Creative State
You need results. Every aspect of your marketing materials, from branding through to website design and copywriting, should work hard for you and your business.
Creative State offers you a dynamic blend of brand identity, print and website design services. With our passion for creativity and knowledge built over 8 years in the design and marketing industries, we can set you on the path towards energised branding, attractive design and persuasive communications.
Clients and Projects
Industry Sectors:
Recruitment, _Other
General location of clients: UK
Latest Project
IndigoSilk
IndigoSilk provides a wide range of complimentary therapies, consultations and workshops, in a peaceful, supportive and fun environment.
They also sell a wide range of products, books and courses through their online shop.
What We Have Achieved
Latest Review
15 May 2009
Evelyn Jamieson (Director) at Edinburgh Holiday lets
when dealing with anyone it is important that they immediately grasp what you are trying to achieve through your business. Sarahs ability to do this has resulted in a website that is attractive to the...
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Interview
WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
Creative State:
”creative, professional, fun, honest, reliable”
WWDC:
Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
Creative State:
”Continuing to provide a dynamic blend of brand identity, print and website design services that work hard and achieve results for our clients!”
What We Do?
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Graphic Design for Print
- Graphic Design for the Web
- Hosting
- Printing
- Web Page Maintenance
- Website Design
- Website Development
- Photography
Technologies Used:
CSS, HTML, mySQL, PHP, XHTML
CMS Used:
Open Source, Own Brand, Paid (Branded) Service
You may have a stylish website, with a powerful brand identity design and effective copywriting, but if it doesn’t change and adapt to your customer’s needs then it simply isn’t effective. A content management system allows you to control all aspects of your website, from adding articles, to optimising search terms and editing content.
Creative State not only provides the expertise to design and construct your web presence, we also encourage you to manage your site with a CMS. We can help you choose the right content management system for your needs, enabling you to select from a bespoke or off the shelf software solution.
The right content management system can liberate your web presence from the grip of an agency, as it allows you to take control of your own company website. So no more large agency fees for simply updating your web content.
Let Creative State show you how to effectively maintain your company identity across the world wide web with a CMS and contact us today.
Company Overview
Languages Spoken:
English
No. of Employees: 1-5
Established: 2005
Address:
6 Chapel Lofts
Commercial Street
LS27 8HL Leeds
Contact:
Sarah Jane Robertson
Phone: 0113 253 8676
info@creativestate.co.uk
www.creativestate.co.uk
Joined WWDC: 19 May 2007
We Recommend
Accountant:
Fox Fleming
Printer:
Digital Print Solutions
SEO expert:
Occupancy Marketing
Hosting company:
Xcalibre
IndigoSilk
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Graphic Design for Print
- Graphic Design for the Web
- Hosting
- Photography
- Printing
- Web Page Maintenance
- Website Design
- Website Development
IndigoSilk provides a wide range of complimentary therapies, consultations and workshops, in a peaceful, supportive and fun environment. They also sell a wide range of products, books and courses through their online shop.
Languages: English
Project type: E-commerce website
Organisation category: Individual
Industry: _Other
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: This website is part-maintained by the client using Magento shopping cart and WordPress blog management.
Online Payment System: Protx is integrated with the Magento shopping card system.
Number of people who worked on this project: 4
Technologies used: CSS, HTML, mySQL, PHP, XHTML
Completion date: August 2008 (on-going)
Georgiana Head Recruitment
- Content Management System (CMS)
- Graphic Design for Print
- Graphic Design for the Web
- Hosting
- Printing
- Web Page Maintenance
- Website Design
- Website Development
Georgiana Head Recruitment Ltd a recruitment consultancy that specialises in the Taxation Profession. They offer a bespoke service that is tailored to the needs of individual clients and candidates. Their clients range from the Big 4 accountancy firms, the Top 20, niche tax boutiques, law firms and in-house tax departments.
Languages: English
Project type: Content Managed (Dynamic)
Organisation category: Private Company
Industry: Recruitment
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: A bespoke content management system was designed and built for this client.
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 3
Technologies used: CSS, HTML, mySQL, PHP
Completion date: March 2007
Reviews
when dealing with anyone it is important that they immediately grasp what you are trying to achieve through your business. Sarahs ability to do this has resulted in a website that is attractive to the viewer, has functionality that allows both client and administrator easily navigate the site, and most importantly for our business it has put us on the first page of google in our first month of trading and is already resulting in Online Bookings.
We got Creative State's details from the Chamber of Commerce in Leeds and found that of all the web designers we interviewed Sarah had a clear vision of what our company is about. I think Creative State offers very good value for money for a sophisticated end product. Sarah added value because she has been able to liaise with our database software providers and brand designers and has taken some of the project management away from us, allowing us to get on and do our core job of recruiting.
I think the brief we gave Creative State was quite tricky given we're a specialist Taxation Recruitment Consultancy, which isn't easy to brand. However, the end result is excellent
highly professional, knowledgeable, friendly and extremely creative. very good at knowing what it is exactly the client needs and wants, adaptable, always looking for new and different ways of doing things, able to juggle many tasks at once, without dropping high standards. I would highly recommend creative state for originality, professionalism, timliness and high standards.
Sarah Jane Robertson
Director
Sarah has almost a decade of experience in the marketing and creative industries and specialises in branding, print and website design, providing expert design services for all types of companies from small enterprise to large scale businesses. Starting out her career in-house with the Royal London and Scottish Life groups, Sarah progressed onto working with a top Edinburgh agency to handle brand names such as Scottish & Newcastle and Warburtons.
WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
Creative State:
”creative, professional, fun, honest, reliable”
WWDC:
Describe your office environment.
Creative State:
”My mug reads "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."”
WWDC:
Where do you see your company in 10 years time?
Creative State:
”Continuing to provide a dynamic blend of brand identity, print and website design services that work hard and achieve results for our clients!”
WWDC:
What computers do you have use in your offices, PCs or Macs?
Creative State:
”Both PC and Mac”
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