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Re-branding Sport England’s National Mountain Sports Centre

Re-branding Sport England’s National Mountain Sports Centre

 • Brand strategy
Peaceful landscape

We are really happy to have been appointed by Sport England and the Mountain Training Trust to develop a brand identity for Plas y Brenin and the world-class adventure sport training it offers. We’ll be developing the brand following an extensive period of research with staff, stakeholders and customers, exploring the real value of the...

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Presents for them – presence for you!

Presents for them – presence for you!

 • Creative design
Fallback background for blog articles

Our latest creation for Providoré UK has just been published in the lead up to the festive season. Printed on Antalis UK Ltd Claro Bulk [68pp] for a crisp and tactile finish, Vivid’s in-house design and photography blended together to create an impression that lasts. The 2017 winter gifts brochure features luxurious hampers, wine, cheese...

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Accommodation for the next generation

Accommodation for the next generation

 • Web & Digital
Someone viewing tge Jonas Hotel website on a tablet

Jonas Hotel (formally Jonas Court student residence) has re-invented itself with the vision of providing affordable and flexible accommodation to visitors of all ages and backgrounds. Vivid were commissioned to bring the new brand to life in a new website to sell-in the hotel concept and generate bookings. Our solution was a highly engaging design and user experience (UX) which includes strong imagery,...

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Pyronix | HikVision

Pyronix | HikVision

 • Web & Digital
Pyronix HQ building

Vivid are pleased to announce that we have been chosen to build a new suite of multilingual websites for Pyronix, part of the Hikvision group of companies. Pyronix is a world-leading manufacturer of electronic security equipment for use in residential, commercial and industrial applications in the intruder alarm market. We will publish an update when the...

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Trust is earned!

Trust is earned!

 • Insights
Carrs Silver clever newspaper advert

As founder and managing director of Vivid, I was musing over Friday fish & chips that there are far too many people in our industry that can talk the talk, but very few who can walk the walk! From my point of view, experience is everything. That’s why we believe marketing, brand and digital skills...

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Harmony in your home

Harmony in your home

 • Brand creation
'Harmony in your Home' sign for Symphony kitchens

Symphony Group PLC is one of the UK’s largest suppliers of fitted kitchen, bedroom and bathroom furniture. Under license, they also manufacture the Laura Ashley Kitchen and Bedroom Collection and also have a suite of their own branded collections that are available through hand-picked, specialist, high street retailers. Symphony contacted RAR+ (The Recommended Agency Register)...

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RAR+ Recommended Agency

RAR+ Recommended Agency

 • News
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The new FY 2017 has seen us get off to a really good start! We are over the moon to see that our clients have rated us so highly by The Drum RAR+ register. From 39 individual clients surveyed, we achieved an average rating of 9.1 (91%). We are currently recommended for ten key service...

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My Work Placement at Vivid

My Work Placement at Vivid

 • Insights
Rob work placement

Hello, my name is Rob Oldfield and I’m currently studying a foundation degree in graphic design at Hillsborough College through Sheffield Hallam University. Whilst on the course we have a topic that involves a number of categories, one being “Professional Studies” which meant applying for a work placement with a design agency within Sheffield. I...

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Agency Direct Mail Campaign

Agency Direct Mail Campaign

 • Gerry's Blog
Brochure

Direct Mail Campaign for Loop Print. Loop Print wanted to let agencies know all about their brand new printing technology. It’s a game changing piece of kit so we needed to create lots of interest with a pre-installation teaser campaign in the run up to the new press opening event. The solution was a self...

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New to the team

New to the team

 • News
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I’m delighted to be joining Vivid Creative as an Account Manager this month. They have some very interesting clients and I’m excited to get stuck in. I’ve joined Vivid from The Sheffield College where I ran an apprentice marketing agency, working with clients from local SMEs to the NHS and Sony. Recently I’ve been helping...

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2017, time to secure your website with SSL

2017, time to secure your website with SSL

 • Insights
SSL icons

Google are now showing its users a ‘Not secure’ message if a website domain is not protected with an SSL certificate. As Google Partners, we follow Google and other search engines very closely. Not only to better understand how to optimise our clients’ websites for search engine rankings, but because search engines promote (and reward) good user...

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Happy New Year 2017!

Happy New Year 2017!

 • Gerry's Blog
Vivid team wearing sunglasses from Fluid Branding, wishing everyone a Happy New Year 2017! (Including Anto Heeley, Joe Taylor, Jon Dickens, Tash James, James Ayliff and Steve Dupree)

Wishing all our clients and partners a Happy New Year for 2017! We’ve started the New Year on a high with some amazing new project and client wins: Global brand roll-out for a London business that manufacturers planetary grinders for diamond tool making. Retail brand review and brand revitalisation for a leading UK kitchen manufacturer....

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