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Introduction

Corvis Communications is a creative marketing consultancy offering a holistic approach to our clients’ business development needs. Our vision is to deliver clear thinking in a complex world.

We realise that people see things in their own unique way. It’s what makes everyone different, and it can be a great way of generating creative and innovative ideas. However, it’s not so good when teams work to their own, differing visions of what a good solution looks like.

Working directly with your teams, we draw on your specialist skills and knowledge, to create a shared and deliverable vision of your goals and ambitions.

Our mission is to create lasting partnerships that deliver outstanding communications and creative solutions, tailored exactly to your needs.

Need some more info about us? Drop us an email at hello@corvis.co.uk or give us a call on 07835 131777 to discover how we use clear thinking to help grow your business.

 

Meet the Team

David Corben
Caroline Wilson
The Creative Team
 
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David Corben

Skateboarding, cycle racing, fossil collecting and supporting Southampton aren’t things that most people do. But then, I’m not most people. I was a keen geology student, but my first love was creativity and to observe the outside world rather than dig it up. That is why I became a designer.

I’ve worked as a creative and business development specialist for over 30 years. I’ve been successful in securing substantial new business wins for my clients from high-profile companies and organisations across all business sectors.

Winning new business doesn’t happen by chance. In my experience, simplification, problem solving and getting back to basics are key to success. At Corvis, creating a clear, shared vision of the desired outcome and building a practical plan for achieving results is what we specialise in.

I have found that having a keen eye for detail and anticipating possible outcomes are very useful skills. Seeing and doing things differently are not necessarily bad things in my line of work.

The tools I turn to for almost every project are my trusty layout pad and pen, (followed by my Apple Mac). By scribbling down & sharing my ideas and building on their insights and skills, I have been able to create business winning ideas and strategies for our clients.

 
 
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Caroline Wilson

Communication is my life-long passion. With a degree in French and Spanish and a post-graduate CIM diploma in marketing, I have been lucky enough to be able use my communication skills to build a career in customer journey management and client-focused marketing.

I have held senior marketing and business development roles for diverse organisations in the FMCG, corporate, grocery, export, international, print and public sectors.

Results-driven, I have been to able to make a real difference to my clients. I have consistently helped them to achieve their goals by getting to the core of what it is that they want to achieve and then putting plans and actions in place to ensure that projects are delivered on-time and within budget.

Working with our talented team at Corvis Communications, my job is to make sure that our clients get clear, impactful visual and written communications that deliver exceptional outcomes.

When I’m not at work, I love travelling and being outdoors. Walking, horse riding and cycling are my favourite ways to relax and get close to nature. I do enjoy a challenge though. Some might say I take my hobbies to the extreme. My most challenging (and rewarding) achievement was completing a two-week horse-riding trek across the Andes from Argentina to Chile. That certainly puts life into perspective!

 
 
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The Creative Team

At Corvis, we work closely along-side our creative partners. Our talented studio comprises artists, writers, designers and artworkers. It is where your campaigns are brought to life, developed and produced.

All creative projects follow our meticulous Corvis planning process. This involves the development of a clear brief which takes your objectives, the needs of your clients, the marketing channels to be used, timescales and budgets into account.

This in turn enables us to deliver stunning graphics created from our unique blend of conceptual drawings and impactful copywriting.

 

Clear Thinking

Anticipate, identify and
understand stakeholders' needs

Develop a formula that
drives business success

Clear Thinking

Identify the key requirements

Create clear and objective-driven
plans that will deliver outstanding outcomes

 

" Complex things are easy to do.
Simplicity’s the real challenge."

Robert James Waller

 
Creative Consultancy
Business Development
Strategic Planning
Retail SnapShot Guides
Marketing Communications
Tender Writing
Design & Artwork
 
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Creative Consultancy

When it comes to creating stunning graphics, we have the team to do it with style and flair. We work with clients from the retail, corporate and public sectors. Our design service provides striking visuals that best communicate your message and reflect your brand identity.

However, stunning graphics alone are not enough. With a detailed plan and shared goals, we can create your desired project from a review of your ideas and requirements. We believe that the key to a successful project is to create a clear, shared vision from the outset.

Our marketing and production specialists work closely with our creative team, to ensure our designs meet all of your requirements; this in turn leads to successful outcomes. From concept to delivery, we ensure one common solution and one shared vision with creativity and innovation at its heart, in order to provide your business with an exceptional design service.

 
 
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Business Development

Business planning is vital for driving growth. Not all companies have the luxury of a dedicated, in-house marketing consultancy to provide them with a much-needed focus. It can be all too easy for future planning to take a back seat due to day-to-day operational requirements.

We can offer a cost-effective, dedicated new business resource, to help you set goals and plan for growth. We do this through focused targeting, enabling you to identify and secure your ideal client.

We work in close collaboration with you as a visible part of your team as we become your strategic new business partner to advise, action and deliver on all aspects of the business development process.

Contact us by email hello@corvis.co.uk to set up a free initial business development discussion, to see how we could help you grow your business.

