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Social media design · Subscription from £540/month

One brand across
every post you publish

On-brand social media design for UK businesses: feed posts, stories, carousels and ad creative, designed for you and sized correctly for every platform. From the Nottingham studio that can also design your logo, website and print.

What social design covers

Posts designed for you, on brand every time

Competitors sell “scroll-stopping posts.” We design them for you , matched to your brand, sized per platform, ready to publish when you need them.

  • National Education Diversity Awards website shown on desktop, designed by Berlew Design Studio.
  • Feed, story & carousel posts

    Custom social media posts designed for each brief - feed, story and carousel layouts locked to your colours, type and logo placement, so every publish still looks like you.

  • 10–20 posts

    Typical monthly output on Standard (10 hrs)

  • Platform-native formats

    Correct dimensions and safe zones for Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok, X, Pinterest and YouTube thumbnails, styled to how each platform is read, not one layout stretched to fit all.

  • Ready to publish

    Web-ready JPG/PNG exports sized for each platform. You post them; we handle the design work whenever the next batch is due.

  • Campaign & ad creative

    Coordinated packs for launches, events and seasonal promotions, plus static Meta and LinkedIn ad variants when you need paid creative to test.

Teams that need social assets

For teams that publish, not for teams that want us to run the channel

We provide social media graphic design services in Nottingham and across the UK.

Most clients fall into three camps. Marketing managers need on-brand graphics without hiring a full-time designer or facing a blank Canva artboard every week. Campaign launches need a coordinated asset pack for a product, event or promotion. New identities need social visuals that match a wider brand identity rollout - we design the posts, not a DIY kit for your team to maintain.

This is the wrong page if you need caption writing, community management or a content calendar, we collaborate with your copy and strategy, we don't replace them. Publishing several times a week? The unlimited design subscription usually works out cleaner than stacking per-project quotes, we'll say honestly which one fits.

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What we deliver

What is social media design, and what does Berlew actually deliver?

Social media design is the visual production behind your channels , feed posts, stories, carousels, profile art, reel covers and paid ad creative, built to your brand and sized for how each platform behaves. LinkedIn rewards cleaner, more structured layouts; Instagram expects tighter aesthetic cohesion; TikTok reads best with looser, native formats. We design the posts, stories and ads; you supply copy and publish them. We do not hand over Canva kits, write captions, run your accounts or set social strategy. Ongoing volume usually fits our unlimited design subscription.

Source: Berlew Design Studio, social media design scope, 2026

How social design usually runs

Three steps whether you subscribe or buy a one-off pack: brief first, design second, then ready-to-post files back to you.

  1. 01

    Brief & brand alignment

    You share guidelines (or we pull from identity work we've already done), the platforms you actually post on, and the copy or content brief for the batch.

  2. 02

    Design & layout

    Custom layouts for posts, stories and carousels, correct dimensions and safe zones per platform, reviewed and signed off before delivery.

  3. 03

    Deliver & next batch

    Web-ready exports back to you for publishing. On subscription, queue the next round whenever you need fresh posts , no re-quote each time.

Social design in practice

Every format your feed needs, designed by us

Social design is not one graphic , it is grids, stories, carousels and announcements that stay on-brand because we design each batch.

How to buy it

Three ways social design usually scopes

Regular post volume usually belongs on the unlimited design subscription, one fixed monthly fee, no per-post quotes. One-off campaign packs and brand-rollout social are quoted per project when that fits better.

Design subscription From £540 / month Ongoing social, print and web requests each month
Campaign batch Quoted A set of posts, stories or ads for a single launch
Brand + social launch Quoted First social assets alongside a new identity rollout
On-brand custom design
Platform-correct exports
Fresh posts designed each request We design the assets; you do not maintain templates yourself
Campaign coordination Matching assets across a launch or seasonal push
Web-ready exports JPG/PNG files sized and ready for you to publish
Ongoing monthly queue New social requests without re-quoting each time
Brand, web & print in one studio

We do not write captions or manage your channels. Standard tier includes 10 dedicated hours per month; a typical post takes 30–60 minutes, so most teams get 10–20 posts alongside other design work. Full tier details on the unlimited design subscription page.

Canva pack vs studio social

Why not a Canva template pack or a per-post freelancer?

A template tool or a one-off freelancer is faster to start. Here's what changes when a studio designs your posts and keeps the brand consistent month to month.

DIY Canva / per-post freelancer

berlew design studio

Feeds that look like everyone else's preset pack
Type, colour and layout matched to your identity
Re-briefing your brand with every new freelancer
One studio that already knows your brand
Stretched logos, mismatched crops and wrong safe zones
Sized and exported correctly for each platform
Disconnected from your website and print
Social designed with full context on web and print
You maintain the templates yourself once the designer moves on
New posts designed when you need them, on subscription or project
Two smartphones, one standing upright and the other leaning against it, display a social media post for "Keeping Strong" on their screens. The post features a woman exercising with dumbbells.

Social media design FAQs

The questions that usually block an enquiry, answered plainly.

How much does social media design cost?

For regular posts, most teams use our unlimited design subscription from £540/month. Standard includes 10 dedicated hours; a typical feed post takes 30–60 minutes, so that allowance usually covers 10–20 posts per month alongside other design work. One-off campaign packs are quoted per project before work starts.

Which platforms do you design for?

Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok, X, Pinterest, YouTube thumbnails and paid ad formats across Meta and LinkedIn, sized and exported correctly for each. Tell us which channels you actually use and we design to those.

Do you design differently for LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok?

Yes. The same brand, tuned per platform: cleaner, more structured layouts for LinkedIn; tighter aesthetic cohesion for an Instagram grid; looser, more native formats for TikTok. Sized and styled to how each channel is actually read.

Do you write captions or manage our accounts?

No. We focus on visual design. You (or your marketing team) provide copy and strategic direction; we create the visuals to match. We're happy to collaborate so layouts fit the message.

Do you give us Canva templates to edit ourselves?

No. We design each post for you and deliver web-ready JPG/PNG files to publish. That keeps the brand consistent without your team maintaining a template library. Regular work runs through our unlimited design subscription.

Can you work from our brand guidelines?

Yes. We apply your colours, type and tone, or help define how social should look as part of a wider brand identity project if the foundations aren't settled yet.

Is ongoing social design available on subscription?

Yes. Many clients use our unlimited design subscription for regular post batches and ad hoc assets within their monthly hour allowance.

Related services

Need the brand, the print, or a steady monthly queue?

Social design sits next to identity, campaign print and the retainer - pick the route that matches how often you publish.

Publishing every week? · From £540/month

Put social posts on the unlimited design subscription.

Regular feed work fits Standard (10 dedicated hours), usually 10–20 posts a month at 30–60 minutes each. One-off campaign? We respond within 24 hours with an honest recommendation.

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