Manchester Creative Agency

Immersive experience in Manchester Arndale to Highlight a local environmental issue

Parker Design Consultants Website redesign

Elevated digital presence for Manchester Cancer Research Centre

Manchester Creative Agency, identity development and application

Bringing “Original Thinking Applied” to Life for Alliance Manchester Business School

Manchester Creative Agency

A vibrant product launch for a bold new vision for Manchester-based BrightHR

Manchester creative agency

We're an award winning creative agency that delivers way more.

As a Manchester creative agency, we bring together talent, strategy, and energy to push the boundaries of what’s possible.

With over 30 years of experience and a portfolio that spans sectors and industries, we’ve built a reputation for delivering bold, effective work across branding, design, digital, campaigns, and experiences. We’re proud to work with clients across Manchester – and with organisations further afield – turning strategy into tangible results: brands, content, websites, and experiences that spark meaningful connections. By harnessing the strengths of our people, process, and passion, we consistently deliver creative solutions that exceed expectations and deliver way more.

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STUDIO FAVOURITES

Discover some of our standout work for Manchester-based clients, demonstrating the creativity and results our Manchester creative agency consistently delivers.

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Manchester Cancer Research Centre

Website redesign

With a strong focus on improving the user experience, clarifying navigation, and refining messaging and CTAs, this website redesign helped elevate Manchester Cancer Research Centre’s digital presence, aligning it with the organisation’s status as a world-class research facility.

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United Utilities

Experiential marketing

To raise awareness of the ongoing problem of local sewer blockages, we designed an experiential marketing space at Manchester Arndale that tackled the issue head-on.

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Alliance Manchester Business School

Identity development and application

Taking a fresh, creative approach to better align Alliance Manchester Business School’s visual identity with its well-established brand essence, “Original Thinking Applied”.

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BrightHR

Product launch exhibition stand

A vibrant product launch for Manchester-based BrightHR, showcasing a bold new vision for the HR industry and the future ahead.

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BrightHR
Butternut Box
Cancer Research UK
Deloitte
DFS
Dreams
Electricity North West
Exodus
GlaxoSmithKline
Hilton Hotels
Hippeas
HSBC Innovation Banking
INEOS
Kings College London
LEO Pharma
Mazda
Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC)
University of Manchester
NHS
Papa John’s
H&T Presspart
Sage
Thomson Reuters
TUI Group
University of Northampton
United Utilities
University of Cambridge
AstraZeneca

Bryony Flaherty

Graphic Designer / Project Manager

Andi Parker

Managing Director

María Puche-Jiménez

Marketing Manager

Peter McMonagle

Art Director

Dan Mellor

Senior Designer

Darren Endicott

Account Manager

Martin Higham

Motion Design Director

Suzie Nield

Account Manager

Paul Ellis

Design Director

Tom Hubbard

Art Director

Helen Plumtree

Account Director

Tom Hinds

Senior Motion Designer

Emma Davies

Project Accountant

How we can help

A truly integrated Manchester creative agency, offering far more than you might expect – from strategy to standout creative.

Design

To us design is the most important thing in the world. We’re a Manchester creative agency that transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary and gives your business the power to connect, influence and engage.

For Alliance Manchester Business School, this refreshed magazine design balances the informal energy of illustration and relaxed people photography with the weight of the issues shaping business in a post-pandemic landscape.

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Alliance Manchester Business School

Business school magazine design

For the central Manchester tramline extension, we worked with United Utilities to transform a construction site into an engaging visual journey through time. As an experiential agency known for our outdoor marketing solutions, we brought the hoarding boards to life with creative design.

Hoarding board design

United Utilities

Hoarding board design

Digital

It’s about creating something from nothing. Developing digital solutions from the ground up where challenges once existed, and using technology to help clients find new answers. Parker is a creative agency that creates exceptional websites, bespoke web apps and targeted digital campaigns.

Through a carefully planned brand launch and digital marketing strategy, we built online momentum for Manchester-based bakery Robert Andrew, generating early engagement, increasing brand awareness, and supporting long-term growth.

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Robert Andrew

Brand launch and digital marketing strategy

With a strong focus on improving the user experience, clearer routes and navigation, and refined messaging and CTAs, this website redesign helped elevate Manchester Cancer Research Centre’s digital presence.

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Manchester Cancer Research Centre

Website redesign

Branding

As a Manchester creative agency, we believe brand recognition, reputation, and trust are built when a business has a clear brand strategy and delivers an exceptional customer experience. We combine winning strategies with standout creativity to deliver brand experiences that resonate and foster stronger connections.

