For companies where every department waits on design

A design team
on retainer.
Always moving.

Everything your company ships, from one senior team that already knows your brand. Unlimited briefs from any department, one job in production at a time, rocket-speed turnaround. Need two moving at once? Add a slot. No quotes for small jobs, no hourly billing, no meetings you didn’t ask for.

  • 24–48h typical turnaround
  • Two same-day urgents a month, included
  • From $5,500 a month
  • Since 2001

Plain English

What is a design retainer?

A design retainer is a fixed monthly fee for a design team that’s always available to your company. Instead of quoting each job or hiring a designer, you send briefs to one team that already knows your brand. At Druff, one retainer buys one slot: one of your jobs in production at any moment, the rest in a queue you can see, most back within 24–48 hours. When the queue grows, you add a slot and two jobs move at once. Marketing, sales, HR and leadership all share the same slots, so everything your company produces looks like it came from one place.

One retainer = 1 slot
  • One of your jobs in production at any momentIn production
  • The rest in a queue you can seeQueued
  •  Queued
  •  Queued
+ 1 slot Two jobs move at once
MarketingSalesHRLeadership share the same slots

The Design Bottleneck

Sound familiar?

01

Small jobs take longer to quote than to do.

No quotes for small jobs. Brief it and it’s in your queue.

02

Your brand looks different in every department.

Same team, one brand library, senior check on every job.

03

You don’t know where anything is.

Druff HQ: every brief, its stage, its due time.

What you get

One slot. Your whole design department.

  • 1 slot: one job in production at a time
  • Unlimited briefs from unlimited users, any department
  • 24–48h per brief
  • Two same-day urgents a month
  • Revisions included
  • Your brand manager
  • Senior check on every job
  • Druff HQ and your brand library
  • All source files yours on payment
  • 30 days’ notice to cancel

Typical briefs, and what they take

  • Ad set ×524h
  • Email layout24h
  • Landing page UI48h
  • 10-slide deck48h
  • Brand guideline update48h
  • Social banner kit24h

From $5,500 a month. Brand systems, full websites and intranets are quoted separately, at 10% off for retainer clients. See full pricing

How We Work

You brief. We move. You approve.

Your slot means one job in production at a time, always. Anyone in your company can send a brief (a request: “we need five ad variations by Thursday”) to Druff HQ, our client portal, where you can watch every job move. Briefs are worked in order, you approve each one, and the next starts. No hourly billing. No scope meetings. No chasing.

The Druff way

  1. Brief — Drop the request into Druff HQ. Two lines and a link is enough.
  2. Plan — Your brand manager confirms scope and due time the same day. The clock starts.
  3. Create — A designer who already knows your brand builds it in Figma, from your brand library.
  4. Refine — Feedback goes into the same job. Revisions are included. A new direction is a new brief.
  5. Deliver — Senior-checked, in the formats you need, and added to your brand library. Your slot moves to the next brief.

Typical: 24–48 hours per brief.

Selected Brand Experience

South African Mint logo Nandos logo Audi logo Good Things Guy logo JC van der Linde logo Mbuyelo logo The Helpers logo The Galleria logo 247 Security logo Smarsh logo Chaos Theory logo Michelin logo Standard Bank logo Marriott Bonvoy logo Jacaranda FM logo Kagiso Media logo Philip Morris South Africa logo BF Goodrich logo Caltex Delo logo Astron Energy logo Zyn logo Prescient logo Three6Five logo Outdoor Cinema logo Millat logo KTH logo PPSHA logo Adventures With Elephants logo Afri Chair logo Alegna logo Bushwa logo Business Print logo CGS Holdings logo Collectors Investments logo Digby Wells Consortium logo Dull Vino logo EQ Serv logo Effectiveness Company logo Elevare logo FSE logo Facts Consulting logo Firebird logo GMC Plant and Equipment logo Gatsheni Advisory logo Gauteng Internet Technologies logo Geniv Wulz Attorneys logo Gina Schoeman logo Ginami Technologies logo Gods Hands logo Hattingh Incorporated logo Hexagon Electrical logo I Fed The Pet logo Inspired Packaging logo K5 Yendawo logo Keizin Automotive logo KwaZulu Natal Tourism Film logo LWRC logo Libandeli logo Lucidity logo Malan Scholes Attorneys logo Maleta Analytics logo Mathosi Engineering logo Mcrolly logo Med Tech logo Mediatech logo MedsWatchSA logo Nutreal logo Praga logo Preact Analytics logo Project Signs logo The Marula Guys logo Ace logo Exam Portal logo Intelo logo PRBB logo Qrious Code logo Quantum Leap Energy logo Reactiv 8 logo RFMCF logo Rise Against Hunger Africa logo SA Gold Markets logo SACCAWU logo Safeprac logo Scapes Landscaping logo Silver Sphere logo Smoolink logo Takgalang logo Tappo Industries logo Tasty logo Tlou Foundation logo

