“Having worked for many years helping develop brands both domestically and internationally, I have found that combining highly creative design with a fast and immediate client response is a significant challenge. The loft is exceptional in their patience and process to extract what the client wants, articulate the options effectively and then deliver the elements to meet tight time-scales and budgets. They continually go the extra mile and add considerable energy, insight and value throughout.”
Iain MacRitchie, Founder, Mentor & CEO of MCR Pathways
“Production of our Annual Sustainability Report used to be one of the most stressful jobs in the marketing calendar due to its complexity and tight deadline. This year it was stress free, thanks to everybody involved including the loft. It is a marked improvement on earlier versions and the introduction of infographics has transformed this publication.”
James Lang, Group Marketing Director of Scottish Leather Group Limited
“Aqualisa have been working with the loft for over a year now on a huge range of projects – everything from packaging concepts to brochure designs, sales-decks, photography and other marketing communications. They provide creative solutions, sometimes to extremely tight deadlines, which has helped our company to drive forward with its own commercial objectives, essentially an extended part of our team. Highly recommended.”
Simon Cornelius, Senior Product Manager – Aqualisa Products Ltd
“The loft was an integral part of the altia story, we worked together for many years and they were instrumental in creating our global brand. They contributed to countless projects, worked across the entire organisation and provided real support throughout our business journey as a growing company.
They were a tremendous help, particularly in the earlier years, when our company’s growth was at its most rapid and things were changing every single day. They supported then, as they always have done, by contributing to the company’s strategies with great energy, insight and creativity. Always grounded in the commercial realities of what we were doing and always with the bigger picture in mind.
Good fun too, highly recommended.”
Ian Watson, Co-Founder of Altia Solutions
“The loft created a brand identity for the Leven Car Company – one with which we are incredibly proud. The company gave a very personal service, took the time to understand the business, consulted the entire team and they provided us with a top quality design culminating in a brand that sits alongside two of the worlds finest – Aston Martin and Rolls Royce – without looking out of place”
Chris McMahon, Co-Founder of The Leven Car Company
“It’s been a great experience working with the loft team, they understood our business quickly and produced artwork which really helps us to simplify and convey our message to customers. We feel rightly proud of the work that we created with them.”
Kirsten Lord, Managing Director of Physiowizard
“The loft have been an inspiring, creative and friendly team to work with. Listening to our needs and having a real understanding of our audience ensured that their communications solution is absolutely spot on – highly recommended!”
Geoff Leask, Chief Executive of Young Enterprise Scotland
“The loft was instrumental in developing two high profile documents for Enable Scotland that prominently featured infographics, one of their creative strong points. a thoughtful, creative and to-the-point team.”
Willie Cairns, Communications Co-Ordinator, Enable Scotland
“SOCEX, Serious and Organised Crime Exchange. As a concept, the Conference title can spring up many images — whether coming from the dark world of blockbuster thrillers or gritty police dramas on TV. The loft managed to capture the seriousness of the subject matter being discussed across the two-day conference while providing a document which will have a life long after the conference itself, capturing the core elements of the event in such a way that attendees and their colleagues will return to it as a vivid reminder of what took place.”
Martin Jack, Managing Director of Think Different Events and Co-Founder of SOCEX
“The process we went through to derive the ‘While We Wait’ concept art was very enjoyable indeed. The invite to attend at the inception and final stages made me really feel a part of the process and collaborating with the loft team on the details of materials, shadow and final photography made me really feel my needs were catered for. Every time I look at the results I feel a real attachment and pride.”
David Nicol, Founder of the Craft Whisky Club
“Obesity Action Scotland worked with the loft to develop a series of graphics aimed to deliver health messages. The whole process from presenting a wide range of ideas to choose from, to narrowing down the concepts, to fine-tuning the final product, was easy and enjoyable. the team was very professional, approachable and easy going with plenty of initiative. Working with the loft team was a pleasure, thank you!”
Dr Anna Strachan, Policy Officer of Obesity Action Scotland
“The creativity of ‘the loft’ has been absolutely first class. We were blown away by the work they produced for us and their friendly approach and customer service made them a pleasure to work with. Suffice to say we are looking forward to working with them again on future projects.”
Nicholas Prag, Customer Relationship Executive of Network Rail
“The loft were instrumental in our re-branding exercise at Beeks FX as we continue to grow our international business, they went above and beyond when working to a tight deadline. Our team enjoyed working with them and it was a fun experience, however threats of free Prosecco have yet to materialise :-)”
Gordon McArthur, Chief Executive of Beeks FX VPS
“Benedetto and the team at loft team produced for us a superb infographic, which helped us enormously. We needed a one pager to communicate a lot of information and they nailed it. They interpreted our brief really well and capture what we needed – the end result was absolutely spot on. It was all done really quickly too – we needed it yesterday!”
Paul Wakefield, Head of Marketing & Partnerships at Edinburgh Marketing
“We were honoured to have the opportunity to collaborate with the Benedetto and the loft. Benedetto is a person of the highest intellectual level and he and his team are magically able to translate words and concepts into art.”
Letizia Macrí, Vice President of ESG Institute Europe
“We’ve been working with the loft for several years now and they helped us to celebrate our 10th anniversary with a great infographic summarising our company’s exciting history until now. The infographic was very nicely done and eventually became an effective set piece campaign for our social media marketing. Highly Recommended!”
Declan Goldie, Operations Director of Portal Security
“The team at the loft created an image that visually captured the remit we set — our business, our industry sector and a technology message — in a visually attractive way. Their team spent quality time with us to understand the spirit of what we wanted to be captured and then, through several iterations, came up with the final images which we are very satisfied with. These images are used in publications, product brochures and on our website”
James Woodrow, Petroleum Experts Limited
“It was a real pleasure to work with the team at the loft. They understood the brief instantly and we were able to execute the infographic perfectly. It’s resulted in a really impactful piece of creative which forms a centre fold to our bi-monthly magazine and has been very well received by our readership.”
