Creative Retainers
ALWAYS-ON CREATIVE
Your monthly creative production layer.
ALT SAINT helps brands keep campaigns, content and visual output moving every month. Creative Retainers combine AI-assisted production, senior creative direction and a clear monthly workflow for teams that need visuals, videos, ads, copy and campaign assets without briefing everything from zero.
The Model
Ongoing creative support without rebuilding the team every month.
Creative Retainers are for brands that need regular creative output without hiring a larger internal team or briefing a new supplier for every asset. We define your monthly priorities, channels, capacity and approval flow, then support the visuals, videos, ads, copy and campaign assets your team needs most. AI-assisted workflows help increase speed and range; senior creative direction keeps the work on-brand, useful and commercially focused. Over time, ALT SAINT builds a deeper understanding of your brand, so each month starts with more context and less friction.
What We Support
A monthly production system for content, visuals, motion and campaigns.
A flexible creative layer for the recurring assets your team needs to publish, test, launch and promote across channels.
Monthly creative production
A planned monthly output rhythm for the visuals, content and campaign assets your team needs most.
Social and content assets
Recurring creative for Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, email, blog, website and other active channels.
AI visuals and product content
AI-assisted campaign visuals, product scenes, lifestyle imagery and format variations guided by your brand direction.
Video and motion support
Short-form videos, product reveals, motion assets, social cutdowns and animated content for campaigns and launches.
Campaign and ad support
Ad variations, launch assets, campaign graphics, landing page visuals and creative routes for testing and rollout.
Creative direction and iteration
Ongoing direction, review, refinement and prioritisation so every month builds on what your brand has already learned.
When to Use This
When your brand needs consistent creative output, not one-off production.
Most teams are under constant pressure to publish social content, refresh ads, support launches, update landing pages, produce visuals and keep campaigns moving. The problem is not always strategy; it is production capacity. ALT SAINT becomes a monthly creative layer that learns your brand over time, supports the channels that matter and keeps recurring output moving without restarting the briefing process every month.
Retainer Levels
Choose the level of creative support your team needs.
Every retainer is shaped around your channels, campaign rhythm, asset volume and approval workflow. These levels outline the type of monthly creative support we can build around your team.
Starter
Starter Retainer
Monthly creative capacity
For light recurring support
For brands that need a steady creative rhythm without building a larger production team.
- Monthly creative planning
- Social and content assets
- AI visual support
- Light copy and format adaptation
- Monthly priority queue
Growth
Recommended
Growth Retainer
Structured monthly support
For active campaigns and content teams
For brands that need regular campaign, content, ad and visual production across multiple channels.
- Campaign visuals and ad variations
- Product and content visuals
- Short-form video and motion support
- Landing, email and social assets
- Monthly creative direction and review
Scale
Scale Retainer
Custom monthly scope
For larger teams and multi-channel production
For teams that need a wider creative production layer across campaigns, channels and ongoing launches.
- Multi-channel campaign support
- Priority production capacity
- Video, visuals, ads and content sprints
- Creative systems and reusable workflows
- Strategic monthly planning
Why This Works Better
More consistent than freelancers. More flexible than hiring. More directed than self-serve AI.
| Area | ALT SAINT approach | Common alternative | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly rhythm | We define monthly priorities, output capacity and approval flow before production starts. | Briefing every asset from scratch or reacting only when content is urgently needed. | A clear rhythm keeps campaigns, content and creative output moving. |
| Brand continuity | We build knowledge of your brand, audience, products, channels and creative preferences over time. | Switching between freelancers, suppliers or tools with no accumulated context. | The more the creative partner understands the brand, the faster and stronger the output becomes. |
| AI-assisted production | We use AI workflows to increase creative range, speed and variation while keeping human direction in control. | Raw AI outputs without brand judgement, or manual production that is too slow to scale. | Brands need more creative options without losing taste, quality or consistency. |
| Flexible capacity | Retainer levels can be shaped around monthly content, campaigns, video, visuals, ads or mixed production needs. | Hiring full-time roles or booking one-off projects that do not match actual monthly demand. | The support can scale around the work instead of forcing the team into a fixed structure. |
| Campaign support | We connect social, ads, visuals, copy, video and launch assets into one creative production flow. | Disconnected outputs created by different people with different standards. | Campaigns perform and look better when the creative system is connected. |
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Start With a Monthly Creative Plan
Need a creative team that keeps your brand moving?
Tell us what your team needs every month: campaigns, visuals, videos, ads, social content, copy, website updates or launch support. We will help shape the right retainer level and production rhythm.
Send Us Your Monthly Creative Needs
Tell us what you need every month.
Share the assets, channels and campaigns your team needs to support each month, and we will shape a retainer around the right production rhythm.
Useful details to include: monthly asset types, target channels, campaign rhythm, internal team setup, approval process, urgency and whether you need visuals, video, ads, content or mixed creative support.
Questions
What clients usually ask before starting.
What is a Creative Retainer?
A Creative Retainer is an ongoing monthly support model for brands that need recurring creative production, content, visuals, video, ads and campaign assets without briefing every piece from zero.
What can be included?
The scope can include social content, AI visuals, product imagery, short-form video, motion assets, ad variations, copywriting, campaign graphics, landing page content and creative direction.
Is there a fixed monthly output?
Each retainer is scoped around your priorities, channels and required capacity. We can define fixed deliverables, a monthly creative queue or a flexible priority system.
Can priorities change month to month?
Yes, within the agreed scope. The retainer gives your team a regular production rhythm while still allowing priorities to shift around campaigns, launches and urgent needs.
Is this only AI-generated content?
No. AI is part of the production workflow, but the strategy, creative direction, editing, copywriting, review and quality control remain human-led.
Can you support paid ads and campaign testing?
Yes. We can produce recurring ad variations, campaign visuals, copy angles, motion assets and format adaptations for testing and rollout.
Do you learn our brand over time?
Yes. One of the main advantages of a retainer is accumulated brand understanding, faster briefing, stronger consistency and better creative judgement over time.
How do we start?
We begin with a retainer setup session to define your channels, goals, monthly priorities, approval process, asset types, production rhythm and first deliverables.