Graphic design support for consulting firms that need to look the part
In consulting, your deliverables are your product — and a poorly formatted slide deck or an off-brand proposal can undermine the credibility of your actual work. Whether you're preparing client-facing presentations, polishing a capabilities deck, or producing visual frameworks for a strategic report, Trusty Oak Specialists handle the design execution so your team stays focused on the thinking. This is especially useful for boutique and independent consultants who don't have an in-house creative team but are competing against firms that do.
How Trusty Oak handles graphic design for consultants
A Trusty Oak Graphic Design Specialist works inside your existing tools — typically PowerPoint, Google Slides, Canva, or Adobe Creative Suite — to produce polished, on-brand assets based on briefs or rough drafts you provide. For consulting clients, that usually means taking a content-complete slide deck and applying consistent formatting, visual hierarchy, and branded styling, or building out infographics and data visualizations from spreadsheet outputs. You stay in control of the content and messaging; the EA handles layout, typography, icon selection, and visual consistency. Most engagements run on an async workflow — you share files and feedback via email or a shared drive, and the EA returns revised assets within an agreed turnaround window. Your Client Success Manager helps define that workflow during onboarding so handoffs are clean from day one.
What your EA takes off your plate
Before your first handoff, pull together your brand guidelines — logo files, hex codes, approved fonts, and a slide deck or document you consider a good example of your current standard. The most common mistake new delegators make is sending a rough draft and expecting the EA to infer the standard; the clearer your reference point, the faster the first deliverable hits the mark. If you don't have formal brand guidelines yet, that's actually a great first project to assign.
Client Presentation Formatting
Takes a content-complete PowerPoint or Google Slides deck and applies consistent brand styling, slide layouts, and visual hierarchy for client delivery.
Proposal and Capabilities Deck Design
Designs or reformats RFP responses and capabilities decks to align with your firm's brand standards and present a professional, competitive look.
Data Visualization and Infographic Creation
Translates raw data, process flows, or frameworks from spreadsheets or whiteboard sketches into clear, client-ready charts, diagrams, and infographics.
Branded Report and White Paper Layout
Formats long-form deliverables — thought leadership reports, findings summaries, or white papers — in InDesign or Word with consistent styling and visual elements.
Template Development and Brand Standardization
Builds reusable master templates in PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Canva so your team can produce on-brand materials without starting from scratch each time.
Tools our team works with
We adapt to your existing stack — no forced migrations.
Adobe Express 
Google Slides 
Microsoft PowerPoint 
Dropbox 
Canva 
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Trusty Oak supports consultants including Brighter Strategies, Deborah Offner, High Flying Strategy, and 2 others — handling everything from graphic design to broader operational support.
What graphic design support costs for consultants
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Executive Assistants
~$35/hourSpecialists
~$50/hourFractional Executives
~$95/hourStarting at $1,000/month. One-time $300 onboarding fee includes your Strategic Delegation Plan.
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Let's get your decks delegation-ready
Your monthly talent budget starts at $1,000, and a dedicated Client Success Manager will build a Strategic Delegation Plan around your actual workload. One-time $300 onboarding fee, 3-month initial commitment, then month-to-month.