Design for Edinburgh businesses
Edinburgh's design market has three loud voices. Finance is one: NatWest Group at Gogarburn, Baillie Gifford, abrdn and a long list of insurers and pension firms around Edinburgh Park and the Exchange district. Technology is another, with Skyscanner's story and the University of Edinburgh's School of Informatics feeding a steady run of start-ups. The third is August, when the Festival and Fringe take over the city.
Finance and legal firms want restraint and precision. A brand that works in a dense fund factsheet, report templates with sensible type hierarchy, accessible PDFs, and annual reports that make the numbers readable are typical. Charts should be designed, not pasted from a spreadsheet.
Start-ups need speed and a clear story. A logo and brand pack that works on an app icon, a pitch deck that fits the investor narrative in a dozen slides, and a few social templates usually come first.
Festival work runs on hard deadlines. Venues and producers need posters, flyers and listings artwork that read from across a street, plus square and vertical versions for social media. A Fringe show poster has to communicate the title, the genre and the venue in seconds, and must still work when reduced to a thumbnail in a listings app.
- Investment and insurance firms: reports, factsheets, templates
- Tech start-ups: brand identity, pitch decks, product graphics
- Festival venues and producers: posters, flyers, social graphics
- Hotels and tour operators: brochures, maps, photography
- Shops and cafés in Stockbridge and the Old Town: menus, signage
Leith and the waterfront add hospitality and creative businesses with their own branding needs, and the city's other universities produce research spin-outs that need technical diagrams and 3D renders for funding bids.
Public sector suppliers working with the Scottish Government also benefit from documents designed with accessibility in mind from the start.
Who we design for in Edinburgh
- Investment and asset managers
- Insurance and pension firms
- Technology start-ups
- Law and accountancy firms
- Festival venues and producers
- Hotels and tour operators
- Cafés and independent shops
- University spin-outs
How it works for Edinburgh
Design, print artwork and CAD work is done remotely from our base in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, with proofs shared online and files supplied ready for your printer, website or manufacturer. Photography and video are shot on location, and travel beyond the Mansfield and Nottinghamshire area is added to the quote. dijitul has worked with UK businesses since 2006.
Prices for Edinburgh
All prices are "from" and exclude VAT. Every job gets a fixed price before work starts. Printing, and travel for shoots beyond the Mansfield and Nottinghamshire area, are quoted separately.
Popular in Edinburgh
Nearby
- Glasgow
- Aberdeen
- Dundee
- Inverness
- Stirling
- Perth
- Paisley
- East Kilbride
- Livingston
- Falkirk
- Ayr
- Dunfermline
- Kirkcaldy
Frequently asked questions
Can you design Edinburgh Fringe posters and flyers?
Yes. dijitul designs show posters, A5 and A6 flyers and social media versions that read clearly at a distance and as a small thumbnail. Flyer design for a Fringe show starts from £95 + VAT. We supply print-ready PDFs with bleed for your printer, and square and vertical files for social media.
Do you design pitch decks for Edinburgh start-ups?
Yes. We design investor and sales decks in PowerPoint, Keynote or Google Slides, with master slides so your team can edit them later. Presentation design is charged at £45 an hour + VAT, and a brand identity pack starts from £395 + VAT if you need the brand built first.
Can you take staff headshots at our Edinburgh office?
Yes. We bring portable lighting and a backdrop to your office and photograph each person in a consistent style. A half day of photography starts from £295 + VAT; travel to Edinburgh is itemised on the quote. You receive edited headshots cropped for your website, LinkedIn and printed material.
Get a fixed price
Send a rough brief. You'll know exactly what it costs before we start.