The Advocate
Creative work. on call. $2500/month.
Between events, campaigns, donor outreach, and everything else on your plate, creative work keeps getting pushed to the bottom of the list. We get it.
The Advocate is for nonprofits who want to elevate their visuals with consistent, trusted brand presence.
What is The Advocate?
You're doing important work. Is your creative keeping pace?
Most nonprofit teams are stretched thin.
Marketing gets pushed to the last minute.
Design is inconsistent, or handled in-house by someone who already has a full plate.
Every new project means finding another freelancer and explaining your brand all over again.
The result? Your mission doesn't show up the way it deserves to, and building brand recognition takes longer than it should.
The Advocate is a monthly creative subscription from Octavus Media for mission-driven organizations that need consistent, professional creative support without hiring an in-house designer.
Each month, you get 25 hours of flexible creative work for one simple, recurring rate. No bundled packages, no one-off projects, no juggling. Just a reliable creative partner who already knows your brand and shows up ready to work.
The Advocate* includes:
25 hours of flexible creative hours
A single, dedicated creative professional (no juggling multiple freelancers or agencies)
2 monthly meetings to align goals and review outcomes
Advocate hours can be used for:
Graphic Design: annual reports, brochures & print collateral, mailers, e-newsletters, event branding and promotion, fliers & posters, signage and wayfinding, and more.
Photography: environmental photos of office spaces or workplaces, team members in action, fundraising events, products, volunteer trainings, and more.
*Quit anytime
Ways to utilize The Advocate
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As a regular partner
Get consistent, on-brand creative support without juggling freelancers or rushing last-minute work. The Advocate Plan acts as an extension of your team, delivering reliable design, branding, and photography every month. Keep it as long as you need—cancel anytime.
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In a season of growth or expansion
When your organization is growing, your creative needs grow with it. The Advocate Plan gives you the extra bandwidth to support campaigns, strengthen your brand, and keep everything consistent…without hiring in-house. Scale up when you need it, and scale back when you don’t.
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Short Term Campaigns or Events
Big campaigns and events require high-impact creative—and fast. Use the Advocate Plan for a focused window of support to design, execute, and capture everything professionally. When it’s over, simply cancel or pause—no long-term commitment.
Examples of the Advocate
Oregon Cancer Foundation
“Octavus Media has been partnering with The Oregon Cancer Foundation’s since 2024. Our team has worked on a variety of projects for OCF, but what makes this work particularly successful is the Advocate. By building a longterm relationship with the client, we’ve been able to learn their mission and ongoing needs on a deeper level.
Every month we take the time to learn their goals and identify opportunities to apply creative work to meet their needs. In any given month, we can be simultaneously creating one-of-a-kind posters for an upcoming fundraiser, building out a patient newsletter, designing strategic partnership guides, and taking photos of their staff at outreach events…it keeps everything on-brand and fresh and we always find ways to build for the future.”
- Cat Baum, Design Director
From the client…
We're accepting 2 new Advocate clients in 2026. If your organization is ready for creative support supports your mission, we’d love to become an extension of your team.
Drop us a line at hello@octavusmedia.com and let’s make something great!