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Story-powered design and communication expertise
To sell stuff, you need a good story.Founded by an acclaimed scriptwriter, Hide the Shark uses unique storytelling techniques to action award-winning Brand Development that helps our UK and international clients develop their businesses.
- Discover your unique magnificence
- Build a powerful story around it
- Plan your strategic sales journey
- Reinforce it with precision-engineered creative
- Switch on the mighty hype machine
- Release your transcendent brand into the wild
- Get the right people thinking and talking about you
- Surpass your marketing objectives
- Raise your organisation to the top
- Start your next story…
We promise it will be enjoyable and rewarding and that we won’t be pretentious.
We are a creative agency in Bristol
Using stories to accelerate business growthWho are you? What do you want? Why should people take notice of you?
Hide the Shark is a well-established micro-studio with a prestigious cultural history owned and run by Toby Farrow. Our nimble mix of in-house story-boffins, long-standing freelance network, and trusted partners supercharge Brand Development for a range of UK and international clients in technology, sustainability, culture, hospitality, and finance without the ‘big agency’ burden.
We believe in a ‘direct-to-creative’ service; the person you shake hands with at the start of the project is the person you high-five at the end.
Hide the Shark is committed to visiting any client in Bristol by electric bicycle or public transport.
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Brand Consultancy, Positioning & Marketing Strategy
Through consultancy, research, workshops, and interviews, we’ll help define your value proposition, articulate your uniqueness through a bespoke brand narrative, and put a value-led strategic plan in place to ensure the brand identity phase runs smoothly.
brand audit . competitor analysis . audience insight . personality . purpose . mission, vision, values . proposition . core messaging . tone of voice . copywriting
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Branding, Rebranding, Visual Identity & Creative Collateral
Our acclaimed print and digital design now-how will produce a comprehensive suite of dazzling brand collateral. Brand onboarding workshops and guidelines will ensure your team understands the new company direction and can confidently sell your product or service.
id . collateral . guidelines . onboarding
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Messaging, Marketing Content, Copywriting & Creative Campaigns
Unified visual and verbal messaging will sit across comprehensive story-driven content that works seamlessly across all platforms.
creative direction . marketing strategy . messaging . copywriting . photography . film . digital advertising . ooh creative
We have a whole host of happy clients who would love to tell you about their experiences with us.
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“ HtS has an extraordinary ability to grasp and articulate our organisation's personality and commercial offering. The team have a unique approach, recognising the importance of storytelling and emotion and translating this effectively into commercial returns.
The design and messaging work they are doing with us will be fundamental to driving our global growth. ”
Jimmy Lloyd Director. Saragossa -
“ Since the brand refresh we have more new business coming in than we can resource - a great problem to have! ”
Gemma Comley Head of Marketing. Ghyston
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“ We’re so lucky to have worked with Hide the Shark’s talented team. They shook us up and make us proud to work here. I’m so excited to see where this rebrand is going to take us in the future ”
Ian Carlson MD. Old Mill
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“ What you helped us achieve with the 'More than Medicine' campaign has been transformational for the charity. We use it in nine centres across the UK and will continue to use it more widely. This campaign is something that I will always be very proud of. ”
Tracy Tait Brand and Marketing Director, Penny Brohn UK
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“ Hide the Shark's branding concept developed for our classical season is fresh, creative, bold and enticing. In response to our brief, it is close to perfect, resulting in the hall's most successful classical season ever. ”
Sarah Robertson Communications and Special Projects Director. Colston Hall
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“ HtS's talented team made our rebrand project such a positive experience. Delivering many elements within a tight deadline, they beautifully captured our essence and brought us to life with their unique storytelling style. The result is a bold, modern and engaging brand that sets us apart. ”
Kim Barnard Group Marketing Manager. Old Mill
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“ Hide the Shark were great to work with, responded well to a changing brief and came up with a really creative proposition and brand identity for our supporter programme. ”
Soil Association
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“ Hide the Shark have the ability to fully understand what is required and deliver what is becoming increasingly rare -the elusive ‘WOW’ factor. ”
Jane Shergold Director. TTA Communications
