Our Approach: Rise + Shine

Fuelled by insights and a solid strategic plan, our Manchester-based designers and writers now get involved. Our experienced, award-winning creative team realise and refine your message in appropriate forms for every medium.

We have advertising and packaging experts, skilled web designers and blog/social media writers, along with art directors whose experience in print and direct mail goes back decades.

Disciplines are different, but one thing unifies our approach – only with a strong idea, articulated with unexpected words and images, can you produce a smile inside and engage busy, distracted people with your messages.

Advertising

Press or outdoor, B2B or B2C marketing, we create concepts, write copy, art-direct photo shoots and design advertising campaigns for our clients in the health, well-being and vitality sectors.

We're as happy developing a social media campaign for a skincare brand as we are printing and distributing large volumes of detail aids and sales literature.

We’re also no strangers to writing TV and radio spots, translating your message visually or audibly in the most powerful way possible.

Design

Our accomplished designers bring ideas to life in various forms. Whether it’s transforming a brand though innovative packaging or capturing a company’s ethos in new branding materials, we work in 2D, 3D and 4D to produce exceptional designs that get noticed.

We can also generate accurate virtual imagery to help you visualise exactly how your design will appear in-situ. Our close relationships with translation agencies mean we can also reformat your design in any language.

Branding

Customers choose your product or service because of how it looks, what you say and how you say it. We'll help you pinpoint your brand essence and ensure it runs throughout all communications. We are experienced in original logo creation, name generation, straplines and typography, and can produce a full suite of brand assets for you, including brand guidelines.

Video & animation

We’re confident creators of dynamic video content for clients who want to communicate in a more engaging way. Perhaps you’d like to make a big impact at a sales conference or give a retail display a lift. Whatever you need, we can write scripts, shoot original footage or use existing content, coupled with catchy tracks, to highlight your message. We also have experienced 3D animators who can help you create characters, embellish TV campaigns or bring products to life.

Events & experiential

We design, plan and execute events and exhibitions that are unforgettable. It’s not only about ideas that surprise and engage your customers; it’s also about seamlessly coordinating every last detail, from sourcing staff to delivering the experience, that takes the stress out of hosting a high-profile event and maximises PR for your brand.

Digital development

Our Digital Department comprises experienced UX Designers, Back- and Front-end Developers, who offer a full range of services, from initial build and interface design, to marketing automation and app development. No project is too big or small.

We are as happy working from scratch as we are managing and enhancing existing sites, working with our CMS or yours.

  • Website build
    • Presenting your brand with inspired design – while increasing traffic, reducing bounce rates and boosting conversion.
  • Interface & UX design
    • Simplify, maximise usability and improve customer experience.
  • Customer journey mapping
    • Inform everything from UX design to PPC (Pay Per Click) and social media campaign planning.
  • CMS integration
    • We utilise a range of the latest digital platforms to make it easy for your team to access, manage and edit content.
  • Marketing automation
    • Advertise across multiple platforms in a more streamlined, efficient way.
  • App development
    • Create beautiful, fun, addictive, relevant, informative apps.
  • Asset management
    • Ensure brand assets are always up-to-date with bespoke online systems.
  • Online learning programmes
    • Developing content and designing interactive systems that provide unique, online learning platforms for a variety of sectors including online CPD for healthcare brands.

Digital marketing

Websites, social media, blogs, emails, display advertising. Wherever you want to promote your brand, we can create digital marketing campaigns that get you noticed. We then use the latest optimisation techniques; analytics; measurement; and reporting tools to ensure you are seen, heard, liked and shared by your target audience. Paid search (PPC)/Google AdWords.

We deliver campaigns that work. Our Paid team carefully manage your budget to get the maximum return.

  • Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Make sure search engines, and potential customers, can see your site; that your content is relevant and useful; its pages and propositions connect; and that the external links and media mentions you’re achieving are genuine.

  • Social media
    • Develop strategy, implement tactics and devise content that boosts your brand.
  • Technical website management
    • Highlight any issues affecting a site’s ability to rank — and fix them.
  • Email marketing
    • Engaging templates and content to improve click-through and conversion.
  • Content marketing
    • Valuable content on any subject, distributed through the correct channels.
  • Outreach
    • Building relationships with relevant sites, people, publications, influencers and opportunities to leverage your brand.
  • Analytics, measurement and reporting
    • Find out how your website or email campaign is performing, with actionable results.