Custom Design

For clients with:

  • A lot on the line

  • A lot on their plate

  • Large or high-value audiences

  • High-leverage or repeated-use materials

For some jobs, you really want to hire a professional. 

You could DIY your visual design, communication, and marketing work — but not at the level or speed this project demands. More importantly, you need to focus elsewhere. This is not the moment to waste time or take chances. 

Let a trusted expert do it for you — right, and on time.

Building impact with custom professional services in design, communication, and marketing

Common design client need areas

When the stakes are too high and capacity is too low for DIY, clients contract custom design work.

Although each client’s goals and challenges are unique, most seek support in one or more of these common need areas.

Don’t see your needs represented here? Great! New ideas and challenges are welcome. Just book a consultation to discuss your unique work and how design can accelerate it.

  • Your first stop is the figures — so is theirs. Your figures also drive attention and traction after peer review and publication.

    You need clear, polished visuals — tailored to your platform and audience — to meet your potential along the communication pipeline from manuscript proofs to public audiences.

  • You know your work and why it matters — and now you need to present your work clearly and compellingly to an important audience.

    Impress funders, stakeholders, and colleagues with polished, accessible slides and targeted, inclusive messaging.

  • To fund your work, you rely on stakeholder presentations, grant proposals, one-pagers, and other key materials.

    In a crowd of competitors, you need these materials to quickly stand out, make sense, and make your case — in your audience's language.

  • You need non-expert audiences to understand and connect with your work.

    For impact with funder, consumer, and lay media audiences, you need to meet their demands for strong visuals and targeted messaging — as well as their needs for accessible, inclusive content.

  • With your complex, sensitive systems of information and collaborators, miscommunication and misunderstanding are costly.

    Facilitate efficiency and minimize waste with clear, visualized processes for your essential reporting, data sharing, and operational needs.