I provide a dedicated, personal service offering a wide range of skills in media publishing for a number of agencies and direct clients.

Years of experience providing expert production, technical support and training to the design and print industry, enables me to support a diverse array of artwork and web development needs.

I operate remotely or on site and occassionally collaborate with trusted compadres.

You can view selected samples of my direct work, however I do not display sub-contracted projects for client confidentiality.

Not sure where to start or need something a bit more specific?
Get in touch, I'm here to help.

John Stafford

When and Where

1986

The Setting Studio
Founder partner of the Setting Studio, one of the first desktop publishing bureaus in the UK, providing pre-press services to the design and print industries. The company continually invested in the latest technology and was a leader in its area.

2000

C3imaging
The Setting Studio was acquired and brought in to the C3imaging group where I remained in an IT and production consultancy role.

2003

Thread Media
Self employed offering media publishing to agencies and direct clients.

With over 20 years experience in typesetting covering a huge variety of artwork such as quick turnaround press ads, corporate identities, newsletters and major annual reports.

There are a number of ways I can work with your company to ensure you get the most out of your budget. I source all varieties of print from reliable suppliers so you can deal direct, there's no percentage mark up on the cost.

• Provide print ready artwork for publications, adverts, newsletters, banners and brochures
• Create interactive Microsoft Word and PDF digital forms
• Supply templates for a variety of applications to facilitate your own artwork creation
• Manipulate images in Photoshop
• Illustrate in vector programmes, e.g. logos and maps
• Training for your in-house team in applications such as Quark Xpress, InDesign etc.

Whilst I can provide these services in full, some companies just need a bit of support to manage their needs

Artwork

• Full artwork service
• Word template production for letters and publications
• Digital forms created in Word or Adobe Acrobat

Web

• Need help where to start?
• Email HTML promos, newsletters and templates
• Website management support

• Onsite training at your pace
• Hourly, half day or daily sessions to suit your needs
• Tailored content to your specific requirements

Artwork & Graphics

• Typesetting, style and layout techniques
• Vector graphic creation and image manipulation

Web

• Web basics and general internet technologies
• Joomla! Content Management System set up and maintenance

Willing to travel any distance for daily rates (travel expenses additional), hourly and half day sessions are applicable to North East of England region.

As well as providing a complete web site design and build service I also construct them to agencies’ specifications. I can offer advice to companies and try to make what can appear complicated, clear and easy to understand;

• Choose your domain name and where to host your site
• How to make changes once your website is built
• Bespoke design to suit specific requirements or;
• Predesigned templates for a cheaper build without compromising your brand
• Accessible sites referencing W3C standards
• Make your site accessible to mobile devices (e.g. iPhone & iPad)
• Web App creation
• Search Engine Friendly and Optimisation methods to promote your web presence
• Animation to enhance your site, for example, moving graphics to describe a process
• Advice on content sourcing; text, imagery and illustration