The Design Grove
Who is The Design Grove
If you’re reading this, the chances are you’re exploring your marketing options, whether you’ve been considering recruiting or using an agency, The Design Grove is an alternative that brings the best of both worlds.
Gillian Bardsley
Fractional CMO
Hi, I’m Gillian Bardsley, a professional marketer with over 20 years experience in industry. Through-out my career I’ve been the bridge between leadership teams and their customers. From managing marketing budgets to rolling up my sleeves and getting the job done, I’ve done it all. Working with budget stretched businesses, I’ve learnt to be resourceful – whether that’s learning to build my own websites, mastering SEO, or being self taught in graphic design, I’ve developed skills and expertise that rivals the best in the industry.
When you work with me, you get the benefits of working with a full service marketing agency, but with the personalised attention of a talented, hands-on, and dedicated professional.
Why choose The Design Grove?
If you have a vision for your business, I want to work with you. I love to help business owners to build the business they envisaged. To achieve the goals they set for themselves so they can enjoy more of the stuff that matters. Marketing has the power to help people achieve more and with my set of skills, I can bring them closer to doing that.
I help businesses to build the right brand identity, optimise their marketing channels and maintain consistency, in the most flexible way I can. With no unnecessary tie-ins, I can do as much or as little as you like, with support designed around your individual needs.
Marketing doesn’t need to feel overwhelming, get in touch and together we can create the right foundations for a successful business.
Support
Providing marketing support when you most need it. Working around you and being responsive to your needs. Working on a project or retainer basis, whatever your project is, we can provide you with an honest appraisal of timescale and cost.
Pride
Treating your brand as if it’s our own. We aim to bring all your messages together into beautifully created masterpieces that we are proud to present as our contribution to the growth of your business.
Inspire
Our aim is to inspire you to want more, to do more and to be better. To energise, refocus and motivate you and your team to be as passionate about marketing your brand as we are.
Create
In marketing you tend to find plenty of skilled marketers but very few with creative skills. This is where we excel, providing the perfect blend of creativity and knowledge that enables our work to be the brains and the beauty!
Educate
We aim to be constantly learning and honing our digital marketing skills, which enables us to pass that on to our clients. We love to share our knowledge, from both education and experience, through mentoring and coaching.
Marketing, designed around you.
What you can expect from The Design Grove
Take a look at some of the reasons why we could be a great fit for your business.
Spice up your team
The value that we bring to your organisation is;
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Skills
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Professionalism
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Intuition
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Creativity
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Experience
Not phased by technical jargon
With 20 years experience in technical marketing, we have provided marketing services for a wide range of engineering and manufacturing organisations with highly technical products and services. We enjoy turning the technical into easy-to-understand messages, brochures and websites.
Value added marketing solutions
We are proud of the vast technical marketing experience that has been developed over the years. Our aim is to share this expertise with you and add value to your marketing, your brand and your business. If we’re not adding value, we’re not doing our job.
Organised and methodical
We are committed to ensuring that we don’t become ‘another thing to manage’. Operating autonomously, methodically and with transparency so that you always know where you stand with your project.
Blend of creativity and knowledge
We know first hand how difficult it is to recruit an ‘all rounder’ in marketing. You tend to find plenty of skilled marketers but very few with creative skills themselves. With TDG, you’ll find the perfect blend of creativity and knowledge that enables our work to be the brains and the beauty.
Help when you need it most
We are able to work around you and be responsive to your needs. We offer services on a retainer basis or on a project basis. Whatever your project is, we will provide you with an honest appraisal of timescale and costs.
A great working relationship
We pride ourselves on building relationships with our clients, many of whom see us as an extension of their business or one of the team. We fully immerse ourselves into your organisation and get to know your people because it enriches the work we produce and enables us to accomplish more.
Your customers will love you!
Having a clear message not only improves your ability to win business, but also enables your employees to understand your strategy, the effect of which is a higher level of productivity and consequently, customer satisfaction. Win! Win!