Task 4- Who else is out there - how good are they

I have decided to look at design agency's that are a interest to the area of work i would like to work in. These company's work both in design for digital and design for print. I have chosen a local company Impression DP who are based in Harrogate, Un.titled who are based in Leicester and have a international client base and finally bcreative who are based in skipton and work with a lot of local business's.

Impression DP

Strengths

- Work with both private sector and public sector providing experience with a large client base.
- Includes print management to make savings cost's for the client.
- Useful, clear information on different area's of website making it easier for the client to understand.
- 17 years of experience.

Weakness

- Not enough pictures of portfolio work.
- No pricing policy/info on design work.
- No website design portfolio.

Opportunities

- A more professionaly presented portfolio of work including context pictures.
- A piece of infomation on there price policy or a online quotation form.
- A web/digital design portfolio with client base.

Threats

- Clients could see the work showed in portfolio as a reflection on the design work.
- Clients could be intimidated about asking about price as there is nothing on the website about it.
- The client has no exmaple of web design so might dismiss the company as not doing webs design.

Bcreative

Strengths

- Offer design for all budgets
- A large about of useful relative information for the customer making for a better buisness experience.
- Make a point of using personal selling to create a trust with the client.

Weakness

- No portfolio of work available on the website, only as PDF.

Opportunities

- A Online portfolio available to view on the website rather than PDF.

Threats

- The interent, other conpetitors could steal the buisness.


Un.titled

Strengths

- Large international client base.
- Work with a number of media's including print,web, moving image and nbew technologies.
- A well presented large online portfolio, availible for a client to view.

Weakness

- No pricing policy or infomation about pricing.
- Just a uk based studio.

Oppurtunites

- Put something about pricing giving people to chance to compare prices with other company's.
- Open a studio in another country opening opportunites for more work with a different global client base.

Threats

- Currency movment may effect working in different country's this would have to be taken into consideration.