What We Do

In today’s competitive market a business cant complete without high quality branding and marketing material. Its not just about creating something that looks stunning, it’s about understanding what will catch the attention of your target audience and make them act in a certain way. Octopus Ink Creative offer a more personal service, we like to build a relationship with the people we work with so that we are better equipped to help you achieve your goals. We design anything, from a new business logo to an established brand re-design, a design for a low quantity of business cards to a 100,000 brochure order, or an event banner to a exhibition display.

We have a structured approach that we abide by, so your left with design that has the WOW factor. Here are some of our most popular services:

Logo Design and Branding

Your brand is king. Here at Octopus Ink Creative, we can make it rule. If you have solid, well thought-out branding as the foundation of your business, everything else such as marketing and promotional materials will be far more effective. We are specialists in branding and we always start by understanding the DNA of a company, from there we can develop your brand strategy. We work alongside our clients every step of the way and undertake every aspect of the branding process such as:

Name Generation – We know the struggles of finding a company name that stands out from your competitors. Let us do the hard work and our name options will leave you pleasantly surprised!

Logo Design – A logo tells everyone who you are. Our logos are bespoke, unique and memorable.

Branding and Brand Identity – This is all of the elements that represent your brand, for example fonts, colour palette, taglines, icons etc. Through carefully selecting all of these elements, we can create a brand that’s perfect for you.

Rebranding – If you are looking to refresh your corporate image, then we can help you showcase a new, more professional, more memorable look.

Brand Guidelines – To keep your consistent across all materials, your brand needs to be managed and controlled by clear brand guidelines. We can ensure your brand always looks how it was designed to.

Copyrighting – Consistency throughout all of your business copy is essential to ensure your brand image is strong and effective. We are known to have a way with words. Whether its copy for adverts, brochures or websites, our copyrighting service can help you create a lasting impression.

Different sized companies require alternative branding packages. From a start up business logo to a large company rebrand package, whatever your requirements, we tailor our service to suit your needs. We are confident we can create a lasting brand that you will be proud of.

Corporate Stationery Design

We give your business stationary style and substance. We design and print many aspects of stationery including business cards, letterheads, compliment slips and invoices. These are a subtle but highly effective way of getting your message across, and remember, first impressions last! Your stationery needs to be just as professional as you and your company, we use the best printing stock available.

Imagine the impression you would get if one business sent you a letter on beautiful branded letterhead paper, while another sent you a letter on a scrap piece of paper. We know which one would impress us the most.

We can help you maximise your brand’s exposure, the more a potential client sees your brand, to more likely you are to develop a relationship and gain investment. Can Octopus Ink Creative Manchester help you upgrade your corporate stationery?

Marketing Material and Promotional Design

Well designed and creative marketing collateral is a powerful way of engaging with potential clients. We know that innovatively designed material plays a vital role in communicating your business messages. Octopus Ink can create something engaging to help you stand out from the competition.

If the messaging is clear, well thought out, and designed in an elegant way, this can boost your brand by creating a feeling of confidence and building trust. We can help you decide which marketing approach is right for you, below are some examples of services our clients have benefited from:

Flyer Design
Advertising
Direct Mail Postcards
Presentation Folders
Banners
Custom Greeting Cards
Workwear

We also design a wide range of promotional products such as mugs, stickers, pens, calendars, bags, t-shirts, ring binders, desk calendars and more!

We will help plan your campaign from idea generation and unique design, to the print production and delivery. We pride ourselves on our specialist all round service.

Brochure and Magazine Design

Octopus Ink Creative Manchester have worked on a wide range of brochure projects such as company brochures, annual reports, prospectuses and more. We design hard-working creative brochures that become an essential part of your marketing range. Whether you’re looking for a brochure to display your statistics, to sell your products or to promote your services, we create beautiful brochures that you almost won’t want to give away.

Octopus Ink Creative believe that even though we are in a digital age, brochures are still one of the most effective pieces of marketing. By giving your clients something physical and tactile to take away, your company has a brilliant opportunity to impress and seal the deal.

Why is our brochure and magazine design such as success to businesses?

We take a lot of things into consideration when planning your brochure. We don’t have a ‘one size fits all approach’ where text and images are pasted into dull template. Your company is unique, so why shouldn’t your brochure design be?

Our process ensures that the end product is strong, powerful and most importantly, delivers results:

Firstly we outline your brief, what you’re looking to achieve and who your target audiences are.
We explore options of sizes and what works best for you.
We create sketched design concepts and page layouts.
We discuss your brochure content. You can either provide us with your finished content or we offer a versatile and highly effective copyrighting service to make your brochure not only look fantastic, but sound fantastic.
We discuss imagery, whether it be strong stock images, or professional photography taken at your company.
We develop, and develop, and delevop again before creating your artwork.
Once your brochure is complete, its all about the finishing touch. We discuss paper stock options and finishes to really bring your brochure to life.

