Zscaler x SketchDeck — Storyboarding Proposal

The Brief

What we heard.

Your storyboards aren't the problem. The problem is what happens after them.

Motion designers open the files and have to guess. Transitions are implied. Movement isn't specified. The detail that was supposed to come later never did. By the time anyone catches it, you're already mid-animation and backing out is expensive.

Then there's the brand. A triangle you can't show the tip of. Two sets of event guidelines that don't talk to each other. Standards built by someone who's no longer there to explain the thinking. And a 16:9 format the brand wasn't really designed for.

You need boards that answer the questions before they get asked. Someone who reads both brand decks before they draw a frame, figures out where there's room to flex, and delivers work your motion team can actually execute.

That's what we're here to do.

Our Process

How we work.

Step 1

Brand immersion

Before we draw anything, we study your guidelines. Both sets. Zenith Live and the general event look. We map where the rules are firm, where there's creative room, and where the conflicts live (like triangle transitions) so we're solving for them in the boards, not discovering them in animation.

Step 2

Motion-first storyboarding

Every board we produce specifies movement, not just layout. Kinetic text behavior. Gradient handling. Transition logic. Element sequencing. If a motion designer has to infer intent from what we've delivered, we haven't finished the job.

Step 3

Stakeholder-ready presentation

Boards are delivered in Figma or PDF, formatted for your existing feedback workflow. Comments enabled. Organised for the approval chain. Built so stakeholders can see what they're signing off on rather than imagine it.

Step 4

Handoff to animation

Clean, annotated, and ready to move straight into After Effects. No back-and-forth, no interpretation required.

Optional

Animatics

For higher-stakes projects or sequences with complex motion, we can produce animatics. Think of them as low-fidelity motion previews: enough movement to validate the concept before animation begins. We'll share more detail on scope and effort when we have a specific project to scope against.

Your Storyboarding Team

Who's on your team.

This isn't a roster of everyone who might touch your work. It's the bench we've assembled specifically for Zscaler, senior creatives who understand the brief and are allocated to be available when you need them.

Derrick Bollin

VP & GM Client Services, 24 Seven

Non-billable

Ross Howdle

Production Designer

Jasmin Khatkar

Project Manager

Eliana Lovarvo

Senior Designer

Elliot Miller

Partnership Director

Non-billable

Luciana Mini

Mid-Level Designer

Renata Polastri

Design Director

Jackie Wyant

QC Specialist

200+ creatives and marketers on call

Pricing

What's included, and what it costs.

Scope assumptions for both packages

Approximately 1 minute in length, with detailed motion notes
Supers and copy provided (no voiceover)
Each piece is similar in style but updated per partner or use case
Includes 1 round of style samples + 2 rounds of revision
Project management and quality control included

Option 1 — 3 Storyboards

$12,234

57.75 hours total

A focused pilot scope. Enough to establish the visual system, test the revision workflow, and validate the fit before committing to a larger volume.

Style samples built once, applied across all boards
2 rounds of revision across all 3 storyboards
Dedicated Art Director + Project Manager
Full QC review before delivery

See full breakdown

Phase	Role	Details
Style Samples	Senior Designer	1 round of style exploration across all deliverables
R1	Senior Designer	First full draft of 1 storyboard
R2	Senior Designer	Revision pass across all 3 storyboards
Final Edits	Senior Designer	Final polish based on consolidated feedback
Quality Control	QC Specialist	Full review pass before delivery
Art Direction	Design Director	Creative oversight throughout
Project Management	Project Manager	Scheduling, communication, feedback coordination

Option 2 — 5 Storyboards

$16,034

75.35 hours total

Better unit economics for teams with a fuller pipeline. Same process, same team, more boards in a single production run. Style samples still built once.

Style samples built once, applied across all boards
2 rounds of revision across all 5 storyboards
Dedicated Art Director + Project Manager
Full QC review before delivery

See full breakdown

Phase	Role	Details
Style Samples	Senior Designer	1 round of style exploration across all deliverables
R1	Senior Designer	First full draft of 1 storyboard
R2	Senior Designer	Revision pass across all 5 storyboards
Final Edits	Senior Designer	Final polish based on consolidated feedback
Quality Control	QC Specialist	Full review pass before delivery
Art Direction	Design Director	Creative oversight throughout
Project Management	Project Manager	Scheduling, communication, feedback coordination

Portfolio

Examples of our storyboards.

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Microsoft Entra Agent ID View

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Salesforce x Unilever View

Microsoft OneNote View

About Us

A bit about SketchDeck.

SketchDeck is a creative services company built for marketing teams that need design at speed and scale. We work with brands including Amazon, Microsoft, and McKinsey on design, presentations, motion, and campaign creative.

We're not a freelancer marketplace or a traditional agency. We're a production partner, structured to deliver fast, consistent, brand-accurate work across formats and timelines.

The storyboarding capability you're evaluating sits inside a broader motion and design practice. If the fit is right, there's a lot more we can do together.

Storyboards that set great video in motion.