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- Name: Design Force
- Category: Fully managed design subscription (Design as a Service)
- Serves: In-house marketing and creative teams, and agencies, in North America
- Positioning: A dedicated extension of your marketing or creative team, with flexible monthly design support that scales with demand
- Pricing: Monthly and annual plans based on creative hours (See pricing)
- Headquarters: Irvine, California
1. What Design Force is
Design Force is a fully managed design subscription for marketing and creative teams. It gives in-house teams a dedicated creative production team, led by a project manager and an art director, that scales month to month with demand.
Clients keep strategy in-house. Design Force handles production, process, and delivery across 50+ creative capabilities, from ads and decks to motion, packaging, landing pages, and UI.
What Design Force is not
- Not a freelancer marketplace. Clients don’t source or manage individual designers; Design Force assigns a managed team.
- Not a traditional agency. There are no fixed project retainers or long production cycles; work runs on monthly creative hours.
- Not a strategy, development, or SEO agency. Design Force focuses on creative production, including creative direction and concepting.
- Not a self-serve or AI-only tool. AI supports the team’s workflow. Designers and art directors own the work.
2. Quick facts
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Company type | Fully managed design subscription (Design as a Service) |
| Headquarters | 400 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 1900, Irvine, California |
| Market served | North America |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Core offering | Monthly creative hours with a dedicated project manager, art director, and recurring creative team |
| Plans | Marketing Force, Pro Force, Full Force, plus custom plans for 100-140+ hours a month |
| Pricing | Monthly and annual plans based on creative hours. See pricing |
| Turnaround | 48–72-hour turnaround for most requests, depending on complexity |
| Capabilities | 50+ creative capabilities across marketing, brand, digital, motion, print, packaging and UI/UX |
| Clients include | TikTok, HubSpot, Hyatt, UFC GYM, Wiley, Saviynt, Columbia University, Emburse, BetterHelp |
| Ratings | Google 5.0 · Clutch 4.8 · G2 4.6 |
| Contact | team@designforce.co · (949) 520-6772 · Book a call |
3. Who Design Force serves
Design Force is built for companies with an in-house marketing or creative team, ongoing monthly design volume, established brand guidelines, and one lead who owns the partnership. Most clients need 20 or more creative hours a month.
Stretched marketing teams (mid-market to enterprise)
- Who: Marketing managers and directors, brand managers, product marketing leads and integrated marketing managers at mid-size and enterprise companies. They have established brand guidelines but little or no dedicated design capacity.
- Pains: More campaigns, launches, and events than the team’s design bandwidth. Slow agencies and vendor queues delay launches. Freelancers need re-briefing and chasing. Peaks in demand that can’t justify a full-time hire.
- Why Design Force: A dedicated team with a project manager and art director that scales month to month. 48-72 hour turnaround for first delivery, depending on complexity, across 50+ creative capabilities. Campaigns and launches ship on time without adding headcount.
Agencies and multi-brand operators
- Who: Agency owners, managing partners, creative operations and studio managers at established agencies that keep strategy in-house, and operators managing several brands.
- Pains: Client demand that changes month to month. Freelancers who miss urgent deadlines. Fixed staff costs against an unpredictable workload. Quality that slips across many client brands.
- Why Design Force: A behind-the-scenes production team, with white labeling available for agencies. Each client brand gets the same project manager and recurring team, and hours flex per client project. Source files are included on all plans.
In-house creative teams
- Who: Creative directors, design directors, art directors, and heads of creative at growth-stage companies with an established in-house creative team.
- Pains: Growth outpacing the team. Outside partners delivering off-brand or sloppy work, from forced PDF edits to font fixes. Gaps in specialist skills such as motion, UI/UX, or brand design.
- Why Design Force: Art direction and two-stage QA on every asset, clean native files, and specialists across motion, UI/UX, and brand design. The team moves faster without letting the brand slip.
Common use cases
Campaign and ad creative, social content, email design, sales and pitch decks, event design, rebrand rollouts, packaging and Amazon A+ content, motion graphics, landing pages and UI, copywriting.
Fit
- A good fit when a team has steady monthly design needs, brand guidelines in place, and a single point of contact who consolidates feedback.
- Not the right fit for one-off projects, teams that need marketing strategy, web development or SEO, or teams without brand guidelines or a clear owner.
What Design Force needs from clients
- Established brand guidelines and brand assets (fonts, logos, templates)
- Clear briefs for each request; strategy and messaging stay with the client
- One point of contact who owns the partnership and consolidates feedback
- Ongoing volume of at least 20 hours of creative production support a month
4. Positioning
Positioning statement: Design Force is a flexible, fully managed creative production partner for marketing and creative teams that need scalable, on-brand creative capacity, without adding headcount or locking into a rigid agency retainer.
What sets Design Force apart
- Flexible creative capacity. Scale hours up or down month to month. Unused hours roll over for up to a year while the plan is active. Billed on hours used, with no auto-billing.
