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Introduction
Welcome to Design Pickle
Hey there! Welcome to Design Pickle, the most helpful creative company in the world.
If you’d like to be one of the thousands of design-smart businesses, this guide is for you.
The Ultimate Guide to Design Pickle will help streamline your process of requesting and
receiving designs.
If you read and follow this guide, you’ll become a Pickle power user!
Chat Support
Slack Communication — Design Pickle Pro clients can
communicate directly with their designer via Slack during
working hours.
24/5 Chat — Just head to designpickle.com and click the green chat
icon on the lower right-hand side of your browser to chat with our
Customer Success team. You can also chat with them when logged in to
jar.designpickle.com
Introduction | 2
Table of
Contents
Your Account 4
Plan Overview 12
Scope of Service 18
Creating Requests 22
Contact Us 36
Book a Demo 37
Table of Contents | 3
Your
Account
• designpickle.com - Click on the Login button at the top right of your screen.
• jar.designpickle.com - Click on the Log in button at the top right of your screen.
The login area will autopopulate and you’re in! Make sure it’s the same email address you
used to sign up for Design Pickle.
The reset link is only valid for two hours, so don’t leave this hanging!
Company Settings
• Company Information
• Company Name
• Primary Email
• Number of Employees
• Phone
John Smith
Pickle
• Website
• Billing Information
• Bank Account
• Card on File
• Billing Address
• Invoices + View Billing History
• Subscriptions
• All subscriptions are listed here, including if you have multiple subscriptions
• Options include: Scale, Pro, Custom Illustrations, and Premium Stock.
• Users
• If you have multiple users on your account (you can have up to 10 per subscription),
they will be listed here.
• Name
• Password
• Email Address
• Email Preferences
• Toggle your daily/weekly
notifications
• Notification Preferences
• Choose what you’d like to
hear from us
• Mailing Address
• We might send some Pickle swag your way!
• API Token
• Zapier Integrations
• Connect your Design Pickle account to the apps you already use
and love.
Is my information safe?
Yes! Design Pickle is compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR.
... among other standard practices. In our eyes, the GDPR is good news for all customers. Feel free to ask
us more about it! Or, you can read our Privacy Policy at designpickle.com/privacy.
Please Note:
We uphold confidentiality in all communication regarding your brand and business. We will
only communicate to those who have been authorized on your account and will not share any
information provided with anyone outside our organization, subject to our Privacy Policy.
For more information on how we’re complying with the GDPR to keep your data safe,
check out this quick guide.
• Submit requests
• Check the status of your requests
• Communicate with your designer
• Request and manage revisions
• Find past requests and files
• Change the priority status of existing requests
• Update your billing and personal information
In other words, it’s a dashboard for managing all of your Design Pickle needs! Become a
Pickle power user and watch your design productivity soar. And remember, we’re always
here to help.
John Smith
Pickle
With stock images, you won’t have to cover the expense of photo shoots; instead, you’ll
have access to thousands of high-quality images and vectors that can elevate your design
requests.
I want to choose the images. Where can I browse through available images?
In the Design Pickle Platform. You can select stock photos through your request
form. Step 5 of the request form asks: Do you need additional assets? To browse
available images, search by keyword in the search bar and image results will pop up
from your available libraries. FreshStock, Unsplash, and Pexels are included at no
additional cost; Adobe Stock and JumpStory are included with our Premium Stock
add-on (details below). Since access to Premium Stock is made available through
your Design Pickle subscription, you can only explore Adobe Stock and JumpStory
assets in the Design Pickle Platform.
I want my designer to choose the images. How do I let them know this?
Simply provide a clear description of what you want the photos to be. To help your
designer out, let them know about your target audience and what you want the
stock image to accomplish.
Plus, you can try it out for free! All Design Pickle plans come with a free 30-day trial of
Premium Stock — it’s automatically activated in your account upon sign-up. You can turn
off the subscription anytime at no charge within your first 30 days. If not, Premium Stock will
auto-renew, and you’ll be charged the $25 subscription fee. If you decide you want to
unsubscribe, it’s easy.
With Premium Stock, your designer can enhance your designs with high-quality,
professional photos, illustrations, and vector graphics with commercial licensing from the
Adobe Stock and JumpStory libraries.
John Smith
Pickle
Please Note:
While you’re allowed to request stock images from Premium Stock to be used in your
designs, as per our agreement with Adobe Stock and JumpStory, all stock images are
single-use only and cannot be sent to you as stand-alone files.
There are two terms we offer to our clients: monthly and annual. For example, if you
signed up on the 10th day of a month and you’re on a monthly subscription, your
next billing date will fall on the 10th day of the following month.
