DESIGN, ADVERTISING AND MULTIMEDIA | Manchester Design Studio: 0161 228 6489 or Local Rate: 0845 230 1336 | 10/03/2010
BJ TOYS Website Launch
Supplying over 10,000 outlets across the U.K. & Ireland, BJ Toys have been a leading supplier for over 25 years. Traditionally via van sales, BJ Toys invited Pixel8 to create an online sales channel. An e-commerce site has been created, linking all BJ Toys back end systems to create a completely automated ordering, payment & stock management system.
Marketing Design ServicesWe design full scale advertising campaigns which maximise exposure and increase brand awareness. This could include bill board design, magazine advertising and leaflets, radio and TV advertising, branded merchandise and other bespoke techniques to promote your product, service or even charity / government initiative. From concept through to media buying, we'll manage the whole process. From concept to content, we can manage the whole process. Whether its copy for a website, print or multimedia presentation, we have a team of copywriters that can meet your needs. Have a business need or problem and aren't sure how to tackle it? Whether its re-branding, re-positioning or sub branding, here at Pixel8 we have extensive experience working inside large & small businesses alike. We can offer strategic marketing & design consultancy that will set you off in the right direction. Our photography and artwork skills can be utilised in a number of ways. From product shots for websites with thousands of products such as BJ Toys, or fresh gifts such as sofresh to models for Virginware, our in-house photography & design studio can tailor photography images to suit your needs. Logo and Brand Design ServicesWe design simple and effective logo solutions for start-ups and multi-nationals - including manufacturers and service sector companies. Pixel8 understand that a company logo is vitally important to your future success, so we take it personally and that means we always design logo's that make your brands work harder for you. Creating the logo is just the start of the process. Creating a look & feel that works across all marketing communications is an essential part of the service. This ensures that all future communication helps to build the brand by utilizing the same overall look & feel. > Click here to see examples of our logo design. Our brand portfolio speaks for itself, we work with some of the biggest clients known to brand kind! The Pixel8 brand process takes walks the client from creating the original design brief through to seeing the brand across all marketing collateral. We take away the worry of logo creation and brand design. Website Design ServicesWe can produce full e-commerce solutions from design to secure payment. Every customer can submit their details with complete confidence. Every e-commerce project we design and build is fully bespoke from the initial layout to the shopping cart system. We don't use any third party system templates, which means what we design is always a bespoke package. From fresh gift websites to toys we develop e-commerce solutions with you, the customer in mind. These can be as integrated & automated as your internal systems allow, either way, the Pixel8 e-commerce steps will ensure that the hassle is taken out of the process. > Click here to see examples of e-commerce sites. We've been building successful websites since 1999 and many clients have been with us throughout. Once you've started working with us we think you'll want to stay on board. We use the latest software and technology to produce cutting edge websites that will enhance and reflect your corporate image. We also believe in giving our clients control over their websites, should they require it. That's why we don't provide out-of-the-box solutions for content management system, we design and customised to match your website design criteria. Our experience has also shown that having a secure hosting package is imperative to the success of your company website.We offer the complete internet solution package to all our customers inc. domain registration, secure hosting, secure online payment, sophisticated shopping cart solutions, right down to a simple order form. > Click here for examples from our website design portfolio Website Support ServicesFrom events worldwide to encouraging repeat business, e-mail marketing has proved a really cost effective marketing tool. Communication is instant and feedback is live and accessed immediately via our secure server. Reminders can be sent via e-mail or SMS including links, maps and any relevant information required. > click here to see examples of e-mail marketing campaigns We build websites with Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) in mind. From ALT tags & copy writing to submitting your site to Google & other search engines, we'll give your website the best start possible. The key to search engine optimisation is not just site design & build, the key is developing an SEO strategy which is both realistic and on-going. From website changes to links from other websites, there's all sorts of on-going work that helps to increase your search engine natural listing. Based on your business requirements, we will develop a search engine strategy that is realistic and achievable, as the adage goes, 'Rome wasn't built in a day!' E-marketing campaigns can incorporate a mix of E-mail & SMS communication. An invite to an event may start with an e-mail with an RSVP, as the date comes close reminders can then be sent by SMS, a very direct and personal way to contact your audience. > click here to see examples of e-mail and sms marketing campaigns From dedicated servers to shared solutions, we have a package to suit your budget. We take the worry out of website hosting & maintenance. With 24/7 support, 99.7% uptime and servers to suit your company size, our hosting managed solutions are safe, secure & robust. Better still, every hosting solution is fully scaleable, so your business can grow from shared to dedicated to dual load baring servers. Multimedia ServicesFrom Manchester United’s corporate entertainment suite to 3i’s business meetings, we create corporate presentations that really make a difference. Using flash animation, Director and even Powerpoint, we can turn your presentation into a streamlined communication tool.
