Making Sense Box of Delight
Box of Delight
Brand, Ecommerce , Site Design & Build 2.09.14 1
The Attick, 1 Upcott Avenue Pottington Business Park Barnstaple Devon EX31 1HN w: www.inspiradigital.co.uk t: +44 (0) 1271 344 265 m: +44 (0) 7515 879 308
Contents 1. a short introduction 2. what’s our vision for box of delight 3. some things we’ve done previously... 4. how we work... 5. meet the team... 6. service testimonials... 7. direct client references 3
Inspira Digital are a UK based digital communications company. We have been operational for just under seven years and have rapidly established a reputation for fantastic design, development and support across a wide range of online business sectors. Our dedicated highly integrated team has helped launched hundreds of successful business. Our work has covered branding, advertising, internal corporate intranets, investor relations, cutting edge e-commerce stores right through to dedicated web applications. We create sites that get to the core of your message, we create work that achieve’s your business goals.
Making Sense of what we intend to do for you
Execute a sucessful brand & website strategy. Using our tried and tested creative process we will establish a targeted brand and visual langauge and translate this into a simple to use online buying experience. We will make use of in place assets (themes and existing code where possible) to avoid additional customisation costs to help achieve a professional and usable MVP for the first stages of this project, also creating a great basis from which to expand and progress the business as it grows and suceeds
Create striking design communication.
We have a fantastic track record at bringing your business strategy to life. Whether we are driving the creation of a brand or working within an established one, our diligent creative team create striking, informative graphic communication for your project.
Provide technical excellence. At Inspira Digital we live and breath the web. Our team is at the very cutting edge of both desktop and mobile browser web development. We can work with and provide the safest, most accessible technology and systems the web has to offer for your company.
Provide friendly and accountable project management. We’re a dynamic close knit team so when you speak to us, you deal with the people responsible for project delivery. This approach fosters dedication and accountability. At Inspira Digital there are no complex internal communications, no ‘departments’ or ‘middle management’, just access to a focused, talented team of professionals, dedicated to solving your business challenges. 5
2. so, what’s our vision for box of delights... You must be the change you wish to see Ghandi
provide a simple, clear buying platform that introduces food discoverers to the deli food box concept make use of existing code and theme assets to minimise build overheads allow customers to purchase “one offs� as precursor to becoming a full member to test run the service provide recurring billing on both monthly and weekly billing cycles, allow gifting and referal create a premium user experience that seperates the service from graze produce a visually appealing brand that resonates with our identified target market to create fully responsive site, that is a joy to use across multiple devices.
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4. here’s some things we’ve done previously... you don’t need eyes to see, you need vision” Maxi Jazz - Faithless
we marry sound ideas, great design, technical excellence with clear and concise client communication to provide an increadibly well rounded and sucessful service to our clients... LIV Technology Brand Creation & Positioning http://issuu.com/inspiradigital/docs/liv_brand_book_3.2 Meli Melo London Website Refresh http://www.melimelo.com/ Dropdead Clothing Website Design & Build http://issuu.com/inspiradigital/docs/dropdead Icon Hotels (In Progress) Brand Implimentation & Web Design http://prototype.inspiradigital.co.uk/portsmouth/home.html
You can click the links :)
Agape Volunteers Branding, Design & Website Build http://www.agape-volunteers.com/ Kite Clothing Brand/Website Design & Build http://issuu.com/inspiradigital/docs/kite_kids_creative http://www.kite-clothing.co.uk/ London Devon (In Progress) Branding Creation & Web Build Devlopment - http://issuu.com/inspiradigital/docs/ldg_presentation_2.0 Rob Wear Photography Portfolio Design http://issuu.com/inspiradigital/docs/robweare-photofolio
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5. how we work‌ The finished product is excellent, very professional indeed. Neil Ritson CEO Leni Gas and Oil Plc
Branding/ Design/Strategy
Scoping/ specification
Content population data migration
Creative work
Front end user interface and user testing
Site implementation and build
Site launch and ongoing support
Every site and every client is unique, but for guidence, here’s the most common stages we take, and we always start by listening... we listen to your story, this guides our initial planning and big-picture thinking, once we have a brand/idea in place this is the part where people say, “wouldn’t it be great if my website did this?” and we say, “we can do that.” then, together, we’ll prioritize the steps your organisation needs.
