Creative Concern is a Manchester, UK-based creative communications agency, providing design, digital, film and strategic PR and marketing services.
Over the past eight years we have grown from a team of 2 to 23, working with over 60 clients on a diverse range of issues. As a company, we are driven by our ethical outlook as well as our ideas and creative edge. We care about what we do and we summarise our approach as ‘communications for a sustainable future’. We deliver projects with intelligence and enthusiasm across different disciplines and platforms.
Our full service offer
We have a multi-talented, multi-disciplinary team who all understand the importance of delivery high quality, creative communications that deliver results. Our broad portfolio of services includes:
Strategy development: developing and delivering communications strategies, marketing plans, brand strategies and research projects.
Brand development: our creative team are constantly working away devising and implementing brands for organisations, companies, charities, hospitals, regeneration bodies, destinations and campaigns.
Graphic design: from business cards through to billboards and brochures, our designers provide an efficient, intelligent design service covering print, exhibitons, advertising and design for online, digital and film graphics.
Video and film: we direct and produce films for DVD, events, exhibitions, online, advertising and virals using our in-house broadcast standard production facilities.
Website development: high-end website programmers, coders and front end web designers, working on projects ranging from blogs and small brochure sites through to large scale integrated CMS systems.
Multimedia programmers: motion graphics, Flash animation and multimedia development including presentation tools, film graphics and online tools.
Public relations: an experienced team of media and stakeholder PR professionals devising and delivering PR strategies, running high-profile media campaigns, providing crisis PR support and managing the reputation of our clients.
Copywriting: a copywriting, editing and proofing service covering news journalism, magazines, online content, brochures, feature writing and advertising copy.
Exhibition design: extensive experience in interior and exterior exhibition and display systems from simple pop-up banners through to installations, roadshows and exhibition design.
Our commitment to sustainable, ethical communications
Creative Concern is an ethical agency with a strong commitment to continuous environmental improvement and sustainable development. We recognise that day-to-day operations can impact both directly and indirectly on the environment. We aim to minimise our environmental impact through good management and by adopting business best practice wherever possible. Creative Concern works to integrate environmental considerations into our business decisions and adopt greener alternatives wherever possible, throughout our operations.
What our clients say about us
"BBC North has worked with Creative Concern since the move of 2,300 staff to MediaCityUK in Salford Quays was first announced in 2007. There have inevitably been lots of changes to the project along the way (including the name!) but Creative Concern have stuck to their original vision of the BBC North brand and creatively developed it along the way…. Creative Concern worked tirelessly, to often unreasonable deadlines(!) to achieve this but it's really paid off, we now have a strong brand which reflects our vision and mission…. Not only that, it's a pleasure to work with Creative Concern, their flexibility and attention to detail is second to none, teamed with outstanding creativity and first-class design."
Josie Cahill, Internal Communications Manager, BBC North
"I have worked directly and indirectly with Creative Concern over the last 8 years. In every instance I have found their approach professional and realistic. They back this up with unflagging optimism, humour and the delivery of quality work. They are also prepared to go the extra mile."
Keith Jones, Regional Director, The Forestry Commission
“Creative Concern’s copywriting and design capability is first class, and led to the creation of a document that delivers on every level. However, it is the intellectual vigour that they bring to a project which really sets them apart."
Rachel Combie, Director of Strategic Marketing, Marketing Manchester
"It's a pleasure to work with an agency that takes the time to understand your customers, your product and your values to create a brand that is fresh, relevant and valuable. They are easy to work with and are meticulous in ther attention to detail. Our recent rebrand roll out was completed on time, to budget and resulted in over 90% of our customers surveyed telling us our new information suite was well designed and easy to understand."
Mark Simmons, Marketing Manager, Riverside
