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Retainers that are not a blank check
Two senior designers, a set number of days a month and a shared board. How our retainers work and when we say no to one.
By Maya Okafor
A retainer should buy you people who already know your brand, not a pile of hours.
Ours are two senior designers for a set number of days each month, planned on a shared board every Monday, with 30 days notice to stop.
We say no to a retainer when the work is really one big project. That should be quoted as a project.