Design & brand
Graphic Design in Mansfield
Design is not decoration. It is the difference between a leaflet that gets read and one that goes in the bin between the front door and the kitchen.
We do the practical, everyday design work a business actually needs: leaflets, brochures, price lists, menus, signage, vehicle livery, exhibition stands, business cards, social graphics and presentations.
The value is not really in any single item. It is in all of them looking like they came from the same business, which is what makes a small operation look established and a large one look organised.
Print-ready artwork every time — correct bleed, correct colour space, fonts outlined, at the specification your printer actually asked for.
What you get
Print-ready artwork, first time
Correct bleed and crop marks, CMYK, fonts outlined, resolution appropriate to the size. Printers reject a lot of supplied artwork; ours does not come back.
Consistency across everything
Same typefaces, same colours, same treatment of your logo, whether it is a business card or a fifteen-metre hoarding.
Print management if you want it
We work with printers locally and nationally, get quotes, check proofs and handle delivery. Or we hand you the files and you take them wherever you like — entirely your call.
Vehicle and signage artwork
Supplied to the signwriter’s template at the right scale, designed to be legible at speed and from distance. A van is your most-seen advertisement and most van graphics are unreadable at 40mph.
Digital assets too
Social templates, email headers, presentation decks, digital signage. The same identity, correctly formatted for each place it appears.
Editable templates where it helps
For things you update often — price lists, menus, event posters — we can build a template you can edit yourself rather than coming back to us monthly.
What we get asked for most
A representative sample of a normal month:
- Leaflets and flyers for local distribution
- Vehicle livery for vans and fleets
- Shop signage, fascias and window graphics
- Brochures, capability documents and price lists
- Exhibition and trade show graphics — pull-ups, backdrops, stands
- Menus for pubs, cafés and takeaways
- Business cards, letterheads and compliment slips
- Social media templates in a set
How we charge
£25 an hour for ad hoc work, or a fixed price for a defined piece — which most clients prefer because they know the number in advance. A leaflet is typically £45 to £95. A vehicle wrap design £75 to £150. A twelve-page brochure £195 to £395.
For businesses needing regular design we do a monthly retainer, which works out cheaper and means you are not getting a quote every time you need a poster.
What affects the price
From £25/hour is a genuine starting point, not a teaser. Here is what moves it, so you can work out roughly where you would land before you ring us.
- Complexity and how many items are in the set
- Whether copy and photography are supplied
- How many rounds of amends are likely
- Whether we handle print management as well as artwork
Why local matters here
Graphic Design — the Mansfield picture
We can meet you, look at the premises, measure the sign, and see the van. That sounds trivial until you have had artwork designed remotely that turns out not to fit the actual space.
We also know the local printers and signwriters, what each is good at and what they charge, which saves a fair amount of time and occasionally a fair amount of money.
Also asked for as
People describe this in a lot of different ways. If you searched for any of these, you are in the right place — it is the same service.
- graphic designer Mansfield
- design agency Mansfield
- artwork design Mansfield
- print design Mansfield
- creative design Mansfield
- freelance graphic design Mansfield
Graphic Design — your questions
How much does graphic design cost?
£25 an hour, or fixed prices for defined pieces — a leaflet £45 to £95, a brochure £195 to £395, vehicle livery £75 to £150. We will quote fixed before starting so there are no surprises.
Can you arrange the printing too?
Yes, and we usually can get better rates than walk-up prices. Equally happy to hand over the files for you to print wherever you prefer.
What file formats do I get?
Print-ready PDF for the printer, plus the original working file. If you have paid for the design, you get the artwork.
Do you do vehicle graphics?
We design them to the signwriter’s template. We do not fit them, but we work with local fitters regularly and can recommend one.
You might also need
Logo Design
An original mark that works on a van, a business card and a phone screen.
From £25Branding & Brand Identity
Not just a logo — how the business looks, sounds and is remembered.
From £195Print Design
Leaflets, brochures and stationery, supplied print-ready first time.
From £45Web Design
Websites that load fast, rank well and turn visitors into enquiries.
From £250Social Media Marketing
Consistent content on the two platforms that matter for you — not all six badly.
From £125/monthVehicle Livery Design
Van graphics designed to be read at forty miles an hour.
From £75Fancy a straight answer about your website?
Tell us what you are trying to do and we will tell you what it takes, what it costs, and whether it is even worth doing. No pitch deck, no pressure.