clients as partners your input is valued the same as that of our designers, and developers, we try to create a real sense of community and rapport with our clients.
adaptable problem solvers you’ll never hear us say “that’s impossible” - we’re problem solvers and strategist, we bring the best of the web together to deliver the goods and remain agile and adaptable from concept to completion
CMS/client training
User testing and review 11
6. meet the team‌
we’re a close knit team working together around our custom made table, we unify our diverse experience, with a passion to do great things... Inspira Leadership Team Luke Green Co Founder - Creative/Client Mike Harding Co Founder - Technical/Marketing Techical Team
Creative Team
Cristina Alemany - Developer Donny Sutherland - Developer Dan Webb - Developer Mike Wilkinson - Web Support Jed Varley - Developer Chris Hutton - Developer
Mike Fryers - Digital Creative Jennie Lewis - Brand/Digital Creative
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mike fryers
mike wilkinson
brand/digital creative
developer support
luke green
mike harding
creative director
jed varley developer
technical director
donny sutherland developer
cristina alemany developer
dan webb developer
jennie lewis brand/digital creative
chris hatton developer
luke green co-founder creative director Luke begun his career working Freelance for Plymouth College of Arts and Design (where he studied) and has been working in the creative communications industry since 1998. Luke brings passion and enthusiasm to the Inspira team helping to steer projects and solve both client and business issues. You’ll often find Luke juggling Project Management duties whilst chatting to clients. Great at offering simple straightforward advice and guidance whilst providing solutions to technical and complex challenges. Luke has had experience working both in large and small advertising agencies, with experience from both creative and client facing positions. In a creative role he has had experience working with many well known brands such as Honda UK, BT Openzone, Covonia, Shloer, Vi-Spring Beds, Intel, Commission Junction and Mountfield Mowers.
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mike harding co-founder technical director Mike initially began his career in sales where he forged a solid process and market aware skill set. Mikes ability to handle raw sales data was to set in motion his early adoption of the next wave in marketing, the online search market in early 2000. Mike’s analytical skillset allow’s him to quickly cut through technically complex challanges, coupled with his friendly client handling and experience of day to day business practices he brings a great deal of experience to the team. Mike draws from both his technical knowledge and traditional marketing expertise to form the other half of the companies leadership team.
mike fryers brand/digital creative Mike gained a BA (Hons) Graphic Design Degree at university in Southampton. Eager to get real world experience Mike worked a part time position as an inhouse designer alongside his degree at Stagecoach. Responsible for handling much of their day to day graphic design requirements as well as large print runs and mission critical communications. After graduating Mike looked for a more challenging diverse creative environment. Mike joined the Inspira team in 2008 and has since brought a great deal of talent, accuracy and hard work to the company. Mike’s attention to detail and intrinsic understanding of the web allows him to excel in creating elegant print and online work. His strengths lie in creating exciting brands and user interface designs that are not only easy to use but great to look at too.
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jenny lewis brand/digital creative Jenny joined our team just under a year ago to provide additional creative and client support. An extremely talanted designer, she brings a wealth of experience in creative branding and internal communications, having cut her creative teeth for three years with the likes of Dairy Crest, Yahoo, Royal Mail & Lloyds TSB at the Bristol Internal Comms Agency - Home
cristina alemany devloper Cristina has been the most recent addition to the team and has already proved to be a very talented and cool headed member of the team. Orgainsed, efficient problem solver equally comforatble with front end or back end development tasks.
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support staff
jed varley developer
dan webb developer
mike wilkinson
junior developer Jed has been with us around 4 years and was recruited with us direct from University he has become and extremely competent back developer, looking after elements of our digital infrastructure.
Dan has been with us just under a year and was recruited direct from college, he has become an extremely important and competent member of the team providing front end & back development skills
Mike provides code support to our busy team, solid, dependable with skills in database development, coding Adwords & SEO implimentation
donny sutherland
chris hatton
trusted suppliers
Donny joined us as a freelancer about 8 month ago and we have since brought him onboard as a solid and valued member of the team, very skilled with backend processes and application building.
Chris a very easy going and talaned multiskilled developer who can work through both front end and back tasks with ease.
