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We are a team of problem-solvers

We use our collective experience to develop solutions that deliver powerful yet beautiful results.

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LAUNCH, GROW & TRANSFORM

Alone we are strong, together we are stronger. Our team has decades of experience in planning and executing beautiful, effective brand growth and marketing solutions to offer solutions that truly help our clients and create positive change.

We support each other and our clients in everything we do through our values…

Be Empowering: We empower our clients to achieve their goals, feel confident in their business and, for many of them, to go and do the work themselves.

Be Inspirational: We inspire businesses to be ‘best in show’, in their brand but also their ethos and mission. We want to help clients understand how they can ensure their business reflects their values, in everything they do, both internally and externally.

Be Genuine: We genuinely want to help our clients achieve their goals and offer guidance to them. Every experience a client has with us is genuine.

Be Guides: We don’t just ‘do and go’. We work in partnership and also help our clients to learn strategies and skills to allow them to grow the business themselves.

Meet Team Hutch

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Vicky Hutchinson
Creative Director and Brand Strategist
Co-founder and Brandista - Vicky is at the top of her game when is comes to Brand Strategy and Brand Design.
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Vicky Hutchinson
Creative Director and Brand Strategist

Passionate brand strategist committed to masterful creativity

Vicky is an accomplished Creative Director with over two decades of experience in delivering impactful designs. Her passion lies in building brands and crafting strategies that make clients stand out from the crowd.

How Vicky can help you

  • Brand strategy: Defining your vision, values, and mission to establish a strong foundation.
  • Brand identity and messaging: Creating a unique personality and key messages for your brand.
  • Creative leadership: Guiding you and your team on visual direction and brand language.

Experience

Throughout her career, Vicky has collaborated with renowned clients such as BBCFairtradeCliniqueV Inspired, and Ernst & Young. She excels at helping clients see the bigger picture, engage the right audience, and articulate their business’s future vision and values to foster a great internal culture.

Book Vicky for a free 1-hour consultation

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Carol Wallace
Digital Marketing Strategist
Co-founder and marketing guru, Carol loves nothing more than meeting new clients and making a plan!
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Carol Wallace
Digital Marketing Strategist

Carol is our Co-Founder and Digital Marketing Strategist with over 20 years of experience in traditional and digital marketing. She has worked for large technology, finance and fintech companies across the world and loves nothing more than helping businesses grow by developing creative digital strategies to help clients achieve their business and marketing goals.

Carol’s passion is learning about each business she helps, delving deep into their needs, and customers’ products and services to develop effective digital campaigns that target the right audience through the right digital channels.

Carol is always shouting about the power of content, and how ‘content is king’ (or queen!). She loves nothing more than working with our clients to create, plan and manage effective advertising and social media campaigns to turn disengaged traffic and superficial likes into loyal returning customers and revenue.

 

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Debbie Nixon
Creative Lead
Debbie is the one keeping our clients projects and the design studio running like clockwork :)
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Debbie Nixon
Creative Lead

The organising force ensuring quality and timely delivery

Debbie is a super designer who excels in planning and project management. She ensures that every project runs smoothly and upholds our high standards of quality and creativity.

How Debbie can help you

  • Project management: Overseeing projects to ensure they are delivered on time.
  • Graphic design: Specialising in both digital and printed materials.
  • Branding support: Assisting with logo creation and website design.

 

Experience

A seasoned Senior Designer, Debbie has a diverse background in all things design. She is great with clients and the team, acting as the glue that holds everything together at CreativeHutch.

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Helen Dwyer
Head of Design
When it comes to branding and design - Helen ROCKS!
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Helen Dwyer
Head of Design

Your guardian of brand consistency and unique design

Helen is our “brand police,” ensuring that every piece of communication is not only beautiful but also consistent and unique. Her creativity shines through her love for design and branding.

How Helen can help you

  • Branding excellence: Developing unique brand languages while maintaining consistency.
  • Graphic design: Creating digital and printed materials like brochures, flyers, banners, and promotional collateral.

 

Experience

With over 20 years of expertise, Helen has worked at prestigious design agencies such as Wolff OlinsFrank, Bright & Abel and Conran Design Group. At CreativeHutch, she leverages her diverse background to deliver impactful design solutions for our clients.

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Dan McAulay
Marketing Manager
Dan is the one with the coffee in his hand, a big smile on his face and a little sausage dog in tow....
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Dan McAulay
Marketing Manager

Dan is a dedicated strategic marketer with over 10 years of experience in traditional marketing in Cumbria.

Dan loves strategy, copywriting and all things PR and promotion and approaches all client work with creativity, fun and insight – ensuring impactful, joined-up marketing campaigns.

Dan supports Carol and Harriet with all digital marketing campaigns ensuring that, as a team, we can support our clients across a range of channels depending on their goals.

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Harriet Easterbrook
Digital Marketing Executive
Harriet is our glam gym loving digital lead...currently rocking all shades of pink 💗
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Harriet Easterbrook
Digital Marketing Executive

Harriet is our creative and digital marketer with a strong background in digital marketing, graphic design and website design. With a distinction in Marketing (MSc) from the University of Liverpool and a BA in Illustration from the University of Cumbria, Harriet combines her talent for graphic design with her knowledge of digital marketing to create scroll-stopping marketing campaigns.

