Run your studio's production engine, from approved concept to handed-off brand
A complete production system for small design and branding studios: the checks, forms, logs, letters and standards that turn approved designs into correct files, printed things and a brand the client can use.
- A 15-sheet Studio Production Workbook with job register, approvals, prepress log, print jobs, packaging register, request desk, licences and a traffic-light dashboard
- Six fillable forms: identity build-out, prepress checklist, artwork sign-off, press check, printer brief and hand-off checklist
- Eight Word documents including a 47-message production library, brand guidelines template and studio standards manual
- A 10-chapter e-book with 22 figures following one fictional studio through a café identity, start to finish
The Design Studio Production and Hand-off Kit · Bodhih Pro Kits · 282 by Bodhih Training, trainers to 2,000+ companies since 2008.
How does a small design studio run production and client hand-off?
Build out the identity system, artwork to one naming and version standard, check every outgoing file against the printer's spec, get written approval of an exact version, compare print quotes after extras, and hand off numbered folders with licence notes. The Design Studio Production and Hand-off Kit from Bodhih Training gives you every form, log and template for it.
Want the full free guide first? Read How to Prepare Print-Ready Files: A Prepress Checklist for Studios.
You already feel the problem. Here is what it is costing you.
Reprints you should never have paid for
Rich black on small text, a missing bleed, an old dieline. Each one is a few seconds to catch and a few thousand to fix after the run. Without a written check, they keep coming back.
Approvals nobody can find
A thumbs-up in a group chat is not an approval of version 3. When a client disputes a reprint, you need the version, the person, the date and the evidence in one place.
Quotes that grow after you accept them
Proofs, delivery, overs and re-proofs appear on the invoice. Comparing headline prices hides them; comparing adjusted totals does not.
Hand-offs that come back a year later
The client only has JPGs and nobody knows who holds the font licence. A structured hand-off with a receipt prevents the call.
Picture the next few weeks with the kit open beside you.
Picture next Monday at 9.05. Instead of twenty minutes of 'I think it's with the printer', you open the job register and read the week off one screen: what is in prepress, what is waiting for approval, what is overdue.
As you open the prepress checklist before the next file leaves, notice how quickly it becomes habit. Size and bleed, images, colour, black and overprint, dielines, copy, export. Two minutes, and the shivering prices never reach the press.
When the next approval arrives, it names a version and sits in the Artwork Log with its evidence. When the next quote arrives, the calculator adds the proof and delivery and tells you whether it meets the date.
And imagine the hand-off: eight numbered folders, a letter that explains which file to use where and which licences the client holds, a 30-minute walk-through and a signed receipt. Whether you start with the workbook tonight or the prepress checklist tomorrow, the engine starts running the day you open it.
24 files that do the work for you
The e-book shows you how. The tools make it happen. Here is exactly what you download.
The Design Studio Production and Hand-off Kit (e-book, PDF)
The guide: methods, worked examples, scripts and exercises
Start here: studio production map
The whole production job on one page, your first hour, your first week, a 30/60/90 day plan and the brand-it box.
Studio Production Workbook
Settings-driven production workbook: job register, identity build-out, artwork approvals, prepress checks, print jobs and quotes, packaging register, request desk, asset library, licences, reprints, monthly review and a traffic-light dashboard with four charts.
Print Quote and Unit Cost Calculator
Quantity breaks with waste allowance, finish options, a like-for-like quote comparison with lead-time check, and a two-chart dashboard.
Identity system build-out checklist
Every part of a brand identity system, from logo suite to templates, with specs, owner and sign-off.
Prepress checklist
The file check before anything goes to a printer or sign maker: size, bleed, resolution, colour, fonts, black, overprint, dielines and copy.
Artwork approval sign-off
The client's written approval of a specific file version, with what they checked and what they own.
Press check form
What to look at, and what to sign, when you attend a press check or approve a printer's hard proof.
Printer brief and quote request form
One brief, sent identically to every printer, so quotes compare like for like.
Brand asset hand-off checklist
Everything the client receives at hand-off, checked, explained and signed for.
Production message library
47 ready-to-send emails and chat messages for approvals, proofs, printers, press checks, delays, reprints, hand-off, licences, requests and packaging copy.
