Branding and brand identity in Colchester

Brands people remember, and choose.

From the logo to the graphic design on your print, packaging and signage, we create brands that look premium and stay consistent wherever customers find you.

For businesses that have outgrown their look.

Maybe you’re launching and want to look established from day one. Maybe you’ve grown, but your logo and marketing still look like the business you were five years ago. Or maybe you tried a quick, cheap logo and ended up with something nobody remembers.

We work with startups, established firms and charities across Colchester, Essex and beyond, from legal and financial practices to aviation, property and heritage organisations. If you want to look as good as you actually are, and win more of the right customers because of it, we’ll be a great fit.

Not sure where your brand stands? Get a free mini brand audit: five minutes of questions, and we’ll show you how you compare and what to fix first.

What's included

Logo Design & Strategy

A distinctive logo built on research into your market, customers and competitors, not just a nice shape.

Brand Guidelines

Colours, fonts, tone of voice and the rules for using them, so everything you and your suppliers produce stays consistent.

Graphic Design for Print & Digital

Business cards, stationery, brochures, presentations, social templates and email signatures, all designed to work together. See our graphic design projects.

Packaging & Promotional

Packaging, labels, exhibition stands and merchandise that stand out on the shelf and at events.

Vehicle & Environmental Signage

Van livery, office signage, wayfinding and interiors that put your brand where people see it every day.

A few we’ve made.

Two Beaulieu Wills & Estate Planning roller banners designed by CJ Creates: 'Don't wait, protect your estate' and 'Planning for your SEND child's future'
Two purple and pink staff ID cards on branded lanyards for The Inventory Shop, each with a staff photo and the line 'Hello, my name is', designed by CJ Creates
DebtView logo in blue and green on a deep purple background, with the V drawn as a tick, designed by CJ Creates
Accounticorn business card design with rainbow-mane pattern backs and pink logo, branding by CJ Creates, Colchester
White Rayne Heritage logo over a blue-toned photo of a historic weatherboarded building in Rayne, Essex
Colbea new logo after the rebrand by CJ Creates: a teal location-pin “o” with the tagline “A space to work, learn & grow” on charcoal
Beaulieu Wills & Estate Planning business cards in navy and white, showing the new bw logo, designed by CJ Creates
DebtView business cards with the new V and tick logo, scattered on a bright blue background
Accounticorn full-colour logo design: purple, pink, yellow and cyan circular badge with the letter A as a unicorn horn, by CJ Creates

FAQs

It depends on what you need, so every project is quoted individually. As a guide, refreshing a logo you already have starts from £600. A new brand identity, or a full rebrand with guidelines, stationery and signage, is a larger investment, and we start with a strategy session so we can quote exactly. Either way, you’ll know the full cost before we start, with no hidden fees.

From two weeks for a logo or a smaller branding project. A full rebrand with guidelines, stationery and signage takes longer, and we’ll agree a clear timeline with you before we start. You’ll see work in progress along the way rather than waiting for one big reveal.

Yes. Once the project is paid for, the brand is yours, and you get final files in every format you need for print, web and social media.

Yes. If your brand has recognition worth keeping, we can modernise it: tidy up the logo, sharpen the colours and fonts, and create guidelines so it’s used consistently. We’ll tell you honestly whether a refresh or a full rebrand is the better investment.

Yes. Graphic design for print is a big part of what we do, from brochures and stationery to packaging, signage and vehicle livery, and we can manage the printing and production for you, so you have one point of contact from design to delivery.

No, and that’s deliberate. Unlimited amends suggests we’ll keep going until we stumble on the right answer. Every design decision we make is based on your brief and our research, so we’re confident we can get you the brand you want, and deserve, within four rounds of amends.

Because more choice doesn’t lead to a better decision. Research into choice overload shows that when people are given too many options, they find it harder to choose and feel less happy with what they pick. So rather than a pile of ideas, we present three or four strong concepts, each built on sound design principles and each answering everything you want your new logo and brand to achieve.

Yes. All our clients have direct access to our designers and developers, so there are no confusing messages passed between account managers. From the first brief to the finished design, your message stays clear and consistent, and so do the designs.

Recent branding projects

3 Legs Aviation Services website home page on a laptop among clouds, with the headline 'Streamlined Landings, Transparent Pricing and a Personalised Service', designed by CJ Creates

3 Legs Aviation Services

Taking a heritage aviation brand to new heights.

View project

Grid of Colbea social media posts designed by CJ Creates, in pink, blue, yellow and charcoal, with lines such as "Serviced workspaces available" and "Your business is our business"

Colbea

Not just a physical place. A space to work, learn, and grow.

View project

Brands people choose. Websites that win work.

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Some of the brilliant brands we’ve had the pleasure of working with