Working with Inventive
Our office is open from 9am-5pm Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays. If you would like to arrange a visit, please contact us.
We're based just outside Barnstaple in North Devon and work with clients throughout the UK. Our address is Inventive Design, The Stores, Village Street, Bishops Tawton, North Devon EX32 0DG.
Not at all. We're based just outside Barnstaple in North Devon, but work with organisations throughout the UK and Europe.
Tell us a little about what you're looking to achieve through our Start Your Project form, email us or call the studio on 01271 325870. We'll discuss your requirements with you before recommending the best way forward.
We work with organisations of all sizes across a wide range of sectors, with particular experience in hospitality and tourism, property and housing, charities and the public sector, retail and lifestyle, and construction.
Both. Some clients come to us for a specific project such as a new website, branding or printed campaign, while others work with us on an ongoing basis across design, digital marketing, website support and development.
Websites
Every website project is different, so the cost depends on what you need and what you'd like the website to achieve. We'll take the time to understand your requirements and recommend an approach that works for your business and budget.
There's no hard sell and no obligation. Give us a call on 01271 325870 for a friendly chat, or if you'd prefer not to talk straight away, simply tell us a little about your project using our online enquiry form. Once we understand what you're looking for, we'll give you a clear idea of the options and costs involved.
Yes. Our experienced in-house development team can design and build bespoke functionality around your specific requirements, from custom website features and integrations to more complex digital systems and workflows. We’ll need to understand exactly what you’re looking to achieve first, but our developers are highly capable, experienced and always enjoy a challenge.
Yes. We can design and develop e-commerce websites, including WooCommerce and Shopify solutions, tailored around the products, customers and processes of your business.
Yes. If your existing website is no longer doing what you need, we can discuss replacing it with a new website. We wouldn't normally take over the ongoing development of an existing third-party website, but we can review what you currently have as part of planning its replacement.
This depends on the size and complexity of the project and how quickly content, feedback and approvals can be provided. We'll agree a realistic project schedule with you before work begins.
Yes. Our websites are built around content management systems that allow your team to manage appropriate day-to-day content without needing a developer. We'll also provide training where required.
Yes. SEO is considered throughout our website projects, and we also provide ongoing SEO and content support to help businesses improve their visibility in search.
Yes, for websites we've developed. We provide managed hosting alongside ongoing maintenance, security updates, technical support and development.
Yes. Regular website backups are included as part of our website hosting and support packages, helping to protect your website and its data should something go wrong.
Generally, no. Our website hosting, maintenance and support services are provided for websites we've designed and developed ourselves. This means our development team understands the site's architecture and can confidently maintain, secure and support it. If you're looking to replace an existing website, however, we'd be very happy to discuss a new website project with you.
No. While we recommend hosting your website with us so that our development team can provide the best possible ongoing support, you're not tied to Inventive hosting. You can choose to host your website on another compatible hosting platform if you prefer.
Branding & Graphic Design
Yes. Our in-house creative team can develop a complete brand identity for a new business or organisation, from initial concepts through to the finished identity and supporting brand guidelines. We'll take the time to understand your business, your audience and where the brand needs to work before we start designing.
Absolutely. A rebrand doesn't always mean starting again. If your existing identity is well recognised but beginning to feel dated or inconsistent, we can evolve it while retaining the elements that already work.
Yes. We can create practical brand guidelines covering areas such as logo usage, colours, typography and visual style, helping everyone who works with your brand use it consistently.
Our in-house creative team works across a wide range of projects, from brochures, catalogues and advertising to signage, exhibition graphics, packaging, digital assets and complete marketing campaigns. Whether you need a single piece of artwork or ongoing creative support, we'll work within your existing brand or help you develop a new one.
Yes. You don't need a brand created by Inventive to use our graphic design services. We regularly work with established brand guidelines to produce brochures, advertising, exhibition materials, signage, digital graphics and other marketing collateral.
Yes. Many of our long-standing clients have their own marketing teams and use Inventive as an additional creative resource when they need specialist design expertise, additional capacity or help delivering larger campaigns. We can work within your existing processes and brand guidelines to provide support when you need it.
Digital Marketing
Yes. We can plan, create, manage and optimise paid advertising campaigns across platforms including Google and Meta.
Yes. We work with platforms including Mailchimp and can help with everything from campaign design and content through to audience segmentation, automation and reporting.
Yes. We can look at your existing website, audiences and marketing activity to identify where the best opportunities lie. Rather than recommending a particular channel because it's fashionable, we'll help you focus on the activity most appropriate to your objectives and budget.
Yes. We can help plan and create content for websites, landing pages, blogs, email campaigns and digital advertising, making sure it's written for your audience while supporting your wider search and marketing objectives.
We believe digital marketing should be measurable. Depending on the activity we're managing, we can use tools such as Google Analytics, advertising platform data and conversion tracking to understand what's working and help inform future decisions.
Yes. We can manage the complete process from initial design and artwork through to print production, working with trusted print suppliers to source the right process, materials and finish for your project at highly competitive prices. We'll manage the technical details and production process on your behalf.
Yes. If you already have print-ready artwork, we can arrange production for you. We'll check the supplied files are suitable for the chosen print process before they go into production and let you know if anything needs attention.
We manage print for everything from business stationery, leaflets, brochures and catalogues to signage, exhibition graphics, direct mail and larger promotional campaigns. If you have something less conventional in mind, just ask. We've been working with print for more than 35 years and can advise on the most appropriate way to produce it.