About us

We are experts in design interaction between people, processes and technology that ultimately build brands, revenues and customer satisfaction. Helping clients deliver effective engaging dialogue.

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An Open Dialogue

We provide the communication services in a rapidly changing world, as the boundary between on and offline communication is disappearing. We help businesses and brands adapt to this reality, rethink their future in digital terms and succeed through exploiting new and emerging technologies.

Our aim is to integrate technology-based communication into experience design in a way that's most effective. Open create brand experiences that help businesses harness the competitive advantage of design.

Your brand should tell a consistent, inspiring story at every consumer touchpoint. For that, you need a new approach. An Open dialogue.

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Engaging not interrupting

Today's greatest business challenge is to offer total experiences that delight your customers and audience, experiences that exceed their expectations. It's no longer viable to offer just the best products or services. Companies must now open a two-way dialogue, an open and ongoing conversation with their customers in order to meet their needs throughout the consumption process, for they don't want your products and services in and of themselves, they want solutions to their needs.

As a creative business consultancy we truly believe in the blend of business, technology and design expertise to solve client problems. In today's fiercely competitive business environment, you must provide the complete experience that delights each and every customer. If you don't do that, you won't be able to compete for the future.

Your brand belongs to users

A user centered approach is about adding value across your whole organisation. It’s about understanding that your brand is not really yours but belongs to your customers, staff and stakeholders and is formed of how they experience you, your products and services.

This strategy ensures that from the very start of a project, how your target audience interacts with your communications, drives the design process. We don't design first, test after. We test and check all the way along to ensure we create consumer value by enriching their brand journey with engaging experiences. We do this by understanding who the consumers are, what they need, when they need it, where and why, and how the client's brand integrates into their lives. We'll work strategically with you to ensure the complete alignment and integration of your brand and marketing communications.

Effectiveness

Experience, integrity and our unique approach have enabled us to develop strong, long-term relationships with a wide range of clients, in very diverse sectors. Everything we do, we do for a reason. And the reason is best summed up in one word. Effectiveness. An effective process leads to effective communication design.

Our process is the same great design based on strategic thinking, dialogue and attention to detail.

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What our clients say

I would like to thank Open for their commitment to a coordinated and comprehensive strategy, delivering high quality elements throughout the project... which is now proving incredibly effective and influential in gaining commitment from our target dealers. William Watt, Retail Services Manager, Specialized UK
Open have always come through with the most effective sites that are as easy for us to manage as they are for our visitors to navigate. Rhiannon Williams, Web and Design Manager, SITA UK
A superb, timely, relevant and easy to use initiative...circulated to all our brand teams. Oliver Cleaver, Media Director EMEA, Kimberly Clark
Over the last few years these customer engagement programmes have not only proved to be extremely effective business platforms but have also provided a unique experience for the SAP guests. Ben Riches, Director of Marketing and Communications, The Works London
The website is an integral part of our communication strategy, not just to customers but also to our independent
retail channel.
Helen Ostle, Communications Manager, Sweetbird

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