Design help that's
always there for you.
Deer Designer was created in 2018 by Thiago de Carvalho. The main idea was to give everyone a chance to have professional design help — reliable and always available. Our goal is to democratize design work and to make "small" look BIG.
1000+ Brands
Your own design team
7 designers, 1 pod
2018
founded
1000+
brands trust us
1,000,000+
designs delivered
95%
Client retention
Every business deserves a
team, not a gamble.
Good design shouldn't be a Fortune 500 privilege, or a coin flip on whichever freelancer happens to be free this week. We watched agencies and growing companies get squeezed: too much work for a solo freelancer, too little budget for a full in-house department, and nowhere good in between.
So we built the in-between. A dedicated pod, the output of an in-house team, at a fraction of the cost, with AI doing the heavy lifting on production so your team spends its time on the part that actually needs a human: taste, context, and knowing your brand.
Our purpose is what differentiates us from the rest of the crowd.
Our mission
We give agencies and growing companies a design team they can actually rely on: fast, consistent, and built around AI-powered production with real human judgment on every output. No freelancer roulette, no waiting on one person's calendar.
Our vision
To become the default design team for agencies and companies who've outgrown freelancers but aren't ready to build a complete in-house department, and to prove that "outsourced" and "dependable" don't have to be opposites.
We're not trying to disrupt the design industry. We're trying to fix the part of it that's been broken for freelancers and clients alike: inconsistency.
How we work
AI-Speed. Human-Taste.
Every time.
Here's the honest version. AI handles the heavy lifting: clarify briefs, first draft inspiration, variations, quality control, production grunt work.
Your dedicated pod (creative director, senior designers, and specialists) does the real work: reviews, refines, and signs off on everything before it reaches you.
You're not getting an AI tool with a rubber stamp. You're getting a team that uses AI the way a good chef uses a knife sharpener: it makes the work faster, but it doesn't make the decisions.
AI does the heavy lifting
Briefs, first-draft variations, QC, and the production grunt work.
Your team does the real work
Creative director, senior designers, and specialists review, refine, and sign off.
You get the decision, not the tool
AI makes the work faster. It never makes the call.
That's the whole model. Speed of automation, judgment of a real team.
What We Stand For
Our values
Radical transparency
We tell you what's AI-assisted, what's not, and what we can't do. We keep the process open and only give timelines we can actually meet.
Ego-free approach
Designers have big egos. That's why whenever we believe there's a better way, we'll deliver alternatives.
Judgment over automation
AI does the repetitive work so your pod can spend its time on the part that actually needs a human: taste, context, and knowing your brand.
Communication
It's better to hear it twice than not at all. The more we communicate, the more we learn and grow.
Proactivity
We take ownership of the creative process and make sure you get our best, sometimes before you even ask.
Built For
Built for teams that can't
afford to gamble on design
If you're an agency juggling client work, or a growing company that's outgrown "just ask the intern," you know the problem: freelancers flake, in-house hires take months and six figures, and one-off design tools don't get your brand. Deer Designer is the team in between: always staffed, always briefed on your brand, and priced so you don't have to choose between fast and good.
The DD Team — Remote & Global
How We Work
Our Culture
We're remote-first, always have been, which means we hire the best talent wherever it is instead of whoever's nearby. For you, that translates into one thing: a stable team that actually knows your brand, instead of a rotating cast of names.
Same faces, every time
Your pod isn't reshuffled every project. The people working on your brand today are the same ones who'll be working on it next quarter, so they stop asking "wait, what's your brand voice again?" and start anticipating it.
Low turnover isn't an accident
We built a place people actually want to stick around, which is the real reason your account doesn't churn through designers. A happier team is a more consistent team, and consistency is the whole product.
Curious what it's actually like behind the scenes? See what it's like to work here →
Ready?
Ready for a design team
that doesn't flake?
Join 1000+ businesses who stopped gambling on freelancers and started working with a pod that shows up.
