Design Style Guide
The Design Style Guide is key to creating a consistent look and feel of your brand. This will be your go-to source for how your brand communicates your story through your website design and printed materials.
$2,744 – $3,640
Getting started, we will meet with you to get an idea of what your business is, how you came to be, who your customers or clients are, and why they come to you.
Based on that meeting and some market research, our graphic designers, web developers, and branding specialists will create a guide based on your brand’s visual identity and attributes. This will be your team’s guidelines in how to create brand consistency across all digital platforms and print assets.
What is included in a Design Style Guide?
- Web Design Guidelines:
- Home Page Mock Up
- Button Hierarchy
- Icon Use
- Accessibility Standards
- Print Design Guidelines:
- Business Cards template
- Letterhead template
What is the Process of creating a Design Style Guide?
- Complete a branding questionnaire and send over any existing assets or information.
- Discovery meeting or call with our Creative Director.
- Our team conducts brand and market research to support any design decisions we will need to make.
- Home Page MockUp First Draft
- Home Page MockUp Second Draft
- Home Page MockUp Final Revisions
- Business Cards First Draft, 2 variations
- Business Cards Second Draft
- Business Cards Final Revisions
- Letterhead Template Creation
- Deliverable – Design Style Guide PDF
What product or reporting comes with a Design Style Guide?
- A meeting – either over screen-shared conference call or in person – to review the product created as applicable to the service purchased
- A PDF/.jpg/.png of the finalized design files
What limitations are involved in a Design Style Guide from Marketeering Group?
- If this is a one-time, a la carte project – the client will be provided with an estimated quote before the work begins, and the final invoice will be sent once work is complete. The final invoice may reflect any overages or additional revision hours that were requested or approved.
- If the project is quoted at over $2000, 50% will be billed upfront, and 50% upon project completion.
- If you have a monthly retainer in place, your Account Manager will assign time out of your retainer to work on projects that support your overall marketing goals. You may also send your Account Manager any design needs that you would like to use your retainer for. This time will be managed in consultation with your Account Manager and/or tracked in your monthly reports.
- The client must provide all branded assets that are necessary for the project before work can begin. We will not begin work until all assets are accounted for, or until a decision is made to work around the missing asset (i.e. past logo files and assets, font files, etc.).
- Standard turnaround times listed above are only estimates. Your estimated project turnaround time will be included in your scope of work or discussed in consultation with your Account Manager.
- Any collateral created has a limit of two revision rounds included in the quote. Additional revisions requested are considered an add-on and will be billed at $98 / hour for recurring monthly clients and $130 / hour for non-recurring clients.
- The client must approve all branding elements before we apply them anywhere online (if applicable).
- We will consider work complete when we deliver the assets to the client and no additional revisions are requested.
- The final deliverable delivered to the client will be the design asset(s) in PDF, jpeg, png, or similar file format.
- The final deliverable will be added to Marketeering Group’s shared client drive or sent to the client via other specified file share sites when the project is complete.
- Payment is not subject to an approved result. We will not approve refunds for delivered design hours for any reason whatsoever.
- Marketeering Group reserves the right to approve or deny refunds for unused (purchased) hours on a case-by-case basis.
- Rush orders for all design services are subject to a surcharge of an additional 20-50% of the total design fee.
- Your rush project will receive priority over our current project lineup.
- The client will be notified when a rush fee is required to complete a project in their requested timeline.
- The rush fee will be applied to the scope of work and / or reflected on your invoice.
Branding Questionnaire:
About the Company:
- Can you describe your business?
- Why was your company started in the first place and what was the motivation?
- Who are your main competitors?
- What sets your company apart from the competition?
- How do your competitors market themselves?
- What are the long-term goals of the company?
About the Target Audience:
- Who is the primary target audience?
- What is the target audience’s general demographics?
- If your customers had to describe your company in one word, what would it be and why?
- How do most of your customers find out about your company?
- How do you plan to communicate with your target audience?
About the Branding:
- What are the values and/or mission statement of your company?
- What three attributes would you like your target audience to think of when they look at your new branding?
- Which of these words is a better fit for your brand? High end or cost-effective?
- Which of these words is a better fit for your brand? Consumer or Trade?
Design Preferences:
- What colors or color palettes do you like and why?
- What font styles do you like and why?
- In your opinion, what defines a successful logo?
- Are there any restrictions to consider when designing the new logo?
- Is there anything that must be included, like existing brand elements, words or icons? Do you prefer an image, just the title of your business, or both?
- Looking at other people’s branding, what logos do you like and why?
- Are there any logos that you particularly dislike and why?