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Professional Brand Design & Visual Identity Services

As a dedicated brand designer in Bristol, I help businesses transform their ideas into powerful visual identities that leave lasting impressions. Whether you’re a startup finding your feet or an established business ready for a refresh, I’ll create a cohesive visual brand that tells your unique story.

Why Your Business Needs a Strong Visual Identity

Your visual identity is more than just a logo – it’s the complete visual language of your brand. As an experienced Bristol branding designer, I create comprehensive visual identity systems that include:

  • Strategic color palettes that capture your brand’s personality
  • Custom typography selections that speak your brand’s voice
  • Distinctive logo design that makes you memorable
  • Consistent visual elements that build brand recognition
  • Comprehensive brand guidelines ensuring perfect execution

The Visual Identity Design Process

Phase 1: Research & Discovery

  • In-depth kickoff meeting to discuss:
    • Target audience understanding
    • Business values and history
    • Competitor analysis
    • Industry insights
  • Development of mood boards (minimum 3)
  • Creation of initial logo concepts (minimum 5)
  • Presentation and feedback rounds

Phase 2: Primary Logo Design

  • Development of 3 proposed primary logo designs
  • Color palette exploration
  • Refinement based on feedback
  • Final logo design presentation and approval
  • Additional refinement round if needed

Phase 3: Secondary Logo Development

  • Creation of complete logo family, including:
    • Vertical logo variations
    • Horizontal logo variations
    • Logo versions with/without text
    • Black on white versions
    • White on black versions
  • Refinement based on feedback

Phase 4: Logo Family Production

  • File preparation and cleanup:
    • Converting text to outlines
    • Removing stray design elements
    • Converting color swatches to spot colors
  • Delivery of final logo family in multiple formats:
    • EPS
    • JPEG
    • PNG
    • PDF

Professional Brand Design Services in Bristol

As your Bristol brand designer, I offer:

  • Complete Visual Identity Design
  • Logo Design and Development
  • Brand Guidelines Creation
  • Brand Strategy Consultation
  • Digital Brand Asset Creation
  • Print Collateral Design
  • Brand Evolution Support

What Sets My Visual Identity Design Apart

  • Strategic Approach: Every design decision is purposeful and aligned with your business goals
  • Future-Proof Design: Your visual identity will grow with your business
  • Local Understanding: As a Bristol-based designer, I understand the local market
  • Comprehensive Solution: You’ll receive everything needed to implement your new brand identity
  • Collaborative Process: Your insights are valuable in creating an authentic brand identity

Client Success Stories

What My Clients Say

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One of things I admire about AD is that I can delegate and trust completely. He’s a true expert in his field. I wouldn’t ever have anyone else design my site for me.
Ryan Eddleston Director of Photography

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It was an absolute pleasure working with AD on our branding refresh & new website. It was a thoroughly collaborative process from start to finish, with AD taking lots of time to understand our business, our market and what that meant for the new assets. we’re super happy with the new design and functionality and it has been extremely well received by partners and peers. Many thanks AD – would highly recommend.
Edd Bowsher Director & Founder, The Nest

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AD Digital were an absolute dream to work with, the quality of the work was extremely high and we found Andrew and Jay a delight to work with. I can’t recommend them highly enough, we’re so glad that we decided to go with AD for our company’s website
Callum Stewart Marketing Communications Executive – Firefly Green Fuels

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With a difficult brief, AD came up with a wonderful design, that we were very happy with. AD is a great person to work with and would recommend him to anyone.
Liz Viney Head of Special Projects – Films@59

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I’ve worked with AD for several years now and he recently designed and built 2 new sites for me. He’s always been very easy to work with and has great attention to detail and creative ideas. I would highly recommend!
Richard Christmas CEO – Deluxe Loos

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I’ve worked with AD on a number of projects spanning ten years. We keep coming back which shows how much we value his work. His latest work for us, redesigning our website, has been really well received, so we’re delighted. We’ve already starting talking about the next project.
Jon Brassey Founder, Trip Database

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It’s very rare to find somebody who has such a broad, yet detailed understanding of digital design and development. Strategically minded, detailed understanding of business, very creative and world-class attention to detail
Dave Stansbie
Dave Stansbie Director @ The Creative Corporation

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AD delivered a brilliant new website in tricky times with a moving brief – couldn’t have asked for more – he was great to work with and the site design is really intuitive
Gemma Colclough
Gemma Colclough Head of Marketing @ RPM Ltd

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AD combines a rare combination of both coding and design skills, with a great deal of experience when it comes to digital branding and effective UI solutions. A valuable ‘one-stop-shop’ for web developing and design, AD’s collaborative and creative approach makes the even the most complex projects feel effortless
Andi Granger Creative Director @ Wonderful Content

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I have worked with AD for the last five years and cannot recommend him more highly…technically talented and extremely creative and I have found him to be an absolute pleasure to work with
Susie Lewis Clivedale London

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AD brings smart, focussed thinking to a project and is adept at identifying the most efficient solution without compromising the end result.
Ben Hostler Digital Director @ Future Kings

Ready to Transform Your Brand?

Let’s create a visual identity that captures your brand’s essence and connects with your audience. As your Bristol brand designer, I’ll help you build a visual identity that:

  • Differentiates you from competitors
  • Builds trust with your target audience
  • Creates consistent brand recognition
  • Supports your business growth

Let’s talk!

Take the first step towards a stronger brand presence. Contact me today to discuss your visual identity project in Bristol.