Who Are We?

A fun, energetic, full service creative agency!

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Critical Media are full service creative agency based in Bournemouth, delivering clever brand, print and digital solution.

Established in 2008, we’ve gone from strength to strength and have a wide, varied client base encompassing a wealth of business types, sectors and industries. We believe our success is down to the simple formula that if you ‘do the job well, it won’t remain a secret’.

Primarily a design house, we specialise in intelligent design solutions right across the creative mix and encompassing all types of delivery. We believe in good design as this is what motivates us and what we feel is at the core of every project we undertake, whether it be design for print, an advertising campaign, the web, a magazine, an html email, a bespoke CMS, a shop front etc…

Who We Work With

  • avforums
  • bloomingdirect
  • bournegroup
  • bournemouth university
  • britannia parking
  • cordwallis
  • cyjax
  • eos
  • fabriah
  • farmerpalmers
  • gardentags
  • mcm comic con
  • raspberrypi
  • spoorfisher
  • thomastrip

Meet The Team

Passionate, creative and smelling great.

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Core Skills

Stuff we’re really good at.

web design

web design

Let us create you an online window to your world, perfectly matching your brand values & outlook…

web applications

web applications

Specialising in Microsoft ASP .Net but dabbling in PHP, we can create you a bespoke web application that perfectly fits your requirements. We’ll handle the entire project: system design & mapping, technical overview, bespoke front end design (plus back end design), front end coding, building the server for dev testing, UX & UI design and launch – we can manage it all.

print buying

print buying

Placing your print job with the right printers is of paramount importance in terms of you getting the best quality print job at the right price! Each printer specialises in a specific area of print and with our years of experience approved supplier chains, we can guide you through the print jungle!

contract design

contract design

We can be your magazine design department; from creation of your brand new publication right through to ensuring your title looks awesome and is delivered on time every month, whilst saving you the hassle of managing the design – we da guys.

branding design

branding design

We specialise in creating, developing and maintaining brands no matter what shape or size this may take – no re-launch is too big or tweak is too small! From start up design to brand guidelines, developing existing concepts or a complete re-brand, we understand the process and will create the look we will all be proud of.

advertising

advertising

We create compelling advertising campaigns that will help you achieve your objectives and targets. Whether you’re looking to attract new clients or sell more products or services to existing customers or raise brand awareness, we can manage the media schedule on your behalf working directly with print and online publishers to provide artwork and copy instructions.

illustration

illustration

We think that sometimes a picture can say a lot more than a bunch of words wirtten out in some kind of story type thing (if only there was a saying for this!) – at Critical Media we can create any style of illustration to accompany your brand or help tell your story.

web hosting

web hosting

From hosting a basic website and email starter pack, to WordPress & right up to a fully bespoke solution for your web software or app, we can tailor the right hosting package for you and your business. We can also help with your domain name purchase, eccommerce requirements including SSL certificates & advice on your GDPR requirements.