Building brands with Curiosity & Commercial understanding.

We’re in business to help ambitious brands make a real commercial difference.

Agile, flexible and open to ideas, we build teams of specialists around each new project. That means every client gets the right knowledge, experience and expertise. Whether you are looking to launch to market, shift perceptions of an existing brand or grow into new markets or categories, we’re here to help.

When choosing to work with us as your brand & design partner, we will spend as much time quizzing, researching and listening as we do creating, designing and producing a Brand Identity that works for you and your business challenges.

 

OUR EXPERTISE

Launch – Launching new ventures, taking new products and services to market, bringing businesses together. We do it impactfully, efficiently and profitably.

Shift – Consumers, businesses, markets, products and services all move with the times. Nothing stays the same and neither should you. We’ll shift perceptions to keep your offer, identity and thinking ahead of the pack.

Grow – Expanding your product or service range or diversifying onto new markets – building your brand without undoing the good work you’ve already done takes skill. We’ll help you expand effectively, achieve growth and retain value.

 

WHAT WE DELIVER

Market Intelligence  •  Research  •  Brand Strategy  •  Brand Positioning

Brand Creation  •  Verbal Identity  •  Visual Identity  •  Packaging Design

Website  •  Campaigns  •  Brand Roll-Out  •  Moving Image & Photography

SARAH TURNER

Managing Director

Sarah has been part of Carter Wong for 20 years – the last eight as Managing Director. She has worked with some of the worlds biggest and most recognisable brands across both FMCG and B2B/C equally. Unilever, Nestle, Barilla, United Biscuits, Waitrose, Martell, Chivas Regal, Lloyds of London, Silverstone, Brands Hatch, English Heritage, The National Trust, NMSI group and The National Gallery are all part of her track-record.

Her client management and business understanding mean she’s dedicated to helping your business grow. Her personal philosophy is to make working with Carter Wong rewarding and enjoyable.

Prior to Carter Wong, Sarah worked in as Production Director for the Identica Partnership delivering rebrand projects across the globe.

Recent challenges
Collaborating with a brand strategy team to resolve both the verbal and visual repositioning of global hotel brand.

Day to day management of three international fishing company’s brands.

Packaging rebrand design and roll-out for an Ice Cream brand across 350 global territories.

Talk to Sarah about
Your design and business challenges for growth.

Creation of a Brand Identity or refresh that fits your business perfectly.

Building a great working partnership that works for you.

MARTYN GARROD

Creative Partner

Martyn is our Creative Director and brand champion, he understands the nuances of building a brand and how to make it have a big impact on your businesses growth. Martyn’s experience of working with businesses from start-ups to global giants means he’s fluent in what a brand needs at every stage of your business.

His passion for solving creative challenges and connecting brands with audiences
is a key to success, and he always makes sure your brand speaks with clarity.

Martyn has led many brands to prosperity, winning several awards along the way and having work published in magazines and books.

Recent challenges
Achieving a 366% growth for an adult soft drink six months after rebranding

Repositioning a strategy consultancy firm to stand-out from their competitors

Launching a new product for a global cereal brand to target a younger audience

Talk to Martyn about
How to build a brand that works harder for your business

Your customer journey and the opportunities to engage with your audience

Becoming a brand leader in your market sector

NICK PORTET

Writer

Nick is a writer, creative director and film maker. He’s spent time as creative director of major network agencies, founded and led his own consultancies in the UK and US, and worked with clients across the world. Whatever he’s done and wherever he’s done it, words have always been at the heart of his work.

Prior to working with us, Nick spent time in Geneva as head of brand for a Swiss Private Bank.

Recently he’s written extensively for finance brands Schroders and Brewin Dolphin, lawyers Trowers & Hamlins, technology pioneers Protean, and landscape architects Bowles & Wyers.

Recent challenges
Successfully interviewing 20 key stakeholders via Zoom for a high-profile wealth manager.

Developing key messages and a voice for a major UK law firm.

Editing an online magazine for a leading networking membership brand.

Talk to Nick about
Putting your story at the heart of your brand.

Finding a distinctive narrative and voice.

Using stakeholder interviews to mine for stories and build consensus

Sarah has been part of Carter Wong for 20 years – the last eight as Managing Director. She has worked with some of the worlds biggest and most recognisable brands across both FMCG and B2B/C equally. Unilever, Nestle, Barilla, United Biscuits, Waitrose, Martell, Chivas Regal, Lloyds of London, Silverstone, Brands Hatch, English Heritage, The National Trust, NMSI group and The National Gallery are all part of her track-record.

Her client management and business understanding mean she’s dedicated to helping your business grow. Her personal philosophy is to make working with Carter Wong rewarding and enjoyable.

Prior to Carter Wong, Sarah worked in as Production Director for the Identica Partnership delivering rebrand projects across the globe.

Recent challenges
Collaborating with a brand strategy team to resolve both the verbal and visual repositioning of global hotel brand.

Day to day management of three international fishing company’s brands.

Packaging rebrand design and roll-out for an Ice Cream brand across 350 global territories.

Talk to Sarah about
Your design and business challenges for growth.

Creation of a Brand Identity or refresh that fits your business perfectly.

Building a great working partnership that works for you.

Martyn is our Creative Director and brand champion, he understands the nuances of building a brand and how to make it have a big impact on your businesses growth. Martyn’s experience of working with businesses from start-ups to global giants means he’s fluent in what a brand needs at every stage of your business.

His passion for solving creative challenges and connecting brands with audiences
is a key to success, and he always makes sure your brand speaks with clarity.

Martyn has led many brands to prosperity, winning several awards along the way and having work published in magazines and books.

Recent challenges
Achieving a 366% growth for an adult soft drink six months after rebranding

Repositioning a strategy consultancy firm to stand-out from their competitors

Launching a new product for a global cereal brand to target a younger audience

Talk to Martyn about
How to build a brand that works harder for your business

Your customer journey and the opportunities to engage with your audience

Becoming a brand leader in your market sector

Nick is a writer, creative director and film maker. He’s spent time as creative director of major network agencies, founded and led his own consultancies in the UK and US, and worked with clients across the world. Whatever he’s done and wherever he’s done it, words have always been at the heart of his work.

Prior to working with us, Nick spent time in Geneva as head of brand for a Swiss Private Bank.

Recently he’s written extensively for finance brands Schroders and Brewin Dolphin, lawyers Trowers & Hamlins, technology pioneers Protean, and landscape architects Bowles & Wyers.

Recent challenges
Successfully interviewing 20 key stakeholders via Zoom for a high-profile wealth manager.

Developing key messages and a voice for a major UK law firm.

Editing an online magazine for a leading networking membership brand.

Talk to Nick about
Putting your story at the heart of your brand.

Finding a distinctive narrative and voice.

Using stakeholder interviews to mine for stories and build consensus

BILLIE TEMPLE

Art Director/ Designer

ROGER JONES

Studio Production

FRANCIS ATTERBURY

Print Consultant

GILES THOMAS

Brand Strategist

NICOLETTE ROBINSON

Brand Strategist

Curious?

Get in touch to find out more.

General Enquiries
+44 (0)20 3954 3032
info@thevalueengineers.com

New Business Enquiries
Sarah Turner – Managing Director
+44 (0)7768 534719
s.turner@carterwongdesign.com

12 Flitcroft St, London WC2H 8DL