VIP Design Days for Your Growing Business

VIP Days are perfect for design and technical projects that don't necessarily require a full branding or website package. Think social media templates, marketing materials, adding new branding elements, Showit website updates, new pages, technical troubleshooting, and all those little projects you've been putting off.

You can book a VIP Day for one larger task or a whole list of smaller ones. And while I work exclusively with Showit for website-related projects, you don't need to have a Showit website to hire me for graphic design work!

If you're looking for a complete brand identity or a fully custom website, one of my larger design packages will probably make more sense. Not sure? Tell me what you're working on, and I'll point you in the right direction.

A half-day VIP session is four hours for $500, while a full day is eight hours for $900.

Half days are great for smaller projects, a handful of website updates, a small package of social media templates, or one focused design task. Full days give us more time for involved projects or a longer list of things you'd like to tackle.

Before booking, we'll go over your punch list together, and I'll give you a realistic estimate of how much time everything will take. I'm also happy to suggest scaling something back, rearranging priorities, or focusing on a different task if I think it'll give you more value for your investment. I'm not going to recommend a full day if I think we can get everything done in four hours!

You'd be surprised! But the answer really depends on what we're working on.

A set of social media templates is very different from designing a landing page or troubleshooting a complicated website issue. Some clients book me for one larger project, while others have a list of smaller tasks that I can work through in order of priority.

VIP Days are time-based, not deliverable-based. You're booking four or eight hours of dedicated design and development time, rather than a guaranteed number of completed projects.

That said, I've been doing this long enough that I'm pretty good at estimating how much time a project will take. I'll review your list beforehand, talk through what's realistic, and be upfront about what I think we can accomplish.

And if I underestimate the time something takes? That's on me. I'm not going to charge you extra because I miscalculated the work we already agreed on.

A little preparation goes a long way!

Once you're booked, you'll get access to your project hub and a questionnaire where I'll gather the details of your project, your priorities, and anything I need to know before getting started.

Depending on what we're working on, I'll also need your brand assets, copy, photography, inspiration, and any necessary website or platform access. I'll let you know exactly what to provide and when it's due.

The more prepared we are ahead of time, the more of your VIP Day I can spend actually designing and developing instead of tracking down missing information.

Yes, but it's much more laid-back than you might think!

You can absolutely do school pickup, run to the grocery store, take your gym class, or go about your normal day. I'm not going to be sitting at my computer frantically waiting for you to respond to every little question.

I'll check in when I need feedback or approval, and if you're busy, I can usually move on to another task in the meantime. You'll also have access to our shared task board, so you can pop in whenever you'd like to see what's finished, what I'm working on, and what's coming up next.

I just ask that you're reachable at some point throughout the day so we don't get completely stuck waiting on something important.

And if we've worked together a few times already? You might not need to be available much at all! Once I know your business, your preferences, and how you like things done, I can often take care of everything without much back-and-forth. We'll talk about that before booking.

Absolutely! VIP Days aren't just for websites.

I can help with branded social media templates, marketing materials, business cards, PDFs, welcome guides, pricing guides, presentations, refreshing elements of your existing branding, and all sorts of other graphic design projects.

The main distinction is scope. If you're looking for a comprehensive brand identity with strategy, logo development, and a complete visual identity, that's a much bigger project and would fall under my full branding services.

But if you've got a graphic design project (or five!) that you need help knocking out, a VIP Day could be exactly what you're looking for.

I'm actually pretty good at estimating how long projects will take. After more than a decade of doing this, I've gotten a pretty solid handle on what's realistic within a certain amount of time.

Before we ever book your VIP Day, I'll review your entire punch list and give you an estimate of how long I expect everything to take. If you've got two or three days' worth of work on your list, I'm going to tell you that upfront. I won't let you book a single day thinking we're going to accomplish something that I already know isn't realistic.

And if you have more work you'd like to tackle, you're always welcome to book additional VIP Days! Once you've completed your first session, you'll also qualify for my returning-client discount on your next VIP Day.

Of course! Feedback and refinements are part of the process.

I'll check in with you as needed throughout the day so we can make adjustments while we're working. That's one reason I ask clients to be available during their session.

Just keep in mind that revisions count toward your booked time. The more changes we make to one project, the less time we'll have for the remaining tasks on your list.

I'll always do my best to help you prioritize so we can use our time wisely and get everything as close to finished as possible.

I only take on a limited number of VIP Days each month so I can give every project my full attention. If you have a specific deadline or launch date in mind, I'd recommend reaching out sooner rather than later.

A 50% nonrefundable deposit is required to reserve your VIP Day, with the remaining 50% due at the end of your session once the work is completed.

Once you're officially booked, you'll receive your onboarding materials, project questionnaire, and everything you need to prepare for our day together.

Once our session wraps up, I'll send over the completed design files, website updates, or other deliverables from our time together.

You'll also receive a recap of what we accomplished and any recommendations for remaining tasks or future updates.

And if another project comes up a few weeks or months later, you're always welcome to book another VIP Day. I work with plenty of returning clients who use these sessions to keep their branding, marketing materials, and websites updated as their businesses grow.