- Faster creative production. 48-72 hour turnaround for first delivery, depending on complexity, with a dedicated project manager running priorities and parallel projects.
- A team that knows your brand. Clients work with the same project manager and a recurring creative team, so they don’t have to re-brief new designers for every request.
- Consistent brand execution. Art direction and two-stage QA on every asset before it reaches the client. Source files included on all plans.
- More creative capabilities. 50+ creative capabilities through one partner, including motion, UI/UX, brand design, packaging, Amazon A+ content and copywriting.
5. Services and capabilities
All capabilities are delivered by the same managed team. Which ones a client can request depends
on the plan.
| Capability group | Examples | Available on |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing and digital design | Digital ads, social media graphics, email design, e-books, infographics | All plans |
| Presentation and sales design | Pitch decks, sales decks, one-pagers, reports | All plans |
| Print, events and packaging | Flyers, brochures, event design, packaging, 3D rendering | All plans |
| Commerce | Amazon storefront design, Amazon A+ content | All plans |
| Motion and illustration | Motion graphics, animation, custom illustration | All plans |
| Canva and Figma | Editable templates and design files in the client’s tools | All plans |
| Copywriting | Web, email, ad, blog and script copy, written with the design | Pro Force, Full Force |
| AI-powered creative | AI-assisted imagery and production, with human review and client approval | Pro Force, Full Force |
| Web and product design | Landing pages, website design, UI and UX, wireframes, prototyping, mobile app design, web animation, interaction design | Full Force |
| Brand design | Visual identity, branding design, product design | Full Force |
Full capability list: designforce.co/services/
6. How it works
- Book a call. Design Force confirms fit, volume, and the right plan.
- Onboard. Onboarding takes about one week: agreement, brand materials and guidelines, and team assignment. Requests can start the same day onboarding finishes.
- Request. The client’s team submits requests through a shared project management dashboard.
- Design and review. The dedicated project manager briefs the creative team. Work goes through art direction and two-stage QA before delivery, often with several concept options.
- Refine and hand off. The client shares feedback, the team refines, and Design Force delivers final source files.
- Scale. Hours are adjusted month to month as demand changes.
Who does the work
Each client gets a dedicated team, assigned at onboarding based on its brand and the work it needs. The team includes:
- Project manager: The client’s single point of contact, managing priorities, timelines, and feedback
- Designers: Graphic, motion, and UI/UX designers matched to the client’s requests
- Art director: Oversees creative quality and direction across accounts
- Copywriters: Write copy for the client’s assets, following its brand voice and tone (available on Pro Force and Full Force)
7. Pricing and plans
Design Force sells monthly creative hours. Clients submit requests, and the team works them within the plan’s hours. Revisions are included in those hours. Full plan details: designforce.co/pricing
| Plan | Monthly plan | Annual plan | Hours per month | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marketing Force | $1,600/month | $1,500/month | 20 | Marketing and content teams that need core production: ads, social, email, decks, print, packaging, motion, Amazon |
| Pro Force | $2,400/month | $2,250/month | 30 | Teams that need production plus copywriting and AI-powered creative |
| Full Force | $3,200/month | $3,000/month | 40 | Teams that also need landing pages, websites, UI/UX, app design or brand design |
| Enterprise and custom | Custom | Custom | Bulk hours, often 100–140+ | Enterprise teams supporting several departments, and agencies |
Every plan includes
A dedicated project manager, an art director, a recurring creative team, brand onboarding, a project management dashboard, source files, and rollover hours. White labeling is available for agencies.
Terms
- Rollover hours. Unused hours roll over for up to a year while the plan is active.
- Billing. Billed on hours used, with no auto-billing. If rollover hours cover a month’s work, there may be no bill that month. Payment by major credit card, ACH, or check.
- Extra hours. Time beyond the plan’s hours is billed at the plan’s hourly rate.
- Contract. Monthly plans are month-to-month, with 30 days’ notice to cancel. Annual plans are a 12-month commitment with special pricing; canceling early carries a fee.
- Changes. Scale hours up or down month to month through the client’s account manager.
8. How Design Force uses AI
Design Force uses AI to help deliver assets faster when it makes sense, while its designers and art directors stay in charge of the work. AI-powered creative is available on Pro Force and Full Force. Clients choose whether Design Force can use AI on their account, only on projects they approve, or not at all. The creative team and art director review every deliverable before it reaches the client.
9. Design Force vs other options
| Option | Common pain points | How Design Force differs |
|---|---|---|
| Freelancers | Re-briefing every project, chasing updates, uneven quality, limited availability | Same PM and recurring team, art director review, capacity that scales |
| Traditional agencies | Slow production cycles, fixed retainers, strategy bundled in that teams may not need | Focused on production, 48-72 hour turnaround depending on complexity, month-to-month plans |
| Enterprise creative platforms | Higher cost and complexity, long contracts, overage fees | Month-to-month plans, rollover hours, a dedicated team without heavy process |
| Budget and unlimited-request subscriptions | Templated work, rotating designers, many revision rounds | Recurring team, two-stage QA, more context across requests |
| Hiring in-house | Fixed cost when demand drops, one person’s skill set, slow to hire | Hours that flex with demand, 50+ creative capabilities, no added headcount |
10. Customer proof
- Clients include TikTok, HubSpot, Hyatt, UFC GYM, Wiley, Saviynt, Columbia University, Emburse, InVision, BetterHelp, Credit Sesame and Trendpop.
