Posts by Gav Grieves
Maximising Your Brand’s Reach: The Power of Social Media Management with Grieves Design
In today’s digital age, establishing a robust online presence is paramount for any business striving to succeed. Among the multitude of digital marketing strategies available, social media management stands out as a powerful tool for engaging with your audience, driving traffic, and ultimately, boosting your brand’s visibility. At Grieves Design, we understand the significance of…
Read More2017 wall planner
Following our Christmas and New Year marketing campaign which included an advertising in December’s issue or Northern Insight, a Christmas card design and multi-sized wall planners as well as a social media give away, we’ve added a downloadable and printable version of our 2017 wall planner for you to download and print as any times…
Read MoreExcellent logo design… FedEx
Following on from our graphic design 10 minute presentation at Washington BNI chapter, here’s some background info from the logo design we mentioned, The Fed Ex logo… In 1994 the current Fed Ex logo design was created. The logo design featured only the words FedEx which, though it seems simplistic, actually has some depth to…
Read MoreWe’re growing…
Former Newcastle United man takes startup to Sunderland in new expansion From being made redundant by Newcastle United in 2013 to boasting Sunderland AFC as a client at his own agency, graphic designer Gavin Grieves has really moved the goalposts in two short years. Undeterred in entering unemployment, Gavin quickly bounced back to establish Grieves…
Read MoreFree design work websites at their worst.
After 3 winners in as many months submitting designs for designcrowd.com, you would expect a little bit of praise from the people behind the the scenes at the ‘free’ design website. After my third ‘competition’ winner the design team down under blocked my account and retracted more than 10 submitted designs for briefs I had…
Read MoreAnother Design Crowd Winner
This is our third design crowd winner since we started on the site in August. Having submitted over 30 designs the the site, only winning our third is only a 10% success rate. Baring in mind each design only take about 30 minutes to create, its money for nothing really ($200 each minimum) as these…
Read MoreThe Door Doctor – WINNER
After 10 days since submitting the final changes for The Door Doctor, Gav finally received payment from designcrowd.com for his winning design. Design Crowd took 15%, which dropped the prize to $300, then he will have to withdraw it from paypal and lose another 3.4% plus 20p from that. So from $400 at the start…
Read MoreDesign Crowd Winner
Our Creative Director Gav Grieves today won a designcrowd.com project for a logo design scooping a $360 payment in the process. There are still a few amendments to be done to the final design but as soon as Gav has completed the design and it gets approved we’ll get a image uploaded…
Read MoreDesigner’s Blog… September 2013
There will be some interesting stuff in here pretty soon, check back every week to see what we have been up to and where out influences and inspirations come from. Follow us on twitter @grievesdesign and take a look at our facebook page /grievesdesign.
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