N9 Design, a creative, communication design agency, has gone from strength to strength since moving to Plymouth as a one-man operation six years ago. This culminated last month by the team’s arrival into their new waterfront office, within the much-desired Sutton Harbour.
In addition, they have also taken on three new members of staff, and a succession of national contracts, including the design of a logo and website for G*Mania – reality TV’s ultimate pop group.
Local entrepreneur Iain Wilson has joined the team as commercial director, hoping to help introduce new clients to the experienced team and provide useful business advice. The owner of a number of companies in the South West, Iain has key contacts throughout the region and has himself a special interest in product design which will add to N9’s versatility.
Also joining the growing N9 Design team are Tim Legg and Fiona Somerville. Tim will head up the digital aspect of the company following a number of years in the industry. Fiona will take care of the administrative side of the business including accounts.
This expansion follows an exciting national client win – G*Mania. G*Mania is reality TV’s ultimate pop group and boasts ten of the biggest stars from X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent, Pop Idol and Grease is the Word. Inspired by TV phenomenon Glee, the group is undertaking a UK wide tour, which began in January 2011. N9 Design developed the group’s logo and website, created to dazzle their target market.
N9 Design has also recently designed an identity, launch material and website for ‘Wired’, a new ‘cultural one-stop shop’ comprising of the city’s five main arts organisations – Plymouth Arts Centre, the Theatre Royal, Barbican Theatre, Attik Dance and Plymouth Music Zone.
Nick Warren, founder of N9 Design is delighted with the direction of the business: “This is an incredibly exciting time for us. We have been lucky to be awarded some fantastic contracts and are thrilled to now welcome Iain onboard as commercial director. We will be sure to utilise his skills as much as possible! With Tim and Fiona also joining us we can ensure top levels of service are provided to all clients.
“The location of our new office is also perfect. We are in a real hub of the city and are surrounded by a number of fantastic businesses. Our success is much down to both our experience and our flexibility with clients. We now hope to build on this and demonstrate that we are most certainly one of the region’s top design agencies.”