Dedicated Design Days
Focused graphic design support for established businesses, organizations, and nonprofits — done in just 1-3 days.
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Skip the custom quotes, long timelines, and waiting for email responses.
With Dedicated Design Days, you get the focused attention of a design expert to complete your project with high quality and efficiency.
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What are Dedicated Design Days?
With Dedicated Design Days, you get my complete, dedicated attention on your project over the course of one or more full days.
Instead of spreading your project over the course of several weeks with back & forth revisions and finding availability for meetings, we’ll knock it out together during your reserved day(s).
Dedicated Design Days are a good fit for projects such as:
Annual reports
Event collateral
Marketing campaign materials
Sales materials like pitch decks and one sheets
Brand asset creation, such as brand icon sets, patterns, or illustrations
Social media template kits, created in your Canva account
A big checklist of design tasks
Landing pages or significant website additions or changes (for past web design clients only)
Packaging or label refreshes or new designs (for past packaging design clients only)
Some projects can be completed in a single day, while larger projects (like annual reports or extensive event collateral) may require multiple days.
We’ll discuss your project and determine how many days are needed so we can complete your design work both efficiently and without rushing.
“The beautiful graphics have helped us share about our work, educate our community and make a case for our work and the support of our donors and funders.
Our whole experience of working with Alyssa has been positive and fruitful! From our first meeting, we felt listened to and like we were working together on something meaningful.
Beyond our initial brand work, more than 5 years ago, we have enjoyed working with Alyssa on a range of print and digital projects as our organization and work has evolved. We love that Alyssa continues to understand us and has helped us grow as our needs have changed. All of the final products she creates are beautiful and functional and we love seeing them in our materials, website and out in the world.
All of our projects have been wonderful and we have always been satisfied with our final products, as well as the process and overall experience. The beautiful graphics and images have helped us share about our work, educate our community and make a case for our work and the support of our donors, funders, etc.
The process is easy, efficient, fast and always feels iterative in a productive way. We adore you!”
—Meagan & Alicia, Babies Need Bottoms
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How do Dedicated Design Days work?
When you book your Dedicated Design Days, they’re reserved for exclusive focus on your project only, with no distractions.
1 – Project chat
We’ll talk through the details and determine a) if Dedicated Design Days are the right solution, and if so, b) how many days your project will require.
2 – Reserve your days
We’ll get your project on the calendar with 1 or more days, which may be booked consecutively or within a day or so of each other. The latter is a great solution if you’d like time to discuss and approve our progress with team members between days.
Because these days are reserved exclusively for your project only, your full payment will be due to secure your dates in the calendar.
3 – Project preparation
We’ll make sure we have everything we need to make the most of our time together on your reserved day(s). You’ll provide all finalized copy, photos, logos, brand guidelines, project specs, and any other required information at least 2 days before your Dedicated Design Day.
Leading up to your day(s), I’ll also be available via email to provide guidance and answer any questions as needed.
4 – Your Dedicated Design Day(s)
If needed, we’ll start the day with a brief Zoom meeting to confirm details and priorities. Then, I’ll focus entirely on your project from 9:30-5:00 EST (with a break for lunch) on your reserved day(s). (Alternate hours may be arranged for west coast clients.)
I ask that you are available via email during this time, as well, to review and approve proofs.
5 – Delivery
That’s a wrap! Upon your final approval, I’ll send over all final deliverables and you’ll be equipped to roll your project out right away. For projects that are approved very close to 5:00pm, you’ll receive your final deliverables in the morning on the following business day.
6 – Support
If you need to request approval from another member in your organization, I include 2 additional hours of design time after your Dedicated Design Day(s). This means that we can get your project as close to completion as possible, with room to tweak if needed after reviewing with your team. These hours can be used any time in the 2 weeks following your day(s).
“I love the Design Day concept. It is brilliant. I have worked with other designers where the process took weeks to months. This was fast, efficient and very satisfying.
We had a curriculum and a slide deck that were not branded or organized. Both has been through multiple iterations and needed some love to be brought together in a unified way. Alyssa was very fast and efficient. She spotted details we had missed. Her work is beautiful and aligned perfectly with our vision. [I feel] Relieved! Satisfied! Positive!”
—Murphy, Mountain BizWorks
“I enjoyed having a focused day to get the project complete. I felt like it got us through the project quicker than the alternative of back and forth over weeks of project check ins.
We needed to finalize a course with a new workbook and presentation slides, as well as a design refresh. [Now,] we have a cleaner and brand centered course. I really enjoy your clear communication. It is a critical part of the experience of working with you.”
