For marketing teams

A creative studio your marketing team can lean on

Brand, web, motion and campaign design from one senior team. We work to your guidelines, slot into your process and turn briefs round without the agency overhead.

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Why Hive Creative Media?

  • 3 yearsRetained by Etex across its brands
  • 200+Assets created for one group
  • 1 dayReply time on every enquiry
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What marketing teams tell us first

“Our agency takes weeks to turn round a simple request.”

Smaller requests go straight to the designer who knows your brand. Most land within days, not weeks.

“Every new freelancer needs briefing from scratch.”

One team, one set of brand files, one shared tracker. Nothing gets lost between jobs.

“We never know what a job will cost until the invoice.”

A fixed monthly retainer or a fixed project quote, agreed up front. No hourly surprises.

“Our brands drift because too many people touch them.”

We keep each brand's rules in one place and check every piece against them before it reaches you.

Read a case study of how we've helped in house marketing teams

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A flexible creative team for Etex and its family of brands.

3 years as the creative team behind four Etex brands

8Different media formats
3 YearsPartnership length
200+Assets created
“Working with Hive Creative Media is Great - they work like an extension to our team”
Dan FrithRegional Head of Product & Marketing
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Multi-brand groups

Working across a group of brands

Larger teams often look after several brands at once. We set the retainer up around that, so each brand gets the right attention and the group gets one supplier.

Structure

Separate brands, one retainer

Each brand keeps its own guidelines, files and approvers. Capacity is shared across the group and planned with you each month.

Procurement

Easy to onboard as a supplier

Insurance, company details, data protection answers and a supplier pack ready to send. Most onboarding is done in a week.

Reporting

Clear on where the time went

A monthly summary of what was delivered for each brand, so budget holders can see the value without chasing.

How it works

From first call to first delivery

  1. 01

    Intro call

    Twenty minutes to understand your team, your brands and what is on the list.

  2. 02

    Proposal

    A retainer plan or project quote, with scope, price and timings in writing.

  3. 03

    Onboarding

    We take on your brand files, tools and approval process, and complete your supplier forms.

  4. 04

    Delivery

    Requests through a shared tracker, regular check-ins and work that arrives when we said it would.

FAQs

Questions marketing teams ask

No. Projects are quoted as a fixed price before we start, and retainers are a set monthly fee for an agreed amount of work. You know the cost before anything is designed, and the price only changes if the scope does.

You pay a fixed monthly fee for a set amount of design capacity. Requests go into a shared tracker, we agree priorities with you, and work is delivered through the month. Unused capacity is reviewed together rather than quietly lost.

Retainers start with a three month term so we have time to learn your brand and settle into your process. After that they run month to month, and you can change the level of capacity with a month's notice.

Yes. Most of our retained work is for teams with an established brand. We take on your guidelines, templates and approval process, keep work consistent with them, and flag anything that needs updating rather than quietly going off brand.

Yes. Our longest retainer covers several brands within one group, each with its own guidelines and stakeholders. We keep separate brand files and approvers for each, and share what can be shared so the group gets consistency without every brand looking the same.

Yes. We are a UK limited company and can provide insurance details, company information, data protection answers and anything else your procurement or supplier team needs. Send the forms over and we will turn them round quickly.

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