Wax Media :: Digital Creative Agency

We're Wax Media, a small but perfectly formed digital creative agency.

We make our clients look good. Whether we're creating a new identity, revitalising an existing brand, enhancing an online presence or building bespoke web applications, we bring creativity, enthusiasm and technical know-how to every project. Have a look around, see some of the things we've made and if you would like to commission us for your next project, please get in touch.

Wax Media is the professional playground of Nick Higton and Ian McInnes.

We're not faddy creatives, nor are we geeky programmers. Our approach combines imaginative thinking with technical expertise, underpinned by years of experience in our field.

Our clients love our ideas, our enthusiasm, our hard work and our dependability. We'll turn our hands to any project and pride ourselves on delivering quality customer service and genuine return on investment.

Ian, according to Nick

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Ian's got a very tidy mind. His desk is always clear, his car is always clean and he and his wife's house is immaculate. I reckon that's part of the reason why he's such a good developer. Attention to detail. He's creative too, just as good at designing layouts as he is bug-fixing for IE6 (geek joke there, sorry).

He likes chocolate, JD & coke and when things just work. He doesn't like Eastenders and absolutely hates clutter.

Nick, according to Ian

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Separated from Borat at birth, Nick has become a respected design & marketing professional with an eye for creativity and originality.

He likes Chicken (especially the Colonel's variety...), red wine and the sea. He doesn't like football, washing up and comic sans.

It's important to know what you're good at. And one of the things we're best at is making effective and engaging online media. That sounds rather grandiose, but 'we make websites' just doesn't cover it. All of our websites are hand-coded to the latest web standards using XHTML / CSS, ASP.NET 3.5, Javascript and SQL Server 2005 technologies. We also like a bit of Flash, although we believe that it should be used as a flourish, rather than a basis for web development.

We're not just a web agency though and have a strong grounding in traditional graphic design - from logos and corporate identity work to sales literature, brochures and display advertising.

We work hard to fully understand the nature of our clients' businesses and their objectives for a project. We then sit down and think, sketch and scribble until we establish the best way to connect a business with its customers. And if we can't fulfil all aspects of a project in-house, we call on our extensive network of freelancers and associates to get the job done. On time, on brief and on budget.

Here are a few pieces of work from the past year or so. We hope you like them. If you'd like to know more about any of these projects, don't hesitate to get in touch.

We really would love to hear from you so please do get in touch. Given that we spend an inordinately large amount of time near or in front of our computers, using our contact form is a pretty sure-fire way to get in touch with us. Alternatively, if you don't fancy filling in the form, just give us a call on 0845 652 5264.

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Client: The Swan Inn, Farnborough
Year: 2008
Categories:

Website Design & Build
Content Management system
Photography
Flash Animation

Wax were approached by The Swan Inn to provide them with a modern website following a total refurbishment. The delivered solution included photography, a Flash image gallery and a content management system.

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Client: Charley Crow
Year: 2008
Categories:

Website Design & Build
Bespoke Candidate Database
Content Management system
Illustration

Charley Crow wanted a website that made them stand out from the crowd. Wax delivered an engaging website with custom illustrations, full candidate/client database and an eye-catching corporate identity.

Launching soon.

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Client: Lanesra
Year: 2005-2008
Categories:

Website Design & Build
Online Recruitment System
Company literature design

Lanesra Technical Recruitment is a leading technical recruitment consultancy with a particular emphasis on process related industries. They required a comprehensive recruitment website that would allow them to advertise vacancies and send vacancy bulletins.

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Client: Connoisseur
Year: 2008
Categories:

Website Design & Build
Content Management system
Exhibition Stand Design

Connoisseur Estates is a wine importer and agent based in Bracknell. Wax developed a website with search engine optimisation (SEO) in mind in order for the website to appear high up in related search results.

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Client: HomePlay
Year: 2008
Categories:

Website Design & Build
Content Management system

HomePlay specialise in the design, installation and maintenance of high-end home entertainment systems. Wax developed a website that provides details on the services offered and showcases their existing projects.

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Client: The Spiritual Midwife
Year: 2007-2008
Categories:

Website Design & Build
Content Management system
PayPal Integration

The Spiritual Midwife required a website that would allow her to provide potential clients with details of her service. Wax delivered a website that also allowed tickets to be purchased online.

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Client: People of the Day
Year: 2007
Categories:

Ecommerce Website Design & Build
Content Management system
Email Marketing
Illustration

People of the Day is an annual volume of caricatures and profiles of persons of interest from all walks of life. Wax designed and developed an Ecommerce website, integrated our content management system and provided email marketing services in support of the launch of Edition 2. Nick also provided some of the caricature illustrations for the first two books.

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Client: Konica Minolta
Year: 2007
Categories:

Managed Promotion
Print Design
Email Marketing
Flash Animation

Konica Minolta, an international imaging company, approached Wax when they wanted to run a promotional campaign for their printers division, targeting the distribution, reseller and end-user channels. Wax provided overall campaign creative and the design and production of the final deliverables, which included posters, flyers, HTML marketing emails and a Flash banner for their website homepage.

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Client: Esteem Recruitment
Year: 2006 - 2008
Categories:

Website Design & Build
Online Recruitment System
Candidate Management System
Logo and stationery re-design
Company literature design

Esteem are a recruitment agency that specialises in the Automotive, Aeronautical and Engineering sectors. Wax designed and developed a dynamic recruitment website that allows them to advertise vacancies and receive online applications.

A Candidate Management System was also developed and integrated behind the website to allow Esteem to efficiently manage all their client and candidate data.

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Client: Elvetham Heath Property
Year: 2008
Categories:

Website Design & Build
Content Management System
SEO Campaign
Document folder design

Elvetham Heath Property is a project we initiated ourselves to provide a dedicated website for the advertising and sale of residential properties in Elvetham Heath, Hampshire. The site is due for launch soon and will allow home owners to sell their own properties without the involvement of Estate Agents.

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