Design retainer for Perth SMBs
A block of design and web time every month, at a price you can sign off in a minute. Web updates, social posts, marketing materials, brand upkeep and short audits all draw from the same pool of hours. One designer who already knows your brand, with Zetta behind them.
$500 or $800 a month, 5 or 10 hours
No project fee and no scoping cycle
Or $800 a month for 10 hours
Effective rate
Turnaround
Priority
Excludes GST. Added to your Essentials plan ($95 per user a month, minimum 10 users) on the same invoice. Not-for-profit? Pricing is quoted separately.
Six kinds of work, one pool of hours
There's no fixed split, so you spend the hours on whatever matters that month. You send the requests, we work them in the order you set.
Web
Pages, copy changes and banners built directly in WordPress and Elementor, using your own components. Typically 1 to 3 hours.
Social
On-brand LinkedIn tiles and captions, made from your own templates in your voice. A set of four is typically 2 to 3 hours.
Marketing
Flyers, one-pagers, capability statements, proposals, CVs and email signatures. Typically 2 to 4 hours.
Audits
A page, a document or your social feed checked against your brand and WCAG 2.1 AA, with a ranked fix list. Typically 2 to 3 hours.
Brand
Style guide, templates and asset library kept current as your services and team change. Typically 1 to 2 hours.
Advice
A short call or written recommendation before you commit to something. Typically half an hour to an hour.
Which tier fits
Start on 5 hours if you're testing the idea. Move to 10 if the backlog keeps growing. You can change tier at the start of any month.
| Design Desk 5 | Design Desk 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hours each month | 5 hours | 10 hours |
| Monthly fee | $500 a month | $800 a month |
| Effective hourly rate | $100 an hour | $80 an hour |
| Typical output a month | About 2 to 3 pieces of work | About 5 to 6 pieces of work |
| Turnaround we aim for | 5 working days | 3 working days |
| Priority when the queue is busy | Standard | Priority |
| Quarterly brand and accessibility audit | Quoted separately | Included, one a quarter |
| Review meeting | Monthly, 30 minutes | Monthly, 30 minutes |
Three add-ons to your Essentials plan
Site Audit
Find out what is actually wrong. Phase 1 of any redesign.
Free for 5 pages · $950 up to 25 pages
Design Desk
Keep it moving.
$500 or $800 a month · 5 or 10 hours
Brand & Website
Start again, properly. Begins with the full audit.
Full audit first, then quoted phase by phase
Tracked, visible, and yours to direct
You set the order
You send requests into a running backlog and tell us what matters most. Small things ship the same week.
Tracked in 15-minute blocks
Every month you get a short report: hours used, what shipped, and what's still queued.
Hours don't roll over
Unused hours reset at the end of each month. If a request will take you over your block, we tell you before we keep going.
Bigger jobs get quoted
Anything larger than a month of hours moves to a Brand & Website phase, quoted separately.
One designer, one invoice, no new supplier
Years serving WA business
The standard we test to
Certified for security
Owned and operated
Start with a free 30-minute consult
Web work depends on what your site is built on and where it's hosted. We check that with you first, free, before you commit to anything. If we can't safely make changes on your setup, we'll say so and run the plan as design only.