Brand guidelines and usage guide template
A nine-section client-facing guidelines template: logo, misuse, colour table, type and licences, imagery, templates, examples and requests.
Artwork request form and service standards
A client-facing request form with your published turnaround standards for small, medium and large requests.
Printer and supplier brief template
An editable brief for printers, sign makers and packaging converters, with specification table, proofs, delivery and sustainability questions.
Asset hand-off letter and folder guide
A ready-to-send hand-off letter with the eight-folder guide, a file-to-use-where table, a licence table and a receipt.
Studio production standards manual
An eleven-section production standards manual to adopt and edit: roles, files, prepress rules, approval, packaging, print, digital, hand-off, security, AI and reprint learning.
Worked example pack: a café identity built out and produced
The main forms and logs completed for one fictional café identity: build-out, prepress, approval, quotes, unit cost, packaging, signage, hand-off and month-end KPIs.
AI prompt pack for studio production
25 tool-agnostic prompts by production step, each with what to paste in and what to check before use.
Colour space and file format decision card
If X, do Y: which colour space and which file format for print, packaging, signage, screen, office and accessible documents.
Prepress mistakes card
Fourteen production mistakes that cause reprints, the sign to look for and the fix, with a mini-flow for the last check.
Numbers that matter: production KPI card
The eight production KPIs with plain definitions, exact formulas, where they live in the workbook and what to do if they move.
Font, image, label and AI notes (correct at November 2026)
Dated notes on font licensing, image rights and releases, packaging label rules, print standards, accessibility and AI disclosure, by country where it matters.
6-week identity build-out and monthly production calendar
A six-week identity build-out plan followed by three months of monthly reviews and mid-month checks.
Production task board (CSV)
21 production tasks with stage, file, owner and day number, ready to import into Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira.
Chapter by chapter
Each chapter opens with a real situation, gives you a method and ends with something to do today, using the tools in your kit.
- Format
- PDF e-book + XLSX + fillable PDF + DOCX + printable PDF + ICS + CSV
- Files
- 24 files plus a one-click ZIP
- E-book
- 67 pages
- Workbooks
- 15-sheet production workbook and 6-sheet print quote calculator, with sample data, formulas and dashboards
- Works with
- Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, Word, Google Docs, Acrobat Reader, GoodNotes, Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner, Jira
- Best for
- Design and branding studios of 1 to 20 people, in any country and currency
The Production Engine: Roles, Stages and the Job Register
Roles, ten fixed stages and one job register that answers 'what is going to the printer this week' in thirty seconds.
Building Out the Identity System
Logo suite, colour in RGB, HEX, CMYK and spot, type and font licences, icons, patterns and templates a non-designer can use.
Artwork Standards: Naming, Layers, Links and Versions
One naming pattern, one folder structure, named layers and numbered versions so anyone can pick up any file.
Prepress in Plain Words
Bleed, safe area, resolution, profiles, rich black, overprint, PDF/X and dielines explained, with a first-check log.
Proofing, Approval and the Audit Trail
Approval of an exact version, in writing, with the evidence logged, and the client owning regulated copy.
Print and Packaging Production: Quotes, Stock, Press Checks and Claims
Like-for-like quotes, quantity and finish decisions, the packaging register, press checks, delivery and claims.
Signage, Large Format and Digital Production
Signs, hoardings and window graphics, plus social templates, web exports and accessible PDFs.
The Asset Library, Hand-off and File Security
The asset library, eight numbered hand-off folders, licence notes, the signed receipt and 3-2-1 backups.
The Artwork Request Desk: Life After Launch
Sizes, due dates and published turnaround standards for the steady stream of post-launch requests.
AI in Production: Speed With Rights, Disclosure and Sign-off
Where AI speeds production up, where a person must decide, and the rules on client files, rights and disclosure.
Not just reading. Tools you will actually open again.
