About us
Who we are, what we do, and why it matters.
About us
Who we are, what we do, and why it matters.
About us
Who we are, what we do, and why it matters.
Introduction
We are Pivotal
An independent, founder-led brand identity studio for businesses at a turning point. We build brands people connect with, trust and come back to.
Why work with us.
Designed to move.
Every project should move your business forward. We start by agreeing where you want to get to and what success looks like, then make the work that takes you there.
Purposefully compact.
Smaller by design means fewer layers, lower overheads, fairer pricing, and faster decisions. When a project needs more hands, we pull from a team of trusted freelance specialists.
Nothing lost in translation.
Good ideas lose a little every time they change hands, from strategist to designer to animator to developer. At Pivotal, one senior creative takes your brand from first conversation to final file.
What drives us.
Human.
Everything we make starts with human insight and real conversation. The tools may change,
but the thinking behind it stays human.
Curious.
We challenge ourselves to ask better questions about your business and your customers. The better we know you, the sharper the idea.
Invested.
We treat every brand as if it were our own, and care how the work performs as much as how it looks. Think of us as your creative partner.
Who we work with.
Businesses at a turning point:
Growing, merging, entering new markets, or outgrowing the brand they started with.
Leaders who want a creative partner:
People who’ll share the real problem behind the brief, and who value honest conversations.
Marketing teams who need a creative lead:
Senior creative direction and the hands to deliver it, without adding
a full-time hire.
Agencies and consultancies:
Strategists, fractional CMOs and studios who need a trusted creative to turn their thinking into finished work.
Founder
Rich Nicklen
Twenty years in design, from agency Creative Director to independent, founder-led studio.
As Creative Director at a sport and outdoor marketing agency, I led campaigns for Clipper Round The World Yacht Race and the RNLI, and worked with brands including The North Face, Berghaus, Shimano, Adidas, BMW Motorrad, Les Mills, O’Neill and Fat Face.
Since going independent in 2014, I’ve worked with agency partners on brands including New Balance, Lloyd’s of London and Combat Stress, and overseen Bosch eBike Systems’ 2016/17 global marketing campaign.
Pivotal followed in 2019. I work across strategy, identity, motion and web. When a project needs more hands, I bring in specialists I know and trust.
Based on the south coast of England, working with clients across the UK and beyond.
Introduction
We are Pivotal
An independent, founder-led brand identity studio for businesses at a turning point. We build brands people connect with, trust and come back to.
Why work with us.
Designed to move.
Every project should move your business forward. We start by agreeing where you want to get to and what success looks like, then make the work that takes you there.
Purposefully compact.
Smaller by design means fewer layers, lower overheads, fairer pricing, and faster decisions. When a project needs more hands, we pull from a team of trusted freelance specialists.
Nothing lost in translation.
Good ideas lose a little every time they change hands, from strategist to designer to animator to developer. At Pivotal, one senior creative takes your brand from first conversation to final file.
What drives us.
Human.
Everything we make starts with human insight and real conversation. The tools may change,
but the thinking behind it stays human.
Curious.
We challenge ourselves to ask better questions about your business and your customers. The better we know you, the sharper the idea.
Invested.
We treat every brand as if it were our own, and care how the work performs as much as how it looks. Think of us as your creative partner.
Who we work with.
Businesses at a turning point:
Growing, merging, entering new markets, or outgrowing the brand they started with.
Leaders who want a creative partner:
People who’ll share the real problem behind the brief, and who value honest conversations.
Marketing teams who need a creative lead:
Senior creative direction and the hands to deliver it, without adding
a full-time hire.
Agencies and consultancies:
Strategists, fractional CMOs and studios who need a trusted creative to turn their thinking into finished work.
Founder
Rich Nicklen
Twenty years in design, from agency Creative Director to independent, founder-led studio.
As Creative Director at a sport and outdoor marketing agency, I led campaigns for Clipper Round The World Yacht Race and the RNLI, and worked with brands including The North Face, Berghaus, Shimano, Adidas, BMW Motorrad, Les Mills, O’Neill and Fat Face.
Since going independent in 2014, I’ve worked with agency partners on brands including New Balance, Lloyd’s of London and Combat Stress, and overseen Bosch eBike Systems’ 2016/17 global marketing campaign.
Pivotal followed in 2019. I work across strategy, identity, motion and web. When a project needs more hands, I bring in specialists I know and trust.
Based on the south coast of England, working with clients across the UK and beyond.
Let’s create something remarkable
— If you’re interested in any form of collaboration, please send us an email and we’ll get back shortly.
Let’s create something remarkable
— If you’re interested in any form of collaboration, please send us an email and we’ll get back shortly.
Designed to Move.