Forget "Powerpoint-style" presentations for corporate launches and exhibitions. The software and design flair we have will makes your presentations smoother, more dynamic and remove all the limitations on the animation sequences. (samples on request). We can provide a full service solution when it comes to DVD authoring, from custom introductory animations to DVD menu design and build, adding special features and then creating the final print designs for the DVD cover and inlay. Then comes the DVD duplication where you specify the amounts after signing off a master copy and we deliver your specified amount to your specified location. The smart use of multimedia can bring a new level of interaction between your customers and the promotion of your products or services. Having the skills to produce fully interactive multimedia CD-ROMS for corporate training, product development and company marketing will allow for so much more creativity. Producing full motion video with voice overs without the need for the user to have a broadband connection could be the difference in your company's success. Due to the nature of multimedia CDROM's being too large and requiring too much bandwidth for viewing on the internet you have to contact us to send you a sample. 360 degree virtual tours are a great way to show potential customers exactly what you have to offer from a great distance. This is because the virtual tours are a fully immersive 360 degree image which makes you feel like you are in the centre of the scene where the virtual tour photo was taken. The virtual tours we produce are created using a one shot 360 degree photography system which enables us to have high quality with a fast turn around. We can then supply the virtual tours to you for incorporation into your website, implement them for you if we are the ones building your site, or create a multimedia virtual tour cd rom. > Click here for more information on our 360 degree virtual tour service Print Design ServicesAt Pixel8 we will design & print a toolkit of business stationery. For start up’s and re-branded businesses, we take the logo and create a look & feel for all business stationery and marketing collateral. A compliment of business stationery includes business cards, compliment slips, letter head and continuation sheets. We can go one-step further and create templates for presentations, e-mail’s and newsletters, enabling the brand to carry through all future marketing communication.
When you exhibit, you have to look great, your reputation relies on it. We understand that there is no room for error. That is why we keep all aspects of exhibit solutions under one roof. One team works in concert to design, while the other can focus 100% on prep, print, build, finish, inspect and shipping your exhibit on time. Our studio is home to large format printers & laminators, erected in our studio, you'll have piece of mind that the exhibition is exactly right and will be ready for you wherever you require, world wide. The result being that you get the highest quality, the best fit and finish, and an exhibit that you can be proud of. Exhibition prints and graphics panels are output, mounted & finished in house. They can range from wall graphics in a semi permanent fixture for reception areas, rigid panels up to 10’ x 4’ to hang, clip or mount to existing frames systems and shell schemes to rigid panel ‘System 8’ fold away and roll up graphic pop-up systems. Digital inkjet prints up to 50” wide mounted onto various substrates the popular being 1-10mm Foamex, 5 & 10mm Kappa board (foamcore) finished in matt, satin matt & hi-gloss polyester laminates. > click here for exhibitions and display graphics examples
Design is at the heart of what we do and so we're absolutely passionate about packaging design. From initial concept right through to product prototype, we manage the whole process. Products & packaging can be mocked up by hand, or using our virtual packaging software. Either way, we make decisions such as packaging type and packaging design easy. We make packaging and product design a reality. > click here to see examples of packaging design Over the last seven years we have been involved with the development of major brands, including Manchester United, Virginware, Hornby, Airfix, World Wildlife Federation to name but a few. Our involvement is often in the key development stages of new products and new brands, but more often we control the whole development of packaging proposals, producing artwork and print. > Click here for an example of our unique style of packaging design Most of our Point of Sale graphics and displays are hand crafted 1off’s or short runs. They range from 3D displays, freestanding large cutout products & people or just flat promotional boards some for just single use or photo shoot. Some do need to be mass produced so all visuals and prototypes are done in house working closely with print & production companies who will produce the final job. Others can just be highly finished visuals and mock-ups some from artwork supplied by clients, who will then use their own print & finishers. > Click here to see our point of sale examples
Pixel8 provide the perfect solution for t shirt & clothing design, print & embroidery. From work wear to leisure and sportswear, we use only UK suppliers for our t shirt & clothing print and embroidery, this means that we can produce your orders and meet short deadlines. Artwork can be supplied or our studio can produce it for you. See our catalogue for examples of our extensive range of corporate wear, work wear, sportswear & protective clothing. > Click here to see our t-shirt print examples & view our clothing brochure From brochures to business stationery, we design to suit your specific print needs. > click here to see examples of print design |
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