Services

Design and build.

For projects where the direction is clear. I lead the design and stay involved through delivery, with developers and other specialists agreed with you up front.

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Design and build services

  • Digital Products

    Web apps, platforms and tools designed around the people who use them, from first prototype to working product.

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  • Websites

    Clear, accessible websites for organisations that have outgrown the one they have.

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  • Ecommerce

    Shopify audits, builds and ongoing improvement, as an Official Shopify Partner. Audits from £1,495.

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  • Brand & Identity

    Identities and brand systems that hold together across print, digital and physical places.

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  • Place & Tourism

    Brands, trails and digital experiences for destinations, heritage and culture.

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Method

Four stages, one loop,
start at any point

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  1. 01.

    Learn
    + Discover

    Before designing anything, I find out what’s actually going on through research, audits, workshops and conversations with the people involved. It’s the unglamorous work that stops you building the wrong thing.

  2. 02.

    Define
    + Brief

    Research only matters once it becomes a decision. I turn it into priorities, a roadmap and a brief clear enough that nobody downstream is guessing.

  3. 03.

    Design
    + Delivery

    I stay involved as the brief becomes a working website, product or identity, and I keep any specialists’ work connected to it.

  4. 04.

    Monitor
    + Improve

    After launch I can stay on through retained direction. That means reviewing what’s working, adjusting the plan with you and feeding the results into the next round of decisions.

David Haigh in the studio

Fractional Creative Direction

A creative director on call, without the hire.

Senior creative and digital direction a few days a month. I review work, brief and guide suppliers or in-house teams, and keep decisions joined up between projects.

From £500 a day.

Experience

Public Sector, Place & Culture

  • Gateshead Council
  • Northumbria University
  • Teesside University
  • Pilgrim
  • Inkcap
  • Index Music
  • Marvel Hall

Technology & Innovation

  • APOYAR
  • RealSafe Technologies
  • OneXP
  • Red Rover Interactive
  • Tag Games
  • Firestoke Group
  • YMA Systems
  • Phrase Path

Engineering & Industry

  • Vertu Motors
  • ROSEN UK
  • Renewable Energy Network
  • 360 Group
  • Pipeflex Systems
  • Arc Environmental
  • Northumbria Lifts

Hospitality & Leisure

  • Tokyo Industries
  • Lobo Rojo
  • Crusoe's Tynemouth
  • The Grand Hotel
  • The View
  • Ateesh
  • Di Meo's
  • Mambo's
  • The Lock Up

Professional Services

  • HM3 Consulting
  • DUO Global Consulting
  • Stable State Consulting
  • DeRonde
  • Black & White Recruitment

Health & Wellbeing

  • OptiMe Wellbeing
  • Islestone Pharmaceuticals
  • Positive Care & Support
  • Deconstar
  • Psych-Logical / Chuse
  • St Anthony of Padua

Consumer & Retail

  • Lines Behind
  • Gear Guardians
  • Modrec
  • Fat Cow Skincare
  • Skin Sculpt
  • Tango Group

Creative & Agencies

  • Zaltek Digital
  • Venture Stream
  • Komodo Digital
  • Flow Digital
  • Stingray Digital
  • Newcastle Video Company

Not sure where to start?

Tell me what’s going on and I’ll suggest a sensible first step, even if that isn’t working with me.