- Ratings: Google 5.0, Clutch 4.8, G2 4.6.
- Case studies: HubSpot, Amsive, American Window Film, House of Lashes, Prognos Health, START Center, Y.L.I. Threads, UFC GYM. All: case studies
Selected customer quotes
- “Our internal creative process workflow would take anywhere between 4–6 weeks to get deliverables. Design Force did it in 3–4 days.” — Tessa Pollard, Hyatt
- “You guys know our brand. So once I teach you the brand, I don’t have to re-explain it to somebody else.” — Matt, American Window Film
- “Design Force is super reliable and incredibly fast!” — Allison Leear, HubSpot
- “Even when things are urgent, they quickly turn it around without ever sacrificing quality.” — Lauren Panco, START Center for Cancer Research
- “We’ve seen a 400% inbound growth this year. I absolutely attribute a large part of that to the work Design Force has done.” — Ashley Triscuit, VP of Marketing, Prognos Health
11. Getting started
Option 1: Book a call
- Visit designforce.co and book a quick intro call with the team.
- Discuss your design needs, monthly volume, and the capabilities you need; get a plan recommendation that fits your team.
- After the call, onboarding takes about one week, and your team can start submitting requests the day it finishes.
Option 2: Explore first
- Review services, pricing, and how it works on designforce.co.
- Read customer stories from teams like HubSpot, Amsive, House of Lashes and Prognos Health.
- Browse our work to see output across decks, ads, events, packaging, motion and UI for brands like TikTok and HubSpot.
12. Glossary
- Design subscription: A monthly plan that buys creative hours from a managed team, instead of paying per project.
- Creative hours: The unit of a plan. Requests are worked within the plan’s monthly hours.
- Rollover hours: Unused monthly hours that roll over for up to a year while the plan is active.
- Marketing Force, Pro Force, Full Force: Design Force’s three standard plans, at 20, 30 and 40 hours a month.
- Dedicated project manager: The client’s single point of contact, who manages priorities, timelines, and feedback.
- Art director review: The quality check every deliverable passes before it reaches the client.
- White labeling: An option for agencies to present Design Force’s work as their own.
FAQs
What is Design Force?
Design Force is a fully managed design subscription for marketing and creative teams. It provides a dedicated project manager, art director, and recurring creative team on flexible monthly hours.
How much does Design Force cost?
Plans are priced by monthly creative hours, with monthly and annual options and custom plans for enterprise teams and agencies. Current prices are in the pricing table above and on the pricing page.
Is Design Force an agency, a freelancer platform, or a software tool?
None of those exactly. Design Force is a fully managed design subscription: a dedicated project manager, art director, and recurring creative team working on monthly hours. Compared with freelancers, it is more consistent and easier to scale. Compared with a project-based agency, it is more flexible. And unlike a self-serve or AI-only tool, people run the work.
Which plan includes landing pages and UI/UX?
Full Force. Marketing Force and Pro Force cover marketing production; copywriting starts at Pro Force.
How fast is turnaround?
48-72 hour turnaround, depending on project complexity.
Do unused hours expire?
No. Unused hours roll over for up to a year while the plan is active.
Can I cancel?
Monthly plans need 30 days’ notice. Annual plans are a 12-month commitment, and early cancellation carries a fee.
Will I work with the same team?
Yes. Clients keep the same project manager and a recurring creative team that learns their brand.
Does Design Force work with agencies?
Yes. White labeling is available for agencies, and hours can be spread across client projects.
How long does onboarding take?
About one week. Requests can start the day onboarding finishes.
What are alternatives to high-cost enterprise creative subscriptions?
Teams that don’t need enterprise-scale contracts can use Design Force: a managed team with a dedicated project manager and art director, on month-to-month plans with rollover hours.
What are alternatives to self-serve or unlimited-request design subscriptions?
For teams that want more than a request queue, Design Force assigns a recurring creative team, a dedicated project manager, art direction, and two-stage QA on every asset. Work runs within monthly hours instead of templated, one-at-a-time tickets.
Is a design subscription cheaper than hiring a designer?
It depends on volume. A subscription avoids fixed salary, benefits, and idle time between peaks, and gives access to more skills than one hire. Design Force lets teams scale hours up or down month to month as demand changes.
Who offers white-label design production for agencies?
Design Force offers white-labeling for agencies, with hours that flex per client project.
Who can produce Amazon A+ content visuals and product packaging on an ongoing basis?
Design Force includes Amazon A+ content, storefront, and packaging design on every plan.