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Graphic design trial, 5 hours. Yours to keep.

AUD $495 + GST, one-off. A tested maker does the work, checked before you see it.

AUD $544.50 with GST.

  • Your first draft within 48 hours of your brief, or that job is free.
  • Don't love your Test Drive? Every dollar of the AUD $495 comes back.
  • Stay on, and it comes off your first month if you start a plan within 14 days.

AUD $495+ GST

Test Drive

Pay online, then send your brief. We confirm it fits before we start.

Start a Test Drive

Or talk to us first.Book a demo

Refund and cancellation policy

Work by our Studio makers

  • Green marks slide in on black, labelled Sending money, Blockchain and Receiving.
  • Diagonal rows of purple and white engine oil tins.
  • Four cube boxes with cut-out windows showing coloured bath bombs, on a bright blue ground.
  • White T-shirt with a large green leaf mark, hung among dark foliage.
  • Three silver energy drink cans tumbling on a pale grey ground.
  • Sky-blue folder lying on ribbed metal.
  • Sand, black and white jewellery boxes stacked on a white ground.
  • Tote bag with a black-and-white sunburst mark, in hard shadow.
  • A stack of marbled paper cups beside coffee beans, in a dark scene.
  • The wordmark types in on navy, then the cloud mark appears beside it.
  • Two cream business cards on a dark ground, the wordmark and rule drawing in.
  • An open green box held in two hands at dusk.
  • Stacks of white ice cream cups with navy script lettering.
  • White box with a blue mark, carried under an arm.
  • A frosted bottle stays still while the landscape behind it changes: mountains, coast, forest and sea.
  • Two body balm jars, one white and red, one lime and brown, held up in sunlit water.
  • A bowl on a pink ground fills with salad as a fuel gauge needle swings from empty to full.
  • Two-part social tile: a pink soda can among green guavas above, a player’s shadow on a green court below.
  • Juice drips slowly from a grapefruit slice on a peach ground.
  • Pastel with handwritten names, grouped on blocks on a cream ground.
  • Pricing cards slide in and switch between monthly and annual on a pink and cream page.
  • Hands holding a frosted amber supplement box against a pale blue ground.
  • A person holds a red poster with bold black lettering in front of their face, under a blue sky with a plane overhead.
  • Dark board with a purple and yellow RH monogram logo in two colourways, a palette, and a door sign, polo shirt, tote bag and mug.
  • Three phones showing chat replies with illustrated avatars, beside a pink tote bag illustration with an ornate mirror and a beach scene.
  • Brown coffee cup and steam logo shown on a tote bag, a hanging sign, a paper bag and two takeaway cups on a cream ground.
  • Cream and green illustrated fair map with a large red and sage xflora logo, a pink sun arc, trees and labelled booths.
  • Four phones side by side, each showing an Instagram profile grid of interiors, products and building photos in a different colour mood.
  • Two blue posters side by side, one with a bold black and white shape and one with the same shape in thin coloured lines.
  • Black and white Stride business cards lie on a white surface with a bright blue fold.
  • A person in the dark wears a black t-shirt with a large white fan-shaped mark.

What one Test Drive turns out

  • 1 flyer + 8 banner sizes

    Tested intermediate designer· about 3-⁠6 hrs

  • Two short-form edits

    Tested intermediate video editor· about 3-⁠6 hrs

  • A landing page audit

    Tested intermediate web designer· about 3-⁠5 hrs

  • Your top 5 AI wins

    Tested automation specialist· about 4-⁠6 hrs

Pictures: work by our Studio makers. Hours are typical; yours is estimated first.

From one brief to files you keep

  1. Send the brief

    Email one brief and your files, or post them in Teams.

    Pick Human only, AI-assisted or AI-first

  2. Approve the hours

    You see the hour estimate first. Nothing starts until you say yes.

  3. Made and checked

    A tested maker makes it, then it is checked against your brief and brand.

  4. Yours to keep

    In the formats you need, with one free redo, within the brief.

Test Drive questions

One real job from your list. For example a flyer and a set of banner resizes, two short-form edits, or a landing page audit with a fix list. We estimate it before we start.

If you subscribe to any Studio plan within 14 days, the full AUD $495 comes off your first month.

A maker at the right level for the job. Every file is checked before it ships.

We tell you in the estimate, before any work starts. You can trim the brief to fit, or start a plan instead.

More questions

Yes. The audit is sized for 5 hours: a walkthrough of how one team works today, a check of the tools and licences you already pay for, and a written top-5 list of what AI and automation could take on, each with an hour estimate to build.

Yes. Choose Human only on any brief and no generative AI goes into the deliverable. We recommend it for logos and brand marks.

You do. Your files stay in your systems, and we work in your accounts.

Our art directors. Every file is checked against your brief and brand before it reaches you.

Every job includes one free redo, within the brief. Further changes use hours from your plan, and if the brief changes, we estimate the new work first, so there are no surprises.

Mark the job as a rush. Rush jobs use hours at 1.5x. We confirm the new estimate before we start.

You buy a monthly pack of hours, from AUD $990 for 10 hours. Every job is estimated in hours before we start. Nothing starts until you approve it.

No. Plans are month to month, with no setup fee.

Yes. The Test Drive and the Minimum, Value and Growth plans are bought online. The Max plan and New Zealand clients start on a 15-minute call.

Unused hours roll over for one month. If you need more, you can top up at your plan's hourly rate at any time.

They add hours instead: 10% more hours each month on 6 months, and 20% more on 12.

Social posts, ad creative, short and long video edits, motion graphics, landing pages and websites, pitch decks, brand guidelines and marketing copy. If you're not sure, ask for an estimate.

Yes. One plan covers design, video and web. Use your hours on video this month and on design or web next month.

Yes. The Creative Director add-on is AUD $1,490 a month, for strategy, creative direction and brand guardrails on top of your plan.

No. Prices exclude GST, which is added to the invoice for Australian businesses. Australian and New Zealand clients pay in AUD.

By bank transfer to our local account, or by card through a secure payment link. We never add a card surcharge.

Hire for a role and you get a Seat: one person doing ongoing work you direct, most days of the week. Send a brief and you get Studio: design, video and web work, with nobody for you to manage.

Yes. Agencies use Studio and Seats behind their own brand, across their clients. Book a demo to set it up.

Businesses and agencies in Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US, with Seats, Studio or both. Book a demo to see what fits yours.

Yes. Call us on +61 3 4421 6491, or choose Talk now on the booking form for a Microsoft Teams link straight away, any time.

Book a 15-minute demo on Microsoft Teams, any time, day or night. We show you the people, levels and prices that fit. No obligation.

Try it on one real brief

Send the brief and keep the files.