Staff Design Company’s vision is to make sure creatives on both sides of the invoice get what they deserve - great creativity for a fair price and the opportunity to learn, develop and flex new creative muscles.
We support creative visionaries to establish brands that make an impact.
We know that for every agency that is different from the rest, all the others are right behind making the same noise, using the same formulas to line their pockets whilst pushing out the same marketing ideas, and design & content solutions.
With a rich and diverse history forged of experiences across corporate, media, charity, education, marketing, music and media industries, we’ve seen and tried all sorts, and learned to look for the gaps, search the spaces in between and listen in the silence in order to offer something else.
We’re a bit bit punk rock, but we’re super open handed, very honest and opinionated but positive, optimistic, fair and loving, we operate in a realistic yet progressive style.
A core focus of the agency is to offer opportunities. We’re looking to employ young creatives, to hot-house talent and generate exciting work that doesn’t just catch the eye but offers our creative partners all the differentiation and stand-out support they need whilst allowing them to enjoy being fully embedded in the process, working with us instead of handing their babies off to be shaped by strangers - after all, we’re not looking for clients; we intend to find, make and nurture friendships.
SDC is a creative hub. An agency with a difference - because everyone deserves more bang for their buck. We charge fair rates that mean we can do good work and look after our people (on both sides of the project) giving you the most value we possibly can in every facet of a project.
Where everyone is looking for a spark, we are the #BottledLightningCrew!
Working with Staff Design Company is very much a partnership thing, while we can do everything you need and do it for you, we need to bring you along for the ride, so we make sure you are fully immersed in the process, part of the team!
SDC is your virtual marketing, design, campaign, comms and/or digital team - yeah we’re ‘non-niche’ specialists, like a a full service agency right in your pocket (or down the end of your fibre line at least) and we’re always ready to help you out.
We prefer to work with you so you have full vision and awareness of what is happening, understanding process and reasoning and participating in your creative project fully - but don’t worry we can, of course, take everything off your hands if that is actually more like what you need!
“Working on my rebrand has been an absolute joy.
The whole process from beginning to end was really enlightening, the team took every thought and idea I had on-board and carved out the time to get to know the essence of who I am and what I do.
They were entirely transparent and collaborative in their approach, giving extra energy to keeping me really close to the creative process.
To me the final result feels as if they have reached into my brain, pulled out exactly what I wanted my brand to look like, and then made it 10 times better.
I couldn’t be happier!”
— Rick Loynes
Design is a very big word. That’s how we see it. It can mean as little as making something look good, but it can also mean how you are thinking about your social media output, what you need to find, understand and reach an audience or what you are going to do to tell your individual story.
We’re here to design pathways that help you reach your business goals. We can help you understand, develop and run great marketing strategies, build your brand and manage design and we’re particularly excited to mentor you and your creatives to build your own success.
Design it.
Designing the staff you need for the business you want…
"I worked with Benn for several years, both professionally and on personal projects. His ability to adapt his leadership style to fit a mentee’s personal needs is excellent, taking the role of a step-by-step teacher, or in the case of a more confident designer, much more of a “hands-off” approach.
With Benn, there are no real mistakes - only opportunities to learn and grow from. He operates with a level of grace which makes for an exciting, creative atmosphere where no idea is too foolish, too “out-there”, and the worst you can do is fail forwards!
Outside of a professional creative role, Benn would always take the time to sit and chat through personal issues too - he’s not afraid to have the difficult talks! He was such a constant solid foundation for me, knowing my deep personal anxieties that would often plague me (and therefore, my work). He rallied around me, and would always see nothing but potential, seeking to draw that out into the open. Rather than focus on the darkness, he’d always point me towards the light, and it was this trait that has meant I could go into my new role with a renewed confidence, enabling me to flourish and take on new responsibilities that I would have never dreamed possible, even a couple of years ago."
Ben Poole, Marketing Manager at FMCGJobs.com
“Benn has shaped me as a designer, both in my practice and ways of working. He is keen to see people grow in their skills and become more confident in their mindset.
I have grown in my skills and knowledge through Benn’s guidance and felt pushed to expand my skills further.”
— Amy Meadham,
Digital Media Designer
