The Eventbrite-default problem
200 attendees registered. The site still looks like a meetup.
The site is an Eventbrite landing page. The talk thumbnails are headshots stretched into 16:9. Day-of signage is one welcome banner you ordered from Vistaprint last week. Sponsor cards are the sponsor's logo on a white background. Meanwhile, Config and Layers have site-to-stage visual systems that make every attendee feel like they're at a *real* conference.
You don't have a designer on staff. Boutique brand engagements quote $25-50k. The freelancer you hired three months ago quit two weeks before showtime. You're at midnight before the conference, fixing sponsor cards in Canva.
Pick an artist. Their voice carries the site, every talk thumbnail, day-of signage, sponsor cards, and the social rollout. One direction across every conference surface.
Why it fits conferences
Built for site-to-stage, not just the homepage.
Site, talks, signage — one voice
Conference site, talk thumbnails, day-of signage, sponsor cards, social rollout. All in the same artist's voice. Attendees recognize the conference across screens and rooms.
Talk thumbnails for every speaker
Per-speaker thumbnail in the conference's voice — speaker photo, talk title, conference branding. The schedule scrolls like a designed catalog.
Day-of signage in one direction
Welcome banner, room signage, schedule boards, sponsor recognition signs. Same voice as the site — attendees feel like the digital conference and physical conference are the same event.
Year 2 inherits Year 1
Same artist for next year's conference. Visual identity compounds; sponsors and speakers recognize the brand. The conference becomes a *thing* with multi-year continuity.
Project shapes
From a site refresh to a full conference rollout.
Some organizers need the site. Some need the whole rollout from CFP to day-of. The brief flexes.
Hero + OG + schedule treatment
Conference site hero, OG card, schedule page treatment. The web surface, ready to drop into Eventbrite, Hopin, or your own site.
Per-speaker thumbnail system
Repeatable thumbnail template for every speaker. Photo slot, talk title slot, conference branding. Fill in per speaker.
Banners, room signs, schedule
Welcome banner, room signage, schedule boards, sponsor recognition signs. Print-ready for foam-core or fabric prints.
CFP to day-of
Complete conference visual identity. CFP launch, ticket sale rollout, speaker reveal social, day-of signage, post-conference recap.
Year 2 inherits Year 1
Conference returning next year? Same artist holds the look across years. Year 2 site reads as 'next year of the same conference.'
The math for organizers
What a conference brand engagement costs. What you actually need.
| Approach | Cost | Time to ship | Coherence site-to-stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boutique conference brand agency | $25k–$80k | 10–16 weeks | Excellent — but expensive and slow |
| Freelance designer (per-project) | $5k–$15k for the package | 6–10 weeks, prone to flake | Good if they don't quit before showtime |
| Eventbrite default + Canva signage | Hours of your time | Weekends until showtime | Looks like a meetup — and attendees notice |
| OKSLOP brief + retainer | Subscription — see plans | Days for hero, weeks for full rollout | Locked to one artist across site-to-stage |
Costs are rough market ranges, not quotes. A subscription covers site, talks, signage, sponsors, social, and the retained artist from one credit pool. See plans.
What ships per conference
Every conference surface. Same voice.
Conference site & OG
Site hero, OG card, schedule page treatment, About/sponsors page art. The first surface every attendee touches.
Talk thumbnails per speaker
Per-speaker thumbnail in the conference's voice. Schedule page, talk-listing pages, speaker spotlight social.
Day-of signage
Welcome banner, room signs, schedule boards, sponsor recognition signs. Print-ready for foam-core, fabric, or signage vendors.
Sponsor cards & deck
Sponsor recognition cards, sponsor sales deck, post-conference sponsor recap. Same voice across the sponsor surface.
Social rollout
CFP launch, speaker reveal, ticket-sale push, day-of social, post-conference recap. Coordinated across Instagram, LinkedIn, X.
Email & nurture
Registration confirmation graphics, pre-conference welcome, day-of reminders, post-conference thank-you. Same voice as the site.
Production considerations
Yours to print. Yours to project.
- Full commercial license — registration, sponsors, signage, ads, multi-year rollover.
- High-resolution downloads ready for foam-core, fabric prints, projection, and digital signage.
- Privacy tier available — keep speaker rosters and sponsor materials off the public catalog before announce.
- Credit pool covers briefs, site, talks, signage, sponsors, and the retained artist.
Conference organizer FAQ
Questions organizers actually ask.
Browse the design gallery
See what artist-driven conference design looks like — typographic, atmospheric, photographic.
See the galleryDesign your own artist
Tune an artist to your conference's tone — tech-modern, design-restrained, music-festival-bold, academic-classical. Hold the look across years.
Design an artistPlans & pricing
One subscription covers site, talks, signage, sponsors, social, and the retained artist.
See plansLet's get to work on the conference.
Tell us about the event. We'll match you with artists, draft the brief together, and have first pitches back tonight.