Graphic Design Process - Joe Donnelly Design - Vancouver Graphic Designer | Ottawa Graphic Designer | Freelance Designer | Logo Design | Corporate Identity

We typically follow a ten step process with most of our design projects:

Step 1. Quotation
Tell us in as much detail your needs, timeline, budget and any other pertinent details to help us provide you with a FREE no-obligation design quote.

Step 2. Quote Acceptance / Project Start
Once you accept our design quotation, and we agree upon your timeline and define your needs, the project is off and running. We will also provide you with our industry leading three written guarantees to help address any concerns you may have.

Step 3. Briefing
The project starts with questions and answers. We provide you with a short questionnaire (a creative brief form) which will guide you with a set of questions, the answers to which will help inform us about your business, your needs and your personal design style and preferences.

Step 4. Clarification
We clarify any outstanding questions we might have, recommend best course of action, if needed, or get to work assuming all the details provided are complete.

Step 5. Initial Design
We get to work creating the initial different design concepts. Depending on the project type, the initial concepts could come to you in as little as 24-48 hours.

Step 6. Feedback
You consider the initial deisgn concepts, and provide feedback on your favorites. With the feedback you provide us, we generate the next set of concepts.

Step 7. Refinement
We continue to refine the design based on your feedback. From color, to fonts, to images, we continue to refine and customize the design until it meets with your complete satisfaction. With Our Unlimited Revision Guarantee, you can feel free to ask for changes as we gradually narrow the options down until we arrive at the final design.

Step 8. Final Production
Once we arrive at the final chosen design, whether it's a logo or a Web site design, we then generate the final files. This might mean preparing a library of final logo files, or generating the html code for a Website or creating the final brochure file which will be sent to a printer. We will work with you to ensure that the formats provided meet with your, your web host or your printer's specifications.

Step 9. Final Delivery
Depending on the type of project, final files are provided to you either electronically, delivered via email, or downloaded through our secured Website, or shipped to you on CD or DVD.

Step 10. Final Payment
Once you have received the final files, the balance of payment is made and another satisfied Joe Donnelly Design client is served and your project is completed. Final ownership of all copyright to the designed work passes to you upon payment clearance.