Monthly creative support for small businesses
Your monthly creative department — without hiring one.
Design Zen helps small businesses get the design, content, website updates, ad creative, and marketing assets they need every month for one flat monthly fee.
You get a real creative strategist to talk to, AI-assisted production for speed, and polished human-reviewed work that keeps your business looking active, professional, and ready to grow.
Client request board
This month’s creative engine
Launch spring promo campaign
Ad creative, social graphics, landing section, email copy
Refresh homepage proof section
New testimonial layout and stronger CTA
Create 12 social posts
Human-reviewed captions and brand-consistent design
2-3
day standard turnaround
1
real strategist
flat
monthly pricing
The real problem
Your business needs content every month. You do not need another employee.
Most businesses do not have a marketing problem because they lack ideas. They have a marketing problem because no one has time to execute.
Your website needs updates. Your social media needs fresh content. Your ads need better creative. Your offers need better graphics. Your emails need to go out. Design Zen gives you ongoing creative and marketing support without the cost, commitment, or management headaches of hiring a full-time team.
You are too busy to create everything
Running the business comes first. Marketing tasks keep getting pushed back.
Freelancers are hard to manage
Finding, briefing, chasing, and revising freelancers can become a job of its own.
Agencies are often too expensive
You need consistent output, but not a bloated retainer or a complicated agency process.
What you get
Everything your business needs to stay visible, polished, and active.
Submit creative and marketing requests as you need them. We help turn ideas, promotions, updates, offers, and campaigns into finished assets your business can actually use.
Social Media Content
Static posts, carousels, captions, promo graphics, seasonal content, and content calendars.
Website Updates
WordPress, Shopify, Squarespace, Wix, and landing page updates including copy, images, and new sections.
Ad Creative
Google, Meta, display, social, and campaign graphics designed to help your offers stand out.
Blog & Email Content
AI-assisted drafts, outlines, newsletters, email campaigns, blog posts, and content refreshes.
Print & Sales Collateral
Flyers, brochures, sales sheets, menus, one-pagers, event materials, and lead magnets.
Light SEO Support
Title tags, meta descriptions, local content, blog topics, service page updates, and on-page improvements.
AI Concepts
AI-assisted creative concepts, image ideas, campaign directions, and rapid content variations.
Campaign Support
Monthly promos, seasonal campaigns, launch assets, offer graphics, and creative testing ideas.
How it works
Simple monthly support. No bloated agency process.
The goal is to give you one reliable place for ongoing creative execution, without making you manage five different vendors.
Book your Creative Audit
We review your website, social media, offers, and current marketing assets to identify the fastest opportunities.
Choose your monthly plan
Pick the level of creative and marketing support your business needs.
Submit requests anytime
Send tasks by email, form, or shared project board. We keep the process simple and organized.
We create, refine, and deliver
AI helps us move faster. Human strategy and design judgment make the work useful, polished, and on-brand.
Your business stays active
You get consistent creative output without hiring or managing a full team.
AI-assisted, not AI-abandoned
AI helps us move faster. Human strategy makes the work good.
Design Zen uses AI to speed up research, concepts, copy drafts, image direction, layout ideas, content variations, and campaign planning. But your business does not receive raw AI output.
Every request is reviewed, refined, and directed by a real strategist so the final work fits your brand, your goals, your audience, and the platform where it will be used.
Monthly plans
Choose the level of support your business needs.
Starter
$995/month CAD
For businesses that need consistent creative help.
- ✓ 10 creative credits per month
- ✓ 1 active request at a time
- ✓ Social graphics and captions
- ✓ Simple website updates
- ✓ 1 monthly strategy call
Growth
Most Popular$1,995/month CAD
For businesses that need a real monthly creative engine.
- ✓ 25 creative credits per month
- ✓ 2 active requests at a time
- ✓ Monthly content calendar
- ✓ Social, ad, web, blog, and email support
- ✓ Light SEO updates
- ✓ 2 monthly strategy calls
Scale
$3,995/month CAD
For businesses that need a serious creative and marketing partner.
- ✓ 60 creative credits per month
- ✓ 3 active requests at a time
- ✓ Weekly strategy check-in
- ✓ Campaign planning and landing page improvements
- ✓ SEO content support and video scripts
Founding client offer
First 5 clients: Growth Plan for $1,500/month for 90 days.
Your business gets ongoing design, content, website update, and marketing support managed directly by Craig. After 90 days, the plan renews at the regular Growth rate of $1,995/month.
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What counts as a credit?
Credits make the subscription fair, flexible, and easy to manage. Simple tasks use fewer credits. Larger projects use more.
1 Credit
Static social post, simple ad graphic, caption set, email header, blog image, simple website text update, basic AI image concept.
2 Credits
Carousel post, flyer, blog draft, email campaign, landing page section, simple infographic, Google Business Profile content batch.
3 Credits
Full landing page concept, lead magnet, campaign creative set, short slide presentation, short-form video script package.
5+ Credits
Full website page, pitch deck, brand refresh concept, multi-channel campaign package, or long-form content piece.
Example monthly packs
Make the service tangible.
These are examples of the type of monthly output a subscription can produce.
Home Service Creative Pack
- ✓ 12 social posts
- ✓ 4 before/after graphics
- ✓ 2 ad creatives
- ✓ 2 Google Business Profile posts
- ✓ 1 landing page update
- ✓ 1 email promo
- ✓ 1 blog post
Restaurant Creative Pack
- ✓ Weekly promo graphics
- ✓ Menu highlights
- ✓ Event posts
- ✓ Reels scripts
- ✓ Email newsletter
- ✓ Seasonal campaign assets
- ✓ Website updates
E-commerce Creative Pack
- ✓ Product launch graphics
- ✓ Sale banners
- ✓ Shopify homepage updates
- ✓ Product descriptions
- ✓ Email graphics
- ✓ Ad creatives
- ✓ Social posts
Built by a real marketer
Not just another AI tool.
Design Zen is led by Craig Strachan, a Toronto-area marketing strategist and designer with experience across brand, paid media, websites, content, SEO, and campaign execution.
After seeing small businesses struggle to keep up with marketing demands, Design Zen was created to give owners a more practical option: ongoing creative support that is faster than a traditional agency, more reliable than random freelancers, and more personal than using AI tools alone.
Free Creative Audit
Not sure what you need? Start with a free audit.
Book a free Creative Audit and I will review your website, social media, content, offers, and current marketing assets. You will get a clear breakdown of what I would improve first and what assets your business should be creating monthly.
Audit includes:
- Website first impression
- Social media consistency review
- Content opportunities
- Offer and CTA review
- Local SEO/content gaps
- 30-day creative plan
- Recommended next steps
FAQ
Questions business owners ask first.
Is this really unlimited?
No. Design Zen uses monthly creative credits and active request limits so the work stays clear, fair, and high quality.
Do you use AI for the work?
Yes. AI helps speed up concepts, copy, content ideas, image direction, research, and variations. All work is reviewed and refined by a real human strategist.
Can I talk to a real person?
Yes. Every plan includes direct access to a real creative lead by email, request form, shared project board, and scheduled calls based on your plan.
Do you manage paid ads?
Paid ads management is not included in the standard plans, but ad creative and campaign asset creation are included. Paid media management can be quoted separately.
Do you build full websites?
Light website updates and page improvements are included depending on your plan. Full website builds, complex e-commerce builds, and custom development are quoted separately.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Plans are month-to-month unless a custom agreement says otherwise.