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A graphic design agency in Chester that gets it made.

You have got a brand. Now you need the work: the social posts, the brochures, the ads, the signage, all designed well and turned around on time. We are a graphic design agency in Chester that produces the lot, to one consistent standard, as a retainer or a one-off.

A Spectra graphic designer producing artwork in Chester
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all your design, one place
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Starting fresh or rebranding, and need the brand itself built? See Branding →
Sound familiar?

You have got the brand. Getting the work produced is the headache.

The freelancer goes quiet for a week. The last brochure came back the wrong shade of your blue. Every social post looks a bit different. And the print file bounced because it was set up wrong. Good brand, let down by the day-to-day design grind.

If you are an established Chester or North West business that knows its look and just needs design produced, properly and on time, you do not need another freelancer to chase. You need a dependable design team that already gets your brand.

Slow turnarounds
Design that drags, so launches slip and you are always waiting on the next asset.
Off-brand output
Colours, fonts and layouts that drift, so nothing quite looks like it came from you.
Print files that bounce
Artwork set up wrong, rejected by the printer, costing you time and reprints.
A revolving door of freelancers
Re-briefing someone new every time, who has to learn your brand from scratch again.
What you get

Whatever needs designing, we make it.

You have got the brand. We produce everything that wears it, to one standard, on time.

Ongoing & project design
On a retainer or a one-off, the design work you need produced, week in, week out.
Brand collateral
Business cards, letterheads, folders and stationery, all on-brand and print-ready.
Social & ad creative
Scroll-stopping posts, stories and paid ad creative, built for each platform.
Brochures & print
Brochures, flyers, reports and catalogues, designed, proofed and ready for the printer.
Packaging & labels
Packaging and labels that look the part on the shelf and run clean through production.
Large-format & signage
Banners, vehicle wraps, hoardings and window graphics, set up right for the printer.
Exhibition & event
Stands, pop-ups and event graphics that pull a crowd and pack down to travel.
Decks & documents
Pitch decks, proposals and templated documents your team can reuse and keep on-brand.
How we work

How your design gets made.

A tight, repeatable process so the work ships fast and lands on-brand first time.

01

Brief

A clear brief, or a standing one on a retainer, so we know exactly what is needed and by when.

02

Design

We design to your existing brand, so it is right from the first draft, not a guess.

03

Refine

You review, we tweak. A clear round of changes, no endless back and forth.

04

Deliver

Final files in every format you need, print-ready and organised, ready to use.

Proof, not promises

Design that finally looked as credible as the firm itself.

Case study

Ellis & Co

Ongoing design & creative · Chartered accountants, Chester

Ellis & Co already had their brand. We became the team that produces the work that wears it: refining the visual identity, swapping generic stock for bespoke photography, and turning out the social, web and print creative. One consistent, credible look across every single touchpoint.

Read the full case study
Unified
look across every touchpoint
Bespoke
photography, no more stock
Print + social
creative, all on-brand

"Spectra have been amazing and exactly what we need. Close attention to detail and the helping hand means we can get on with our business."

The smarter route

A design project is step one, not the finish line.

Design lands harder when it is part of a plan. Tick what your project will also need, and watch the juggling of separate suppliers add up.

Without Spectra
Hire it piece by piece

Buy a design project on its own, then it’s on you to find, brief and chase every other supplier yourself.

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suppliers to chase
3
invoices a month
3
teams to brief
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Or roll it into one plan.

One team
One bill
One guarantee
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On the retainer

Want it guaranteed? That’s what the plan is for.

We don't slap a results guarantee on a one-off project, that wouldn't be honest, because results come from sustained, joined-up marketing, not a single piece of design. Move onto a rolling retainer and it's different: we agree the targets up front, track them, and back them for 12 months. Most design clients run a retainer so the work keeps flowing and stays consistent.

How the guarantee works
Investment

Per project, or design on tap.

A one-off brochure is a different job to a steady stream of design every month. We price each project upfront, or set a monthly design retainer sized to how much you need.

Fixed scope and upfront pricing on projects
Monthly design retainers for a steady flow of work
Print-ready files in every format, yours to keep
Need design every month? A design retainer gives you a dependable team and priority turnaround for one predictable fee. Print and production costs are billed separately at cost; the design and print-management time is always included. Guarantee-backed plans start from £3k/month.
Graphic design FAQs

The questions we get most.

Straight answers about graphic design with us. Yours not here? Just ask.

Book a strategy call

It depends on what you need: a one-off brochure is very different to a steady stream of design every month. We price projects upfront to scope, or set a monthly design retainer sized to your volume, with no hidden fees. Guarantee-backed marketing retainers start from £3k a month. Book a free chat for a clear quote.

See what you should be spending

Yes, that is exactly what this is for. Send us your brand assets and guidelines and we produce everything to them, so your colours, fonts and style stay consistent across every piece. No guidelines yet? That's our Branding service, and we can build them first.

It depends on the piece and how much is in the queue. Retainer clients get priority and a dependable, planned turnaround, so you are never left waiting. We agree timings upfront on every job, and we hit them.

Both. Plenty of clients have us produce a steady flow of design on a monthly retainer, which keeps everything consistent and quick. If you have a single, defined job, we will scope it, price it upfront and deliver it.

Yes. From business cards and brochures to banners, signage, vehicle wraps and exhibition stands, we design it print-ready and manage the production so nothing bounces. The design and print-management time is included in your project or retainer; the physical print costs themselves are billed separately at cost, with no markup, so you only ever pay the printer's real price.

That is our Branding service, not this one. This page is for producing design once you already have a brand. If you need the brand itself built or refreshed, with strategy, logo, identity and guidelines, see our Branding page.

Need design produced, properly and on time?

Book a free chat. Tell us what you need designed and how often, and we'll tell you exactly what it'd take, no obligation, in Chester or over a call.

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