Social Media Designs

• Describe what you’re looking for

• Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, elements etc.)

• Specify the size of the design

• Confirm platform and placement

• Text copy (headline, call-to-action, contact information, etc.)

• Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

  • -Traditional or Modern

  • -Abstract or Literal

  • -Playful or Mature

  • -Feminine or Masculine

• Tell us your preferences for color and font

• Tell us what to avoid

• Describe your industry and target audience

• Include any references for designs you like

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The Basics

With every design request you should include the following details: 

• Size
• Style
• Orientation
• Colors
• Inspiration
• Text copy
  • Print Designs require a few additional details:
    • Bleed size (you can confirm this with your printer)
    • File formats (you can confirm this with your printer)

    DigitalHoney Tip: Want fewer revisions? Be as descriptive as possible, triple check your text copy, and provide pictures as references of the style you’d like.

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How to access your files?

Your completed design files are all available in the “Completed” list on your Trello board. To find what you’re looking for quickly, use the search bar at the top of your board.

Or they'll be in your inbox if you've chosen to use DigitalHoney with email.

If you require your designs in a particular format, be sure to let your DigitalHoney team know!

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Business Card

• Describe what you’re looking for

• Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, elements etc.)

• Specify the size of the design (inches or centimetres)

• Specify the size of the bleed (we’ll include the standard size if you’re not sure)

• Specify the orientation – vertical or horizontal

• Text copy (include variations for each employee): 

  • -Name and job title

  • -Telephone number

  • -Cellphone number

  • -E-mail

  • -Website

  • -Social Network Usernames (if necessary)

  • -Address

• Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

  • -Traditional or Modern

  • -Abstract or Literal

  • -Playful or Mature

  • -Feminine or Masculine

• Tell us your preferences for color and font

• Tell us what to avoid

• Tell us your industry and target audience

• Include any references for business cards you like

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What should I do if my team is having trouble understanding my ideas?

We offer unlimited revisions because we want you to get exactly what you need. But, at times, there can be a disconnect between what you imagine and what you get.

If you find yourself in that spot, here’s what we recommend: 

1. Review your requests: Sometimes a request is missing details or not as clear as it could be. Try providing additional references and details in your revision requests.

2. Give your designer detailed feedback: Let your designer clearly know what they’ve missed. They’ll work as quickly as possible to have your design revised.

Digital Honey Tip: After attempting steps 1 and 2, if you find that your design is still falling short, shoot us an email your project manager.  We'll review the issue and work to find you a resolution as quickly as possible.

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Flyers or Posters

• Describe what you’re looking for

• Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, elements etc.)

• Specify the size of the design (inches, centimetres or pixels)

• Specify the orientation – vertical or horizontal

• Text copy (headline, call-to-action, contact information, etc.)

• Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

  • -Traditional or Modern

  • -Abstract or Literal

  • -Playful or Mature

  • -Feminine or Masculine

• Tell us your preferences for color and font

• Tell us what to avoid

• Describe your industry and target audience

• Include any references for flyers or posters you like

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Brochures

• Describe what you’re looking for

• Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, elements etc.)

• Specify the type of brochure: 

  • -Half-Fold (4 sides)

  • -Tri-Fold (6 sides)

  • -Gate-Fold (3 sides)

• Specify the size of the design: 

  • -8.5 x 11

  • -8.5 x 14

  • -11 x 17

  • -11 x 25.5

• Specify the size of the bleed (if you know it)

• Text copy (headline, call-to-action, contact information, etc.)

• Digital Honey Tip: Be sure to specify the page number for each set of content.

• Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

  • -Traditional or Modern

  • -Abstract or Literal

  • -Playful or Mature

  • -Feminine or Masculine

• Tell us your preferences for color and font

• Tell us what to avoid

• Describe your industry and target audience

• Include any references for brochures you like

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Sharing Brand Guidelines

To make the design process faster, and to cut down on the number of revisions required, share your brand guidelines with us. 

