Graphic Design in Qatar, With the Scope Written Down
Creative work goes wrong in the same two places every time. Nobody agreed how many revisions were included, and nobody wrote down what was excluded. Then a fixed price becomes an argument.
So every figure below is fixed, every deliverable is counted, and the exclusions are listed on this page, not in a paragraph at the end of an invoice.
How this is delivered, stated plainly
Design and video are delivered through a vetted production network, with Arbaz as the senior lead reviewing everything before it reaches you. He is accountable for the work and contactable in your timezone.
Rankly does not shoot photography or video in Qatar. That needs someone standing in Doha with a camera, and where a job needs one, Rankly works alongside a local shooter rather than pretending otherwise.
That model is normal and it is stated here because the alternative, implying a studio that does not exist, is the more common approach in this market.
The prices
| Service | QAR | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Logo only | 2,500 | 3 concepts, English and Arabic lockup, full file set |
| Brand identity | 6,400 | Logo suite, colour, type, 20-page guidelines, stationery, social templates |
| Brand identity with collateral | 11,500 | The above plus menu or brochure, signage artwork, vehicle wrap artwork |
| Company profile | 4,900 | Up to 20 pages, bilingual layout, print and digital |
| Presentation or pitch deck | 3,100 | Up to 20 slides, master template |
| Annual report | 9,800 | Up to 40 pages, data visualisation, bilingual |
| Social graphics kit | 2,100 | 20 templates, English and Arabic, editable files |
| Monthly content kit | 3,800 / month | 16 graphics, 8 bilingual captions, 4 short-form edits |
| Print or menu design | 1,600 | Up to 8 pages or panels, print-ready, bilingual |
| Signage or vehicle wrap artwork | 1,800 | Design only, print-ready files, supplier liaison |
| Exhibition booth graphics | 4,200 | Full booth artwork package, print-ready |
| Arabic adaptation | 2,300 | Up to 15 assets, typography and RTL layout |
Video is priced separately on the video editing page, and branding is covered in more depth under logo and brand identity.
Where these sit against the Qatar market
Published local rates run roughly QAR 500 to 3,000 for a logo, QAR 2,000 to 5,000 for a full brand identity, QAR 800 to 2,000 for a social graphics kit and QAR 300 to 1,200 for print work.
Rankly's logo price sits inside that range. The identity and collateral prices sit above it, and the reason is worth stating rather than hiding. The cheap end of that market is a freelancer working alone with no review step, no revision limit agreed in advance and frequently no Arabic lockup. What is priced here includes a senior reviewer who rejects work before you see it, a fixed revision count, and the Arabic treatment as standard instead of as an upsell.
If that difference is not worth the money for your project, the cheaper option is genuinely fine and you should take it.
What every project includes
Two revision rounds are included
A third costs QAR 350 and gets agreed before it begins, never billed after the fact.A written brief
, completed before the clock starts. This is where creative projects succeed or fail, and skipping it is how a project ends up on round five.One review loop
Arbaz reviews before anything reaches you, so what you see is finished work in place of a draft somebody was unsure about.Source files on final payment
, in the standard formats, with a consistent folder structure.Arabic lockups and bilingual layout
where the service line lists them, as standard.
What is excluded from every price
Named here so it is never a surprise.
Printing, fabrication and installation
Design only. A local Doha supplier prints and installs, and the artwork is supplied print-ready with liaison included.Photography and videography
Not shot by Rankly, in Qatar or anywhere else.Licensed stock imagery, fonts and footage
, quoted separately and billed at cost.Copywriting
, unless agreed as part of the brief.Arabic copywriting and translation
Arabic design adaptation is offered. Certified translation is a different profession and is referred out.Event management, activations and printing brokerage
Which service you actually need
- Opening a new business and starting from nothing: brand identity at QAR 6,400, or the collateral package at QAR 11,500 if you also need menus, signage and vehicle artwork.
- You have a logo and need consistent social output: social graphics kit at QAR 2,100, or the monthly kit if the need recurs.
- B2B, chasing tenders or supplier registration: company profile at QAR 4,900. This is the document that gets read.
- An English brand that needs to work for Arabic readers: Arabic adaptation at QAR 2,300.
- Footage sitting on a phone that needs cutting: video editing.
Still unsure which line covers your job? Describe it in one message and you get the service name and the number, or a referral out if it is not something done here.
Questions we get asked
Who actually designs this?
A vetted designer from the production network, briefed and reviewed by Arbaz, who is accountable for what reaches you. Every designer is paid a test brief before touching client work. If you would rather work directly with a Doha freelancer, that is a reasonable choice and this page has given you the market rates to do it with.
What if I do not like any of the three concepts?
That is what the revision rounds are for, and it usually means the brief was thin. If the direction is genuinely wrong after two rounds, the honest conversation is about whether the brief captured what you wanted, and that conversation happens instead of an invoice for round three.
Can I get just one part of the identity?
Yes. The logo at QAR 2,500 stands alone. Most businesses that buy only a logo come back for the rest within a year, which is why the identity package is priced as a package.
Do you design in Arabic?
Design, yes, including Arabic typography and right-to-left layout. Arabic copywriting is not offered. If the words need writing rather than setting, you supply them or they are referred out.
How do I get print-ready files to a printer?
They are supplied in the format your printer asks for, and the supplier liaison is included in the signage and print prices. Printing itself is billed to you directly by the printer.
Commissioning something
Say what you need made and when you need it. If a fixed price above covers it you get that number confirmed, and if it does not you get a written quote before anything starts.
If a fixed price above covers it, that number is confirmed. If it does not, you get a written quote before anything starts.