Richard Muir, Deputy Chief Executive of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
I contacted the loft to design and build a new website for our business. I can’t recommended them highly enough, Benedetto was great to work with from the beginning with his creativity. He had given us multiple options and the design & layout really focusing on our brand and how the site would represent us correctly as well and delivering the site to the timescales agreed and at a reasonable cost. Their after-sales has also been first class, they’ve been involved in minor tweaks and changes we have been making as time progress which has never been a bother and delivered in a timely manner.
Alan MacGregor, Managing Director of Silver Birch Interiors
“The team at the loft designed our brand and website. They are some of the most talented people I’ve ever met. The way they get the client involved with the design process makes you feel as if you’re part of the team.”
John McGrath, Managing Director of Fridge Angels
“The loft designed and built a tremendous website for Consilium which very nicely summarises who we are and what we are about as Chartered Accountants. It was a fun process, the site works exceptionally well and we have received many compliments on its look and feel. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the loft to others.”
John Blair, Partner of Consilium Chartered Accountants
“The BenRiach 10-Year is a key new launch for us as it marks a significant milestone – it is the first core range expression to be created predominantly from whiskies distilled at BenRiach since we took over in 2004. For this reason, we were looking for a striking new packaging design to reflect this important moment in the distillery’s history. We are delighted with the final result.”
Nicol Van Rijbroek, Marketing Manager of BenRiach Distillery
“The loft worked closely with the whole staff and developed a company re-branding that encapsulates the very being of the company. It was refreshing to be able to interact with all of the designers and have our ideas and thoughts taken seriously. A great experience!”
Ian Watson, Managing Director of Altia Solutions
“The loft are really good. they are quick, easy to work with and do great work.”
Robin Tait, Head of Marketing, Clyde Blowers
“I really like the loft, their understanding of the brief, level of creativity and quality of work have all impressed me. They are also a good bunch and very easy to work with.”
Stuart Macdonald, Managing Director of Seric Systems
“The loft are a delight to work with. The team are dynamic, creative and extremely likeable. A real pleasure to do business with and I am thrilled with the end result!”
Evelyn McDonald, Head of Growing Businesses at The Prince’s Trust Youth Business Scotland
“The loft have been an inspiring, creative and friendly team to work with. Listening to our needs and having a real understanding of our audience ensured that their communications solution is absolutely spot on – highly recommended!”
Geoff Leask, Head of Entrepreneurship at Young Enterprise Scotland
“Women’s Enterprise Scotland enjoyed working with the loft on a project to help us demonstrate pictorially what we do. We were pleased with the process from start to end product. They listened to our brief and developed a creative concept that suited our needs and budget.”
Margaret Gibson, Chief Executive of Women’s Enterprise Scotland
“For me, the success of our new website stems from the loft’s ability to capture the essence of what Percepta does and tell our story to the wider marketplace. Our core strength lies in creating seamless experiences for our clients’ customers, and in working with the brilliant Michelle, we were able to demonstrate this through a series of captivating and eloquently written case studies. Overall, a great experience, and a fantastic new website!!”
Lindsay Morrison, Global Marketing Manager of Percepta
“For the BenRiach Cask Strength, the organisation was looking for something that was bold, imaginative and would take the brand and the range to the next level. We are delighted with the final outcome as well as the service provided by the loft.”
Louise Seaward, Global Innovation Manager, Brown Forman
“The loft helped us to create a new brand after our merger in 2016. They went to great lengths to talk to everybody in the company, they were always responsive with changes and both the identity and cultural aspects of the new brand have been a great help to us in re-positioning the organisation and getting our message across. We very much enjoyed working with them, highly recommended.”
Paul Hardman, Business Relationship Manager of Altia-ABM
“The videos we produced with the loft really helped Alexander Dennis communicate the advantages of double-decker buses to our clientele and we were very happy with the service provided.”
Jacqueline Anderson, Group Marketing Director of Alexander Dennis
“Coming up with a design for both our company logo and our flagship brand (Infrequent Flyers) from scratch was no mean feat; the loft were great to work with, both creatively and in terms of execution. They delivered an end-result that I am delighted with, and which many of our customers have been very complimentary towards. Importantly, their ‘after-sales’ service has also been exemplary – they are always happy to help with those little details.”
Alistair Walker, Founder of Alistair Walker Whisky
“When Altia decided to develop and be the lead sponsor of the SOCEX conference and the annual Keith Hughes awards, the loft worked closely with us. They delivered excellent work within tight deadlines and the results were commented on very favourably by many of the attendees.”
Ian Watson, Co-Founder of SOCEX
“We’ve worked with Benedetto and the loft for a number of years now and in that time they’ve helped us win several pieces of new business with some of the biggest and most recognisable brands in the world. They always get it straight away, have a great sensitivity to brands, are willing to go the extra mile and can mould powerpoint pitch decks in ways we’ve never seen before. Finally, we are always working towards incredibly tight deadlines at Wave and our overnight shifts with Benedetto complete with last-minute amends have become legendary. An integral part of our pitch team.”
Linda Gallagher, Managing Director at Wave Agency
“We worked very closely with the loft for many years and they brought so much value to our global organisation in many different ways. Everything from overhauling our digital presence to supporting what we do with large automotive OEMs, even working very closely with myself to re-think how we present our own company’s position, philosophy and expertise. They’re always brimming with energy, ideas and a service-oriented approach to what they’re doing. We became so close, at one point, they even moved in. Very enjoyable to work with and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them to others.”
Alan Meldrum, Global Vice President of Marketing, Sales and Client Services for Percepta