Graphic design services

I'm a Perthshire based Graphic designer with over 15 years in the industry. I have a wide range of experience having started at a design and print studio where I worked for 9 years, and more recently split my time between the design department of a Brighton based online travel agency and Creative Director of the US based influencer marketing platform amp&go. As such I have a wide range of skills having designed for both print, digital and social media. I am thoroughly versed in the use of the Adobe creative suite and my love of typography, layouts and branding often lead my design projects.

Below you can see a brief overview of some of the areas of my work from logo designs to brochures.

Please don’t hesitate to drop me an email for any work enquires at samsknight@me.com

Logo design & branding

Logo design and branding can be some of the most rewarding work in design as you take idea from inception to finished logo, and apply it to a range of media from letterheads and business cards to website and stationary. Capturing the spirit of the company you’re working with can be challenging but is always fun and can take you in directions you’d never imagined as you hone and refine the designs with them.

My time working in the design and print studio afforded me a broad range of clients to work with from local businesses to larger nationwide companies and being able to see designs through to print was and always is extremely satisfying. I have taken this experience into my freelance work and it’s always one of my favourite projects to work on. I also have experience writing and creating brand guidelines for existing brands.

Brochures

Holding in your hands a freshly printed brochure - the smell of the ink and the weight of the paper as you leaf through it’s pages, its texture under thumb, soft and matt or rough and grainy, perhaps a shine of spot UV as you catch the light…there’s nothing quite like it and it feels a real treat to hold.

I love working with brochure designs. It’s a great way to expand a brands identity and as a designer seeing your work printed will always give me a special feeling. This is just a small selection of some of my favourites over the years.

**AVA Electrical Ltd - Introduction document.**
AVA came to me to design their introduction brochure which included an overview of what the company does, a team page with a map of their operating location and case studies highlighting their previous work. This was a fantastic job with lots of icon design, bold colour and brilliant photography.

**Urban View Property Scheme document**
Urban View came to me for a professional overhaul of their Property Scheme pitch document. Working within the constrains of Google Slides and adapting their existing branding I redesigned their brochure to allow them to edit and update the document as and when they needed it building them a consistent document that matches their brand.

**The Heritage Window Company**
The Heritage Window Company came to us to redesign their product brochure which we delivered with an elegant, minimal and clean design. Plenty of space for the copy to breath and some stunning imagery of their work leant for a wonderfully sophisticated brochure which we printed on matt stock for a beautiful high quality finish - it felt great in the hand.

**Broadcast Networks - Mercedes-Benz Viano VIP conversion brochure**
Broadcast Networks came to us to create this custom one off brochure which was to be presented to the King of Bahrain with a Mercedes-Benz Viano VIP conversion that they’d had fitted out.

Packaging

A little of my work over the years has been creating packaging from wine labels and boxes to labelling for beauty products and food packets.

Simply African Food / Traditional beef biltong rear of pack

Simply African Food / Garlic beef biltong packaging

Simply African Food / Chilli beef biltong packaging

British car auctions - poster design

For eight years I managed an account with British Car Auctions delivering all the Poster and Flyer designs for their daily car auctions across their auction centres nationwide. It was a very fun and often challenging job with a fast turn around, creating fresh designs on a daily basis for upcoming sales and working closely with their marketing department and multiple car manufacturers, many of which had strict brand guidelines to adhere to. It was fast paced design and left loads of room for creativity.

Here are some of my favourite.

amp&go

Between 2018 and 2022 I worked as Creative Director for amp&go, an influencer marketing platform based in California, USA. During my time with amp&go I led brand development and helped create marketing elements for social media using a combination of the amp&go brand and the clients assets for various campaigns.

Album covers

Over the years I have worked with a few musicians to create album artwork for their releases. This often involves working with other photographers and artists and is always fun with real creative freedom. I especially enjoy working with artists who have a real vision for what they’d like - these are always the challenging creatives to work on.