Design it here. Post it everywhere.
Design Studio is the drag-and-drop canvas built into Shape. Move, resize, and restyle anything you see, pull from a library of royalty-free images, then send the finished design straight to Shape Social — or download it and share it anywhere you like.
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Drag it, drop it, done.
Everything on the canvas is a live object. Click a headline and type over it. Drag a photo to reposition it. Pull a corner to resize. What you see while you are editing is exactly what publishes — no preview step where the layout quietly shifts, and no code hiding underneath.
It is the part of the job most people expect to hand to a designer, and the part that stalls when they have to. Here it takes minutes, and the person with the idea is the person who ships it.
- WYSIWYG editing — the canvas is the finished artwork.
- Snap guides and alignment so nothing lands crooked.
- Undo history, duplication, and layer ordering.
- Resize one design into every format you post to.
Royalty-free images, cleared for commercial use.
Search a built-in library of photography and graphics you can drop straight into client-facing marketing — no stock licence to buy, no attribution to track, no invoice to explain.
Drop an image onto the canvas and it is yours to crop, mask, filter, and publish. Upload your own photography alongside it and both live in the same library for the whole team.
Everything you need to finish the asset.
Not a stripped-down widget bolted onto a CRM. The tools below are the ones you would otherwise pay a separate design subscription for.
Direct manipulation.
Select any element and change it in place. Text, images, shapes, and backgrounds all behave the way you already expect them to.
Type that stays readable.
Font, size, weight, spacing, and alignment controls — with your brand typefaces already loaded so nothing looks borrowed.
Crop, mask, and filter.
Adjust images directly on the canvas instead of exporting to another tool and bringing the file back in.
Your palette, preloaded.
Logos, colours, and fonts saved once and offered in every new design, so consistency is the default rather than a review step.
Sized for the platform.
Start from a layout already dimensioned for the network you are posting to, then make it yours.
Schedule with Shape SocialOne design, many sizes.
Resize a finished design into the other formats you need without rebuilding the layout from scratch.
Use in campaignsTwo ways out of the canvas.
Finish a design and either hand it straight to your scheduler or take the file with you. Both are one click from the artboard.
Send to Shape Social
Push the finished design into Shape Social, pick the accounts and the timing, and let it publish itself.
- One-click handoff
The design lands in Shape Social with no export, no upload, and no re-crop.
- Schedule or publish now
Queue it for the time your audience is actually online, or push it live immediately.
- Post to every account
Publish the same design across the profiles you manage from one place.
- Results come back
Engagement ties back to the contacts and campaigns it came from.
Download and share anywhere
Export the file and use it wherever you need it — email, print, a partner’s channel, or a platform Shape doesn’t post to.
- Standard file formats
Download in the formats your other tools, partners, and printers expect.
- Print or digital
Export at the resolution the destination needs rather than one fixed size.
- Share outside Shape
Hand a file to a partner, a vendor, or a channel you manage somewhere else.
- The source stays put
The original design remains in the studio, ready to duplicate and edit again.
Design Studio sits between your ideas and your channels. Finished assets go straight to Shape Social for scheduling, or into marketing campaigns and email — without ever leaving Shape.
One less tool, one less hand-off.
Most teams make their marketing assets in one product, store them in a second, schedule them in a third, and measure them in a fourth. Every boundary between those tools is somewhere a file gets re-exported at the wrong size, a logo drifts a shade off-brand, or a post never goes out because it was waiting on somebody else’s login.
Design Studio removes those boundaries by living in the same platform as your CRM, your campaigns, and your scheduler. The person who has the idea can make the asset, publish it, and see what it produced — without booking a designer, borrowing a licence, or briefing an agency.
That matters most for the assets nobody budgets for: the quick listing graphic, the event flyer, the recruiting post. Those are exactly the things that get skipped when making them is a project. When making them takes five minutes, they actually get made.
- No separate design subscription to manage.
- No stock licences to buy or attribute.
- No export-and-reupload between tools.
You won’t be figuring this out alone.
Implementation help, human support, and continuing training come with the account — not as a paid tier you discover later.
A specialist sets up your workspace, brings across what you already have, and shapes it around how your team actually works.
24/7 AI answers for the quick questions, plus product experts by phone or email and a named account manager.
Live webinars every week, courses organised by role, and a searchable video library for whatever comes up next.
Design Studio questions, answered
What is Shape Design Studio?
Design Studio is the drag-and-drop design tool built into Shape. You create social posts and marketing assets on a WYSIWYG canvas using royalty-free images and your own brand assets, then schedule them with Shape Social or download them to share anywhere else.
Is it a real drag-and-drop editor?
Yes. Design Studio is a true drag-and-drop, WYSIWYG canvas. Click any element to edit it in place, drag to reposition it, and pull a handle to resize it. What you see while you are editing is exactly what publishes — there is no separate preview step where the layout shifts.
Are the images really royalty-free?
Yes. Design Studio includes a built-in library of photography and graphics cleared for commercial use, so you can put them straight into client-facing marketing without buying a separate stock licence or tracking attribution for every image.
How do I publish what I make?
Two ways. Send the finished design straight to Shape Social to schedule or publish it across the accounts you manage — or download the file and share it anywhere else, including email, print, and channels Shape doesn’t post to.
Do I need design experience to use it?
No. Designs can start from a template already sized for the platform you are posting to, with your logo, fonts, and colour palette preloaded, so a new hire can produce an on-brand asset without a designer reviewing every post.
Can I keep everything on brand?
Yes. Save your logos, colours, and fonts once as a brand kit and they are available in every new design, so assets stay consistent no matter who on the team makes them.
Is Design Studio the same thing as Lead Engine?
No — they solve different problems. Design Studio is a self-serve canvas you use yourself to make social posts and marketing assets. Lead Engine is a done-for-you service where Shape’s team designs, builds, and CRM-integrates your landing pages.
What formats can I export?
Designs export in standard image and document formats at the resolution the destination needs — whether that is a social feed, an email header, or a file going to a printer.
Make your next post in five minutes.
See Design Studio in a live walkthrough — the canvas, the royalty-free image library, and the one-click handoff to Shape Social.
“This software has been a game changer. We’re a few months in and already more productive and more organized than ever before! Alex has gone above and beyond in our onboarding process helping us make this powerful tool our own. For a tech novice who needs his hand held sometimes I have been comfortable with each step of the process.”
Benjamin KonoMy Smart Team