Client portal
Every request, every file, in one place.
Every Zil Studio client gets a private portal. Send a request, watch it move through the studio, message me directly, and download the finished files. It shows the hours left in your package, what is on the open invoice, and what needs your eyes. Partnership, project and pilot clients all get one at no extra cost.
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Why it exists
The work is visible while it happens
A design job produces a lot of small facts: what was asked for, what it will cost, which version is current, and who is waiting on whom. Kept in email, those facts scatter across threads and get answered twice. The portal holds them in one place and keeps them current as the work moves, so you can check at any hour without asking me.
No status emails
Every request carries its own stage, so “where are we on this?” is already answered by the time you think to ask it.
One current version
Finished files sit in your own library, newest first. Nobody digs back through a thread looking for the right attachment.
Send it when you think of it
A request goes in from a phone at eleven at night. It lands on the board, and I pick it up in the morning.
Inside
What you see when you sign in
Dashboard
What needs your eyes, what is moving, how much of your package is left, and the files I sent over most recently.
Tasks
Every job on one board, from first brief to delivered. Projects open out into their parts.
Work Chat
One running thread with me, with proofs attached where the conversation about them is happening.
Files
Deliverables and brand assets, sorted and searchable. Download any of them, or send a link.
The short version
What it does, and who gets one
In the portal
- Send a new request from a desk or a phone
- See the stage every job is at without asking
- Approve work, or send it back with notes
- Download finished files and pass them to a printer
- Keep every finished file for as long as you are a client
- Track the hours left in your package
- See what is on the open invoice
- Find your brand guidelines and documents in one place
Who gets one
- Studio partnership clients, on all four tiers
- Brand system and project clients
- Pilot sprint clients, for the two weeks and after
- Included at no extra charge on every one of them
FAQ
Asked and answered
Is the portal included, or does it cost extra?
Included. Every studio partnership on all four tiers, every brand system and project, and every two-week pilot sprint comes with an account at no additional charge.
Do I have to use it?
No. Email and phone still work and always will. The portal exists because most clients would rather look at the board than ask for an update, but nothing breaks if you never sign in.
Can I see what a job costs before it starts?
Yes. Fixed-price work sits in a waiting-on-a-price stage until you approve the quote. Work drawn from a monthly package shows the hours it will use against your month, and the meter on your dashboard moves with it.
Does it work on a phone?
Yes. The whole portal is built for a phone as well as a desk, in light or dark. Sending a request from a shop floor works the same as sending it from a laptop.
Get started
The portal opens when the work does.
Your account is set up alongside your first job. A partnership, a brand system or a two-week pilot, it is the same door.