NEW OFFERING!

Creative, On-going Support For Growing Brands 

Every growing business reaches a point where marketing becomes too important to handle sporadically but not quite large enough to justify hiring a full-time marketing employee.

You know you need consistent branding. You need updated sales materials. Your website needs attention. Social media graphics need to be created. Trade show materials need to be designed. Presentations need to be made. Blog content needs to be written. Marketing projects keep piling up, but finding the time—or the right person—to manage everything can feel overwhelming.

Consistent, professional design support helps your business stay polished, visible, and ready for new opportunities. These monthly packages provide a reliable creative partnership at a discounted rate.

Overwhelmed to Stress Free!
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Who we serve

Small businesses, consultants, nonprofits, and teams with light monthly design needs.

Small Businesses

Consultants, nonprofits, and teams with monthly design needs.

Needing reliable, ongoing creative production throughout the month.

Growing Businesses

Needing reliable, ongoing creative production throughout the month.

Businesses with a marketing person in need of a creative team!

Marketing Teams

Businesses who have an amazing marketing person and need a creative team!

Established brands, agencies, and businesses with frequent marketing initiatives and ongoing design demands.

Scaling Brands & Agencies

Ongoing creative support for agencies — no overhead, no overflow.

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“I have worked with Honeycomb Studios for several years on designing and updating my website. Recently I started leveraging their retainer services and have loved the consistent support for my brand. Nathalie has been incredibly helpful in taking my ideas and creating them into valuable marketing tools for my audience. As a small business, it’s hard for me to do “all the things” so having this additional support from somebody who knows the ins-and-outs of my business model and brand is invaluable!”
Jennifer Pieratt, PhD, Founder of Crafted Curriculum
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Small businesses, consultants, nonprofits, and teams with light monthly design needs.
Ed Pletner
“Nathalie Walpole has been invaluable to our team Avritek for well over a decade in design, consulting, marketing, and so much more. Her creativity combined with common sense approach allows us to put our best foot forward whether it be promotional materials, websites, truck wraps, and so much more. We have greatly valued our relationship with Nathalie and any business looking for a trusted partner with new or ongoing marketing, design, social, website, or any other related activities will be thrilled to have her as a part of your team!!!”
Ed Pletner, Founder & CEO at Avritek
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Needing reliable, ongoing creative production throughout the month.

Monthly Graphic Design Retainer Packages

At Honeycomb Studios, we’ve found that many businesses benefit from a different approach: treating us as an extension of their team—a dedicated marketing resource that delivers professional creative support without the overhead of a full-time employee.

Peace of Mind!

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We handle the creative. You focus on what you do best.

Marketing Materials

  • Branding

  • Brochures & flyers

  • PowerPoint & Google slide presentations

  • Proposals & selling sheets

  • Trade show & booth graphics

  • Event materials

  • T-Shirt Designs

  • Promotional Items

  • Vehicle wraps

  • Technical Graphs

  • Ongoing support

Website & SEO Readiness

  • Website updates

  • Landing pages

  • Promotion Panels

  • Image optimization

  • Adding services

  • Heading structure (h1-h6)

  • Color accessibility

  • Creating forms

  • Image updates

Digital and Social

  • Social media graphics

  • Digital ads & banners

  • Email graphics

  • AI-assisted blog posts

  • eBook design

  • And more…

LITE
10 hrs / month

Regular value
$1,200/month

$1,050 /Month

Save $1,800 a year

Perfect for businesses that need occasional creative support and consistent brand maintenance.

Includes:

  • Monthly design support
  • Social media graphics
  • Small marketing updates/ materials
  • WordPress edits
  • Flyer or brochure updates
  • Email communication & project coordination
  • Priority scheduling over non-retainer clients

Best For:
Small businesses, consultants, nonprofits, and teams with light monthly design needs.

GROWTH
20 hrs / month

Regular value
$2,400/month

$1,950 /Month

Save $5,400 a year

A flexible option for businesses with ongoing marketing campaigns and
recurring design projects.


Includes:

  • Everything in the Starter Package
  • Presentation design
  • Campaign graphics
  • Multi-page brochures
  • Trade show/event materials
  • Website graphics & updates
  • Faster turnaround times
  • Monthly planning support

Best For:
Growing businesses needing reliable, ongoing creative production throughout the month.

PREMIUM
40 hrs / month

Regular value
$4,800/month

$3,600 /Month

Save $14,400 a year

An outsourced creative department for companies that need high-level, ongoing design support.

Includes:

  • Full-service monthly design partnership
  • Priority project queue
  • Large-scale marketing collateral
  • Trade booth graphics
  • Presentation decks
  • WordPress Website updates & landing page graphics
  • Ongoing campaign support
  • Collaborative creative direction
  • Dedicated monthly check-ins

Best For:
Established brands, agencies, and businesses with frequent marketing initiatives and ongoing design demands.

*Minutes do not rollover to the next month. A minimum of 2 months commitment.
Plan can be up/down-sized after 2 months.

Not Sure Which Plan Is Right for You?

No worries — that’s exactly what we’re here for! Start by taking our quick 5-minute Wish List survey to help figure out exactly what your brand needs — and we’ll recommend the perfect plan from there. Or if you’d rather just chat, book a free 15-minute discovery call with Nathalie and we’ll figure it out together!

