Drumbeat Creative

Creating a Re:action:

Re:act magazine addresses topical and ethical issues and the design reflects the magazine's often challenging and thought provoking content. It is designed, produced and circulated to a readership of circa 300,000 Co-operative members twice a year.

Our City, Your City, MediaCityUK:

A suite of marketing collateral for one of the most exciting commercial property developments on UK shores. From brand guidelines, to brochures, billboards and websites, we've designed and produced materials to promote the residential and commercial opportunities available, all communicating the creative spirit of the flourishing new community in Salford Quays.

Look for the leaping bunny:

The BUAV is a campaigning not for profit organisation, who's aim is to bring an end to animal experimentation. Our remit was to create greater visual impact across their communications  and engage a more youthful audience. Through a website redesign, and an overhaul of ongoing direct mail, email campaigns and micro-sites, supporter engagement has improved and a new generation of impassioned campaigners have come to the fore. 

Through the keyhole:

The Hub is a development by Argent PLC that offers luxury apartment living close to Manchester's Piccadilly Station. The brochure was created before residents took occupancy of the apartments, which allowed us to stage a 'through the keyhole' concept to imagine and showcase the lifestyle, personalities and passions of those soon to be in residence.

What Wigan was waiting for:

An exciting, energetic and humorous advertising / outdoor media campaign for the launch of Grand Arcade Shopping Centre in Wigan. The campaign was designed to be playful, bold and engaging. Collateral included brand, billboards, website, centre signage, video graphic screens and letting brochures – all well received, to much local accolade.

Big slice of the pie:

Brochure to promote the onsite services and companies at the original MediaCityUK studios. The brief was to deliver a functional brochure, that  referenced the buildings history as a pie making factory, but also provided a toolkit to anyone looking to use the studio services on site. The functional and industrial elements are contrasted with high gloss images of some of the stars and productions that have been filmed and produced there, to give a fully rounded flavour of life at the Pie. 

Back to school:

A brochure designed to highlight The Co-operative Group's work with schools and it's continued investment in the education of young people in the UK. From sponsoring and organising walking bus initiatives, to Co-operative business academies, the brochure reflects the diverse range of support the Group provides. The informal photography style and hand drawn illustrations, set the tone for the content.

We love it when a master plan comes together:

Website for architectural master planners, featuring a functioning cityscape as the home page. The AEW team wanted the site to portray their core skills, but also to express a tad more personality than you tend to associate with architects website. They also wanted the design to allow the striking gallery images to sell their skills.

Design is Quay:

Brochure and interactive ebrochure to reposition the refurbished office space in Salford Quays in a more modern and appealing light. Striking photography, strong bold design and colours helped bring this bronzed icon back to it's former glory and into view of business looking for space on the MediaCityUK periphery. 

Here's HOW:

Branding overhaul for Manchester based planning consultancy. Clean corpoate professional website design and branding update to reflect the company's growing prominence within their field. 

High street revivers:

Building a brand to inspire behaviour change across a community. A local loyalty partnership that rewards residents of their local town for keeping their custom local and their behaviour's responsible and in turn stimulating the economy of the high street. Brand and marketing collateral, included posters, leaflets and website. Alongside the reward card platform an iPhone application was also designed and launched. 

Paradise found:

A brochure to promote some of most beautiful holiday destinations on the planet to some of the countries finest (and wealthiest) footballers. Hand delivered to Manchester United players and officials, the Platinum brochure set a new level in luxury travel offers. The immaculately designed and produced brochure successfully reflected the indulgence of the packages within. 

We are forever Manchester:

Rebranding for one of Manchester's best loved charities. A cause close to the hearts of many local people. A branding campaign proposal that aimed to engage proud Mancunians and encourage them to donate to and invest in some of the Foundations brilliant grass route community projects.

Illustrations provided by Creative Spark.

Let's go back to the start:

A prestigious, unique and innovative brochure for a payment solutions company. High-end production specification, and a unique format that allows the brochure to be read from front to back and vice-versa, without having to flip it round or over. A brochure that is as innovative as the payment solutions Zeva provide. 

Finer foods:

Advertising and promotional campaign to relaunch the dramatically improved food court offering at West Orchards Shopping Centre, Coventry. The elegantly designed montages subtly reflect the arrival of some higher end food retailers and restaurants to the heavily trafficked Terrace food court.

The real deal:

Corporate brochure for one of the UK's leading privately owned companies. Encompassing the full array of the Groups activities, from ports, to energy, apartments to airports the brochure beautifully showcases the scope and scale of the Peel Group's varied activities.