Steven Lester / Freelance Graphic Design.
A Worthing based creative with 25+ years experience successfully delivering projects for UK businesses of all sizes. Specialising in brand identity, digital products, website design & presentation templates.
I can help with:
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A strong visual identity is an essential for any brand - differentiating you from competitors, reinforcing your business values, establishing trust & increasing customer loyalty.
I can help:Start-ups create all visual aspects of your new brand
Revitalise your existing brand with an exciting new identity
Redesign aspects of your existing identity that need improvement
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Guidelines ensure that any creative work stays on brand. Designers, marketeers, content creators and developers all need a reliable & current source of truth to maintain brand consistency.
I can help:
Choose the appropriate guidelines solution for your business.
Deliver actionable guides in the most suitable format for your team, whether that be PDF, Intranet or a public facing website.
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I can help with:
Creative mobile first website design
Interaction design & prototyping
User interface design (UI)
User testing to identify usability issues and improve user experience (UX)
Design systems & component libraries
Motion graphics & animation
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Templates ensure design quality and brand consistency for all your business documents. This is particularly important when multiple people are collaborating on the same project.
I can help with:
Compelling visuals that bring your presentation to life
Building library of deck slides your whole organisation can access
Creative credentials, presentation or sales decks in Google slides or Powerpoint
Word or Google documents ie. letters & business docs
Custom styled Excel or Google sheets spreadsheet templates
Form/survey templates
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Polished social media content maximises engagement as well as increasing brand recognition. A custom set of design templates means your business will benefit from a professional, consistent design style across all your channels therefore saving you time and money.
I can help with:
Creating a suite of designs with a visual consistency to cater for all types of posts
Creating custom reusable animated GIF/Video assets
Ad/post templates for Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram and TikTok
Cover images and headers for business pages
Setting up a shared Canva workspace with all your custom templates ready for use
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In a digital world, print design provides a multi-sensory experience that a design on screen can’t match. Physical designs that can be handled are proven to create a deeper connection with your audience.
I can help with:
Marketing collateral, including brochures and annual reports
Business cards, stationery, posters, flyers and advertising
Product packaging and visual merchandising
Advising on production methods, formats, stocks, finishes, and sourcing print.
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I can help with:
Signage and wayfinding
Custom interior graphics / wall art
Vehicle graphics
Shop fascias and signs
Exhibition stands
Window graphics, office glazing / manifestation designs
Large digital display graphics / ads.
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Businesses with an app or web based service benefit from UI design that is both intuitive for their users, and cohesive with other touch-points of the brand.
I can help with:
Designing a full set of UI elements for any digital platform or app
Creating high fidelity mock-ups that will look like the finished product
Finding the balance between something fresh that stands out, and remaining familiar to your users
Innovative ways to display data & information
Onboarding sequences
Applying broad UX principles to the interface and interaction design process
User testing to identify usability issues and improve user experience
Designing and prototyping UI animation and micro-interactions
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Interactive prototypes of digital products are a lightweight way to test and refine ideas, validate assumptions and identify potential problems or areas for improvement, without costly development time.
I can help with:Creating interactive design prototypes for your product that feel like the final product, to demonstrate value to stakeholders.
Gathering real world customer feedback through user testing
Increasing confidence and reducing risk before moving to a build phase
Websites
Identity
Printed
Interfaces & Apps
Templates
Guidelines
Motion
About
*I’m not this young anymore (but it’s hard to resist Helvetica Subway signage)
Beacons Ultra 2024 | Photo: Evan Davies
Experience
I have 25+ years of experience across a broad spectrum of graphic design, having started out with a traditional graphics education at Kingston University.
Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to be part of the digital revolution in design, and remain at the forefront of a forever changing media landscape. Wearing many design caps I’ve worked at agencies, before starting my own, I’ve headed up small design teams, worked freelance and more recently been working in-house.
Collaborating with other designers, marketing departments, UX teams, developers and business founders, I’ve delivered successful creative projects both large and small, for start-ups through to enterprise customers.
Approach
Working together, you’ll find me:
Creative - Ideas led, with a focus on outcomes and what’s required to achieve them
Experienced - Whatever the project, it’s likely I’ve done something similar before
Pragmatic - Balancing creativity and practicality
Dedicated - To both the projects I work on and my craft as a whole
Diligent - Reliable and thorough. A safe pair of hands.
Minimalist - Believing that when it comes to design, less is almost always better
Amicable - An easy going, empathetic collaborator
Away from the screen, you’ll find me:
Trail running - I’m a big believer in the all round health benefits of movement outdoors
Watching live comedy - In awe of what it takes to do standup
Listening to a podcast - Science / Environment / Ibiza classics
Trusted by:
Enterprise
Sky
BBC
EE
Virgin Media
O2
Lloyds
SMEs
Brighton Marathon
15gifts
Roffey Park
Travel Nation
L&S Printing
Academy+
Gayle Mansfield Designs
Listen & Learn Research
Spectrum Photographic
Special Arts Services
Blast Theory
Kanoti
Good to know
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Book an intro call to discuss the scope of your project and see if we are a good fit
Or:
Get an estimate. Send me a brief outline of your project & I’ll get back to you with any questions and an estimate of costs
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My hourly rate is £60
Hourly Credit Packs - Buy upfront hours and use them on demand. Suits businesses that allocate budgets in advance or have ad-hoc design needs.
Subscription - Pay for an agreed number of hours/days each month on a flexible rolling contract. Suits businesses that resource plan and have similar design requirements month on month
Per Project - Pay on a project basis to an agreed scope of work. 50% upfront / 50% on completion. Suits businesses with budgets allocated to set projects and initiatives.
Let’s talk
Use the contact form below to:
Book an intro call - discuss the scope of your project and see if we are a good fit
Get an estimate - add a brief outline of your project & I’ll get back to you with any questions & costs
Send a general enquiry