About our service & team

We’ve been designing and building digital brochures for over 15 years


What we do

Toast is a full-service design agency – we provide branding, print and digital design services, one of which is digital brochure design.

We design and build digital brochures for all types of publications.

We work with

We work with marketers, marketing departments and individualsĀ to provideĀ all the creative services they need under one roof.

We’ve designed digital brochures for a wide range of clients and sectors, including the third sector, the financial sector, the creative sector, universities, and private organisations.

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The team

We work across traditional, digital and interactive brochures

Mark Williams

Mark Williams

Design director

Justin

Justin Brown

Senior designer

Anzonie

Anzonie Carpenter

Designer

Adam

Adam Buttress

Creative director

Dave

David Foreman

Managing director

Lilli

Lilli Foreman

Copywriter

Max

Max Campbell

Developer

Charlotte

Charlotte Brown

Digital lead

Aaron

Aaron Jones

Lead developer

Devan

Devan Cadman

Tech support manager

Chris

Chris Tymon

Design director

Kati

Kati Lacey

Content manager

Janine

Janine Burgess

Accounts

Simon Brwone

Simon Browne

Strategy & positioning

DBA Member

The DBA is a renowned UK organisation, setting high standards in design and business. Membership is a badge of quality, indicating commitment to delivering top-notch design solutions grounded in solid business principles.

DBA membership signifies a dedication to impactful design. This focus on effectiveness underscores the DBA’s philosophy that design drives business success.

Engaging a DBA member agency ensures your design needs are met by professionals adept at integrating design with business strategy.

You can verify our DBA membership here.

Good Business Charter

We’re accredited by The Good Business Charter.

The Good Business Charter is an accreditation that organisations of all sizes in the UK can apply for in recognition of responsible business practices.

Accredited organisations include FTSE100 companies, partnerships, local authorities, universities, SMEs, charities and sole traders.

An organisation must meet all 10 commitments to receive GBC Accreditation.

You can verify our GBC membership here.

We offset our carbon footprint via Ecologi

We support Ecologi to offset our carbon.

We do our bit by contributing to Ecologi to ensure our staff offset carbon where possible. We’re a paperless office, we avoid unnecessary project miles and we champion environmentally sound design practices.

We also help our clients use less electricity by building super-fast websites.

You can verify our Ecologi membership here.

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Our Studio.

We all work out of a Victorian townhouse in the centre of Banbury.

With the exception of Devan, all our staff are studio-based – for creative teams, this is the best way of working and means our clients get a truly creative team.

We have three floors (and a nice garden), with the branding and print team on the ground floor, the digital team on the first and then meeting rooms and creative space on the top floor.

We also have a lovely vaulted ceiling cellar, but no one fancies working down there.

You’re welcome to come and visit us!

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What you'll get from us

All killer, no filler.

Our team delivers high-end, professional design work day-after-day. We don’t compromise on quality and don’t burn your budget.

Creative efficiency.

Meetings when meetings are needed, not a daily catch-up with an account manager to justify their costs. Get some of your time back by talking to the person doing the work.

Consistency.

We specialise in consistent on-brand output without the need for endless iterations. You can be confident that the first draft is on-brief.

Reliability.

We take deadlines seriously, and we don’t forget stuff – you’ll get it when you need it without fail. This is one of the main reasons our clients work with us for years.

A commercial approach.

We understand budgets, and we don’t over-egg projects with unnecessary approaches – if you need strategy, we can provide that, but if you just need something to look amazing, we’ll do that.

Easy comms.

We use Basecamp to manage projects, so you can leave feedback when it suits you. You can call the studio whenever you need to speak to someone, and we use apps that make providing design feedback quick and simple.