Are you looking for the ideal magazine design and production solution but require a more precise idea of who can offer you the best option at the right price? For example, what can our dedicated magazine production service offer compared to a freelance designer or design agency?



Working remotely has become commonplace for many but not necessarily driven by the pandemic. It's true many freelancers often work from home, alone; it helps to keep costs down. But what would happen if they were ill, on holiday, or committed to another project? Could you find yourself coming to a halt?

As dedicated production artists, we've worked remotely for over 20 years. As a result, we have processes in place with team support ready to step in if additional services or abilities are required but rarely leaned on at the time of need – but there just in case.

Another consideration is commercial experience. Has the freelance designer worked in a prepress department of a printing company and fully understood the technicalities of commercial printing? Our production artists have all worked in prepress and worked alongside print minders, so we fully appreciate the intricacies of the print process.

At the other end of the street, many design agencies, while at the upper-end of quality reproduction, often hire freelancers too. What is the cost to hire and house under one roof? Are you after a more functional process?

What can we offer?

Time and cost savings: It comes down to planning. All our clients deserve dedicated time, and allocating our production time in advance when you need it, allows us to manage our production time better, helping to reduce costs for all.

We can keep on working: If one of our team members has unexpectedly been taken ill, we can move files to another colleague who can then take up the reigns and still be able to get your magazine to print.

We can spread the workload: If you have several titles, we can distribute them across our team, all working to the same practices and standards; you would also have direct contact with them. Think of us as a co-operative — all having the necessary publishing, design and prepress experience sharing ideas and practices to find ways to do things better, faster and more accurately.

We invest in our tools: We are fully aware many freelancers and even larger design agencies don't often invest in software or hardware too often. But, to us, keeping technology up to date allows us to remain efficient and offer new features.

Compliant standards: From the moment we receive assets, we check and process every image, advert, and content. As a fundamental practice of ours, it ensures flawless artwork is delivered to print every time. Furthermore, it avoids correcting technical issues that prepress would otherwise highlight on print deadlines. Having worked in prepress, let's say, we know.

You have direct contact: We don't have administration staff or account managers. Instead, you have direct personal contact with a magazine production artist. We prefer our clients to talk to our team directly — this, in itself, saves an enormous amount of time and money — especially when a minor change could hold up progress.

Artwork approval: We only upload files to print once the last page has been approved. It means we can collectively upload all files in one hit, technically approve and have the pages ready and queued for plating in an hour or so – even less with smaller-paginated magazines.

We are an experienced team producing pages to professional standards working to realistic time-frames and budgets.

If you would like to hear of further benefits, why not give us a call on 01273 911730 or contact us here.