About DoubleTake

I have been an independent graphic designer since 2005: A journey that started with me moving briefly to Africa to work for just one client, and eventually led to me forming DoubleTake Creative back in London.

I thrive on variety and the challenge of helping other people develop their businesses with my design support. It’s the satisfaction of hearing somebody tell me I’ve made a positive difference to their business that has motivated me to keep expanding my company, which is essentially founded on a genuine desire to help people.

Clients often tell me that they really value my calm, measured and efficient service. I’ve come to realise over the years, that the talent to produce a great piece of design is equal to the ability to listen, understand and genuinely care about the clients I work for. This ethos is something I work hard to keep at the core of DoubleTake as it continues to grow.

Thanks,

Les Copland, Company Founder & Creative Director, DoubleTake Creative

We’ve had the great pleasure of partnering with Les for several years. He has done a range of critical design projects with us and every single time he creates brilliant work, delivers at speed and is a complete joy to work with. I can’t recommend him highly enough.”

Jean Oelwang, Founding CEO and President, Virgin Unite

Who we are

DoubleTake Creative is a small graphic design consultancy, providing a genuinely personal and flexible creative service.

Our success stems from developing strong, long-lasting client-relationships, giving us a deep understanding of the people we work for, and how we can strategically work to support their business growth.

We work out of both central London and St Albans in Hertfordshire.

If you'd like to get in touch please call us on 07963 890 370, or email using our contact form towards the end of the page.

Who we work for

We are fortunate enough to have a really wide-ranging list of clients, several of whom we have been working with for over a decade.

We work with well-established international corporations such as Virgin Unite and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), through to fast-growing national organisations including Hamberley Care Homes and Odyssey Travels, and a variety of amazing small business owners both in the UK and overseas.

Our sector-experience is very broad and includes clients in the not-for-profit, travel and tourism, hospitality, media, entertainment and professional service industries.

Our Current Clients

Additional services

Our core service is graphic design, but clients frequently ask us to support them with complementary services, such as website development and copywriting. We have therefore built up a small team of trusted partners to collaborate with as and when we need to.

These partners are all experts in their fields, based in and around London, and include:

- Website development and digital strategy consultants
- Animators and 3D designers
- Illustrators
- Copywriters
- Printers (see print management services below)

This business model allows us to offer a truly bespoke service, by using the strongest and most relevant team of people for each individual project.

Charitable support

Over the years we have worked with many charities on some extremely rewarding projects.

It gives us a huge sense of satisfaction to support such worthwhile projects, and in light of this, each year we offer a free design project to a not-for-profit organisation.

You may benefit from this free support either because you are a charity in your early development stages without sufficient funding for creative services, or just in need of some extra design clout which current circumstances make it harder to find the budget for, either way we'd be happy to see if we can help you.

If you work for a charity and are interested in this offer, please do get in touch.

We have worked very closely with Les and the DoubleTake Creative team, initially to support the development of branding for our new venture – designing and developing our website and then assisting us with the ongoing design work and producing collateral. The things that really stand out for us are the speed of responsiveness, the high quality of the work and the fact that they took the time to understand our vision and what we stand for, all of which is wonderfully exemplified through the design. We have since asked Les and the team to help us to do the same work for our sister organisation, which has had the same fantastic results. I would have no hesitation in recommending Les and the team.

Paul Hill, Chief Executive Officer, Hamberley Care Homes

Our team has worked closely with Les over a number of years to develop our brand and comms for the B Team and Virgin Unite’s 100% Human at Work Initiative. It has always been a pleasure working with him and he has been integral to creating the right look and feel for all of our communications and shaping the brand identity. He is also very patient with our often unrealistic deadlines and shifting time lines, being really flexible to help make things work. We look forward to working with him for a long time to come.

Anna Gowdridge, Director, 100% Human at Work, Virgin Unite & The B Team

We’ve had the great pleasure of partnering with Les for several years. He has done a range of critical design projects with us and every single time he creates brilliant work, delivers at speed and is a complete joy to work with. I can’t recommend him highly enough.

Jean Oelwang, Founding CEO and President, Virgin Unite

DoubleTake listened and really understood our design brief, providing lots of concepts to develop, and really brought our business ideas to life. Les has been integral to the identity of our business and that’s why we continue to return and have used them on multiple projects now spanning nearly a decade. I cannot recommend Les and his team enough.

Buzzy Randall, Founder, Neem Avenue

Print management

We have over a decade of experience in managing design for print, and work with a roster of trusted print suppliers within the UK. We can therefore handle all aspects of print management, from concept through to print production and delivery. Alternatively, if you prefer to work with your own print suppliers, we can happily deliver your print-ready artwork and can liaise directly with them to make sure the job runs seamlessly.

Over the years we have not only built up very strong relationships with specialist print suppliers, but also very strict working processes to ensure that our artwork is always correctly set up for print, avoiding any irritating issues with our designs once they go to the printers.

We are always happy to advise you on suitable paper stocks and finishes, whether you’re looking for the most economical option or to invest in something highly premium, taking into account your goals, budgets and timelines. In fact we could be accused of having a slightly obsessive streak when it comes to analysing the infinite ranges of papers and print finishes available! But seriously, it’s often those intricate details that make the real difference to your brochures, business cards and marketing materials, so we will always do everything we can to help you get the best print result.