Design

Cornerstone’s design agency team boasts over three decades of combined industry experience and brief interpretation acumen.

Digital

As an experienced and well-established digital agency, we’re proud to have all the essential components among our thriving and highly skilled digital team.

Web

We’re not saying we’re magic – almost, but not quite – but we are self-confessed coding wizards, bringing the latest technologies together to create bespoke, responsive, content-managed websites with UX, UI and YOU at the forefront.

Print

We can support on a wide range of printing products from floor graphics to construction hoarding and whether you have a tight deadline to adhere to, or a vision for your project.

PR

Specialists in creating highly effective PR communications and maintaining positive PR relationships.

Strategy

Behind every great business is an outstanding marketing strategy. First and foremost, it gives you the edge over competitors by identifying and setting the goals and objectives you want to reach.
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Construction

Just like every building needs a plan, a construction company needs to ensure its marketing building blocks are well aligned, built on strong foundations and structured perfectly.

Local, national & international

Cornerstone is an ethical, full-service agency endorsed by a rich history of working across multiple sectors regionally, nationally and internationally.

Pharma & healthcare

We take healthcare household names in our creative stride. We work with some of the UK’s best-known healthcare and pharmaceutical brands alongside leading OTC medicine manufacturers and suppliers.

Leisure, arts & culture

Cornerstone and leisure marketing are a perfect fit. Cornerstone has been a trusted and reputable leisure marketing agency for many years.

NHS & public sector

Proud to provide public sector marketing support. We take great pride in every single client project. But there’s something special about partnering with one of our most cherished British institutions, the NHS.

eCommerce & retail marketing

Our strategic approach to ecommerce marketing is the key to successful, results-driven outcomes for a whole range of B2B and B2C clients.

Life sciences & biotech

A common misconception is that marketing is mainly for sectors such as fashion, retail, food and other such like businesses. Not so.
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Launch a product

As a full-service agency, we can combine all marketing disciplines to amplify your brand voice across multiple platforms.

Grow market share

We work with brands of all sizes and guises, from household names to challengers looking to make their mark, often against heritage brands steeped in their sector.

Internal marketing
support

We’ll get to know you, your business and your objectives, helping you to develop your strategy and bringing a fresh perspective to your marketing.

Build brand awareness

Our full-service capabilities will help you elevate your share of voice and share of the action. Whatever you’re looking to achieve, we’ll work with you to make it happen.

Deliver on tactical KPIs

Providing expert support across PR, SEO, PPC, UX, and CRO to help you meet specific business objectives.

Deliver a campaign

We’ll collaborate to understand your messaging, objectives and audience to ensure engagement and drive tangible objectives and KPIs.
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Services

Design

Digital

Web

Print

PR

Strategy

Sectors

Construction

Local, National & International

Pharma & Healthcare

Leisure, Arts & Culture

NHS & Public Sector

eCommerce & Retail Marketing Agency

Life Sciences & Biotech

I’m looking for

Launch a product

Grow market share

Internal marketing support

Build brand awareness

Deliver on tactical KPIs

Deliver a campaign

Design agency

Creative & forward thinking graphic design agency based in Manchester.

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. From product or service launches to brand awareness, our PR team consistently gains impressive audience reach and positive communications for clients in multiple sectors and industries, such as leisure, pharmaceuticals and healthcare.

We guarantee a collaborative approach.

Branding & identity

Branding is essential to a product or business. Executed well, it’s a guiding light for consumers and customers and helps to form valuable perceptions that will continue to resonate for years to come. Just think of the household name products, companies and organisations we can identify by simply recalling their branding? It’s a crucial element and can become your most valuable asset. Getting it spot on is the work of the designers. Our team creates brand marks, including logos, promotional materials, digital assets and websites.

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Campaign creative

Our designers create the look and feel of new campaigns, using either new or pre-existing branding. This can be stand-alone visuals and messaging, which compliments an existing brand or an advertising promotion. They also add the design element to campaigns to promote a significant company event or anniversary, or to launch a new product or service. These often include print design, web design and branding.

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Print design
& marketing literature

If it can be printed, we can design it – brochures, leaflets, flyers, posters, annual reports, newsletters, magazines, promotional materials, the list is extensive. Just get in touch and we’ll happily accommodate your requirements.

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Retail design

Our creative team is highly experienced in retail design, from point of sale items to wall graphics. Retail design is about grabbing customers’ attention, getting them through your store’s doors, keeping them there and spending their money. Eye-catching design is at the core of all of it.

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Videography

If you want your image to move, you’ve come to the right place. And it all starts with our designers. They initially create concepts and storyboards for client projects before the filming and stock footage process begins.
Our video production and motion graphics services include:
• Product-focused videos
• Annual Report videos
• Promotional videos
• Motion Graphics videos
• Training videos

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Product photography

Cornerstone is well equipped to provide a professional range of product shots and imagery – we’re also well connected when it comes to specialist photography suppliers. Our designers are heavily involved in this creative process, whether it’s individual product shots or designing room sets for lifestyle imagery.

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InnoScreen

InnoScreen allows you to tailor your communications and puts the power of information in your hands. Regardless of the sector, having tailored communications is essential to customer satisfaction and stakeholder satisfaction.

With Cornerstone, we will give you the chance to discover how simple it is to run your campaign, upload assets and just how effective it is in converting your messaging.

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How do we do it?

Natural talent and experience count for everything when it comes to design. Our in-house creatives have bags of both, and their work can be seen across the UK, from brand logos to billboards and signage.

The department is the creative cog of Cornerstone and offers expertise in illustrating brand vision, eye-catching advertisements and campaign concepts.

Our creative process.

01

Insight and understanding

We analyse the in-house team brief, assessing what you want to achieve, researching style guides and fully understanding a client’s likes and dislikes.

02

Clarify the challenge(s)

We begin to interpret the brief on a deeper level, identifying the campaign or project goals and objectives which need to be meet through the design.

03

Ideation

Once we’ve established the firm creativity and have a solid understanding of the brief following AM and client consultation, the initial design begins to take shape.

04

Develop and refine

This is the point of maximum creative impact. From brand identity to advertising campaign, we realise the vision and complete the design ahead of client approval. This could be initial designs or final concept. Dependent on client feedback we would then refine the design.

05

Final outputs / launch

Whether it’s a print, website or digital imagery, we prepare the signed-off assets for handover to the next process.

06

Feedback and evaluation

We look forward to this bit – the results. At this final stage we garner client reviews, impact, overall effectiveness and analyse any metrics available. Job done (well).

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something?

Whether you’re building a brand from scratch or need standout creative to elevate your marketing, our design team is here to help.

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Where ideas turn into impact.

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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

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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

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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

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