Leigh Felstead

So tell us about you?

You could say I've been around for a while. I've been a Graphic Designer, Art Director, Design Director and Creative Head, consistently and successfully for the last twenty years. Working with some of the most recognised brands in the UK and around the world. Brands like Nestlé, Heinz, Starbucks, Nutella, Tilda and Quorn. I've worked with some of the largest global companies as well as helped smaller challenger brands grow their presence through branding, design and digital. I’ve built and led studios, working with clients up and down the country, as well as globally across North America, the UAE and Europe.

So what makes IMAGINE™ different?

I set up IMAGINE™ because I believe there's a gap in the market to deliver creative services to SME's & challenger brands. We’re a blend between your traditional agency and a typical freelancer - This means we’re able to adapt and play to the strengths of each. We like to call ourselves a new breed of hybrid agency.

We’re the new kids on the block, which means we’re keen to prove ourselves. But we’ve the experience behind us to know how things work. You can trust that we'll always have your best intentions front of mind, and we’ll draw on our extensive knowledge to implement any plans. We’ve worked with an extensive client list, so you can rest assured you’re in capable hands.

We focus on helping businesses build their brand from the ground up using research and creative strategy to develop simple, effective solutions that help brands to tell their story to the world. Our goals are aligned with our clients, and we understand that to build a brand is to connect with its audience, and keep that rapport going. We like to do this while also delivering something that creates a positive impact on the world around us.

We’re not a ‘Jack of all trades, master of none’. Our sole purpose is to use the tools and knowledge we’ve amassed over the years to help businesses and brands build stronger, more meaningful relationships with their audience, and to stand out from an increasingly crowded market place. We do this by helping them tell their unique story, creatively and beautifully, using simple, effective and straightforward brand solutions.

We start by analysing what you already have, stripping back the unnecessary and building it back up from the foundations, celebrating the core values of your business through brilliantly simple solutions. If you’re unsure about working with an agency, but not sure that a freelancer is going to be able to get you where you need to be, we could be just what you’re looking for. We network [as most agencies do anyway] with trusted industry professionals so that we’re able to offer all the services needed, but at a lower cost.

Because we’re not an agency, we don’t have agency prices. We don’t have internal departments charging you 4/5 people’s hourly rate. We don’t have costly overheads that need to be factored into what we charge. We do have a straightforward, project based pricing structure, which is charged by the hour, and so this cost saving is passed on directly to you.