 
 
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Strategic Planning

One thing that is certain in today’s business world is that things will evolve. It is a necessity to keep up to date with the latest innovations and trends for your business to stay on top. With many business owners short of time and resource, our strategic knowledge is at hand to help.

Having a strategic plan helps you anticipate and plan for change. It helps you to stay ahead of your competition and win valuable new business.

As a strategic consultancy, we can provide a planning resource to help drive growth and ensure the profitable future of your business. We can help you to develop your strategic opportunities by providing in-depth market, competitor and customer insights. We can also implement identified objectives, assigning goals and responsibilities with budgets and deadlines to responsible owners, as well as monitoring the progress of the plan to ensure a successful execution.

Contact us by email  hello@corvis.co.uk to set up a free initial strategy discussion, to see how we could help you with your business development plans.

 
 
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Retail SnapShot Guides

Originally designed to provide additional insight for our creative briefs, SnapShot guides are one of the tools we use at Corvis to build up a picture of retail clients’ in-store activities and to set the scene for any project work.

It’s simply a photographic analysis of in-store points of interest and examples of POS display practice, along with store staffs’ thoughts, observations and their suggestions for improvements. The resulting photographs and narratives are then reviewed with the client and the findings used to develop initiatives that increase in-store performance and improve the overall customer journey.

The SnapShot Guide can be used in numerous ways, for instance, it’s often used as a best practice example, or to highlight ‘what a good display looks like’ to improve in-store compliance. It can also assist in the value engineering of key communication items.

The SnapShot Guide can also be focused towards seasonal promotional events within the retail calendar – for instance to create a competitor analysis for Easter or Christmas activities.

We would be delighted to review a retail store of your choice as part of an initial free trial of our services, please contact us on 07835 131777

 
 
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Marketing Communications

All businesses need to communicate information about what they do in order to retain existing customers and to win new ones. It sounds relatively easy doesn’t it? The reality is that the days of putting out a “one size fits all” message to your customers are well and truly over.

As a marketing consultancy, we are experienced campaigners when it comes to delivering effective, targeted marketing communications. Clarity is of paramount importance. Clear communication is the best way to ensure that your messages are understood and acted on by your target audience so that you get winning results.

When we put your marketing plans together, we always stand in your shoes and often in the shoes of your own clients too. This helps us to really understand what is required and enables us to come up with engaging, integrated campaigns that deliver measurable outcomes.

Examples of some of the marketing tools that we produce for our clients include brochures, flyers, sales aids, signs, large-format graphics, posters, promotional giveaways, press ads and printed marketing materials; all of which carry your message clearly and effectively to your target audience. We can also organise, photography, videos and advertising campaigns.

Internal communications, corporate branding, PR and media management are also important marcomms tools that we can develop with you to ensure that your staff are engaged and that your brand is relevant, impactful and stands out from the crowd.

Contact us by email hello@corvis.co.uk to set up a free initial marketing strategy discussion, to see how we could help you with your marketing plans.

 
 
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Tender Writing

Responding to tenders is an excellent way of securing significant new business wins; the process can also provide an excellent showcase for your services and help with your future planning. However, we completely understand that completing tenders is a specialised skill and many companies lack the dedicated resource and expertise for such activities.

Within our tender writing service, we have a wealth of experience of successfully completing and winning high value proposals for new business. We work closely alongside your in-house sales team to create the perfect proposal document; drawing the very best of your skillsets and services into sharp perspective, ensuring you deliver a proposal that covers every one of your future clients’ requirements.

In addition to the new business gain, the resulting narrative and case studies from such proposals invariably form an invaluable asset for the future development and growth of your company.

 
 
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Design & Artwork

Our talented design team create impressive conceptual graphics, tailored entirely to your needs.

However, sometimes you’ll already have the concepts but lack the resource to re-purpose them to meet your requirements. We can provide you with a creative artworking service to bridge this gap.

This is particularly useful during busy seasonal periods, when you want your creative design team to be concentrating on developing the next set of creative solutions rather than being immersed in the mechanics of developing and creating artworks based on existing concepts.

Our creative team work very closely with our production technicians when developing your graphics to provide a very sympathetic interpretation of the designers’ initial concepts; combining outstanding technical know-how with creative flair.

They also provide support in the creation of final artworks; providing technical advice on image integrity and colour management, ensuring the graphics work consistently at all sizes across their chosen applications.

 
 
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Print Management

The term ‘print’ covers a myriad of technical processes and applications used to put ink on a wide variety of materials. Outputs include items ranging from tiny postage stamps to huge building wraps. It has its own unique glossary of terms and can be used to put graphics onto a bewildering array of substrates.

So where do you start when deciding what your print requirements are?

Well, with our extensive print management knowledge and network of specialist print providers, we are an excellent print consultancy to start your print procurement journey with. We’ll be on hand every step of the way, to manage all aspects of your print requirements, be they large or small format digital, litho or screen print.

You’ll receive a clear picture of what your project will look like from the outset; as will everyone else involved. This keeps things as simple as possible, yet delivers outstanding printed communications, delivered on time and on budget.