, provide a brief, share reference materials, and request your designs... all via our central management platform.

Two

Your designers start right away.

We’ll jump on your work and deliver it fast. In most cases, you’ll have each deliverable within 24-48 hours.

Three

We revise until you’re happy.

We'll refine our work until you're 100% satisfied, no questions asked.

Senior Designers

Work with fast, professional, human designers whenever you need.

Our team is made up of senior designers, animators and art directors, each with 10, 20 and even 25 years of experience. You’ll work with pro's who will elevate your campaigns... fast.

Efficient

Manage your briefs, requests, and feedback all in one place.

Submitting projects, tasks and feedback is easy. Our platform will walk you through everything step by step and you’ll always be in contact with your design team.

Save Time

Meetings?
Where we’re going we don’t need meetings.

We love unnecessary meetings about as much as anyone, so more often than not we’ll send you Loom videos outlining your designs. And if we do request a meeting, we'll aim limit it to 1/2 hr. Because we like you.

Pricing

Choose the model that works for you.

Whether it’s an ongoing design subscription, a steady retainer, or a project-based quote, we’ll work the way that suits you best.

Subscription

Daily design support. Pause and restart anytime.

Best if you have ongoing design needs and you want on-demand support for at least one month over the span of a year.

CA$4,420/mo
Subscribe for one month per year or many. Pause mid-month and restart anytime.
  • All design services  
  • One request at a time  
  • Delivery within 48 hours per request  
  • Original designs created just for you  
  • Almost no meetings  
  • Unlimited stock photos  
  • Pause and restart anytime  
  • 1-week auto-pause  
CA$7,520/mo
Double the active requests. Subscribe for one month per year or many.
Pause mid-month and restart anytime.
  • All design services  
  • Two requests at a time  
  • Delivery within 24-48 hours for each request  
  • Original designs created just for you  
  • Almost no meetings  
  • Unlimited stock photos  
  • Unlimited stock photos  
  • Pause and restart anytime  
  • 1-week auto-pause  
Add Dedicated Development
CA$7,520/mo
Includes designer oversight.
  • Wordpress, Webflow, or Hubspot
  • Sprint-based delivery
  • Unlimited staging environments
Wordpress logo Webflow logo Hubspot logo

Retainer

Fractional and whole-agency support from experts in creative and web.

Best if you're in need of both advisory and production support, scope estimates and an hourly rate for reporting.

Starting at CA$150/hr
We'll build a monthly retainer that suits your needs.
  • Creative & art direction
  • Senior web, graphic & motion designers
  • Web development & management
  • Advisory support and coaching
  • Project and task estimates
  • Optional carry over for unused hours
Starting at CA$150/hr
We'll build a monthly retainer that suits your needs.
  • All design services
  • Web development & management support
  • Advisory support & coaching
  • Project and task estimates
  • Optional carry over for unused hours
  • Unlimited stock photos
Starting at CA$150/hr
We'll build a monthly retainer that suits your needs.
  • All design services
  • Web development & management support
  • Advisory support & coaching
  • Project and task estimates
  • Optional carry over for unused hours
  • Unlimited stock photos

Project

Need a quote, estimate or proposal? We do those, too.

We read every message. Tell us about your project, your timeline and where you're located, or simply reach out for more info.

What do you have in mind?
We'll be happy to jump on a call or send you a proposal.
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FAQs

Questions?
We've got you.

Hiring a designer can be a heck of a process. You have to know what to look for, take months to find the right person, and then you can expect to pay $50k/year or more for a Junior Designer, and over $100k for a Senior Designer or Art Director.

Then, once you’ve hired, you have to cross your fingers they can deliver good work quickly, and that you don’t run out of things for them to do.

With us, you get access to Senior Designers and Art Directors who deliver great work. And if you use our Design Subscription or Retainer models, you’ll get access to us whenever you need.

The designers on our team have 10-25 years of experience in everything from web, to print to motion. You never have to worry about whether or not your designer knows how to produce what you need because we’ve done it all.

Our core design team currently consists of four Senior Designers, two Art Directors, one Creative Director, and one Project Manager, each with 10-25 years of experience in branding, print design, web design, motion and more.

When we need additional support, we call on trusted senior designers and developers—and ONLY trusted senior designers and developers—to help us out.

Our subscriptions go month-to-month, but you can pause it on any day in the month without wasting any remaining days, and then come back to it when you have more work.

So, let’s say you sign up, but then discover that you only need a designer for two weeks. You can pause your subscription and then fire it up once you need design help again. Your remaining two weeks will be there waiting.

Not only does this keep things flexible for your own needs, but it helps our clients with sole-source purchase caps pick up fantastic contingent design labour easily.

We’ll provide you with access to our request management platform, AD Studio, where you can submit and prioritize your requests, upload and manage your briefs and assets, or upload Loom videos explaining what you’re after.

What’s more, you can view the status of your requests, review proofs, share feedback, check on the status of bugs, and communicate directly with your designer(s) via our platform. And we’ll provide you with as many user accounts as you need for your team.

If you change your mind about the service before we’ve done our initial discovery call, then we’ll gladly provide a refund. After that, we won’t provide a refund, but you can pause your subscription until you need us.

Talk to us

Let’s see if we fit.

Get a guided tour of The Art Department, see how we can elevate your campaigns and make your life easier.