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Russell Milligan
Graphic Designer
Russ is a super talented Graphic Designer, with years of experience in print, but also brings the Scottish bants daily to the Hutch!
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Russell Milligan
Graphic Designer

Fueling creativity with extensive experience and passion

Russell brings over 19 years of creative experience to Team Hutch. His passion for all aspects of design is evident in his work, ranging from editorial layouts to branding.

How Russell can help you

  • Print expertise: Utilising his high knowledge of print processes for beautiful outcomes.
  • Editorial design: Crafting engaging layouts and designs for publications.
  • Logo & branding: Creating beautiful logos and comprehensive branding materials.

Experience

Before joining us, Russell ran his own design agency in Scotland, managed a bustling design studio, and worked in commercial printing. One of his standout projects includes designing for the Electric Fields Music Festival at Drumlanrig Castle, headlined by Noel Gallagher.

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Hannah Dady
Graphic Designer & Chief Happiness Officer
Hannah is our Graphic Designer and has a talent for visual branding, as well as making sure our studio is filled with joy in all seasons!
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Hannah Dady
Graphic Designer & Chief Happiness Officer

Bringing fresh creativity and positive vibes to every project

Hannah is our vibrant Graduate Designer who infuses creativity and positivity into everything she does. Since joining CreativeHutch after graduating from the University of Cumbria in 2023, she has become an integral part of our team.

How Hannah can help you

  • Graphic design: Supporting all projects with innovative and fresh designs.
  • Print materials: Crafting eye-catching flyers, brochures, and branding assets.
  • Studio atmosphere: Enhancing our workspace with her creative touch and eye for colour.

Experience

Hannah has already supported our design team on projects small and large, in developing compelling designs for brands that truly stand out. We’ve crowned her our Chief Happiness Officer for her role in bringing positive vibes and fun to our studio daily.

Hercules Hutchinson
Hercules Hutchinson
Senior Distractor
Fondly known as Herc he inspires the team with wags of the tail and cute looks!
Hercules Hutchinson
Senior Distractor
Hercules brings a lot to the table when he comes into the office, like inspiring the team with wags of the tail, general sniffing of shoes and lots of cute looks.
Hercules has years of experience bringing people joy and understanding the intricacies of distracting people from their general work and aims for the day.

What our clients say

CreativeHutch provided an excellent creative and professional experience from start to finish. They created a fantastic-looking campaign and a total wraparound service, right down to branded cupcakes and local ale for launch!
Alex Greenwood, KE Adventure Travel

The team at CreativeHutch really listened to our vision and ideas for Interestingly Different and applied their wonderful creative skills to design and build an E-commerce website, that not only looks great, but has great functionality and UX. The team were really supportive and easy to communicate with throughout the process.

Thank you so much, we are absolutely thrilled with the result.

Ashley Walsh, Interestingly Different
I already had an idea of what I wanted my branding to be like but the team at CreativeHutch really listened to me and turned my ideas into something fun, quirky with a vintage style that I liked. They included, encouraged and supported me at every stage of the process right up until I launched my business on January 2023, taking care of all my marketing, social media, PR and promotional activity which I hadn't had time to think about.
I can't thank the team at CreativeHutch enough for bringing my vision to life!
Debbie Noble, La’al Sauna
"I came across CreativeHutch when I started a new role building the marketing function from scratch at Amulet Hotkey and I needed a flexible team of experts with marketing, branding and graphic design skills. Working with CreativeHutch has been brilliant and I really feel like they are an extension of the company, providing great advice and high quality outcomes. The team have been super responsive to changing requirements and worked with me to get the very best results. They have been instrumental in bring our branding up to date."
Erica Bennett, Amulet Hotkey
Vicky worked with my team and I at EY to launch an important internal campaign. They pitched against three larger agencies, but their winning proposal was by far the most innovative, creative & strategic. The subject matter was somewhat dry & technical (a new tax performance programme we were offering to clients), and the team worked hard to inject life, fun & imagination into the launch. With an engaging video, internal launch materials and clever copy, they were a critical partner in ensuring the success of the campaign.
Emily brand, EY
I would not hesitate to recommend CreativeHutch to you if you need to take your branding into the next league.
Jen MaCanna, Leadership Coach
“Working with Vicky we have delved so deep to truly understand our brand before starting to rationalise everything and move forward with something new and fresh.  The process has been so helpful and we have so much more confidence in our own business already – and we’re only part way through, we can’t wait to see the final rebrand!“
Harraby Green Associates – Architects, Planning Consultants and Quantity Surveyors
"Vicky's collaborative working style and undisputed branding knowledge is enabling us to craft a continuous fast-to-market branding strategy for Peter Tyson. The project brief was understood and translated excellently with innovative ideas which were relevant to our business and culture. The format of the workshop session was engaging and easy to follow and enjoyable by all involved. I would highly recommend you sign up!
Peter Tyson – Audio & Visual Retailer in Carlisle
From start to finish, CreativeHutch led us through the creative process with care, enthusiasm and focus. By changing our way of thinking and developing our strategy they defined the way we work internally. We're excited about the strong foundations we have built together for our new company.
Melanie Palmer, Nucoro

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