Pro:
Request cutoff times are dependent on which time zone you are in.
Your Pro designer works from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. You get to collaborate
with them in real-time via Slack.
Please Note:
All request cutoff times are dependent on which plan and time zone you are in. For more information
on time zones and respective cutoff times click here.
When you sign up for Pro, we also welcome you to our online “office” — Slack.
You’ll be added to a private channel within the Design Pickle workspace with your designer, a
Product Specialist, and other members of the Production team. This private channel is where
the bulk of your communication will occur.
To get someone’s attention in the Slack channel, just “@” them in your message!
• “Hey @Jessica, just wanted to let you know I submitted a request for our latest ad
campaign. Let me know if you have any questions!”
• “@Matt Arndt, I have a question about billing and was hoping you could help me out.”
• Typing @here will notify everyone currently active in that channel of your message.
• Typing @channel will notify everyone in that channel, regardless of whether they’re
currently online or not.
Emojis make communicating fun, friendly, Easy file attachments make it possible for
and easy. We love emojis! you to upload images, videos, and other
files to get any message across.
Message threads make it possible to have You can integrate Slack with other apps like
conversations within conversations without your Design Pickle account, Box, Zapier,
having to clutter the main discussion area. Asana, Google Drive, Trello, and more.
Once you’re in our system, our Slack group can be accessed from your browser at
jar-members.slack.com.
You can also download the Slack mobile or desktop apps through slack.com/downloads.
Admins
This role controls all subscription and payment information. Admins can add, modify, and
remove users of any role. They can also create and edit requests on behalf of all users.
Organizers
This role can add, modify, and remove Organizers or Members. They can also create and edit
requests on behalf of all users.
Members
This role can create and edit their own requests. They can also view all of their company
requests.
Admins
Organizers
Members
To see work from real Design Pickle clients, check out designpickle.com/work-samples.
And many more! A creative universe is a limitless place. Feel free to reach out to ask about
our design capabilities.
Please Note:
Custom Illustrations
• Animals
• Blueprints/floor plans (2D only)
• Caricatures
• Cartoon art style
• Character creation/mascots
• Children’s books
• Coloring books
• Complex vector edit from
existing vector material
• Custom typography
• Geometric art style
• Icons/objects
• Illustrated logos
• Illustrated manuals
• Landscapes/backgrounds
• Medical illustrations
• Merchandise illustrations
• Photo to vector conversions
• Portraits
• Realistic art style
• Scene illustrations
Design work can vary wildly in scope and complexity. Communicate with your designer —
they will do their absolute best to get you what you need!
You can view our full Scope of Service for graphic design here.
You can view our full Scope of Service for illustrations here.
We reserve the right to cancel your account if you are found sharing
accounts/login credentials or violating our services or team in any way.
We also don’t tolerate using Design Pickle for illegal, adult, or pornographic
purposes.
Your right to use our services shall terminate once you breach any term of
our Terms and Conditions at designpickle.com/terms-conditions.
Once you’re done creating your request, simply review your copy and submit it
to your designer!
Name of Request
Examples:
• “Meditation Infographic”
• “Thanksgiving Post for Facebook”
• “Restaurant Flyer”
So, what’s PPI/DPI? PPI or DPI stand for pixels per inch or dots per inch, respectively.
You’re not required to specify that, though. Just don’t forget to tell your designer if a certain
design is meant for print because this will require a higher PPI/DPI; in that case, your
designer will know what to do. But as long as you specify the size (dimensions), you’re set!
In as much detail as possible, tell your designer what you’d like designed. You can also
include links or attachments of designs you like as inspiration. Here are some examples of
ways to specify what you want:
This will lessen the chances of your designer sending you designs that aren’t what
you envisioned.
For most request types, you may need to send your designer relevant files. Sometimes,
issues with attachments (or a lack thereof) can delay your request’s turnaround.
1. Attach them to your request. You will be asked to upload any assets, if you have them,
in Step 4 of the request form.
2. Include links to your files in the instructions. You may have already uploaded your files to
Google Drive, Dropbox, or Box. If so, you can simply share links to the files with us.
Sending Us Links to Documents in the Cloud (Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, etc.)
Set the file or folder’s privacy settings so that anyone with the link (such as your
designer) has access to viewing and downloading your files. If we can’t access the
files, we may not be able to start working on your request immediately.
Double-checking the file permissions could save you hours!
Sending Images
You can attach images that you would like to be used in the final design. It’s
useful to check for:
Size and resolution. The image quality must be compatible with the size of
the final design. This is especially important for print graphics (which need
300 PPI/DPI resolution). Your designer will let you know if your attached
image will work or if an alternative is needed.