We work with a number of trusted suppliers, whom we have built strong business relationships with over the last 6 years. Our design and web builds are completed in house - with only a small proportion of the process outsourced if it’s required. This way we maintain complete control of the quality and delivery of our projects.
developer
developer
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7. services testimonials
We commissioned Inspira Digital to redesign our website because we were looking for a company to bring our website up to date, make it simple easy to use, and memorable. The team stood out as being passionate and enthusiastic from the start. They understood our market sector immediately, the requirements of our varied visitors (from social housing professionals to residents and homeowners in social housing) and made useful and very insightful suggestions on the design. Their attention to detail in the design stage, flexibility in willingness to a work with us and patience when explaining the concept was very helpful and well received. We were impressed by their ability to produce a fresh and innovative site while retaining the ability to present key information succinctly. We feel we worked in partnership with Inspira Design who consulted us at each stage and kept us informed throughout the process during the build. We now have a stunning website we are proud of, and the added bonus that the project was brought in on time and on budget. We would not hesitate to recommend Inspira Digital.
Denise Raine, Director Feedback Services Feedback Services Ltd is a company, endorsed by the National Housing Federation, specialising in conducting customer satisfaction surveys, housing consultancy and training for social housing landlords.
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We have been using Inspira Digital for over 4 years now and are whole heartedly happy with the endless service and maintenance they provide after creating our online image resource.As a secure, user friendly online tool, it primarily keeps us updated with the latest developments in our Advertising and Marketing departments between head office in London and numerous offices across Africa, by uploading and sharing high resolution photos, logos and designs. We find the team at Inspira highly responsive and attentive to our needs and extremely friendly, which is why we are delighted to continue to work with them as they assist how we interact as a company’. Cassie Bushell, Marketing Coordinator, Lonrho Plc Lonrho Plc is focused on investing in and developing opportunities across Africa, where it operates five strategic divisions in seventeen countries.
Inspira Digital worked closley with our team, to develop the business strategy and brand, guiding us every step of the way. What struck me was their patients and willingness to explore roads less trodden. Even though the final brand was actually part of the first original concepts, we we’re impressed with the diverse and creative options we saw. The end results are fantastic and we would thoroughly recommend the Inspira Digital Team, not only on the quality of their work but as a great team to work with. Amelia Santos - LIV Simply Connected LIV Technology create and market home audio solution throughout the UK, US and China.
Inspira Digital have guided us effortlessly through the technical minefield to create a corporate site that works excellently on both my iPhone and iPad as it does accross on my laptop. Highly responsive and dedicated throughout the process I would thoroughly recomend Inspira to clients considering thier services, we’ll be making use of these guys for all things digital for the foreseeable future. Mark Skorpil - One Source IML www.osiml.com is an American Global Supply Chain Solutions company working throughout the US and China.
Over the past five months we have worked with Inspira Digital to create a website for our business, and we couldn’t be happier with the results. We came into the project with very specific needs, and we weren’t sure it was possible to create what we needed (a recurring billing solution) within the Shopify platform. Luke carefully communicated our options to us (a custom app on Shopify, or an entirely custom built website) and we decided that the app would best fit our needs and budget. Throughout the project Luke did a great job of communicating where the team was, and what they needed from us. When there were delays we knew and understood why, and we felt good that the team was being so thorough in their work. At every point we felt like the Inspira team was our team, and I knew any time an issue cropped up that it would be addressed quickly. We may be in different time zones, but I know that the Inspira team is on our side, as excited as we are for our business develop and grow. I couldn’t recommend Luke and the team more highly and I’m excited to continue working with them in the future. Kelsey Sulliven - Turtle Box Market Owner Turtle Box Market is a recurring food startup operating out of the US and one of
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8. direct client references
...like you, we work very hard to delight our clients, please feel free to contact some of the people we work with on a day to day basis... Carol Sykes - Director, Dropdead Clothing Direct Number: 01143 990377 Mike Foster - Director, Aroma Home Ltd. Available at His Office +44 (0) 1793 487 684 Hanna Sheidan - Digital Marketing & Development, Meli Melo Available at her office on +44 (0) 560 118 5554
thank you :)
The Attick, 1 Upcott Avenue, Pottington Business Park, Barnstaple, Devon EX31 1HN w: www.inspiradigital.co.uk t: +44 (0) 1271 344 265 m: +44 (0) 7515 879 308