Founded in 1987, we are a Creative agency 100% owned by the people who work here. We collaborate with our clients to define, create and activate their brands. Formally Bostock & Pollitt we are a creative design agency in Central London.
It’s not just the beautiful things we create, it’s the purpose behind them that pushes our work further, as we weave it through all visual and verbal expressions.
Originally a graphic design agency we have branched out into branding and brand strategy. We are also really good at creating websites.
How we work
Going further together!
We embrace passion and the spirit to go far, together and individually
Different perspectives, backgrounds and experiences add to the richness of our ideas and company ethos. We are inclusive of all and ensure everyone has a voice that is heard.
Curious by nature
We love to learn, and dive right in, leaving no stone unturned
Our desire to learn, blended with our past experience, is where we create our best ideas – ideas which move our clients’ brands forward and excite the world as much as they excite us.
Embrace the complex
Your challenges are our challenges
We help clients navigate the complex, through our strengths of listening, forging relationships together, and understanding both the immediate challenge and the bigger commercial and strategic business goals.
No cookie cutters
We aren’t stuck in our ways and don’t have one size fits all
Every challenge and opportunity is different. We customise and don’t over complicate to achieve bold strategy and creative impact.
Better citizens
Responsible, honest, transparent and driven by purpose not egos
We aspire to do things better to improve everyone’s world, whether it’s nurturing and building careers, delivering purposeful and impactful work, or enhancing our clients and customers lives and experiences.
Strategy & Insight:
The basics
At its simplest, brand strategy is about defining who you are, what you stand for, how that sets you apart from your competitors and why that’s important to your customers and employees.
The detail
We take on all sorts of brand-related challenges with our clients – from the existential (brand creation) to the expressive (brand communication planning).
Our starting point is always understanding where they are now and where they want to get to. We’ll get under the skin of the challenge by talking to our clients and their stakeholders and examining all the data we can get our hands on – supplementing with our own customer or employee research.
Our value comes from synthesising information from these multiple sources to offer a clear point of view on potential solutions. Quite often we’re helping clients to articulate something they already suspected but with a slight nuance, but we can also shine a light on a fresh perspective to open up the answer and take them where they need to go.
It’s a blend of art and science – we’ll go as deep as we can to generate ideas and options which are, on the one hand, grounded in fact and logic, and on the other, inspired by creative possibility. The combination allows us to develop strategies everyone has faith in. They win support because people see the answers, see how to get there and believe they can because they feel achievable as well as ambitious.
What does this cover?
Branding & Identity:
The basics
“What do I need to know?”
“How does this make me feel?”
“Why should I care?”
The key practical and emotive questions a strong and memorable brand needs to answer. We deliver these answers for your audiences, through all channels of brand and visual identity backed by strategy, insight and experience.
The detail
With a strategic foundation in place we get to work on the creative, exploring and interpreting possibilities and pushing boundaries. We craft ideas that land, and distinctive identities that create the stand-out brands needed in a world full of visual content.
We know that emotive storytelling and communication goes a long way in terms of connecting on a deeper level and building trust and loyalty, so our work also focusses on the stories you need to tell and how you tell them.
What does this cover?
Design & Delivery:
The basics
Design is a powerful tool that enables you to communicate what you want to say, to who you want to hear it. Our creative engages and inspires, cuts through and captures imaginations and hearts, with both audiences and employees.
The detail
There’s a lot of design out there, and no shortage of content. How do you inspire and motivate in a world that’s already looking at the next thing?
Using our team’s insight and experience we produce award-winning deliverables that are distinctive, meaningful and beautiful across digital and traditional channels. And we can help you roll it out internally within your business or organisation.
Our work is commercially minded – this means we care about the value our work brings to your business, and how it can change the world for the better.
