How We Work
We have extensive
experience with small business, mid-size to-large corporations, and
individuals, but we certainly haven’t seen everything. A telephone
call to 1-866-352-3698 will tell us both if there’s a good fit
between our capabilities and your requirements.
Determining your
needs and objectives
Tell us what you
want to accomplish and how you’re accustomed to working. What are
your concerns and constraints? We’ll ask some questions about your
project based upon our years of experience. Depending upon the
nature of your request, we’ll either suggest some additional
discussion or propose a budget and timetable.
Design stages –
concept to final
Our design work
begins with the concepts you wish to communicate and content to
present, and the vehicle in which they’re presented. It could be an
advertisement, brochure, newsletter, direct mail piece, website,
t-shirt, postcard, or whatever you can think of to express your
value to your prospects and customers.
We usually work up
several design ideas, which we’ll email you as Adobe Acrobat files
or JPGs. Sometimes we nail it the first time around; sometimes two
or three design rounds are required. Once you’ve approved the
concepts, we’ll translate them into more finished project drafts for
comment and final revision.
Printing and
post-production
If your project
involves printing or other post-design production that requires
expert supervision, we can make ourselves available to be on-press
with your job. We have first-hand experience with a variety of
printers, and can assist you when it’s time to select a printer.
Financial details
When we propose an
estimate of design costs it is for our services and includes
delivery of electronic document files to you or your printer.
Illustrations, photographs, and other artwork acquired at your
direction are billed additionally, as are printed color proofs,
express shipping, messengers and other miscellaneous expenses. Our
practice is to request a 50% deposit before initiating projects for
first-time clients, with the balance billed at net 30 days upon
completion.
Our Technology
Mac OS or Windows –
We work on both platforms so we can provide you with the file format
you require. These are some of the software titles we work with on a
daily basis –
- Adobe Acrobat
(versions 5 – 7)
- Adobe
Illustrator (versions 6 – 8, CS, CS2)
- Adobe Photoshop
(versions 6 – 8, CS, CS2)
-
Macromedia Dreamweaver & Flash (MX & MX 2004)
- Microsoft
Access (Office 2000– 2003)
- Microsoft Excel
(Office 2000– 2003)
- Microsoft
PowerPoint (Office 2000 – 2003)
- Microsoft Word
(Office 2000– 2003)
Hardware &
Operating Systems
On the Mac, we have
G4 machines running either OS X Panther or OS 9. We run Windows XP
and a mix of Pentium 3 and 4 desktops and laptops.
