Expertise
Graphic design
With over ten years in the business, we've designed everything from websites, brands, magazines, books, brochures, pamphlets, leaflets and posters.
From national campaigns to one-off flyers, we've worked for political clients from across the spectrum. In fact, we've probably got more experience at communicating political messages through graphic design than anyone else in the UK.
Web development
A great website does much more than just look good: it is a fundamental tool for communicating your message.
It should be accessible to people of different backgrounds and abilities. It should expertly organise your content - allowing you to prioritise news and information effectively. It should make it easy for you to modify your message as your organisation grows.
When we build a website, we start by asking basic questions about what you want to say, who you want to say it to and what capabilities your organisation has to update and maintain the site.
The results are elegantly designed sites which are easy to manage, 100% reliable, and bring you and your stakeholders closer together.
Project Development
Most new projects flounder because they are not well conceived, are either over or under ambitious, or are designed in such a way as not to be able to respond to external change. Many a brilliant idea gets lost in this way. We work with organisations on their original project idea helping this become a reality by bringing a pragmatic external perspective. This can mean taking a ‘light touch’ advisory role early on, or working in-depth with internal and external stakeholders and drafting proposals.
Every project is different but each is more likely to succeed if at the outset it has a clear hypothesis and clarity of purpose, matched by well thought through and realistic methods and timetables. Our aim is to offer tailored support including early input on stakeholder communications and potential sources of funding.
Writing
Good policy work should be accessibly written and presented. We offer a range of editorial services from full structural edits, to basic copy editing and proofing, to drafting report summaries. We also offer a ‘report rescue’ service for when projects hit a critical stage but need significant work to get from first draft through to final publication.
Ethical printing
Print buying can be a major headache, particularly for smaller organisations. And when you take environmental considerations into account, things can get very complicated.
At SoapBox, we encourage our clients to use environmentally sound printing practices and materials and we're always happy to offer advice in this area. Plus, because we place a huge volume of print with FSC certified printers every year we can command the very best prices.
Web TV
Web-based films are a hugely effective means of communicating with mass audiences and key stakeholders. And a good quality film can increase the audience for speeches, lectures, seminars and discussions by many hundreds of times.
SoapBox is at the cutting edge of this emerging medium. Our films are made by television and documentary professionals, who understand how to communicate complex messages visually and get every ounce of value out of a film budget. That means we make superb, broadcast quality campaign commercials, documentaries and event films at a price that won't break the bank.