Established in 1998, envoy has worked with a wide range of commercial and not-for-profit clients – designing, creating, managing and marketing websites and email newsletter campaigns. Most of our work comes from client referrals.
‘This is fantastic. An excellent website, everything you could want in terms of travel.’ Jerry Swift, Head of Corporate Responsibility Government & Corporate Affairs, Network Rail
The Esk Valley Railway Development Company briefed envoy to create a website which would increase passenger numbers on this line by promoting trains as an environmentally friendly and stress-free way to explore and appreciate the magnificent landscape along the route.
As well as printer-friendly timetables for each station and an interactive map of the line, live arrival and departure times are provided on pages specially designed for viewing on mobile phones.
‘It is all I ever hoped it would be and more.’ Angela Thirkill, Development Manager, EVRDC
envoy was commissioned to create a web presence to complement the radical new cover artwork created by the advertising agency Fallon to celebrate sixty years of publishing by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
‘These pages . . . are absolutely gorgeous’ Joslyn Tinker, PR Director, Fallon
envoy researched and obtained the striking photographs of performing artists to communicate BAPAM's ethos and the diversity of this organisation's interests and clients. The website includes a searchable database of practitioners and incorporates many accessibility features, such as resizable text, access keys and printer-friendly pages.
The news pages are managed using WordPress which was customised and integrated into the main website by envoy.
To mark its 50th anniversary, Gollancz invited readers to vote for their favourite Science Fiction and Fantasy books.
envoy created the website and voting mechanism. To enhance the marketing impact of the campaign, each voter was instantly sent a customised follow-up email, thanking them for their vote and recommending further reading related to their selected favourite novels.
All the pages included social-media sharing functionality.
The ten favourite books were republished in a collectable retro-look edition.
The Orion Publishing Group is one of the leading commercial publishers in the UK. It embraces the imprints of Orion, Gollancz, Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Phoenix and publishes more than 4,000 books and audio products. Orion authors include Ian Rankin, Terry Pratchett and Maeve Binchy.
Orion commissioned envoy to project manage, design and create the original OrionBooks website which ran from 2004 to early 2010. envoy continues to work with Orion on the graphic elements of their new website which change each month.
'This is FANTASTIC. Clear design, simple to use and very exciting. I could spend hours browsing. What an achievement.'
Rights Director, Orion
envoy also designs and implents a wide range of email newletters for Orion including Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Raven Mysteries, Horrid Henry and the Gollancz imprint.
'Thank you once again for our fantastic website. It really has given our work a tremendous boost and I continually get compliments about it'
This website offers a showcase for each resident artist's work. The calendar gives people quick access to details about workshops and exhibitions.
In 2008 the site was redesigned by envoy to reflect Crescent Arts new branding by Andy Edwards Design.
The site is now managed using WordPress which has been customised by envoy to replicate the original design.
An online gallery of exclusive images created to promote the publication of Michael Palin's New Europe in paperback.
The gallery is generated, without flash or javascript, using an unordered list of photographs and cascading style sheets (CSS). This has the advantage that the photo caption text is visible to search engines and it ehances the gallery's accessibility for all web-users.
'This looks really fantastic – I love it! The way you've used the doodles and stars is really good and the handwriting font for the RHS links is great with the ruled background.'
Tim Nichols, Press & Parliamentary Liaison Officer
at CPAG, who commissioned this website.
By working closely with each client, envoy provides bespoke websites that are accessible, intuitive to use, relevant to the visitors’ needs and optimised for search engines.
To view more websites designed by envoy, visit the clients page.
envoy also undertakes commissions for promotional graphics and email newsletters, as well as customising WordPress.