Stop 09 · WP-GFXSocial media graphics, ad creatives, print and decks
Graphic Design Agency Haarlem
We design the graphics a business needs every week: social media posts and templates, ad creatives for Meta, TikTok and Google, brochures, menus and signage, and the decks you pitch with. Everything is designed in-house, from your brand guidelines, and delivered in every size and format the channel asks for.
- You get
- Social, ad, print and deck designs
- Team
- In-house graphic designer
- Gevestigd in
- Dubai en Haarlem
- Actief sinds
- 2020
- Wat het is
Scroll-stopping graphics for social, ads, print and decks, designed from your brand guidelines and delivered in the sizes each channel asks for.
- Voor wie het geschikt is
A business that needs design every week but not a designer on the payroll, and a marketing team with more requests than hands.
- Hoe wij werken
A brief, a brand check, first designs, feedback rounds and final files in every format, and for ongoing work a fixed weekly rhythm.
De basisprincipes
What graphic design services cover, and where branding ends
Graphic design is every piece of visual communication a business puts out once the brand exists: the Instagram post, the ad, the brochure on the counter, the slide in the pitch. Branding decides what the business looks like. Graphic design is the work of applying that, week after week, to everything that has to be made.
The two depend on each other. A good brand book makes design faster and more consistent, and a designer who uses it every week finds the gaps in it. We do both in-house: if you have guidelines, we work from them, and if you do not, our branding service sets them up first. Either way, the files arrive in the sizes and formats the platform, the printer or the projector will ask for.
| Channel | What we design | Delivered as |
|---|---|---|
| Social media | Post, story, carousel and reel cover templates, and the weekly graphics made with them | Platform-sized images for Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn and Facebook, plus the editable templates. |
| Advertenties | Ad creatives for Meta, TikTok and Google display, in several variations to test | Every placement size the campaign uses, ready to upload. |
| Brochures, menus, flyers, posters, signage and packaging-type collateral | Print-ready files with bleed, in the colour mode the printer asks for. | |
| Decks | Pitch decks, company profiles and proposals, plus a slide template to carry on with | Editable slides and a PDF to send. |
| Collateral | Business cards, email signatures, letterheads, icons and the small things that make a brand look finished | A screen version and a print version of each. |
De dienst
What our graphic design service includes
Social, ads, print, decks and everything in between, designed in-house from your brand guidelines.
Social media design
Templates for posts, stories and carousels, and the graphics made from them each week, so the grid looks like one account however many people post to it.
Ad creatives
Creatives for Meta, TikTok and Google display ads, in every placement size, with variations so the campaign can test which one works.
Print design
Brochures, menus, flyers, posters and signage, set up with bleed and the right colour mode, and handed to the printer as a print-ready file.
Presentations and decks
Pitch decks, company profiles and proposals designed slide by slide, and a template your team can keep using afterwards.
Brand check
Every design is checked against your brand guidelines before you see it. If there are no guidelines yet, our branding service sets up the basics first.
Weekly design support
A fixed rhythm for businesses that need design every week: briefs in, designs back, feedback, final files, repeat, with the same designer who already knows the brand.
Onze aanpak
How a design job runs, in six steps
The same steps whether it is one brochure or a weekly stream of social graphics, and for ongoing work the middle of the cycle repeats every week.
Brief
What it is for, who will see it, where it will run, the sizes and formats, the copy and the deadline. We put it in writing before we open a file.
Brand check
We work from your brand guidelines: logo files, colours, typefaces and the rules for them. If there are none, our branding service sets them up first.
First designs
The first round, in the main size, so the idea is agreed before it is adapted to every other format.
Feedback
You comment, we revise. The number of revision rounds is agreed at the brief, so there are no surprises on the invoice.
Final files
Every size and format the channel asks for: platform-sized images for social and ads, print-ready files for the printer, editable slides for the deck.
Weekly rhythm
For ongoing work the cycle repeats every week: briefs in, designs back, feedback, final files. The same designer, who already knows the brand, so nothing is explained twice.
Project types
Six kinds of graphic design projects
Three of them name a client we have delivered the work for; the others are the everyday work of a graphic design agency.
Social media templates
Post, story and reel templates that let a month of content be made quickly and still look like one account. For City Today we designed a reel template that is adapted city by city, from Haarlem to Dubai, without losing the brand.
Ad creatives
Creatives for Meta, TikTok and Google display campaigns, in every placement size, with variations to test against each other. Designed with the team that runs the ads, so the creative matches the targeting.
A brochure
A printed piece that presents the business. For Content Collective, a fashion and lifestyle content agency in Dubai, we designed a brochure presenting their services on the identity we had drawn for them.
A brand book
The guidelines as a designed document, not a PDF of notes. For Haarlem Agency we designed the brand book, with the logo page, the palette labelled with its hex codes and an About page on four white cards.
A pitch deck
A deck for investors, partners or clients: the slides designed to be presented, and a template so the next deck starts from the same place.
Weekly design support
A set number of designs a week or a month, made from your brand guidelines, for a business that needs design every week but not a designer on the payroll.