Client Stories

Teams that stopped waiting on design.

“I have had the pleasure of working with Druff Interactive since 2019 across both CallCabinet and Smarsh. Dan and his team are phenomenal and truly considered core members of our marketing team. Over the years, Druff has been responsible for everything from full website creation and maintenance to two major rebrand projects, collateral development, tradeshow booth design, partner portal branding, swag, and more.”

Jessica KrugerSmarsh

“Druff have been an integral part of our creative support for almost 20 years. They have constantly delivered over and above our expectations, across numerous design disciplines, including websites and micro sites for ourselves and numerous of our clients. We have no hesitation, highly recommending Daniel and his entire team to anybody needing a fresh approach to design, and phenomenal customer service.”

Andrew RossChaos Theory

“Druff have done the creation, design and management of our website since our promotion’s inception in 2009. I have personally recommended Druff to numerous friends and associates and have only ever received positive feedback from them all.”

Cairo HowarthEFC Worldwide

FAQ

Questions people ask before they sign

Is there a contract?

Month to month. 30 days’ notice. Onboarding is once-off.

What counts as one brief?

Twenty-four hours covers five ad variations, an email layout, a hero section or a social banner kit. Forty-eight hours covers a landing page UI, a ten-slide deck or a brand guideline update. Anything bigger is quoted, the same day, at 10% off for retainer clients.

Who decides what goes first?

You name one queue owner. Anyone can brief; only they reorder. Everyone sees where their job sits.

What if I need two things at once?

Add a slot.

What if I only send one brief?

If your queue is empty, your brief starts the same day. You never wait behind your own work.

What counts as urgent?

A 24-hour brief that jumps your queue and starts within four working hours. Two a month per slot are included; extras are $550 if the pod can take it.

Do you build websites?

We design them, dev-ready in Figma, and hand off to your developers or a partner we recommend. We don’t code.

Can I pause?

Once a year, for a month, with 30 days’ notice, after your first three months. Your library stays; your place in the queue doesn’t.

Who owns the work?

You do, on payment. Leave, and you get a full export of your library.

Do revisions use up my slot?

No. Revisions happen on the same job. A completely new direction is a new brief.

Can more than one person send briefs?

Yes. Unlimited briefs from unlimited users, from any department. They queue in the order you set and your brand manager keeps the order honest.

Tell us what’s stuck

What’s stuck in your design queue right now?

Send us one brief. We’ll deliver it within 48 hours, on us, so you can judge the work instead of the pitch. Or book 20 minutes and we’ll show you how one slot would clear your queue. If a retainer isn’t the right fit, we’ll say so.

Send a free brief

Pretoria, South Africa

Your slot · run by your brand manager One brief in production at a time

In production

Mailer for the charity golf day

Sentech Chairperson’s Charity Golf Day mailer Delivered

Queued behind it

  • Investor deck, 18 slidesQueued · starts Wed
  • Careers page banner setQueued · starts Thu
  • Trade-show pull-up bannersQueued · starts Fri
  • Product one-pagerQueued · starts Mon
  • LinkedIn ad set, six sizesQueued · starts Tue

Already out

WASPA Sports Day sponsorship packages Chaos Theory website
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