We’re a full-service marketing agency
based outside
Manchester city centre.
Away from the hustle and bustle, allowing space and calm for creative, yet dynamic thinking. That’s the cornerstone way.
Take a look at what we do.
Explore our
marketing mix.
Cornerstone Design & Marketing is built around results, recommendations and strong working relationships. We collaborate with brands and organisations we cherish and believe in – forward-thinkers, innovators and movers and shakers seeking the very best opportunities for their business.
Creative design
Digital marketing
Large format printing
Public relations
Web development

The cherry on the top or the bread and butter of your business?
We strongly believe the latter because although design brings the delicious wow-factor we’re all hungry for, it’s very much at the core of business and brand identity.
Cornerstone’s design agency team boasts over three decades of combined industry experience and brief interpretation acumen. They are responsible for bringing countless campaigns, website developments and printed elements to life.

Bespoke, strategic digital solutions that ensure your business thrives
Effective digital marketing requires knowledgeable specialists who can nurture and support clients as seamlessly as they can perfect pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns or conjure up conversion-boosting CRO (conversion rate optimisation) strategies.
As an experienced and well-established team of digital experts, we’re proud to have all these essential components among our thriving and highly skilled digital team. They’re ready to solve all your digital marketing challenges.

Discover print production of the highest quality from our in-house, wide format print team
We always insist on exceptional quality, meticulous attention to detail and take great pride throughout the printing process.
From design to install, we produce a wide range of printing products from floor graphics to construction hoarding. Whether you have a tight deadline to adhere to, or a vision for your project, our team are on hand to assist you every step of the way.

We’re specialists in creating highly effective PR communication strategies
Our PR team consists of former journalists; not only do we have a knack of establishing contacts and building PR relationships, but we also have a nose for a good story!
Cornerstone has a PR team that earns phenomenal, positive coverage and exposure for our clients across B2B and B2C settings. Whether it’s a story in local or trade media or creative campaigns featuring on the bright lights of city centre digital screens – we can do it all.

From content-managed websites to complex API builds, we have a bespoke solution sorted
We are self-confessed, obsessive coding wizards, and we always ensure you get a future-proof, high-performing and high-yielding website.
Whether you’re looking for a new WordPress site build that gives you the autonomy to manage your own content, sales or leads, or a custom Laravel application to simplify complex business processes, our established team of web developers are here to help.

Web development heading
We strongly believe the latter because although design brings the delicious wow-factor we’re all hungry for, it’s very much at the core of business and brand identity.
Cornerstone’s design agency team boasts over three decades of combined industry experience and brief iterpretation acumen. They are responsible for bringing countless campaigns, website developments and printed elements to life.




Got an objective
to achieve?
We are renowned for our results-driven, customer centric approach that benefits businesses large and small across the UK and further afield. From challenger brands to household names, B2B, and B2C, whatever you’re looking to achieve, you can rely on the Cornerstone team to get you there.
Our full-service expertise covers product launches, brand building and amplification, increasing (or recovering) market share, and campaign delivery; or specific KPIs such as PR, PPC, SEO, and website disciplines such as user experience (UX) or conversion rate optimisation (CRO).
54%
Year-on-year growth
539
Projects last year
97
Happy clients
9,999
Brews consumed


It’s a
Cornerstone thing.
Built on values, ethics and results, Cornerstone DM is a dynamic, full-service agency that gets the job done on time and on budget. There’s no-nonsense just excellence.
We work as a strategic partner with B2C and B2B clients large and small in the UK and overseas and pride ourselves on several long-lasting relationships built over many years.
We have consistently achieved 30% year-on-year growth throughout our 17-year history, more recently achieving 54%.
And we believe our wide-ranging experience and holistic view of businesses, markets, budgets and structures gives us the expertise and dexterity to meet any project scope, goal and outcome.
What our clients say about us.
We’re proud of our extensive experience and expertise, but don’t just take our word for it. Here’s what our clients say about us.
We’d been really careful and thoughtful about our criteria and brief, and felt Cornerstone hit every single point, coming across in a down-to-earth, practical way while still showing understanding from strategy through to tactical execution. Our overall experience with the Cornerstone team is great because we feel really supported as a team.
Alison Robb, Cheetah Transformation
We have developed a great partnership with Cornerstone over the past 6 years and their dedication to our marketing needs and website development is evident in all aspects of our online presence. We appreciate their attention to detail and creative approach to all aspects of the business and look forward planning our new initiatives together.
Scott Bryce, Burnley Leisure & Culture
Cornerstone are a unique PR/ Marketing Agency who provide one of the most competitive holistic services versus many competitor agencies. The team are knowledgeable in their field of expertise, enthusiastic, fun, extremely creative, always ahead of the game, and great at managing tight deadlines. I would recommend this agency with no hesitation, their work speaks for itself!
Rekha Joshi, Dexcel