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Cuckoo Design Launches New Services
Leading creative agency, Cuckoo Design, is building on last year's successes, with the launch of two major enhancements to its client services. Cuckoo unveiled 'Have Their Say' and 'Headspace™' this week, both reinforcing Cuckoo's philosophy of constant innovation.
Along with the effectiveness of Cuckoo's work, the quality of service provided is also critically important and 'Have Their Say' is the evidence of this. Prominently featured on Cuckoo's website, clients are invited at the end of each project to 'Have their Say' on Cuckoo's performance. This feedback is freely available to be viewed by all website visitors. "We believe this feature is the first of its kind within creative agencies in our region," claims Steve Wheatley Deputy MD at Cuckoo Design, "It demonstrates both confidence in our service offering and our absolute commitment to customer satisfaction and transparency."
In these results focused times, the value of great ideas and smart thinking is crucial. Cuckoo has developed 'Headspace™', a robust yet adaptable suite of strategic tools to help clients understand who they are, where they're going and ensure they get there through intelligent, engaging and insightful communications; creatively delivered both online and off.
"Our aim with 'Headspace™' is to provide the highest quality guidance for brand owners in a highly accessible way and tailored to the client's individual needs." explains Justine Wright MD at Cuckoo Design, she continues: "2009 was momentous for Cuckoo in terms of our successes and the resultant recognition, as we move forward our agenda is further growth and strengthening the Cuckoo core proposition. Both 'Headspace™' and 'Have Their Say' strongly reinforce our results, measurement and client service ethos."
Steve Wheatley appointed Deputy MD
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Leading creative agency, Cuckoo Design, has strengthened its board with the promotion of Steve Wheatley to deputy managing director, as the company targets continued growth through 2010.
Steve has become a shareholder stepping up from the position of sales director after 15 months in the role, in which he has been key in the business's transformation.
During 2009 there's been a succession of new client wins, including Thistle Hotels and Police Mutual, amounting to well over £200,000, turnover is up and crucially profitability too. There have been five major industry accolades, including Design Consultancy of the Year Award at the MIN Awards 2009, cementing Cuckoo's place as industry leaders against a background of what has been a tough year across the marketing services sector.
Steve Wheatley commented: "Cuckoo has enjoyed much success over the past year and we're planning for more in 2010. We've enhanced our capabilities and customer service offer indeed we're continually innovating. It's this encouraging, innovative and entrepreneurial spirit that first appealed to me and I am thrilled to be part of it. Ours is a culture focused on putting our clients first, obsessed with great service and delivering results that truly sets us apart."
Justine Wright, managing director at Cuckoo, added: "Steve has had an a amazing impact on the agency. His vast experience has been invaluable to me and together we make a formidable team, both sharing the same vision and approach to business and life. I am absolutely delighted he has committed long term to the agency and I'm really excited about what we can achieve together."
GGR Group wins NMA's website of the Week
The website Cuckoo designed and built for GGR Group has won New Media Age's Website of the Week.
GGR are the leading provider of vacuum-lifting equipment to the UK and Irish construction industries.
Cuckoo will be responsible for designing the rest of the GGR family of websites, which should be online soon...
View the NMA Website of the Week article here
MIN Awards : The Result
Somewhat less controversial than a 'Jedward' X Factor win would've been, Cuckoo Design scooped 'Best Design Consultancy of the Year' at the inaugural Marketing Industry Network Awards ceremony. The Awards, hosted at the Ramada Jarvis hotel in Manchester, have been established to identify the best media, marketing and communication agencies & teams across the whole of the UK.
This latest award will sit nicely alongside our Crain's 'Best Places to Work' & Fresh 'Best Consumer Campaign' Gold awards this year, as well as also retaining our Recommended Agency Register status.
Fingers are now tightly crossed for our Justine who has been selected as a finalist in Crain's Business Women of the Year awards that take place in December.
Jump in
We have been briefed to design and develop a range of communications material to support the re-opening of Hyde Leisure Pool, part of Tameside Sports Trust. The pool has re-opened after a major refurbishment, which has seen it extending its fitness provision to a 54 station state-of-the-art fitness suite, a brand new dance studio and installation of a new thermal suite to replace the old sauna and steam rooms. The facility boasts a true free form leisure pool with beach style sloping entrance, water fountains, geysers, wave machine, water rapid, and brand new aqua slide replacing the old flume.
Leonards Lifecycle
Leonard Curtis is a top 10 UK independent corporate recovery, insolvency and restructuring specialist.They provide directors of struggling businesses with positive strategic advice, enabling them to retain control of their business, as well as creditors and professionals involved with those dealing with debt and financial problems.We have been briefed to develop an identity for a new service offering along with a series of newsletters to enhance their CRM strategy, focusing on uplifting awareness of the service and product range.
What do we have 'ere then...
Police Mutual the the UK's largest affinity friendly society, with over 180,000 members nationwide has appointed Cuckoo Design to design and build a test & learn website for the business. The site will go live in January 2010 with a comprehensive research programmed to evaluate the effectiveness of the customer engagement campaign and online tools, all of which have been developed by Cuckoo.
Another nomination
Justine Wright has been selected from over 120 entrants as a finalist in Crain's Business Women of the Year. The event will be held in December. This will be an amazing end to the year which saw us winning Crains Best Places to Work and The Fresh Gold Award.
Cranes away
GGR Group has enlisted the support of Cuckoo Design to create a new website to bring the four divisions of the company together online. We have created an easy to navigate site with one unified and consistent look for the vacuum lifting equipment specialist.
All That Glitters...
At last week's Fresh Awards, Cuckoo won 'Gold' in the Best Consumer Campaign for our work on the Co-operative Financial Service brand campaign that ran earlier this year. An amazing win and something we are very proud of.