Manchester-based BrightHR needed to reinvent themselves, and as a branding agency known for their stunning design portfolio, always coupled with marketing strategy effectiveness, we delivered a distinctive identity that changed how they were perceived in the HR industry.

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BrightHR

Branding strategy and development

Taking a fresh, creative approach to better align Alliance Manchester Business School’s visual identity with its well-established brand essence, “Original Thinking Applied”.

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Alliance Manchester Business School

Identity development and application

Websites

We design and build digital solutions from the ground up, using the latest web technologies to help our clients engage audiences in new and meaningful ways. As an integrated digital agency, we create marketing tools that deliver lasting value and evolve in line with our clients’ long-term ambitions.

A website redesign to reflect H&T Presspart’s shift from device manufacturer to solutions provider.

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H&T Presspart

Branding strategy and website redesign

Our brand launch and marketing strategy included ecommerce web design, providing Manchester-based Robert Andrew with a credible platform in a crowded market.

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Robert Andrew

Brand launch, ecommerce web design and marketing strategy

Animation

With expertise in both 2D and 3D production, we’re a Manchester creative agency that brings your story to life in powerful ways. Through animation and motion, we craft distinctive visual experiences that capture elements of your product or message that traditional video can’t easily convey.

Intricate 3D modelling and realistic sound effects and lighting give this product launch animation the polished, refined feel of a premium product.

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H&T Presspart

Medical device animation

Kheiron Medical needed a medical explainer that positions AI as the perfect partner to human clinical expertise in breast cancer detection.

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Kheiron Medical

Medical explainer animation

Engagement

Parker Design partners with a diverse range of clients to shape effective employee communication strategies and create tools that inspire genuine engagement and long-term business growth.

Now approaching its 30th edition, this company magazine design tells the story of the relentless determination and energy that fuel INEOS’s constant thirst for innovation.

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INEOS

Company magazine design

“What would you do with an extra day holiday?” – We designed a popular and memorable employee communication pack to help Hilton roll out their new benefits programme to 80 locations across the UK.

employee engagement

Hilton Hotels

Employee communication pack

Content

Parker Design produces content that blends creative thinking with striking visuals to engage your target audience. We help position our clients as thought leaders through high-quality written, digital and video content that stands out.

With engaging content creation ideas and stunning visuals, the travel magazine we created for Exodus increased their travel bookings by 62%.

magazine design

Exodus

Magazine design and content

Going beyond just communicating a new initiative, we developed an explainer motion graphic that acts as a highly engaging employee engagement tool.

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AstraZeneca

Explainer motion graphic

Infographic

Parker Design helps you visualise your data in the most effective way. Whether it’s simplifying complex concepts and processes or turning detailed research into clear, engaging visuals, we make information easier to understand.

To showcase our client’s expertise and major role in helping power the global economy, we created a series of ecommerce infographics that lean on an uncomplicated and accessible design to make an impact.

Thought leadership infographics

Dematic

Ecommerce infographics

We designed a memorable internal communications infographic to demonstrate the value of our client’s internal IT team and engage the global workforce.

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Deloitte

Internal communications infographic

Exhibitions

We’re a Manchester creative agency with global experience designing and delivering both bespoke and modular exhibition solutions. Our high-quality, premium exhibition stands are built to attract attention and make a lasting impression.

A pharma booth design created to meet strict industry standards while delivering an engaging, interactive experience.

pharma booth design

LEO Pharma

Pharma booth design

An evolution of a successful approach, this time the stand we delivered for Jacobs at Passenger Terminal Expo in Madrid built on insights gathered from the previous year’s event.

Hybrid Exhibition Stand

Jacobs

Hybrid exhibition stand

Events

Parker Design creates engaging spaces that bring people and brands together. When an event sparks positive emotions, it builds stronger, lasting connections with the brand.

With sold-out products on the last day of the show and a 12% uplift in sales at Tesco, this versatile food and drink expo stand was a huge success for our client.

Food and drink expo stand

Nix & Kix

Food and drink expo stand

At Manchester Arndale, United Utilities needed to raise awareness of the ongoing issue of local sewer blockages. We designed an experiential marketing space that tackled the problem head-on, engaging the public in a creative and memorable way.

Experiential marketing

United Utilities

Experiential marketing

Brochures

We’re a Manchester creative agency that designs high-quality printed materials and interactive digital brochures, giving your business the tools to connect, influence and engage your audience.

