Client portal for design & creative agencies

A design and creative agency portal is where clients submit briefs and approve or send back each deliverable, and the studio keeps every project, file and change note in one place.

Pattern: Requests

Describe it to Pory

“We're a 12-person design studio. Clients should submit briefs, see only their own projects, and approve each deliverable or send it back with change notes.”

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In plain English

How Pory sets it up

Pory gives every client and studio a sign-in of their own. Each client sees only their own deliverables. It covers deliverable review & approval. Projects, deliverables, change notes, asset requests, milestones, invoices, shared files and studio team live in Pory's own database, so there's no spreadsheet to keep in sync.

What it does

01

Briefs arrive with the budget and deadline already filled in

Briefs used to turn up as a voice memo, a mood board and a forwarded email from someone's boss. In Pory the client fills in one brief: what they need, the due date, the budget and the details, and it lands as a new project the studio can scope. Nobody reassembles the request from four inboxes.

Forms to submit a recordDone by: Client
02

Clients approve each deliverable or send it back in one click

Approvals used to hide in replies such as "looks good, maybe bigger?" that nobody could act on. The client opens the deliverable, looks through the attached files, and marks it Approved or Changes requested. The studio sees the decision on the card instead of three replies down an email chain.

Approve / reject with a reasonDone by: Client
03

Change notes sit on the deliverable they're about, not in Slack

Feedback arrived in fragments: a call, a text, a PDF with circles scribbled on it. Now the client files a change note against the deliverable, saying what to change and why, and it appears whenever anyone opens that deliverable. Designers stop hunting for which message had the final word.

Notes & scores on a recordDone by: Client
04

Each client signs in to their own projects and nobody else's

Sharing work meant a folder link per client and hoping nobody forwarded the wrong one. In Pory each client signs in and sees only the projects that name them, with their briefs, deliverables, invoices and files. One portal holds the whole client list, and no client ever sees another brand's unreleased packaging.

Client-only accessDone by: Client

Who sees what in a design & creative agency portal

Every person signs in to their own view. This is what each role in the demo gets.

Client

Sees only their own deliverables.

Pages
Home, My projects, My deliverables, Files, Invoices, Your team
Can start
Send a brief, New project, Add a change note, Upload an asset
Decides
Marks deliverables Approved or Changes requested, with a reason

Studio

Sees every deliverable in the portal.

Pages
Home, Deliverables, Projects, Deadlines, Client assets, Invoices

What’s in the design & creative agency portal template

The tables and fields Pory sets up for this portal. Describe your own version and change any of them in the editor.

Projects

  • Project (text)
  • What you need (choice: Brand identity, Packaging, Campaign, Illustration, Web design)
  • Client (link)
  • Due date (date)
  • Budget ($) (number)
  • Brief (long text)
  • Status (choice: Received, Scoping, In production, Delivered, Declined)
  • What happens next (text)
  • Project lead (link)

Deliverables

  • Deliverable (text)
  • Project (link)
  • Client (link)
  • Review by (date)
  • Files (file)
  • Status (choice: In progress, Ready for review, Approved, Changes requested)
  • Designer (link)
  • What to look at (long text)

Change notes

  • Summary (text)
  • Deliverable (link)
  • What to change (long text)
  • Filed (date)
  • From (link)

Asset requests

  • What we need (text)
  • Project (link)
  • Needed by (date)
  • Kind (choice: Photos, Copy, Files, Information)
  • File (file)
  • Client (link)
  • Status (choice: Requested, Uploaded, Checked)

Milestones

  • Milestone (text)
  • Project (link)
  • Date (date)
  • Kind (choice: Meeting, Presentation, Print deadline, Launch)
  • Where (text)
  • Client (link)
  • Status (choice: Upcoming, Done)

Invoices

  • Invoice (text)
  • Project (link)
  • What it covers (text)
  • Issued (date)
  • Due (date)
  • Amount ($) (number)
  • Client (link)
  • Status (choice: Issued, Paid, Overdue)

Shared files

  • Title (text)
  • Project (link)
  • Shared on (date)
  • Kind (choice: Scope of work, Brand guidelines, Final artwork, Meeting notes)
  • File (file)
  • Client (link)

Studio team

  • Name (text)
  • Role (text)
  • Direct line (text)

The parts behind this portal

Each one reads and writes the same records, so a form, its approval and the status page someone checks are one system. How Pory builds a portal

Collect

1 part
  • Forms

    Signed-in or public, with typed fields and file uploads. A form files a record; it doesn't start an email thread.

Decide

2 parts
  • Approve / reject with a reason

    Decision buttons for whoever may edit the status. Who decided, when, and why stays on the record.

  • Notes & scores

    A reviewer's score, a coach's feedback, a clinician's note, kept on the record it belongs to.

Control

3 parts
  • Who sees which records

    Each person sees their own records, the ones assigned to them, or the ones they manage. Fields can be hidden per role. Pory sets this up from your description, and you can adjust it in the editor.

  • Passwordless sign-in

    A sign-in link by email, by default. Password sign-in if you'd rather.

  • Your brand

    Your domain, your colors, your logo. Members see you.

Frequently asked questions

A client signs in with a link sent to their email and lands on Home. They see Home, My projects, My deliverables, Files, Invoices and Your team, and only the deliverables that are theirs. From there they can use “Send a brief”, “New project”, “Add a change note” and “Upload an asset”.

Client decide: they mark each one Approved or Changes requested and give a reason. Everyone else sees the decision and the reason on the record, without the buttons to change it.

You invite them. Each person gets a sign-in link by email, with no password to set, and lands in the role you chose for them.

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