No pressure, no commitment — just a friendly conversation to get you pointed in the right direction!

Ready to Join the Hive?

How to hit the ground running.

Build Your Wish List

STEP 1 — Build Your Wish List

Not sure what your brand needs? Take our quick 5-minute Wish List survey to figure out exactly where to start — we’ll even send you a copy of your list to keep! Or browse the packages below for inspiration. Don’t worry about prioritizing yet — we’ll help you sort it all out! 🐝

Pick Your Plan

STEP 2 — Pick Your Plan

Not sure how many hours you’ll need? That’s what we’re here for! Once we see the scope of your list, we’ll recommend the best fit and make sure you get the most value out of every month. Remember you can also go up and down in plans each month based on your work load! See plans.

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STEP 3 — Let’s Get Rolling

Once your plan is confirmed, we’ll kick things off with a quick onboarding call to align on priorities, timelines, your brand and confirm the best package to start off with. From there, hand us the work and we’ll handle the rest! Fill out the form and let’s get started!

Just a Few of Our Favorite Projects

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Meet the Hive

Meet Jonathan and Nathalie — owners of Honeycomb Studios — a family-owned, full-service design hive based in sunny San Diego! Jonathan was born and raised here and received a degree in Marketing and Masters in Entrepreneurship and Nathalie graduated with a degree in Graphic Design — together they started Honeycomb Studios way back in 2007 (almost 20 years ago!).

“We met in our early 20s, bonded over music, art, and photography — and never stopped creating together. These days we run a design studio, raise three kids, and pour everything we have into our clients’ brands. Creative to the core. In it for the long haul.“

FAQ’s

A retainer is a monthly package that gives you a set number of design hours each month — at a discounted rate! Think of it as having an expert (Honeycomb Studios!) as a dedicated extension of your team — without the overhead of a full-time employee.

We take the workload off of your hands. We get to know your business, your brand, your goals and we simplify your work flow by creating the materials you need to succeed. Since we’ve been doing this for so long (20+ years!), we have the knowledge, technical expertise, the subscriptions for the programs you need, and know how to implement them, while you watch your business grow!

So much! Social media graphics, brochures and flyers, presentations, trade show and event materials, email graphics, WordPress updates, digital ads, infographics, marketing collateral, and more. Not seeing something on the list? Check out the list of items on this link. Or ask!

Great question! One-off projects are priced individually, which means each request is quoted from scratch and hourly padding is often built in to account for the unknown. With a Honeycomb Studios retainer plan, you’re getting a discounted hourly rate that gets even better the more hours you commit to — so the savings add up fast.

The other big difference? Transparency. With our retainer plans, we clock in when we start and clock out when we’re done. You’re only ever charged for actual time worked — no inflated estimates, no surprises. Just straightforward creative support from a team that knows your brand like their own.

For businesses with ongoing design needs, a retainer simply makes more sense — you get more work done, pay less per hour, and never have to start from scratch explaining your brand to someone new.

For now, these are the plans we offer. But we are always evolving! If there is something custom you are looking for, ask!

No worries! Any extra hours beyond your monthly plan are simply billed at $120/hr. The cool thing is after the 2 months, you can upgrade to a higher plan at any time! If you decide the lite plan wasn’t enough for that month, you can upgrade to the growth plan (and get an even better discount), etc!

Unfortunately not — hours are use-it-or-lose-it each month. Not sure how many hours you need? We’re happy to help you figure out the right plan before you commit! We can help you come up with a list of items for us to work on monthly to make sure you get the most out of you plan!

We ask for a 2-month minimum to start, which gives us time to really get into a groove together and deliver consistent results. After that, you’re free to adjust your plan up, down or walk away.

Absolutely! After your initial 2 months, you can upgrade or downgrade anytime to make sure you’re always getting the right level of support.

If you’re a small business, consultant, nonprofit, growing brand, or a marketing team that needs reliable creative backup — this was made for you. Basically, if design projects keep piling up and you need a trusted team to handle them, we’ve got you covered. You can find more info here.

Getting started with a Honeycomb Studios graphic design retainer is simple. Begin by making a list of all the marketing materials your business needs — social media graphics, brochures, presentations, website updates, trade show materials, and more. You can also Take our quick 5-minute Wish List survey to help you brainstorm before we chat! Once we see the full picture, we’ll recommend the monthly plan that fits your workload and budget so you get the most value out of every hour. From there, a quick onboarding call gets us aligned on your brand, priorities, and timeline — and then we take it from there. Whether you need ongoing creative support, overflow design help, or a dedicated team to keep your brand looking polished and consistent, we’re here to make it easy.

Easy! Just fill out the form on this page, tell us which plan catches your eye, and we’ll reach out to get everything rolling. You’re just a few clicks away from creative freedom! Fill out on the page, let us know which plan interests you, and the Honeycomb Studios team will reach out to get you set up.

Just ask! We love a good challenge and are always happy to talk through what you need.


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Fill out the form below, let us know what plan you’re interested in and we will contact you to get you started on your plan. You’re on your way to freedom!

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