creative and marketing services
bcreative offers a wide range of creative and marketing services. You can use us for just one or two, or for a fully integrated creative marketing package. All our work is produced by seasoned professionals, each highly experienced in their respective field.
graphic design
Ads, brochures, leaflets, logos... all the usual bits 'n' bobs. But 'design' is more than just the surface decoration, it's also about usability and 'fitness for purpose' which makes for effective commercial design. If all we did was to make things look pretty, we would be failing in a core function of good design – does it work?
web design
Anyone can build a web site these days, but not everyone can make one work effectively in a commercial context. Heck, you can even get them for free... but as with all things, you get what you pay for. These days an effective website is crucial for most businesses, and it's on show to the entire world, 24/7. So it's a vital shop window and not something to be approached lightly. Today search engines such as google dominate the way in which many people find information, so what your website contains and the message it sends to potential customers or clients is vitally important to your business. Simply 'having a website' is not enough.
photography
Products, people, places, penguins... whatever you need. High quality, creative photography is essential in the effective presentation of all manner of products and services. Many businesses spend hundreds of hours and thousands of pounds developing their line of specialised widgets, only then to use a quick snap taken on a mobile 'phone to show them to customers. There can hardly be a business sector where a sparkling photograph cannot be worth at least a thousand words.
illustration
You want cartoons, we got cartoonists – you want illustrations, we got illustrators... A well executed illustration can enliven or simply clarify what even the best photograph or words cannot. The artists we work with produce fantastic work in all manner of styles – from technical to twee – whatever's right for the project.
copywriting
blah, blah, blah... Anyone can write, right? Getting key messages across isn't always as easy as it might first appear, and often an outsider's eye and their way with words will make all the difference. A true wordsmith can make the mundane interesting; the technical, easy to follow; and a blunt 'buy it now', into a persuasive call to action.
marketing, branding & pr
Showing your best side to the world (and helping to improve the other). Our 'dark arts' colleagues are some of the best at what they do. Crafting marketing and PR proposals that produce results is their 'bread and butter'. While the creatives amongst us may appear baffled by it all at times, their insight certainly helps inform our design work, ensuring it is as effective as possible.
project management
Pulling it all together. Joined up thinking comes as standard when we manage complex projects, comprising many differing strands. We can be the glue that holds a project together, securing a successful outcome. The efforts we take for our clients frees up their valuable time, and ensures there is always someone 'on watch'.
printing
The printed page is as relevant today as it was when Gutenberg's first tome rolled off the press in 1450. Despite the ever widening reach of 'modern technology', there are still many instances where print is best. We have strong links with some of the country's best printers and can offer good quality print at competitive prices.
Looking pretty is one thing – being pretty effective is another...