Lokale kennis
Graphic design in Dubai and the UAE
Design here is read in two languages by people from many countries, and the calendar brings several moments a year that need artwork well in advance.
English and Arabic
Many UAE businesses publish in both languages. Arabic runs right to left, so a layout is mirrored rather than translated: the hierarchy, the alignment and the position of the logo all change. We design for both from the start.
Sizes per platform
Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Meta ads and Google display each have their own sizes and safe zones, and they change. Every design is adapted to each format rather than stretched to fit it.
Print is not screen
Colours that glow on a phone print differently on paper, and outdoor signage here faces a lot of sun. For print we work in print colour mode, add bleed and ask the printer for a proof before the run.
The seasonal calendar
Ramadan, Eid, UAE National Day, the Dubai Shopping Festival and the other moments on the calendar need artwork before they arrive, often in both languages. We plan them into the design calendar ahead of time, so nothing is made in a hurry the night before.
Begroting
What graphic design costs in Dubai
A design quote depends on four things, and a good one shows you each of them.
One-off or monthly
A single brochure, deck or campaign is quoted as a project with a start and a finish. Weekly social and ad design is quoted monthly, as a set number of designs, so you know the cost before the month starts.
Volume and formats
How many pieces, and in how many sizes. One idea adapted to six placements is more work than one, but far less than six new ideas.
Copy, photos and translation
Whether the words, the images and the Arabic are supplied or have to be made. Photography, copywriting and translation are scoped separately, so you pay only for what you need.
Third parties
Printing, signage production, stock images and typeface licences are paid to the supplier, and named in the scope so they are not a surprise.
We do not publish a price list, because a few Instagram posts a week and a brochure in two languages are different jobs. On the free consultation call we scope the work with you, and you receive a written quote before anything is designed.
What you receive at the end
- Social graphics
- Platform-sized images for each post, plus the editable templates they were made from.
- Ad creatives
- Every placement size the campaign uses, named so the ads team can upload them straight away.
- Print files
- Print-ready files with bleed for the printer, and a screen version for the website and email.
- Decks
- Editable slides and a PDF to send.
- Working files
- The source files on request, so the designs stay yours and can be edited later.
Met wie werk je samen?
An in-house design team
Sreehari Rajeev
Grafisch ontwerper
Melvin Visser
Medeoprichter en algemeen directeur
Katya Balashova
Social media specialist
Abdul Basit Ali
Fotograaf & Videograaf
- Bureau
- Social Sparrow is sinds 2020 actief in Nederland en sinds 2022 in de Verenigde Arabische Emiraten.
- Design
- Every graphic is designed in-house, by the same team that runs the social media and the ads it appears in.
- Kantoren
- Meydan Free Zone, Dubai · Spaarne 145, Haarlem. Contact
Ons werk
Design work we have delivered
Brochure, logo, brand guidelines
Een merk opbouwen voor Content Collective
Brand book, logo, website design
Het ontwikkelen van een digitale identiteit voor een full-service marketingbureau.
City logos, brand book, reel template
City Today: Steden verlichten, filmrol voor filmrol.
“Working with Social Sparrow has been an incredible experience. The new branding didn’t just create a visual identity, it really captures who we are and what we’re about. It tells our story in a way that resonates with clients and sets us apart in a crowded market.”
Veelgestelde vragen
Questions we hear before a design job
How much does graphic design cost in Dubai?
It depends on whether it is one piece or a monthly stream, how many designs and sizes are needed, and whether the copy, photos and translation are supplied. We do not publish a price list. We scope the work with you on a free call and send a written quote before anything is designed.
How quickly can you turn a design around?
The turnaround is agreed per brief, because a social post and a brochure are not the same job. For ongoing work we agree a weekly rhythm, so you know when designs come back. If something is urgent, say so at the brief and we will tell you whether it can be done.
How many revisions are included?
The number of feedback rounds is agreed at the brief, before the work starts, so it is on the quote rather than a surprise on the invoice. One round of clear, collected feedback gets further than small comments spread over several.
Which file formats do we receive?
Whatever the channel asks for: platform-sized images for social and ads, print-ready files with bleed for the printer, editable slides for decks, and the working files on request.
Do you need our brand guidelines?
They help. If you have a brand book, logo files and typefaces, send them and we work from them. If you have a logo and nothing else, our branding service can set up the basics first, so the designs have rules to follow and every piece looks like the same business.
Can you design in Arabic?
Yes. Arabic layouts run right to left and are designed as such, not flipped automatically. The approved Arabic text comes from you or your translator, and we set it, in the same brand as the English version.
Can you also run the social media and the ads?
Yes. The same team that designs the graphics manages social media accounts and runs the ad campaigns, so the creative is made by people who see how it performs. Sociale mediabeheer and social media advertising.
Is it a one-off project or a monthly service?
Both. A brochure, a deck or a campaign is a one-off project with a start and a finish. Social and ad design for a business that posts every week runs monthly, with a set number of designs and a weekly rhythm.