Take 10 minutes to browse our website and you’ll find we’re not like other agencies.

We take care and pride in our business because what we do for ourselves reflects in what we do for our clients.

So. What kind of accounts do we want you to find?

Well, we’re developing a strong client base that really believes in the power of brand and marketing. They can be large or small, we don’t mind, as long as they have passion. We gave up preaching to the unconverted ages ago and only want to work with those that really see a value in what we do.

That doesn’t mean we are pretentious or in anyway have too higher opinion of ourselves. That couldn’t be further from the truth. It means we work harder and better when we work with proactive clients and you’ll see that in the quality of our portfolio and our client base.

You won’t be selling just a creative agency – you’ll be selling a truly inspired and passionate team.

No recruitment agencies please
Contact Wayne Hall – wh@impact-im.co.uk

We’ve been incredibly busy this year. As such we’ve been actively recruiting.

Manoosh Crook joins our client services team as Account Manager and will be working with us on several key accounts.

Coming from a strong Agency background and lately working in the digital world, Manoosh stood out as a “can do” personality with strong attention to detail.

Initial thoughts on Impact?

“I could try to be clever here, but in fact I am going to drag up an old cliché.  Walking through the doors into Impact is truly a breath of fresh air.  The quality of the work produced matches the quality of the people housed inside, personality and professionalism included.”

Beth, our previous receptionist is now traveling around India on her big OE.

We welcome Carol Waite to the role. In a position highly regarded at Impact Carol has blended right in and has set about improving an already efficient department.

Having worked previously at a local health centre she’s used to a fast paced environment.

“I have only been with the company a few weeks but it was nice to be welcomed into a lively, friendly yet professional company.  All the team are helpful and approachable.

There is a general feeling of a relaxed creative working environment and I hope to remain part of the team for the long term.”

And so do we.

Impact

Impact is a UK Top 40 Creative Agency based in Marden near Tunbridge Wells, Maidstone and Ashford in Kent.

For 22 years we have been adding value to UK businesses by positioning their brands, products and services within easy reach of their target markets through strategic, creative and design excellence.

At Impact we believe that it is possible to create an advantage for your brand by employing the principles of design throughout your entire business.

Producing award-winning marketing communications for leading UK businesses we are a niche team of dedicated professionals who believe every client should benefit from working with us.

We work in a number of industry sectors with local businesses and national corporations. Whilst our core client base consists of leading brands we are often inspired to work with smaller companies wishing to grow.

With an average annual turnover of £2M Impact is a well-structured company maintaining its solid credit rating throughout the recession. Impact is well regarded as a company of integrity by clients and suppliers alike.

Working at Impact

Impact offer an excellent staff retention rate.

Impact offers a professional and relaxed working environment. Through this we expect and achieve incredible out put from our staff.

We are a hands-on business with the three company directors working directly with their accounts. Each member of our team is given every opportunity to develop at all times.

You’ll work in a modern bright environment with a great team and your opinion will count.

We have free parking available and the local village has a range of shops and services.

Senior Designer

Having been through the recession and maintaining good financial security, we are now looking to expand our creative department. This is a new position.

You’ll want to work in a very creative, energetic and diverse environment translating strategic thinking into creative and design excellence. You’ll definitely have a flare for general communications design but you’ll have an existing track record for creating brands, both local and national.

Impact has a strong growth program for 2011/12 particularly focused on brand so the ability to enhance your skills in the future are there.

You’ll also enjoy working to strict systems created by our entire team to ensure quality, accuracy and efficiency without the time wasting (as no one needs that).

This position will require a minimum of 6-7 years experience most of which should have been working as an middle weight to senior designer.

We will wish to see a portfolio of the work you have created over this time so please prepare this for an interview.

If you are looking to make a positive career move in 2011 contact Wayne Hall wh@impact-im.co.uk with your CV and portfolio.

Senior art-worker

We are currently looking for a Talented Senior Artworker who has a strong sense of design interpretation as an addition to our studio team.

You’ll want to work in a very creative, energetic and diverse environment translating creative and design excellence into print ready artwork. You’ll also enjoy working to strict systems created by our entire team to ensure quality, accuracy and efficiency without the time wasting (as no one needs that).

You’ll enjoy a bright airy environment, great workstation, twin monitors, listening to great music, working with pleasant people and having your opinion count.

You can also be reassured that we’ve been around for 22 years and two recessions and enjoy excellent financial security.

If you are looking to make a positive career move in 2011 contact Wayne Hall wh@impact-im.co.uk with your CV and portfolio.

Freelance copywriters

We are always looking for expert freelance copywriters both creative and technical. Standards must be high but so is the quality of the work we’ll give you.

Look at our portfolio and if it fits with your style contact Wayne Hall wh@impact-im.co.uk with your CV and examples of your writing.

Polaroid has been successfully relaunched in the US, with Lady Gaga being an influential member of the creative team.

The first project will be to develop creative inspiration for the eCommerce website, allowing the company to gain market share in online sales prior to the launch.

