Yoyo Design
UK > South East > Tunbridge Wells
We are a creative digital agency delivering clear and compelling design solutions across multiple platforms and devices
At Yoyo Design, we combine commercial and industry experience with a true passion for design and technology to deliver digital marketing solutions that simply work.
All our clients benefit from total commitment, sound advice and a competitive pricing structure. In an ever changing digital landscape, you can rely on us to get where you want to be.
Industry Sectors:
Sports & Leisure, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Educational, Travel, Retail, Telecommunications, Fashion, Logistics
Clients and Projects
Industry Sectors:
Media & Communication, Educational, Sports & Leisure, Tourism & Travel, Retail, Entertainment
Tends to work with:
Private Companies, Startups
General location of clients: UK
Latest Project
freesat
freesat are the fastest growing digital TV service with over 2 million boxes sold. Yoyo have been working across social media campaigns, flash animated competitions and the website itself, adding fun and sophistication to the innovative brand.
What We Have Achieved
Yoyo Design has not been reviewed yet.
Interview
WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
Yoyo Design:
”Innovative, Passionate, Considered, Pro-active, Driven, ”
What We Do?
- Branding
- Development
- Hosting
- Video Production
- Mobile application development
- Content and Copy
- Design
- Online Marketing
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Technologies Used:
.NET, Flash, JavaScript, (X)HTML, CSS, PHP
CMS Used:
Open Source
Each CMS solution we build is unique to each customer but is always based on best practices and a performant, scalable, and highly extensible framework. Our CMS sites can be taylored to meet all kinds of businesses from small and simple brochure websites to high volume eCommerce sites
Company Overview
Languages Spoken:
English
No. of Employees: 6-20
Established: 2003
Facebook: show page
Twitter: @yoyodesign
Joined WWDC: 8 November 2011
Articles
freesat
- Content and Copy
- Design
- Online Marketing
freesat are the fastest growing digital TV service with over 2 million boxes sold. Yoyo have been working across social media campaigns, flash animated competitions and the website itself, adding fun and sophistication to the innovative brand.
Languages: English
Project type: Basic (Static)
Organisation category: Private Company
Industry: Entertainment
Content managed (CMS): No
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 4
Technologies used: Flash
Completion date: December 2011 (on-going)
Muks
- Design
- Development
Muks are a high end fashion brand from Canada. Their beautiful, high quality boots have enticed the fashion elite, with Kate Moss being an early customer. Yoyo have been working closely with the founder to redesign their eCommerce store to maximise online sales, by improving overall useability and to more closely align the brand with high-end fashion.
Languages: English
Project type: E-commerce
Organisation category: Private Company
Industry: Retail
Content managed (CMS): No
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 4
Technologies used: (X)HTML, .NET, CSS
Completion date: November 2011 (on-going)
Gap 360
- Branding
- Design
- Development
Gap 360 is an exciting, new travel company offering a range of affordable gap year adventures from 2 weeks to a full year. As a start up business, they needed a brand, business stationery, website design and brochure. Yoyo Design worked closely with the team at Gap 360 to help drive the vision of their brand and subsequently deliver a full suite of marketing collateral to help get their business off the ground.
Languages: English
Project type: Other
Organisation category: Startup
Industry: Tourism & Travel
Content managed (CMS): No
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 3
Technologies used: (X)HTML, CSS
Completion date: November 2011 (on-going)
Mind Tools
- Branding
- Development
- Mobile application development
Mind Tools offers online business training resources, with around 12 million site visitors per year. Yoyo have worked with Mind Tools on numerous projects from branding and design, to web and app development, as well as printed marketing collateral.
Languages: N/A
Project type: Basic (Static)
Organisation category: Private Company
Industry: Educational
Content managed (CMS): No
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 3
Technologies used: (X)HTML, Flash, JavaScript
Completion date: November 2011 (on-going)
Paul Dunton
- Branding
- Design
- Development
- Online Marketing
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Paul Dunton is a hugely talented international musician based in Tunbridge Wells. He also founded 'Local and Live', a local festival for acoustic music. Yoyo Design and Paul have been working together since 2007 on a variety of print and digital projects, including the design and build of his site.
Languages: English
Project type: Content Managed
Organisation category: Private Company
Industry: Entertainment
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: Wordpress
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 3
Technologies used: (X)HTML, CSS, Flash
Completion date: October 2011 (on-going)
British Ski and Board show
- Branding
- Content and Copy
- Design
- Development
- Hosting
- Online Marketing
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
A ski and board exhibition featuring over 120 companies and entertainment from well known personalities in the industry. Yoyo have been involved since 2006, reinventing the website each year to ensure the site is kept fresh, current and exciting.