• If you need the font to be the same, please include the fonts used in the
attachments. Or, if the font is free to download, let us know the font’s name or
send us a link to download it.
• If you need the text to be updated, it should be in text format inside your file.
In some cases, words are rendered as images, making it impossible to copy and
paste the text.
• If the text in your file is no longer in text format but still needs to be updated,
send your designer the complete copy (see Sending Copy below).
Sending Copy
When you send your copy, you need to make sure it’s in real text format — not
an image — so that the designer can highlight, copy, and paste the text into your
design. Here are some tips for faster turnaround:
• Include the copy in your instructions. This works best for short copy like
greetings, addresses, and the like so that you don’t need to send in an
attachment. You can place it in the request form under “Does your design need
to include text?” so it’s distinguishable from the rest of the instructions.
• Text files, Word documents, or Google Docs are ideal, especially if the text is in
a simple, easy-to-copy format.
• PDFs are not ideal because copying and pasting text from PDFs can result in
textual errors. This will slow down the turnaround.
For short lines of text such as “Happy New Year!” it may be OK for your designer
to hand-type your copy (if the copy is sent as an image). However, sending long
blocks of text in image format will not work out; we may request that you resend
your copy in text form.
Please Note:
Your copy should be proofread and ready to publish! Your designer will not be making
adjustments to the text you send — they will simply copy and paste it into your design.
Let your designer know what file type(s) you require. If you’re unsure, feel free to ask your
designer or our Customer Success team for a recommendation depending on the design’s
intended use. At Design Pickle, you can receive your finished request in a variety of file
formats, such as:
Read this guide for more details about what file types you can receive.
• Rearrange your queue by dragging and dropping items up and down (high-priority items
go at the top!).
• You can also mark requests according to urgency (or leave a note within the instructions
that something needs to be done ASAP). Pro tip: Use this power sparingly! Like they say,
when everything is urgent, nothing is urgent.
• Revisions will automatically be given top priority.
You can also monitor your queue via email by subscribing to automatic queue reporting. Au-
tomatic queue reporting helps keep you in the loop about what’s been designed and what’s
still on deck. It also gives you estimations of when requests may be completed.
To manage your daily and weekly reports, head to the Profile Settings in your Design
Pickle account and toggle the reports on or off.
If you would like other users on your account to be copied on the email when a file is
delivered, simply check the “Get CC emails when a request is delivered to another user
at your company” option.
The Feedback Widget lets you leave a note for your designer (or their team lead).
Whether it’s a kind word or constructive criticism, this tool guarantees the right person
will see it. The Feedback Widget also has a star-rating system for quick feedback.
You’ll be asked for information such as your brand name, brand colors, and brand assets.
Click Save Brand when you’re done. Once you’ve saved your brand, you’ll be able to specify
it in your design requests.
No, however it is highly encouraged that Brand Profiles are created, so that design requests
come back matching your expectations.
If you find that you keep reattaching details about a brand, then you can choose to create a
Brand Profile to save time spent typing instructions. Consider including information such as:
For best results, you’ll need accounts with Design Pickle (obviously), Zapier (of course), and
Gmail. From there, the possibilities are almost endless. Zapier creates connections, or Zaps
(you could call them triggers), between your favorite productivity apps and Design Pickle. This
way, you never have to visit your Design Pickle account to get your designs! Here are some
examples.
Google Sheets
When your design is ready, your Google Sheets row will be updated with
the link to download your completed design. You can submit requests
from your spreadsheet and mark requests as complete.
Asana
Assign an Asana task with a chosen tag, and the request is submitted to
Design Pickle. You can set up an automation that marks Asana tasks as
complete when a design is complete in your Design Pickle account.
Trello
Submit requests from Trello by adding labels to cards, save completed
designs to cards, and receive completed designs via cards. You can set
up an automation to mark completed requests via your Trello cards.
Slack
A Slack bot will post to the channel of your choosing once your files
are delivered from your designer. You can also set Zaps for completed
requests, replies to requests, and more.
WordPress
Add completed designs to your WordPress Media Library. This is super
convenient if you’re getting blog or website graphics done by
Design Pickle!
There are plenty more Zaps you can create — over 2,000! Plus, you can also easily create your
own connections between Design Pickle and your app of choice. As the folks at Zapier say,
“the only limit is your own imagination.”
For more information, you can check out this helpful article out or talk to our Customer
Success team. We’d love to help you streamline your workflow and get the most out of Design
Pickle!
Contact Us
Hours
Monday through Friday
Available 24 hours (via chat)
Email Us
help@designpickle.com
Call Us
(877) 897-0026