Contacting a design agency
University of Glasgow – Design Services Framework
LOT 1 AGENCIES
Simple straightforward graphic design for digital and print output (including digital banner ads, animated gifs, flyers, brochures, infographics).
1. Creative Triangle
We’re the home of Good Honest Design. And we’re here to help you get your message out to the world – to students, alumni, fellow academics, businesses and government.
We have been working with Glasgow since March 2022 – see some of the exciting project examples below – and have developed an excellent understanding of working with your Brand Guidelines. We’ve also worked with 10 other universities and have been active in the education sector for over 15 years. We know how universities work, how they’re funded, who they want to talk to, and how to work within their guidelines.
Our university clients like us because we give them exactly what they need: big-brand experience with a small-agency work ethic and straightforward value for money.
We work together to support a client base that stretches from Aberdeen to Kent. If there’s time, we meet face-to-face; if not, we do it digitally. We’ll take the same flexible approach to make your design projects a success. In fact, we work so closely with our clients, they get to know us all by name and think of us as an extension to their team. That’s why they’re happy to shout on our behalf. In The Drum Recommends Award 2021, our clients voted us number-one in the UK for Corporate Communications.
In short, we’re a friendly, no-nonsense bunch ready to connect you to your audiences. If this sounds like the kind of design team you could work with, we’d love to hear from you – and to hear what you’d like to communicate through your next design project.
Contact: Beth Somi, Account Manager
T: 0116 402 6700 / 07710 062 215 E: Beth.somi@creativetriangle.co.uk / Glasgow@creativetriangle.co.uk
W: www.creativetriangle.co.uk
| Per (hour excl VAT) | Per day (excl VAT) | |
|---|---|---|
| Graphic design | £50 | £375 |
| Artwork (including Photoshop work) | £50 | £375 |
| Account management/consultation | £50 | £375 |
| Photo research | £50 | £375 |
| % Handling fee for print management | %14 | |
| Fee for provision of stock photography | We use Adobe Stock, if images are within our subscription this would be free of charge to our clients. |
2. Cactus
Locally-based and with a long-standing relationship with the University of Glasgow, we’d like you to see Cactus as a part of TeamUofG. Your creative player.
Not that creativity is our only asset. We also combine experience, approachability and agility, resulting in an envious track-record of producing highly innovative on-brand, on-time design solutions for numerous satisfied UofG clients.
Whether that be for traditional requirements such as posters, banners, brochures, white papers and flyers, or for digital solutions like social media graphics, animations, banner ads, digital brochures and web design. We cover all these areas.
Should you have a design requirement but are unfamiliar with us, or you’ve worked with us before and know what to expect please contact us, safe in the knowledge that we’ll always give our best for the team.
Contact: Simon Dear, Cactus Creative Consultants Ltd
T: 0141 353 9568 E: simon@cactushq.com
W: www.cactushq.com
| Per (hour excl VAT) | Per day (excl VAT) | |
|---|---|---|
| Graphic design | £60 | £420 |
| Artwork (including Photoshop work) | £60 | £420 |
| Account management/consultation | £50 | £350 |
| Photo research | £50 | £350 |
| % Handling fee for print management | See account management, charged for time. |
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| Fee for provision of stock photography | Excluding research time, charged at cost. |
LOT 2 AGENCIES
Complex brand and design services across a range of media, requiring consultative input, creative concept and brand development, additional services such as copywriting, microsite development, art direction and photography.
1. The Gate Edinburgh
Hello from your team at The Gate.
We’re a brand-led, strategically-focused creative communications agency who’ve been helping clients achieve their objectives through award-winning and effective communications for over 25 years.
We bring strategic advice, ideas and creativity to every project we work on, with the aim of adding value and making your brand and communication solutions more effective. And rather than being just strategists, creative designers, technologists and doers, our team see themselves as partners and problem solvers.
We can produce and deliver across every channel and touchpoint from web and social, to press and print, to stakeholder management and events.
Ours is a collaborative approach that is tried and tested, and designed to align your brand, your visual style and core narrative, with your organisational strategy.
We have offices in Edinburgh, London, San Francisco, New York and Shanghai, and are part of MSQ, the UK’s fastest growing independent marketing group.
Contact: Paula McKee, Client Services Director
T: 07967 727 187 E: glasgowuni@thegateworldwide.com
W: edinburgh.thegateworldwide.com
| Per (hour excl VAT) | Per day (excl VAT) | |
|---|---|---|
| Account Manager | £54 | £375 |
| Creative Director | £82 | £375 |
| Designer | £60 | £375 |
| Artworker | £50 | £375 |
| Photo research | £30 | £375 |
| Copywriting | £60 | £375 |
| % Handling fee for print management | %10 | |
| Fee for provision of stock photography | £25 |
2. d8
D8 is an independent creative partner for ambitious brands seeking a competitive edge. We make brands more visible, memorable and, ultimately, more effective irrespective of channel or geography. We tackle business challenges head-on through the creation and activation of compelling ideas using research, insight, experience and expertise.
We’re a select, 60-strong in-house team of specialists with diverse skills and experiences who get to the heart of UK and international brands and make them communicate more effectively. We partner long-term and work fast to deliver positive change. We’ve never been sector-specific and our approach has always been straightforward: find people we get along with and produce work that is creatively effective and financially rewarding for both parties.
Contact: Keren Ibbotson, d8 Design Consultants
T: 0141 572 0810 E: keren@d8.studio
W: d8.studio
| Per (hour excl VAT) | Per day (excl VAT) | |
|---|---|---|
| Account Manager | £90 | £720 |
| Creative Director | £110 | £880 |
| Designer | £90 | £720 |
| Artworker | £80 | £640 |
| Photo research | £90 | £720 |
| Copywriting | £90 | £720 |
| % Handling fee for print management | %2 | |
| Fee for provision of stock photography | £60 |