Bold visuals for bold brands

Hey I'm Steve. I have 15 years experience helping businesses like yours to stand out and be bold.

Multi-skilled and multi-disciplined graphic designer

Services

My versatility as a designer combines a traditional skillset with a strong eye for contemporary design trends, with a portfolio spanning branding, books, menus, social media, VFX, magazine layouts, websites and multimedia projects.

Branding

Digital design

Print

Retainers

my mission is to empower bold brands with the visuals to match and help amplify their reach and engage their audience.

I've worked with loads of businesses and brands over the last 15 years including sports brands and equipment suppliers, car manufacturers, publishers, restaurants, news outlets and fitness studios. I know what it takes to create great, bold design.

Testimonials

Steve created an excellent website in record time. He followed the brand guidelines while demonstrating the flexibility required when taking something created for the offline world and turning into something for the digital arena. He’s quick to respond to requests, a dab hand at finding solutions to complex demands and, as a bonus, excellent value for money.

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith, Editor at Classic.Retro.Modern

I’ve worked with a few designers over the years and Steve Dawson always manages to wow me, no matter how mundane the task.

Ian Robertson, MD at Motorworld Media

I've worked with Steve in the past and have since hired him twice. Steve understands a brief and gets on with it. His work always ends up matching what's in my head, which is a big accomplishment for a designer.

James Russell, Managing Director at Egg Audio

Steve is competent, quick and phenomenally sensible. An under-appreciated quality in creative fields where understanding the brief and fulfilling the business case is often overlooked for snazzy outer glows. He designed the visuals for World Archery’s Olympic campaign in 2024 – #ArcheryinParis – and, even pre-Games, it’s been a resounding success.

Chris Wells, Head Of Communications at World Archery

I can’t rate Steve highly enough, his approach is engaging and his designs considered. Having worked with him across multiple companies he is our go to when we need design work undertaking. Oh and he’s a really nice guy with an epic taste in music - let him create stuff for you, why would you not?

Paul Watson. Student Living is Now

Steve is a fantastic resource for us at Glide Business. As a busy marketing department with no internal designer, Steve really is like a part of our extended team. Turnaround is always quick and he can always be relied on.

Kirsty Looms, Marketing Director at Glide Business

Steve is our go-to designer when it comes to anything from merch to print material, social assets to signage. He works to the brief in a timely and collaborative manner for every project we give him, without fail, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to anyone requiring exceptional creative support.

Grace Turnbull, Marketing Manager at Here Students