Languages: English
Project type: Basic (Static)
Organisation category: Private Company
Industry: Sports & Leisure
Content managed (CMS): No
CMS Description: N/A
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 5
Technologies used: (X)HTML, CSS, Flash
Completion date: September 2011
Undercurrent
- Branding
- Development
- Hosting
- Video Production
Undercurrent are a London-based brand experience agency, specialising in live communication events and brand activity for both B2C and B2B customers. Yoyo worked with Undercurrent to design and build their CMS-driven website to portray their friendly and fun business outlook.
Languages: N/A
Project type: Content Managed
Organisation category: Private Company
Industry: Media & Communication
Content managed (CMS): Yes
CMS Description: Umbraco
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 3
Technologies used: .NET, Flash, JavaScript
Completion date: September 2010 (on-going)
Your Army
- Branding
- Design
- Development
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Your Army are the leaders in the field of music promotion and artist management. Yoyo designed and built their website, which features a host of well respected artists in the world of dance music. The site provided Your Army the edge they were looking for creatively as well as the necessary tools to update the content themselves.
Languages: English
Project type: Content Managed
Organisation category: Startup
Industry: Entertainment
Content managed (CMS): No
CMS Description: wordpress CMS
Online Payment System: N/A
Number of people who worked on this project: 3
Technologies used: PHP
Completion date: March 2010
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Arantza Del Rio
Senior Web Developer
Arantza has bags of talent as a front end developer taking the designs and spitting out perfect HTML and CSS.
Gregg Lawrence
Creative Director
Owner and Creative Director at Yoyo, Gregg is a creative power-house whose imagination knows no limits. He's worked with top brand likes EA, Nintendo and Freesat, weaving together brand awareness and creativity in equal measure. Gregg has the ability to visualise a brand across online and offline channels using his remarkable Jedi mind powers.
James Forage
Technical Director
James has a wealth of experience of architecting and building digital solutions of all kinds – web, desktop, mobile and more! He has a strong belief in “anything’s possible” and is at the forefront of cementing and enhancing Yoyo’s technical services.
Jan Golding
Managing Director
With 12 years hands-on digital design experience and as owner and MD of Yoyo, Jan leads by example. He's worked with global brands such as Sony, Microsoft and Manchester United, and applies his wealth of experience to each and every project that Yoyo undertakes. Often caught pondering, Jan is obsessed with grids, logic and modular layouts.
Jenny Kitchen
Client Services Director
Before Yoyo, Jenny spent most of her career at top London marketing agencies working across retail, events, sponsorship and of course digital, She now heads up client servicing and account management at Yoyo, helping clients develop their online presence and marketing strategies, whilst keeping the boys in the Yoyo studio in check!
Matt Sage
Junior Designer
Matt is a junior designer with a bright future ahead of him. With a real flair for typography and branding, Matt works across many Yoyo accounts applying his natural creativity to produce outstanding work.
Richard Wendon
Web Developer
Richard's expertise stretches right through from design to build and he always helps Yoyo to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to being able to offer the very latest technologies sweeping the industry.
WWDC:
What's your name and position in the company?
Yoyo Design:
”Jenny Kitchen, Client Services Director”
WWDC:
Describe your company in 5 words.
Yoyo Design:
”Innovative, Passionate, Considered, Pro-active, Driven, ”
WWDC:
What's your business philosophy?
Yoyo Design:
”Be brave, be bold and work hard. ”
WWDC:
Describe your office environment.
Yoyo Design:
”Creative, lively, and supportive. Knowledge is continuosly shared betweeen the whole team. ”
WWDC:
What makes you different from other web design companies?
Yoyo Design:
”The whole team have worked at some of the biggest agencies in the UK delivering award winning creative and technical solutions across most industries. This has enabled us to adopt Big Agency Thinking whilst retaining a Small Agency Heart. Being a smaller agency, we have the flexibility to continously readjust our position to make sure we are always ahead of the game. ”
WWDC:
How do you get the majority of your business?
Yoyo Design:
”The biggest driver for new business for Yoyo is word of mouth. ”
WWDC:
What do you think is the most crucial element of creating a good client relationship?
Yoyo Design:
”Trust; our clients trust us to deliver exceptional creative and technical solutions to brief, to time and to budget. They also trust us to challenge and push them to make sure the final output is the best it could possibly be. ”
WWDC:
What computers do you have use in your offices, PCs or Macs?
Yoyo Design:
”Both PC and Mac”
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