Here’s what that includes:

1. Logo

2. Preferred colours/colour palette

3. Preferred fonts

4. Mission/vision

5. Target audience

Digital Honey Tip: Add a card to the “Guidelines” list with the brand guidelines for each brand you’d like us to design for. Be sure to mention the brand when making a request. We'll take care of the rest.

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Blog Images

• Describe what you’re looking for

• Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, elements etc.)

• Specify the size of the design (pixels)**
  Digital Honey Tip:** If you don’t know the size, just send us the link to your blog and we’ll design according to your layout.

• Text copy

• Tell us the style you’d like, e.g.

• Traditional or Modern

• Abstract or Literal

• Playful or Mature

• Feminine or Masculine

• Tell us your preferences for color and font

• Tell us what to avoid

• Describe your industry and target audience

• Include any references for blog images you like

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Background Removal

Just let us know exactly which portions of the image(s) you require and/or whether you'd like the background to be completely removed, made transparent, or to retain a specific colour.  We'll take it from there, and touch up the edit too.

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Billboards

• Describe what you’re looking for

• Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, elements etc.)

• Specify the size of the design (inches, centimetres or pixels)

• Specify the size of the bleed (if you know it)

• Text copy (headline, call-to-action, contact information, etc.)

• Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

  • -Traditional or Modern

  • -Abstract or Literal

  • -Playful or Mature

  • -Feminine or Masculine

• Tell us your preferences for color and font

• Tell us what to avoid

• Describe your industry and target audience

• Include any references for billboards you like

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Web Banners

1. Describe what you’re looking for/what to avoid
2. Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, elements etc.)
3. Specify the size of the design (pixels)
4. Text copy (headline, call-to-action, contact information, etc.)
5. Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 
   • -Traditional or Modern
   • -Abstract or Literal
   • -Playful or Mature
   • -Feminine or Masculine
6. Tell us your preferences for color and font
7. Tell us your industry and target audience
8. Include any references for banners you like (attachments or links)

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Powerpoint Templates & Presentation Decks

1. Describe what you’re looking for

2. Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, elements etc.)

3. Attach any older versions of the presentation to provide context.

4. Text copy required on each slide

5. Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

   • -Traditional or Modern

   • -Abstract or Literal

   • -Playful or Mature

   • -Feminine or Masculine

6. Tell us your preferences for color and font

7. Tell us what to avoid

8. Describe your industry and target audience

9. Include any references for presentations you like

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Packaging & Labels

1. Describe what you’re looking for

2. Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, elements etc.)

3. Specify the size of the design (inches, centimetres or pixels). If you have a previous design or template available, attach it!

4. Text copy (headline, call-to-action, contact information, etc.)

5. Tell us your preferences for color and font

6. Tell us what to avoid

7. Describe your industry and target audience

8. Include any references for packaging & labels you like

9. Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

   • Traditional or Modern

   • Abstract or Literal

   • Playful or Mature

   • Feminine or Masculine

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Email Signatures

1. Describe what you’re looking for

2. Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, elements etc.)

3. Specify the size of the design (pixels)

4. Text copy: 

   • -Name and job title

   • -Addres

   • -Telephone number

   • -Cellphone number

   • -Website

   • -Social Network Usernames (if necessary)

   • -Address (if necessary)

5. Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

   • -Traditional or Modern

   • -Abstract or Literal

   • -Playful or Mature

   • -Feminine or Masculine

6. Tell us your preferences for color and font

7. Tell us what to avoid

8. Describe your industry and target audience

9. Include any references for email signatures you like

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Tradeshow Banners

1. Describe what you’re looking for (what type of banner would you like designed?)

2. Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, elements etc.)

3. Specify the size of the design (inches, centimetres or pixels).
   Digital Honey Tip: If you have a previous design or template available, attach it!

4. Text copy (headline, call-to-action, contact information, etc.)

5. Tell us what to avoid

6. Describe your industry and target audience

7. Include any references for tradeshow banners you like

8. Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

   • -Traditional or Modern

   • -Abstract or Literal

   • -Playful or Mature

   • -Feminine or Masculine

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Avoiding Typos

There are 2 easy ways to avoid typos in your design:

1. Triple check the spelling of your text copy.

2. Provide the text copy in a format we can copy and paste from. You can do this by including it in the description, attach a word doc or provide the link to a Google doc.