E-book
- The Design Studio Production and Hand-off Kit: an introduction, 10 chapters, a conclusion, 2 appendices and 22 figures (chapter banners, story strips, charts, infographics and an annotated dashboard), about 9,200 words
Start here
- 00-Start-Here-Studio-Production-Map: your first hour, the job on one page with the file for each step, the Brand it in five minutes box, your first week and a 30/60/90 day plan
Workbooks
- Studio Production Workbook (15 sheets): Start here, Settings, Job Register, Identity Build-out, Artwork Log, Prepress Checks, Print Jobs, Printer Quotes, Packaging Register, Request Desk, Asset Library, Licence Register, Reprints and Claims, Monthly Review and a Dashboard with traffic-light KPIs and four charts
- Print Quote and Unit Cost Calculator (6 sheets): Settings, Quantity Breaks with waste allowance, Finish Options, Quote Compare with a lead-time check and a two-chart Dashboard
Fillable PDF forms
- Identity system build-out checklist
- Prepress checklist
- Artwork approval sign-off
- Press check form
- Printer brief and quote request form
- Brand asset hand-off checklist
Word templates
- Production message library: 47 emails and chat messages
- Brand guidelines and usage guide template
- Artwork request form and service standards
- Printer and supplier brief template
- Asset hand-off letter and folder guide
- Studio production standards manual (11 sections)
- Worked example pack: a café identity built out and produced
- AI prompt pack for studio production: 25 prompts
Cheat sheets
- Colour space and file format decision card
- Prepress mistakes card (14 mistakes, signs and fixes)
- Numbers that matter: production KPI card (8 KPIs with formulas)
- Font, image, label and AI notes, correct at November 2026
Calendar and import
- 6-week identity build-out and monthly production calendar (25 events, ICS)
- Production task board (21 tasks, CSV for Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira)
When you have worked through it, you will be able to…
Every outcome is practised with a worked example and a tool, not just described.
- You will be able to see every production job, its stage and its due date on one screen
- You will be able to build out an identity system with colour defined for every medium and font licences recorded
- You will be able to check any file against a printer's spec and log the result
- You will be able to get written approval of an exact version and find it again in seconds
- You will be able to compare print quotes like for like and choose a quantity on evidence
- You will be able to hold packaging at Hold until the dieline and the client's copy sign-off are confirmed
- You will be able to hand off a brand with numbered folders, licence notes and a signed receipt
- You will be able to run post-launch requests to a published turnaround standard and review eight numbers monthly
Know your starting point. Prove your progress.
People who measure before and after improve faster and can show it. AssessAll, our sister assessment platform, has AI-graded assessments that pair with this kit. Take one now, work through the kit, then re-take it.
Document and Slide Production Assessment for Office and Client-Facing Work
Take the assessment →AssessAll assessmentFreelance & Client Work Judgment
Take the assessment →AssessAll assessmentAttention to Detail & Error Checking
Take the assessment →JobularyIf-then plans that make habits stick (Jobulary)
Make it a growth plan →A taste of Chapter 1
Most small studios run production out of the designers' heads. That works at three jobs a month. At twelve it fails in predictable ways: a file goes to print without a check, an approval lives in someone's WhatsApp, a printer's quote is accepted without the delivery cost, a font goes to a client who has no licence for it. None of these are design failures. They are system failures, and they cost money, time and trust. A production engine has three parts. Roles, so each check has an owner. Stages, so everyone uses the same words for where a job is. One register, so the answer to "what's happening this week" takes thirty seconds, not twenty minutes. None of it needs software you do not already own.
The honest comparison
| Free templates and typical advice | This kit | |
|---|---|---|
| Prepress | A blog list of tips | A checklist for every file, a first-check log and a right-first-time KPI |
| Approvals | Emails and chat reactions | A sign-off form for an exact version and an Artwork Log with evidence |
| Print buying | Pick the cheapest headline price | Same brief to every printer, adjusted totals, lead-time check, unit-cost curve |
| Packaging | Artwork sent when it looks done | A register that says Ready only with dieline confirmed and client compliance sign-off |
| Hand-off | A download link | Eight numbered folders, a letter, a licence table, a walk-through and a receipt |
| Country rules | Unstated or assumed | Principles in the book, specifics in a dated notes sheet with official sources |
Made for you if…
- Small design and branding studios of 1 to 20 people
- Production managers, studio managers and artworkers
- Designers who also run production because nobody else does
- Packaging and print-heavy studios
- Photographers and video studios that produce printed products or brand asset libraries for clients
- Freelancers growing into a small studio
Probably not for you if…
- Anyone looking for brand strategy or concept development (see The Brand Identity and Messaging Kit and The Creative Brief-to-Delivery Kit)
- Large agencies with an in-house prepress department and a production system already in place
- Anyone wanting legal advice on copyright, licences or labelling law
Built by trainers, tested in real rooms.
