Design marketing executive consultant
Design of complete project
Listen, Write, Design,
is a full–scale creative service,
with over 100 national awards. We handle complete projects at 704.542.3375.

1. Strategy
(always the first step)—

2. Creative concept
(always the next first step)—

3. Copy, design, typography
(general creativity) — and

4. (Last) prepress, production. Account and creative functions have been done so let’s get it produced. Many people today think that if you can do prepress and trundle a project to the printer, or if you have a Web program, anyone with software can write and design it. To us,
this is design heresy!!!

Like anyone with a saw or sanding block is a professional cabinetmaker? or anyone with a medical self–help book and the PDR is a board–certified surgeon? or anyone with a legal self–help book and access to lexisnexis.com is able to defend himself pro se in appellate court? or anyone with an impact wrench and ratchet is a Bosch BMW specialist? or anyone at all has proof read and spotted the handful of typos in this graph ? (The ? within the sentence are personal choice, but will they pass muster with a formal grammarian? If you know please call 704.542.3375.)

Our name ends with a comma because after all the work is done, we learn more after the marketplace tells us the truth.

For ad, Web, campaign, collateral, catalog, logo, corporate and sales literature.
In-house coordination.
Services and products.

In-house coordination.
Retail companies.
You have (1) an ad agency.
You have (2) in-house creative.
You have (3) freelancers.

Therefore:

You have (3) three conflicting cultures.
You have (3) three conflicting directions.

Therefore:

You have (1) one bottomless headache.
We have (1) one speedy suggestion. 704.542.3375.
You study design.
One full day.
Or a serious series.
The Executive As Designer

One full–day class
Five Saturday classes

Please peruse these options and then, if you wish, phone us at 704.542.3375.
Web page design.
Either we hande the complete Web design project for you.

Or we provide consultation via PDF or fax and you get the credit.
Two choices here. Listen, Write, Design, will help you determine what needs to be enhanced and working with a Web technician will pull it all together for you..

Or, we'll make suggestions you carry out. Like our basic Daddy Desktop service on print projects.

Either way, we'll focus on creating or modifying a site
that looks easy to use and
that is easy to use,
not on pages and sites
that look like a telephone book.

We'll focus on

simplicity and
clarity.
Part-time Corporate Creative Director.
The in-house creative department gets it done.
But something creative is missing. 
Some companies are just big enough to want and need an experienced Creative Director to supervise design and advertising they prefer to create in-house,

but are just small enough that they can't lay out the big bucks for a full-time creative heavyweight.

Listen, Write, Design, offers an affordable in-between method, tailored to your needs and budget. Call to talk about this interesting creative approach. Or email us.

We'd need to meet.

We also offer a super-version of this we call Design Doctor.
Typography.
Our specialty. Our passion.
Your requirement on every job.

Every project requires typesetting. Great typography sets you apart from the run-of-the-mill visual material we're all flooded with.

Here's proof. Our population ia aging, which means type needs to be a readable size. Look in print media. How many ads, how many Web sites, and how much editorial matter has hard-to-read tiny type?