—Holly, Mountain BizWorks
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Dedicated Design Days are a good fit when:
You want to avoid a long, drawn-out project timeline, and want your design project completed quickly and efficiently
You want to work directly with a high-level, strategic, experienced graphic designer who understands branding and can work within your existing brand guidelines
You and your team are able to dedicate the same availability to providing feedback and approvals
You want to focus on a specific initiative or campaign, or you want to knock out a long list of design tasks efficiently
Dedicated Design Days are a great fit for:
Established brands with clear brand guidelines
Nonprofit annual reports or event materials
Past clients of Amp’d Designs who need support with a large project or long design task list
Businesses and organizations that value and trust the expertise of a professional designer and efficient collaboration
What these days are not for:
Kindly note that Design Days are not offered for new brand identity designs or mini brands, new website designs or redesigns, or edits to existing logos or websites that were not designed by Amp’d Designs.
“Clear and timely communication. Clean designs, love the creative! We would work with her time and time again.
The designer we typically work with for exhibition wall design was unavailable to support the project due to a very quick turnaround. We were struggling not only to design our wall text, but also the installation design in general.
Everything [exceeded our expectations]. Alyssa was wonderful to work with. She communicated well, had a clear work plan, and provided a quick turnaround on the design. Alyssa is a great collaborator, and I recommended that we work with Amp'd Designs again for future projects.”
—Mellanee, Center for Craft
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Why work with Alyssa?
When we collaborate, you get high-level strategy and attention to detail.
My background includes ample brand, print, and web design work, high-end and speciality print and prepress setup, work as an art director in New York City, over a decade of professional experience as a graphic designer, and 8+ years running Amp’d Designs full-time.
This experience means I’m able to easily understand and work within established visual brand guidelines, creating new designs that are both fresh and cohesive with your existing identity.
When we work together, you get design that is thoughtful, polished, and production-ready.
“You ask incredible questions. I appreciate how clear you are on timelines and your responsiveness within the timelines you promise.
Dogwood Health Trust needed a fresh take on designs for our annual report. I felt like we needed something new and different. I appreciated the calls you hold to understand the SOW before we go to contract. You ask incredible questions. I also appreciate how clear you are on timelines and your responsiveness within the timelines you promise.
We are so grateful to you for all we’ve created together. We’ve received positive feedback on the designs and the updates we’ve made to our palette.”
—Rebecca, Dogwood Health Trust
Reach out about Dedicated Design Days for your project:
Start by submitting the form below to help determine if your project is a good fit for a Dedicated Design Day, and I’ll respond within 1-2 business days to talk about our next steps!
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One Dedicated Design Day is $2,000.00. Your full payment is due to book your day(s).
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During our initial conversation, I’ll determine how many days we’ll need to complete your project. With 8+ years of running my independent design business and tracking my time on all projects, I’m very good at estimating how long things will take!
Following your day(s), you’ll also receive 2 hours of additional design support, which can be used any time during the following 2 weeks in case additional edits are needed.
In cases where we have much more work to do, or changes or additions to our initial scope, we can either continue at my hourly rate over the following weeks, or you may book an additional Dedicated Design Day.
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Rest assured that I am not in the business of nickel-and-diming anyone, so if your project can fit into one day, one day is what we will book.
That said, you will get the best results and highest quality when I am not rushing, skipping lunch, or asking you to turn around unreasonably fast approvals on your end. Larger projects (like annual reports, multi-page documents, and comprehensive event collateral) will most likely require more than one day.
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It’s best to book your Dedicated Design Day(s) 1-3 months in advance of when you need your project completed. While these days make extremely efficient use of our time together, they are generally not available immediately, as my calendar tends to book up weeks advance.
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Yes! Sometimes it’s easier to hop on a call and talk through feedback, and we can coordinate calls throughout the day as needed.
Kindly note that while Zoom may be used for discussing feedback, I’m not able to work on designs live while you watch or instruct. My process works best when I can take time to review notes, explore design directions, and make intentional decisions, then present finished designs to you once they’re ready.
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Yes, I can! I do commonly work on comprehensive projects like these at flat fees, which are quoted ahead of time. This can also be a great option, it just depends on your goals.
With a flat fee quote, you receive:
A price for a specific scope of work, including exact deliverables and project specs
A specific number of revision rounds
An estimated timeline, typically spanning several weeks
More time for back and forth with your team, and between us
Changes to the quoted scope of work may incur additional fees, and additional rounds of revisions may be made at my hourly rate
With Dedicated Design Days, you receive:
A wider scope of work, within reason; if specifics change, as long as we can still get everything done within your reserved day(s), there is no extra cost
No revision limit; we can make as many rounds of revisions as needed during your day(s)
Quicker turnaround; instead of stretching your project across several weeks, we’re completing everything during your reserved day(s)
All in all, both can be great options depending on how you’d like to work. Happy to talk through which option is the best fit for you!
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I don’t use AI tools to create designs during our work together. When you work with me, you’re working with a human being. I use my brain, hands, and graphic design skills.
On your end, while it can be tempting to speed up your project even more by using AI to provide feedback on design proofs, using AI this way can actually make our project more difficult. AI-provided feedback tends to be confusing and not aligned with our goals and strategy, and AI seeks to find issues even when there are none. For this reason, please note that AI-provided feedback is not permitted during the design process.
For more information about how AI is and isn’t used during the design process, please see my full AI policy here.