Design Shifu - UI/UX Design Services

Your on-demand design team without the overheads

About Design Shifu

Design Shifu is a subscription-based design service catering to businesses needing reliable, fast, and flexible creative solutions. Unlike traditional UI UX design agencies or hiring freelancers, Design Shifu offers an always-on design team, enabling businesses to scale their creative output efficiently. We focus on making great design easy, affordable, and scalable, providing dedicated designers who understand your brand. Trusted by marketers, founders, and agencies across the U.S., Design Shifu delivers high-quality creative without the surprises, helping teams focus on growth, marketing, and building.

Company Overview

Founded: 2017
Team Size: 10-49 designers and strategists
Location(s): Washington, DC, United States | Mumbai, India

Pricing & Service Models

Primary Model: Subscription
Pricing Transparency: Publicly Listed

Service Packages

Limited: Perfect for basic design needs, offering 5 design credits per month.

Unlimited: Best for startups, providing unlimited designs & revisions with a 24-hour turnaround time.

Unlimited Plus: For high-volume design needs, offering unlimited designs & revisions with a 24-hour turnaround time.

What Sets Design Shifu Apart

Unlimited Design Requests: Request as many designs as you need, and revise until it’s perfect.
Fast Turnaround: Most requests delivered within one business day. Fast, reliable, and repeatable.
Dedicated Design Team: Get designers & an account manager who understand your brand
Design Support 6 Days a Week: Stay ahead with a team working Monday to Saturday. We keep your projects moving without delays.
Streamlined System: Professional-quality design without the delays, chaos, or cost of traditional creative setups.

Design Process & Tools

Our Design Methodology

Design Shifu offers a streamlined system that delivers professional-quality design without the delays, chaos, or cost of traditional creative setups. The process includes submitting design requests through an easy dashboard, receiving the first draft in 24 hours, and requesting unlimited revisions until the design meets your expectations. They focus on clear communication and collaboration to bring your ideas to life.

Design Technology Stack

Design Tools: Not specified
Prototyping: Not specified
Collaboration: Slack, Trello, Asana, Canva

Client Success Stories & Reviews

Review 1: Digital Marketing Agency

Challenge: Struggling to get a good resource for all design work for websites and applications.
Solution: Design Shifu provided design tasks daily, delivering the final output the next day.
Results: The design aspect of the client's business turned from a pain point to one of their strengths.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Review 2: SaaS Company

Challenge: Need for collateral for a trade show.
Solution: Design Shifu handled 100% of the creative, from random ideas with no detail to super detailed with sketches.
Results: Design Shifu was 100% responsible for creating the branding for the software business.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Review 3: Advertising Agency

Challenge: During Covid-19, it was difficult to find and retain a diverse design staff that was willing to work.
Solution: Design Shifu helped with their dashboard's design.
Results: The client was able to meet their end client's project deadlines.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Contact & Location Information

Primary Location: Washington, DC, United States
Additional Offices: Mumbai, India
Contact: Not specified
Consultation: Book a demo call

Frequently Asked Questions

How does Design Shifu compare to working with an agency?

Design Shifu delivers high-quality designs at approximately 70% of the cost of equivalent agency projects for the same or better quality.

How does Design Shifu compare to hiring a freelancer?

Design Shifu provides a dedicated designer at a fraction of the freelancer cost, with a platform to manage all design projects, increasing team productivity.

I am an agency, can I resell the work?

Absolutely. You own all the rights to the designs created for you.

I work with multiple brands, so will you be working on all my brand designs?

You can add as many brands as you like.

Are there any restrictions on the types of design work that you do?

Design Shifu can work on requests that can be easily explained in the brief you add on our dashboard. They do not offer custom branding, video editing, animations, CAD, 3D work or programming.

What do you mean by ‘Multiple Active Requests’?

'Active Request' means the request that is being worked on by your designer on a given day. You can opt for up to 5 Active Requests to be worked on each day.

How does your 14-day risk-free money back guarantee work?

If you are dissatisfied within your first 14 days and haven't approved a design, you will get a full refund; no questions asked.

How does ‘unlimited revisions’ work?

Once your designer delivers the design, you can request for unlimited revisions until you are satisfied. All types of revisions will be done within 24 hours, subject to the complexity of the request, unless you have requested a completely new concept.

How long does it take to complete a design request?

The time frame depends on the pricing plan you opt for. The maximum turnaround time is 48 hours. The Monthly Unlimited plan comes with 24 hours turnaround time & the Monthly Unlimited Plus plan comes with 24-48 hours turnaround time, subject to the complexity of the request.

Does Design Shifu really entertain unlimited design requests?

You can log in to your Design Shifu dashboard and add unlimited design requests once you subscribe to one of Design Shifu’s Unlimited Plans. Designers do their best to get each design request over to you within 24 hours under the ‘$399 Monthly Unlimited” plan and within 24-48 hours under the ‘$599 Monthly Unlimited Plus” plan, subject to the complexity of the request. Your designer will work on one active design request at a time. After completing one request he will pick up the next request in the queue.

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