I formed Stafford Tilley with Mike Stafford, to share our commitment to good design and offer clients the added value of our combined industry experience. We work across all sectors, with a bias towards community, education, environmental and public sector projects. Highlights include:– working closely with Campaign to Protect Rural England for several years. We’ve designed reports, flyers, strategic plans, campaign branding, their annual review and the redesign of their website.– working with several local councils in London and the South East. We design a wide range of print and web graphics for councils’ internal and external communications, targeting varied stakeholders including staff, residents, businesses and schools, as well as different age groups and social backgrounds. We’re proficient in designing accessible literature for a diverse community and following corporate guidelines. – providing a consultancy service to design studios, taking on projects when their workload exceeds capacity or when they’re seeking our particular perspective and skills.– designing for national public events such as Community Games and Bike Week, creating marketing materials spanning print, digital, signage, press-advertising and merchandise.We also work with small businesses, charities, NHS commissioning groups, safeguarding boards and adult education providers, plus council spin-offs such as shared services, social enterprises and local authority trading companies.Specialties: Brand identity, literature, reports, publications, marketing materials, display graphics, advertising, design for web, design and production of accessible PDFs

I was a freelance designer for 15 years, designing for print and web across all sectors – a versatile role involving working with my own clients, collaborating with other designers and assisting in-house at design studios. I built many long-term client relationships based on my friendly and reliable service.Clients and skills included: – Reuters:Working with the UK communications team, designing internal and external marketing communications, product literature, campaign branding and exhibition graphics. Managing my own print buying. Fostering good relationships with suppliers and staff. Originally working in-house part-time, progressing to handling projects remotely from my own studio.– Local councils:A preferred supplier of graphic design services to several councils, also providing freelance support to in-house design teams. Designing the full spectrum of communications materials for different council departments and aimed at various stakeholders including staff, residents, businesses, schools, and different age groups and social backgrounds. – Design studios:Providing freelance design services in-house. Adept at fitting in quickly with new teams, easy to work with and highly adaptable faced with broad-ranging requirements often to short timescales.– Small businesses, start-ups, charities:Designing identities, stationery, publications and marketing materials. Helping organisations develop their brand image and creating effective print materials.