Jpetrous Creative Services offers creative retainers for Southeast Michigan businesses: a set block of design, content and marketing hours each month, first position in the queue, and one invoice, without the cost of a full-time hire.
Three things every engagement includes, whatever the size of the job.
Capacity, not a timesheet
Each month reserves capacity for design, content, web updates and whatever else comes up. Hours are a guide rather than a limit, and the arrangement flexes with the month.
First position in the queue
Retainer work goes ahead of project work. When something urgent lands on a Monday, it gets handled rather than scheduled for three weeks out.
One invoice, no renegotiation
A flat monthly fee across whichever services you need, so a quick logo tweak does not trigger a new quote, a new scope and a new conversation about money.
How it works
From first call to finished work
Four steps. You approve the direction before anything gets built.
Agree the shape
What the business needs month to month, and roughly how much capacity that takes.
Build the queue
A running list you can add to at any time. Priorities get set together at the start of each month.
Work gets done first
Retainer work goes ahead of project work, so urgent things get handled rather than scheduled.
One invoice
One invoice, one conversation about what is next. Hours flex with the month rather than expiring.
Who I have done this for
Businesses I have worked with
Neighbours, chamber members and local businesses across Macomb and St. Clair counties.
Jpetrous Creative Services
Dockhead
Reflections By Casey
C&G Remodeling and Roofing
Rapid Dry Carpet Cleaning
Investment
How the work is scoped
Every project is scoped individually, because a five-page site and a forty-page site are not the same job. Here is how the work is usually packaged.
Project
A defined piece of work with a clear start, a clear finish, and a fixed quote before anything begins.
Brand identity and strategy
Website design and build
Campaign and launch assets
Typically 4-8 weeks
Monthly retainer
A set block of hours reserved for you every month, with no hiring and no scope negotiations.
Social media management
Standing design queue
Content and copy production
Month to month
Agency partner
Overflow capacity for agencies and studios, delivered under your name and never your client's.
Design and build execution
Copy and content support
Paid media management
Per project or blocked hours
What moves the number
Page count · Whether copy and photography exist already · Integrations and automation · Timeline · Support after launch