 

Green Retreats needed a creative agency to help reinvigorate their sales materials by highlighting the unique customer experience.

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Green Retreats Group

Sales and marketing brochure

Our creative team helped AstraZeneca communicate the scientific leadership of their IMED Biotech Unit with a striking design to inspire internal teams and attract top external talent.

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AstraZeneca

Science brochure design

Video

From script to final edit, we support you through every stage of production, delivering video, motion and animation that inform and captivate. As a Manchester creative agency, we’re experts in producing broadcast-quality content for both internal and external audiences.

To help H&T Presspart inspire safety in their manufacturing environment, we produced a concise yet highly engaging workplace safety video.

workplace safety video, video production agency

H&T Presspart

Workplace safety video

Two pieces of corporate video content that elevated the IFoA’s digital report by speaking directly to its more than 30,000 members.

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The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries

Corporate video content

Presentations

We’re a Manchester creative agency that brings you, your team and your audience together by making your messages more persuasive, digestible and interesting. Our team understands the impact of visual communication and knows how to craft powerful presentations that drive results.

Local to Manchester, 7i Group turned to us as their presentation design agency to overhaul their PowerPoint, creating a sales and communications tool worthy of their reputation in the healthcare market research industry.

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7i Group

PowerPoint presentation design

We provided a powerful training tool for Thomson Reuters, creating a Prezi design that effectively introduced their latest financial product to international sales teams.

Parker Design Consultants. Prezi Design

Thomson Reuters

Prezi design

Marketing

As a Manchester creative agency, we support clients with performance marketing and the creation of digital campaigns, content and assets that capture the attention of their target audiences online.

Our tactical marketing campaign contributed to increased awareness and sales for Manchester Airports Group. Early analysis revealed that 60% of respondents were new customers.

marketing campaign

Manchester Airports Group

Marketing campaign

The Snow Centre Manchester, formerly known as Chill Factore, required a refreshed brand and experiential design to engage visitors and reflect its evolution.

integrated advertising campaign

Chill Factore

Integrated advertising campaign

Reports

We’ve helped clients communicate more than just their financial results – we’ve helped them share stories of transparency, success, accountability, commitment and exceptional customer service.

We produced an annual performance report design that presents United Utilities as a company committed to its values and which delivers on its promises.

Annual performance report

United Utilities

Annual performance report

High quality photography, playful illustrations and interesting layouts turned this corporate annual report design into a thought-provoking and engaging piece of collateral.

Corporate report design

Electricity North West

Corporate annual report design

Packaging

Effective packaging design can make your product stand out – on a busy shelf, a scrolling screen or at someone’s doorstep – and turn it into one of your most powerful sales tools. But true impact goes beyond appearance – the most successful designs are built on genuine insights into your brand, your product and your place in the market.

With a base in Manchester and across the North and North West of England, Coultons’ bakery packaging design combines tradition and innovation – the perfect recipe for success.

bakery packaging

Coultons Bread

Bakery packaging

This branding and packaging design project helped Manchester-based Robert Andrew launch into a new market thanks to an effective mix of relaxed, rustic authenticity and contemporary touches.

Packaging design agency image

Robert Andrew

Branding and packaging design
“Thank you so much for all the work you’ve done on these animations. They really will provide important knowledge to those who care for patients with neuroendocrine cancer, and I sincerely thank you for completing the job to such a high standard.”

CEO & Co-Founder

Neuroendocrine Cancer UK (NCUK)

“I was blown away by the quality of the four branding options presented to me. The team put me at ease, navigating me through the process, and delivered to time and budget. I would highly recommend Parker Design as a creative agency.”

Head of Marketing

OnPoint Leadership

“We were very pleased with the high-quality end product and received positive feedback on the report from our Board members. We would not hesitate to work with Parker Design again in the future.”

Communications Officer

Dee Valley Water

“The American government have been absolutely blown away by the quality of the document, and just this morning we had a message from someone who’s been working in Sudan for over 20 years, and said the document was the single greatest presentation on Sudan that he had ever seen!”

Director

Noble Capital

“We had nothing but positive feedback on the stand, particularly on the big cans! I also wanted to say that it has been an absolute pleasure working with you guys, you’ve been very accommodating to all of our requests and I’ve found the whole process very enjoyable.”

Marketing Manager

Nix & Kix

“Throughout the process the whole team have been superb, and they’ve also made sure we were confident knowing how to update the data, which is beyond what we expected. Thank you to all the team who have been involved in creating our vision!”