Infographic Design and Data Visualisation

What is an infographic? An infographic is a visual representation of information or data. Octopus Ink Creative have grown into one of the leading providers of infographic design and data visualisation in Manchester and across the UK as infographics are becoming more and more popular.

We can transform even the most dull uninteresting piece of information/data into something exciting that tells a story. The infographics that we produce are impressive, clear and clean.

Creating infographics isn’t easy, but there’s nothing we love more. What are the benefits of infographics?

Your clients will instantly get what you’re on about and what you’re offering.
It’s a well known fact that colour and images are easier on the eye and help the brain process the information quicker and with ease. That way you will keep your readers enticed, making them read your whole message.
The internet world is very cluttered and infographics really stand out, you can even share them on social media.
It’s an effective way to educate your target audience with minimum investment and a one off cost.

We follow a simple process to ensure you get a design that ticks and makes people read, but most importantly, understand what they see.

Discuss – We talk about your requirements and set the brief.
Data Selection and Research – We help you select the best data for your infographic script.
Idea generation – We brainstorm and sketch ideas. Exploring layouts, imagery styles, colours etc.
Design – We present your design concept for you to have a look at.
Revise – After listening to your feedback, we make any amendments to the infographic.
Launch – Your stunning design is ready to be launched.

If our infographic and data visualation service is of interest to you, do not hesitate to get in touch to see some breath taking examples.

Packaging Design

You may have the best tasting product out there, but if it doesn’t communicate the right messages and stand out, it will get passed by and the opportunity will be missed. Getting your packaging design right first time is very important as it has to connect with the client.

A successful packaging design will help build brand awareness, while communicating the features of the product on sale. There are a lot of things to be taken into consideration when creating packaging, such as the format, storage, handling, opening and closing and disposal. As well as this, your brand styling and messaging has to be engaging.

If your looking to create a new packaging design or redesign an existing line, please get in touch.

Map Design

We have tonnes of experience creating a variety of maps for different companies and events, our illustrated maps are clear and easy to follow. Maps take a great amount of time to produce, but the end result looks amazing.

Some examples of maps we can produce are for:

City maps
Event maps
Company location maps
Theme park/zoo maps
School and university maps
Personalised wedding location maps

What are the benefits of illustrated map design?

Illustrated maps are much easier to follow than a standard map. The clear and interesting design engages the reader giving them a better sense of direction and a better feel for a location.
You have more control over a map designed by Octopus Ink Creative as we can highlight the most important places/aspects of your map and discard areas that are not of interest.
Your new designed map will be bespoke to your company, it will look unique and help you stand out from the crowd.

We can work in a variety of styles, whether this be clean, sketchy, detailed, simple or 3D. If you have already seen a style you like, simply email it to us as this gives us a more accurate idea of what you are looking for.

All map designs are bespoke, and the size of the project can greatly vary. From a small map showing a company location, to a large city centre tour map, we have the skills to produce something amazing for you. Can Octopus Ink Creative Manchester help with your next project?

Large Format Design

Octopus Ink Creative can help you with any aspect of large format design and print. From posters, PVC banners and roll up banners, to a completely bespoke exhibition stand. Here are some of the products we have designed:

PVC Banners – An eye-catching way to promote an event or your company’s services.
A-Frame Pavement signs – A great way to display information and entice your clients. The A-frame poster designs can be updated anytime and slotted into your existing A-Frame.
Premium Roll Up Banners – The perfect banner that can be taken anwhere, complete with a convenient carry bag.
Flags – A striking way to promote your company, flags are often used as a welcome display outside company premises.
Point of Sale Design – Our point of sale display stands present your products or literature in the best way possible.
Exhibition Stands and Gazebo Design – Stand out from your competitors with an impressive professional display and make sure your potential clients show interest in you instead of walking straight past.

Presentation Design

When your doing a sales pitch, its presentation that can let you down. All businesses need crystal clear, engaging and quality presentations so that your audience remember you and your ideas/products.

Do not settle for low quality powerpoint presentations. Many companies think that a self-made presentation will do the job, however they struggle to capture the interest of their audience. Our PDF presentations not only look amazing, but keep your audience with you the whole time. We can help carefully select the best copy for the pitch, or even write it for you!

We know what works. By using a combination of powerful copy and interesting imagery, we have the skills to create a presentation that keeps your audience focused.

Interested in any of our services?

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