Impact was chosen on strong recommendation by the Polaroid UK management team. Managing Director for Polaroid in the UK, Graeme Chapman commented “I am delighted to be working with Impact on the relaunch. We know them to be strong creatively but it is always refreshing to work with an agency who understands the business side to such a significant project.
It’s the kind of thinking that contributes to success.”

Impacts Managing Director Wayne Hall is pleased to be working with a brand that has been so closely associated with the creative industry. “I used my first Polaroid as a junior creative many years ago. The Brand has always stood for simplicity and professionalism in a highly creative shell. We’re very excited to have been chosen for this project and to be working with such a high profile brand.”

The website is to be launched in the next two months.

The site, focusing on how strategically-led creative is producing results for a diverse local and national client base, is designed specifically to show how companies can create an advantage for their brand and their business by working with Impact.

Managing Director Wayne Hall commented “We are extremely proud of the new site which we believe shows professionalism and personality combined. The site allows you  to view  the work and meet the team involved, including personal comments on the portfolio.

“Phase II of the site, due in August, will see video testimonials from a number of our
clients who have seen the advantage of bringing design thinking into their business
culture, particularly over the previous two very challenging years.”

The site was conceived, created and developed by Impact.

The project, produced from concept to completion in 4 months, included naming, brand identity, communications material, culture material, in-store way-finding and a major press and local outdoor campaign. Kate Pilkington also featured in a series of radio adverts, produced by Impact, used for local radio and Spotify.

Managing Director of House of Baby Matt Evans commented “Impact has given this brand, and therefore our business, incredible value before we even opened our doors.

“The consumer campaign was so powerful that everyone from suppliers, customers, the press and our own team, has bought into it completely. The whole process has been thoroughly executed from start to finish and because of the nature of the creative it’s actually been fun to watch it develop.”

Wayne Hall, Impacts Managing Director commented “It’s great to see a copy-led campaign making it through the presentation stage. As this is a campaign that will be running for most of 2010 it’s important that it can run the distance. With the focus on poetry we can be sure that it will and have already demonstrated we can keep it fresh whilst applying it to multiple platforms.”

An October 2009 pitch win, Impact has worked with the SJA team to produce the 172 page annual catalogue, consisting of over 6,000 products, in just two months.

SJA Supplies’ Head of Sales and Marketing, Derek McMaster, commented “I’d like to thank Impact on behalf of my team for their professionalism, enthusiasm and guidance. Their quick and efficient response to the many demands made on them was very refreshing. Not only is this the first time in a number of years that the pre-print did not run over schedule but I also believe that working with Impact has given us the best catalogue on the market this year.”

Impact’s Managing Director, Wayne Hall, commented “Whilst our strategic and creative work won us the pitch it’s the skill, efficiency and accuracy of our client services and studio that really delivered the project allowing us to cement our relationship with a new division of St John Ambulance.

“Not normally the type of work associated with a Creative Agency, Impact produce a number of large catalogues for a wide range of clients. If businesses are looking to break tradition in 2010 they should be talking to us.”

Chief executive Kate Bosely commented “We were delighted with Impact’s approach to the website. Having developed this technology with us over the last nine years their ability to understand our requirements simplified the entire process. The content management system allows us to update literally any part of the website internally, meaning we do not have a financial commitment to keep the content current. For any charity that’s a valuable asset.”

Impact’s Managing Director, Wayne Hall, says “Giving HOKH a great site has been a real morale booster for our team as the work they are doing for our local community is second to none. Kate and her team had a clear objective from the website and the huge advantage is they can update the website at will. Quite simply, a quality CMS is a must with any newly developed website.”

“We of course supply a full support package for the system including training and for any query we are simply at the end of the phone.”

Visit the site at www.hokh.org.

To celebrate and promote this, Impact was commissioned to create an advertising campaign with a 5-figure media spend. Entirely created, shot and developed by Impact, there are two executions; each showcasing the stunning location, architecture and heritage of the hotel, under the banner of ‘Make your own statement’. Each ad features models in evocative location photography and quotes from Sir Winston Churchill, who has an historical association with The Royal Horseguards building.

This is the first time that Guoman Hotels, the owner operators of the hotel, has invested such a significant budget into off-the-page advertising for one hotel. The campaign will be featured in such publications as Condé Naste Traveller, Sunday Times Travel and Telegraph Ultra Travel from October through to February next year.

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A long-standing client of Impact’s, DBA wanted a memorable website reflecting their approach that sales is a skill and not a process. Strong usability was a prerequisite and although the site makes strong use of Flash animation combined with fresh exciting design, every aspect of the website can be updated by the DBA team via a powerful content management system which carries a lifetime licence.

Founder David Baroukh commented “We were confident Impact could provide and advise on the right approach for us as we took the large step of a site upgrade. We have always been impressed with their creative approach in traditional media so it was refreshing to see the professionalism we associate with them extends to their digital side. So often with creative agencies this is not the case.”

Impact’s Managing Director, Wayne Hall, says “Digital has been at the heart of Impact since 2000 when we launched our dedicated team and it’s great to receive such positive client feedback. As project creators, the ability to provide a digital service is paramount to strategic work in this day and age. In 2010 we are expanding into the world of mobile phone apps, offering clients a chance to extend their reach into a new and exciting marketplace.”

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