Co-design

Abbotsley Country Homes: Cambridgeshire retreat

Abbotsley Country Homes

Client: Abbotsley Country Homes (2011)

Details: Abbotsley Country Homes is an exclusive development in 6 acres of delightful Cambridgeshire countryside with 20 plots all destined for lovely wooden lodges. Having worked with me previously through Designation when I built the original website, the team were keen to work with me again to update the site ready for Phase 2 of their plot release.

Blue Tomato: Serving London’s foodies

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Client: Blue Tomato for Article10Design (2010)

Details: Blue Tomato is emerging as the premier restaurant and food magazine for the capital. With inspiring articles, the latest news and key events for the foodie in us all. Built using WordPress 3.0 at the moment of it’s release the site proves how far the ex-blogging platform has come to now be a serious player in the CMS arena. It has multiple templates covering the various sections, with lots of bespoke coding to ensure that features such as the restaurant search provides visitors with some exciting places to eat in London.

Designation: Touchpoint

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Client: Designation (2008-2010)

Details: Touchpoint is the appropriate name for communication from Designation, focussed on the monthly e-shot supported by a blog where subscribers can post their feedback. The e-shot is on edition 25 as I write this, meaning it’s been going out on time every month for over 2 years, which is a remarkable achievement for a company this size.

My involvement is in preparing, test and sending the e-shot, in conjunction with updates to the blog, and the Designation website. I’ve also set the blog up so that updates are syndicated out to the Designation Twitter account and Facebook business page via Ping.FM. I set those social media platforms up a while back and they are also under the Touchpoint banner currently.

TVCCG: A five letter acronym on the lips of business

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Client: Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Group (TVCCG) for Designation (2009)

Details: TVCCG were looking to expand and update their email marketing capabilities, as part of a push on their digital marketing. I provided consultancy to help them decide on the best solution for their multiple needs and then implemented (with the ability to integrate into their CRM, website and analytics package), and supported, the chosen solution.

“I worked with John on our new e-mail newsletter designs. The finished product is excellent and John’s advice was invaluable.”
Ginette Gower, Head of Sales & Marketing, Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Group

Kyocera Greenlight: Promoting environmentally responsible business

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Client: Kyocera for Designation (2009)

Details: As part of Kyocera’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) mission GreenLight is a hub for information and interaction on the topic of business and climate change. If you’ve got an opinion, an insight, or need inspiration then it’s the place to go.

I worked with the Kyocera Marketing team to conceptualise the site, oversee the brand creation and the design and development of a theme for the Drupal CMS that runs the website.

“John has been excellent from beginning to end of the projects he ran with us. Taking our rather loose briefs and turning them in to outstanding end products. He has created 2 themes for websites we have run on Drupal, he managed the project from beginning to end within budget and has been on hand for any queries, questions etc afterwards. All round excellent work and service.”
Rob Attryde, Marketing Communications Manager, Kyocera MITA UK


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