P190// GRAPHIC DESIGN // ILKESTON, DERBYSHIRECOVERAGE // ILKESTON + EREWASH

Graphic Design in Ilkeston, Derbyshire

Ilkeston has a city either side of it, Nottingham one way and Derby the other, and that makes it harder for a local business to look like the obvious choice. I fix that. I design the logo and the look of everything, so it holds up on a shop front on Bath Street and on somebody’s phone, and I’ve been doing graphic design since my live events days.

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UPDATED // 28 OCT 2026

Ginger Butchers post "The other two gingers": two Hereford cows in a field at New Close Farm. — DESIGN // Ginger Butchers

Who can design a logo for my business in Ilkeston?

North Bear Media can. Norton Hunt runs it from Belper and designs logos and brand identities for businesses in Ilkeston and the Erewash Valley, plus the signs and packaging they end up on, from Bath Street shops to stalls at Ilkeston Market. Each job is quoted once it’s scoped, and the usual first step is the £295 Marketing MOT.

Standing out locally matters more in Ilkeston than in most places.

Your customer can just as easily drive to Nottingham or Derby, so the local business has to look like the safe bet. That’s the job.

That goes for the shops on Bath Street, and for the trades and the manufacturers round the Erewash Valley too. If the branding looks like it was knocked up in an afternoon, people assume the work was as well. It’s not fair, but it’s what happens, and it’s easily fixed.

For the retailers and the people making things locally, it’s about what gets picked up and taken home, so the labels and the packaging. The traders at Ilkeston Market are different again, because whatever’s on the stall has to work from a few feet away, and that’s a different job to a logo on a website. I design for all three.

It suits newer businesses that want to look established from day one, and ones that did their own branding when they set up and have outgrown it. DIY was fine to get going. You’ve got a business to run now, so let me do this part.

AREA //Ilkeston and the Erewash Valley
MEET //Ilkeston, or a call if that’s easier

How you’d actually go about buying design from me.

A logo or a rebrand is its own project, and I price it once I know what’s involved.

There are no design prices on here, because until I know what it’s going on, any number would change later. We talk it through first, you get a proper price before anything starts, and it’s a lot less than hiring a designer, with no training and no software to buy.

If what’s bothering you is people going to the bigger names in Nottingham or Derby instead of you, start with the Marketing MOT. It’s £295 and you buy it online. I check where you come up on Google and in ChatGPT, then score you next to two of your competitors.

Then there’s Found & Filmed at £995 a month, rolling, with 30 days’ notice either way: the being found side plus a filming day with you every quarter. Design isn’t in that. I price it separately.

DESIGN //Talked through, then priced
FIRST STEP //The Marketing MOT, £295, if it’s the city firms getting the work
COMPETITORS //Two scored next to you in the MOT
RETAINER //Found & Filmed, £995 a month

How an Ilkeston brand gets put together.

Here’s how it goes, adjusted to fit each job.

01 //
What you want to say
We meet in Ilkeston or have a call, and I ask what you want customers to think of you, which is harder to answer than it sounds.
02 //
A couple of routes
I come back with different directions, and we zero in on whichever one you keep coming back to.
03 //
Refining it
Then it’s your feedback from here, and I keep going until it works on a label as well as on a shop sign.
04 //
Files and a guide
You get the file formats you’ll need and a short guide to the colours and fonts, so whoever does your next leaflet uses them properly.

Client view

“I would highly recommend Norton Hunt and North Bear Media Limited to anyone needing Graphic Design, Website & SEO and Social Media & Marketing. Happy Customer!”

Some of the businesses I work with.

A farm shop in Matlock, a recovery firm in Alfreton and an electric van company. Three different trades, each one looking the part.

Ed from Ginger Butchers and the Mayor of Matlock, wearing his chain, smiling together behind the counter — EVENT // Ed and the Mayor at Ginger Butchers

A rear three-quarter view of a red and white Richford heavy recovery truck with its boom and underlift, under a blue sky. — VEHICLES // Richford’s heavy recovery truck, boom raised

A man grins from the driver's seat of a pink EVC electric van, framed by the windscreen at the launch event. — EVENT // All smiles behind the wheel at launch

Common questions about graphic design in Ilkeston.

How much does graphic design cost in Ilkeston?

Graphic design is a project with me, so I scope it and you know exactly what you’re paying before work starts. There’s no price list on here. The Marketing MOT, which checks how you’re found on Google and in ChatGPT, is £295, and Found & Filmed is £995 a month, without design.

How long does a logo design take?

The timeline gets agreed when I scope the job. A logo on its own can be quick: Nicholas Westray’s public Google review says I designed a logo and built a website for Industrial Warehaus Property Group within 10 days of his first call.

What files do I get?

You get the final files set up for print and for screens, so your label printer and whoever does your website can both use them, plus a short guide to your colours and fonts.

Can you redesign my existing logo?

Yes. Whether it’s a small change or a complete rebrand, I work from what you’ve already got and make it fit the business you are now.

Do you design for print and digital?

Yes, both. Business cards, flyers, signs and packaging, and the graphics for your social media and website too.

Can we meet in Ilkeston?

Yes. I’m based in Belper and work across Erewash, so we meet in Ilkeston or start with a call, whichever suits you.

Graphic design near Ilkeston.

Heanor and Eastwood are the nearest of these, and Belper’s where I’m based.

The rest of it, for Ilkeston businesses.

These are the other pages for Ilkeston, for when you need more than design, plus the IWPG job.

When somebody in Ilkeston searches for what you do, do they find you, or a firm in Nottingham?

That’s exactly what the MOT shows you. I check Google and ChatGPT with two of your competitors scored next to you, and it’s back within 48 hours. If you’d rather talk about a logo first, book a call.