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Book or Magazine Layout

1. Describe what you’re looking for

2. Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, author’s picture, elements etc.)

3. Confirm if your design is for a print or e-book

4. Specify the size of the design (inches, centimetres or pixels)

5. Specify the orientation – vertical or horizontal

6. Text copy (e.g. title, author’s name, brief intro/blurb for the back cover)

7. Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

   • -Traditional or Modern

   • -Abstract or Literal

   • -Playful or Mature

   • -Feminine or Masculine

8. Tell us your preferences for color and font

9. Tell us what to avoid

10. Tell us the book’s genre and target audience

11. Include any references for books or magazines you like the layout of

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Infographics

1. Describe what you’re looking for

2. Confirm if your design is for print or web

3. Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, elements etc.)

4. Specify the size of the design (inches, centimetres or pixels)

5. Specify the size of the bleed (if your request is for print)

6. Text copy (headline, call-to-action, contact information, etc.)

7. Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

   • -Traditional or Modern

   • -Abstract or Literal

   • -Playful or Mature

   • -Feminine or Masculine

8. Tell us your preferences for color and font

9. Tell us what to avoid

10. Describe your industry and target audience

11. Include any references for infographics you like

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Restaurant Menus

1. Describe what you’re looking for

2. Confirm if your design is for print or web

3. Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, elements etc.)

4. Specify the size of the design (inches, centimetres or pixels)

5. Specify the size of the bleed (if your request is for print)

6. Text copy 

   • -Names of dishes, brief descriptions of each, price of each

   • -Telephone number(s)

   • -Address(es)

   • -Social media usernames

7. Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

   • -Traditional or Modern

   • -Abstract or Literal

   • -Playful or Mature

   • -Feminine or Masculine

8. Tell us your preferences for color and font

9. Tell us what to avoid

10. Describe the cuisines you serve and your target audience

11. Include any references for menus you like

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Book Covers

1. Describe what you’re looking for

2. Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, author’s picture, elements etc.)

3. Confirm if your design is for a print or e-book

4. Specify the size of the design (inches, centimetres or pixels)

5. Specify the orientation – vertical or horizontal

6. Text copy (e.g. title, author’s name, brief intro/blurb for the back cover)

7. Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

   • -Traditional or Modern

   • -Abstract or Literal

   • -Playful or Mature

   • -Feminine or Masculine

8. Tell us your preferences for color and font

9. Tell us what to avoid

10. Tell us the book’s genre and target audience

11. Include any references for book covers you like

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Podcast Covers

1. Describe what you’re looking for

2. Attach your brand assets (logo, pictures, author’s picture, elements etc.) - anything you'd like on your podcast cover.

3. Confirm if your design is for a print or e-book

4. Specify the size of the design (pixels)
   Digital Honey Tip: Podcast feeds require artwork that is a minimum size of 1400 x 1400 pixels and a maximum size of 3000 x 3000 pixels. We recommend designing at 3000 x 3000 pixels. This way you won't have to resize later on.

5. Text copy (e.g. title, author’s name, tagline, etc.)

6. Tell us the style you’d like, e.g. 

   • -Traditional or Modern

   • -Abstract or Literal

   • -Playful or Mature

   • -Feminine or Masculine

7. Tell us your preferences for color and font

8. Tell us what to avoid

9. Tell us the podcast's focus and target audience

10. Include any references for podcast covers you like

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Requesting Revisions

On Trello: Comment, drag, and drop.  Just add the details of the revision required in the comment.  Then move the relevant card from the "In Review" or "Completed" list to the "Requests" list.

On Email: Respond with the details of the revision required

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Prioritizing Requests

When you’re making multiple requests, be sure to order your cards according to priority.

Requests are fulfilled on a first-come, first-served basis, from the top down on Trello. So, if you’re posting multiple requests at the same time, make sure the order of your cards reflects which tasks should be completed first.

Via email please be sure to mention if a particular task is a priority.