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Hello we're Create-a-Brand, we've been going since 2009 and between us we've racked up decades of experience relevant to our jobs.
It's very easy to say we're different because of this, or better because of that, but really there's only two things you need to know about us.
- Our work is highly effective,
- And we can prove it.
Our team is handpicked - diverse, individual, highly-skilled and highly-qualified.
Running our own business, we understand the hard realities and how tight purse strings can be. But as our customers will tell you, good branding and marketing is an investment for your business that pays dividends - wherever you are and whatever your size.
Our team is here to help you through the ups and ups of your brand.
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Archie
I started my career in 1993 working in the playpen at Saatchi & Saatchi.
I've been a creative director in several London agencies and won a number of awards along the way. I love the creative
industry - there's nothing quite like the feeling of coming up with great concepts, creating a logo or layout that 'feels
just right', and then seeing clients' reactions
to a new idea or solution.
I moved up to Rugby in 2007 to look after my mum, and realised there was a real need for quality business branding within the local area.
Just because you're a local business, doesn't mean you shouldn't have good design and marketing. And once you have all the right elements in place, it's up to you how local you want to be.
Neil - Print manager
I've been involved in the printing industry for over two decades and still get excited seeing ideas come to life - printing's like watching a blank Polaroid develop before your eyes.
I believe that nothing is impossible. My role requires me to handle all our clients' printing and production needs, from humble leaflets and packing tape to holograms and dog t-shirts (don't ask).
In my youth I was an avid member of the Leicestershire tortoise society. I still have two today - Doris and Berty.
I love rooting about reclamation yards looking for goodness knows what. It's good practice for my day job - it really teaches me how to get a great deal.
Simon - Copywriter
After an art and design course, I studied at Edinburgh University to MA and then PhD, and subsequently taught English Literature and Language there, living in Scotland for many years.
I came back home to the area a couple of years ago, and found myself caught up in playwriting, local drama and local fashion.
My work for Create-a-Brand is always copy, never imitation. Detail is important to me, and perfection in it a source of pleasure, in work and outside of it. Aldous Huxley once said "Our life is a sentence." I believe he meant that it should at least be spelt and punctuated properly.
Tessa - Client Manager
I did a business management and marketing degree ten years ago with a view to treading a new career path. Wonderful husband and children delayed that somewhat, and in the end I clocked up over 2 decades in paediatric nursing.
When the opportunity arose to join Create-a-brand, I jumped at it. I have always been very logical and practical, but I love the creative vibe and am very excited to see what the future holds.
Who knows, maybe a lifetime of working with unruly children may come in handy. Plus, I know now I can bribe them with cake!
Mark - Web head
(Ex pop and film star)
I've been in the computer industry for over 25 years, I've worked all over the world designing and developing software systems for banks, multi-nationals and software houses. I even helped design OS2 Warp for IBM.
I can truly say that I've 'been there done that'. There really isn't a problem that I can't solve, from simple static/brochure sites through to full e-commerce and dynamic data driven portals.
Working at Create-a-Brand is great as it allows me to let my creative juices flow, and gives me the opportunity to work with 'real' people.
Dan - Designer
Starting off as a sculptor of Beatrix Potter and Winnie the Pooh giftware figurines, I changed my path to become a graphic designer in 2005. Since then I have completed a degree in Graphic Communication alongside a full time job in the field.
My fascination with design started at an early age with being able to create monsters with nothing more than a pencil and paper.
Fresh out of the box at Create-a-Brand, I draw inspiration from the world
around me, always with 1950's
Warner Bros. cartoons
and Batman's work
ethic in the back of
my mind.
Louise - Planning
I can honestly say that this is the best job I have ever had – well, apart from driving the safari train at Bird World and dishing out swirly ice creams from the Mr Whippy machine.
Armed with a business degree, years of experience working in large corporate businesses both client and agency side - I now hold the position here of planner.
While the others are busy conceptualizing, creating, scribing, sourcing and working wonders on the web, I make sure that the strategy is correct, whether that's the marketing, consumer, creative or media.
When I am not strategizing, I'm also chief company chicken-feeder, chief cushion straightener in our mobile campervan office, and chief purveyor of chocolate for sweetie Fridays – fabulous.
Sav - Account exec
The art of marketing first caught my eye when, as a young motorsport fan, I saw a Formula One racing car strapped to a roller coaster. Leaving school wanting to learn more about the business, I completed a BA in Advertising with Design in 2009.
What I love most about marketing is that it is always flowing: companies, technology and consumers are constantly changing, new demands and possibilities always arising. Working in that kind of environment is something I look forward to every day.
Hobbies are kart racing, motorsport, boxing and racing simulators.
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