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EXTERNAL ENGAGEMENTS
Most of our
work is in-house.
Closed Ladder Studio's first responsibility is to the Closed Ladder family — Capital, Foundation, Advocacy, Store, Press. We take a small number of external engagements per year, exclusively in adjacent territory: justice-organization identity, annual-report design for nonprofits, and high-stakes report typography for newsrooms.
RATES · 2026
Hourly · creative direction
Identity reviews, art direction, motion supervision.
$425/hr
Identity system
Mark + wordmark + brand system + guidelines doc. ~6 weeks.
$24,000+
Annual report design
Editorial design, typography, data viz, print + digital deliverables.
$18,000+
Sliding scale for community-led nonprofits and directly-impacted organizations.
WHAT WE WON'T DO
- · Crypto, token-launch, NFT-adjacent identity work.
- · Surveillance-tech, electronic-monitoring, or carceral-tech branding.
- · "Pick our brain" calls. Bring a one-paragraph brief or a budget.
- · Speculative work, contests, or "exposure" briefs.
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