Knowledge and Content Manager

DFS

“We are on a long journey to turn Presspart from a component manufacturer to a device manufacturer and the team at Parker have been instrumental in supporting us in this journey, not only with the stand but with the brand work last year, and all the assets they continue to produce.”

Global Marketing Manager

H&T Presspart

“Everyone loves the new design, the magazine looks amazing. Thank you again for all your efforts, and specially for all the thorough testing to ensure we meet AAA accessibility standards!”

Digital Marketing Manager

Alliance Manchester Business School

“The office branding looks fab, we’re really pleased with it and we’ve had really good comments from staff in the office over the last couple of days which is great. Thanks so much for your help on this. If we have any similar projects in the future we’ll definitely consider Parker Design.”

Brand and Campaigns Manager

TUI

“Truly a superb experience working with you and your team and you made Passenger Terminal Expo a breeze this year! The booth was well thought-out, especially all the seating locations. I know we have all factored in the necessity to work with you and your team again in Madrid next year! Thanks again!”

Americas Aviation Market Growth Lead

Jacobs

“Thanks for everything during the last few months. Everyone at the office is so impressed with how amazing the stand looks, we’re all really happy with it and the event was a success! Looking forward to working together again next year in Madrid.”

Marketing Manager

Pascall+Watson

“Parker were very good at listening to all our requirements and guided us through the stages of developing a new brand strategy and updating our messaging. The resulting brochure will invigorate our cultivation with major donors and allow us to refresh our fundraising across all our channels.”

Fundraising Manager

Cambridge Past, Present & Future

“Thank you for your amazing work with the report design. I feel it beautifully captures the spirit and tone of our brand. We especially appreciate your efficiency and availability to work on this project under such a tight timeline. It’s been a pleasure working with you again. It’s been really fun!”

Communications Officer

EITI

“After seeing the fantastic presentation designs Parker had created for other clients, we knew they would be perfect to help us bring to life and create our vision for an interactive Customer Journey map. The imagery and colours fit perfectly with our brand and give a fresh, clear look to the presentation.”

Knowledge and Content Manager

DFS

“The positive feedback we’ve received on the investment prospectus has been nothing short of overwhelming, in every sense of the word!! So thank you very much again for all of your incredible efforts alongside us to bring it to fruition!”

Director

Noble Capital

“We’re receiving some very positive feedback on the brochure from our most senior executive team. Parker’s work is excellent and the responsiveness to accomplish the work in a record time has been superb. Thank you!”

International Development Director

Papa John’s

“The first print run of the infographic was spectacularly well received by our project partners and trial participants, who really appreciated being communicated to in their mother tongue. Thanks again to the Parker team for all your hard work on this, you were a pleasure to work with.”

Research Associate

The University of Sheffield

“We’re very happy with the result. The Open Air Laboratories Director feels that the colour, aesthetics, length and the way that the messages are communicated are ‘just the job’. We enjoyed working with the Parker team and found you all to be professional, efficient and effective.”

Marketing Manager

Imperial College London

“We were very happy with the stand at Taste of London, we had so much fun and a lot of compliments! We completely sold out of the new Watermelon & Hibiscus flavour on the last day, so it was a huge success! We saw a 12% uplift in Tesco stores following Taste, as we were directing people to their closest Tesco store – which is amazing.”

Marketing Manager

Nix & Kix

“This was our first time exhibiting at the RBTE, and we got great feedback. We were very satisfied with the stand and working with Parker Design, it was a very pleasant process and stress free! One of my colleagues saw our stand, and loved it so much that he asked to re-use it for another event.”

Marketing Manager

Sage

“Parker Design exceeded our expectations and delivered the set objectives for us, and then some. With this project being showcased at Accountex, we had amazing feedback from our clients and customers that Sage Engage reinforced the idea that Sage are pushing the boundaries of accounting technology solutions.”

Digital Marketing Manager

Sage Accountants Division

“The team at Parker Design exceeded our expectations once again, and they really helped us stand out from the crowd, literally! The fun design played a major part in helping us bring a very serious issue to the surface in a really engaging way.”

Communications Manager

United Utilities

“Parker helped us achieve a very effective and engaging presentation of our key performance areas. We’re really pleased with how the report has turned out and feedback on the document has been great too.”

Head of Customer Communications

United Utilities

“Our experience of working with Parker Design was excellent from start to finish. From the outset, Parker Design were proactive in suggesting design ideas and responded to our requests efficiently, offering a friendly and effective service throughout the process and ensuring that we met our publishing and print deadlines.”

Communications Officer

Dee Valley Water

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