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Start with the quick-start chapter, then the main spreadsheet or planner. Most buyers use something from the kit the same day.
Open the register, check the next file, and let the engine run
Start with the job register and the prepress checklist this week, and add the sign-off form and the licence register next. Whether you begin with the workbook tonight or the checklist on the next file you send, every tool is ready to use the day you download it.
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The Design Studio Production and Hand-off Kit: FAQs
Read the free guideAlready bought? Resend my linkWhat is in the kit, exactly?
An e-book with 10 chapters and 22 figures, a 15-sheet production workbook, a print quote calculator, six fillable forms, eight Word documents (including a 47-message library and a 25-prompt AI pack), four cheat sheets, a start-here map, a calendar and a CSV task board.
Can I use this with my staff or team?
Yes, within your own studio under the personal licence: share the workbook, forms and templates with the people who work on your jobs. Company and multi-site licences are available from solutions@bodhih.com.
Does it work in my country?
The method is universal and the tools work in any currency and in metric or imperial units. Copyright, licensing, labelling, accessibility and AI rules differ by country; the dated notes sheet covers the EU, UK, India, the US and others in general terms with official sources, and you should check your lawyer and local rules.
How do I prepare a print-ready PDF?
Set the trim size, add bleed on every edge that prints off, keep text inside the safe area, check image resolution at final size, set colour as the printer asks, use 100% black for small text, check overprint, then export with the printer's preset. The prepress checklist walks you through it file by file.
What is the difference between RGB, CMYK and spot colour?
RGB mixes light for screens. CMYK mixes four process inks for print. A spot colour is a single pre-mixed ink used when one colour must match exactly every time. The decision card tells you which to use for each output.
Is this legal advice on copyright, font licences or packaging labels?
No. The kit is educational. It shows you how to organise production and records; ownership, licences, labelling and disclosure rules come from your contract, the licence text, the client's compliance team and local law. Check your lawyer.
How can I measure my starting point?
AssessAll, from Bodhih Training, has assessments that fit production work: the Document and Slide Production Assessment for Office and Client-Facing Work, Freelance and Client Work Judgment, and Attention to Detail and Error Checking. They give you or a new artworker a baseline before you start.
How do I turn this into a development plan?
Pick two production habits (for example, the first prepress check and the Monday register update) and write them as if-then plans. Jobulary's guide to if-then plans at work shows how: jobulary.com/blog/implementation-intentions-if-then-plans-at-work.
Do I need special software?
No. The workbooks run in Excel, Google Sheets or LibreOffice with no macros. The forms open in any PDF reader, the templates in Word or Google Docs, the calendar in Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar.
How is this different from The Creative Brief-to-Delivery Kit?
That kit runs a creative project from brief through concepts and feedback rounds. This kit starts when the concept is approved and goes deep on the production craft: build-out, prepress, approvals, print, packaging, hand-off and the request desk.
How much does The Design Studio Production and Hand-off Kit cost?
₹999 including 18% GST for buyers in India, or $29 for buyers outside India. One-time payment, no subscription, with an automatic invoice.
How do I get the files after paying?
Instantly. Your download page opens the moment payment succeeds, and a permanent download link is emailed to you. Download each file separately or everything in one ZIP.
What software do I need?
Any of the usual tools: Excel or Google Sheets for spreadsheets, Word or Google Docs for templates, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview, Xodo or GoodNotes for the fillable PDFs, and Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar for the calendar plan.
Can I get a refund?
Because it is a digital download, kits are not refundable once downloaded. We always refund a duplicate charge or a failed delivery, and if a file is corrupted and we cannot fix it within 3 working days. Full terms: bodhih.org/refunds.
Can my company buy this for a team?
Yes. Team and company licences, and workshops on this topic run by Bodhih Training, are available. Write to solutions@bodhih.com or call +91 99000 11601.
