About Us.
Delivering design for over 25 years.
Toast Design Agency was started in 1997 by three founders.
Based in Banbury, Oxfordshire, we work with clients across the UK to deliver design work for branding, logos, print and websites.
We currently have a team of 15 staff with diverse skills, from artwork to web design and everything in between.
We work with marketers, marketing departments and project owners to provide effective, affordable and creative solutions to whatever brief they throw at us.
We’re a get-shit-done agency that delivers exceptional creative solutions.
What we do.
We design and build stuff for clients who need professional, polished work that’s delivered on time and on budget.
Whether it’s an Annual Report & Accounts or a WordPress website, we have experts who know exactly what they’re doing and reliably deliver the results our clients want and have come to expect from us.
When you place a project with Toast, you collaborate directly with the people delivering the work, not account managers.
This means things get done more quickly, without any compromise in quality, and it saves you time, budget, and hassle.
We work with most clients remotely, only needing your time for meetings when absolutely necessary – our clients are busy people, we don’t expect them to spoonfeed us.
If you need high-quality design work, we’re the people that deliver that with the minimum of fuss or agency theatre: think of us as an agency/freelancer hybrid model – we’re accessible, experienced and won’t burn your bread.
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.
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 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.
Who do we work with?
Our team works with marketers, marketing departments, entrepreneurs and owner-drivers who need to get creative work produced.
For some clients, we serve as an extension of their marketing team, delivering creative work efficiently for deadline-sensitive projects.
For others, we’re a creative partner that they turn to as and when needed.
We’ve worked with large clients, including the NHS, Sainsbury’s, Gatwick Airport, Kohler, The National Lottery, The Victorian Society, Clanwilliam and many more household names. We also work with 100s of smaller clients that you’ve probably never heard of.
Regardless of who we work with, they receive the same level of creativity, attention to detail, and passion for their project. We want to make your marketing material look awesome and work hard.
Our strengths.
We’re not a small team, so unlike smaller agencies and freelancers, we have the capacity to turn jobs around quickly.
Many of our clients rely on Toast to get the job done – regardless of how tight the deadline may seem.
We’re a go-to agency for people who need creative work, fast and on budget.
We’re equally adept at artworking business cards as we are at building a mission-critical website.
Our team understand that you need more than just the ‘big’ projects done, so we’re on hand to help with all the smaller stuff too.
Toast clients work directly with our designers. We don’t employ account management unless the project demands it. This has the benefit of making us incredibly responsive, saving you time and money.
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!
The Toast Team.
Creative, clever, passionate and proud of the work we create, Team Toast consists of qualified Graphic designers, WordPress developers, consultants, administrators and support staff.
We’re a collaborative team that gets involved in all projects, which means more ideas for you!
Toast staff are friendly, approachable, and well-versed in our creative processes, and they’re not averse to running up a large bar tab (it’s not all work and no play).
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.
Our Brands
No job too big (or small).
Whatever you need to do and whenever you need it, we can help you get the job done. Our design team will create exactly what you need – be it a business card or a building wrap.
Over the past 25+ years, we’ve worked on thousands of projects and have extensive experience across multiple sectors.
If you’re looking for an agency to produce some excellent creative, help you with an existing project or you just need a team you can trust, talk to Toast.