Tell us about your project, whether it's brand identity, film, motion, a website, or ongoing creative direction.
About us
Who we are, what we do, and why it matters.
About us
Who we are, what we do, and why it matters.
About us
Who we are, what we do, and why it matters.
Introduction
We are Pivotal
An independent, founder-led brand identity studio for businesses at a turning point. We build brands people connect with, trust and come back to.
Why work with us.
Designed to move.
Every project should move your business forward. We start by agreeing where you want to get to and what success looks like, then make the work that takes you there.
Purposefully compact.
Smaller by design means fewer layers, lower overheads, fairer pricing, and faster decisions. When a project needs more hands, we pull from a team of trusted freelance specialists.
Nothing lost in translation.
Good ideas lose a little every time they change hands, from strategist to designer to animator to developer. At Pivotal, one senior creative takes your brand from first conversation to final file.
What drives us.
Human.
Everything we make starts with human insight and real conversation. The tools may change,
but the thinking behind it stays human.
Curious.
We challenge ourselves to ask better questions about your business and your customers. The better we know you, the sharper the idea.
Invested.
We treat every brand as if it were our own, and care how the work performs as much as how it looks. Think of us as your creative partner.
Who we work with.
Businesses at a turning point:
Growing, merging, entering new markets, or outgrowing the brand they started with.
Leaders who want a creative partner:
People who’ll share the real problem behind the brief, and who value honest conversations.
Marketing teams who need a creative lead:
Senior creative direction and the hands to deliver it, without adding
a full-time hire.
Agencies and consultancies:
Strategists, fractional CMOs and studios who need a trusted creative to turn their thinking into finished work.
Founder
Rich Nicklen
Twenty years in design, from agency Creative Director to independent, founder-led studio.
As Creative Director at a sport and outdoor marketing agency, I led campaigns for Clipper Round The World Yacht Race and the RNLI, and worked with brands including The North Face, Berghaus, Shimano, Adidas, BMW Motorrad, Les Mills, O’Neill and Fat Face.
Since going independent in 2014, I’ve worked with agency partners on brands including New Balance, Lloyd’s of London and Combat Stress, and overseen Bosch eBike Systems’ 2016/17 global marketing campaign.
Pivotal followed in 2019. I work across strategy, identity, motion and web. When a project needs more hands, I bring in specialists I know and trust.
Based on the south coast of England, working with clients across the UK and beyond.
Introduction
We are Pivotal
An independent, founder-led brand identity studio for businesses at a turning point. We build brands people connect with, trust and come back to.
Why work with us.
Designed to move.
Every project should move your business forward. We start by agreeing where you want to get to and what success looks like, then make the work that takes you there.
Purposefully compact.
Smaller by design means fewer layers, lower overheads, fairer pricing, and faster decisions. When a project needs more hands, we pull from a team of trusted freelance specialists.
Nothing lost in translation.
Good ideas lose a little every time they change hands, from strategist to designer to animator to developer. At Pivotal, one senior creative takes your brand from first conversation to final file.
What drives us.
Human.
Everything we make starts with human insight and real conversation. The tools may change,
but the thinking behind it stays human.
Curious.
We challenge ourselves to ask better questions about your business and your customers. The better we know you, the sharper the idea.
Invested.
We treat every brand as if it were our own, and care how the work performs as much as how it looks. Think of us as your creative partner.
Who we work with.
Businesses at a turning point:
Growing, merging, entering new markets, or outgrowing the brand they started with.
Leaders who want a creative partner:
People who’ll share the real problem behind the brief, and who value honest conversations.
Marketing teams who need a creative lead:
Senior creative direction and the hands to deliver it, without adding
a full-time hire.
Agencies and consultancies:
Strategists, fractional CMOs and studios who need a trusted creative to turn their thinking into finished work.
Founder
Rich Nicklen
Twenty years in design, from agency Creative Director to independent, founder-led studio.
As Creative Director at a sport and outdoor marketing agency, I led campaigns for Clipper Round The World Yacht Race and the RNLI, and worked with brands including The North Face, Berghaus, Shimano, Adidas, BMW Motorrad, Les Mills, O’Neill and Fat Face.
Since going independent in 2014, I’ve worked with agency partners on brands including New Balance, Lloyd’s of London and Combat Stress, and overseen Bosch eBike Systems’ 2016/17 global marketing campaign.
Pivotal followed in 2019. I work across strategy, identity, motion and web. When a project needs more hands, I bring in specialists I know and trust.
Based on the south coast of England, working with clients across the UK and beyond.
Let’s create something remarkable
— If you’re interested in any form of collaboration, please send us an email and we’ll get back shortly.
Let’s create something remarkable
— If you’re interested in any form of collaboration, please send us an email and we’ll get back shortly.
Designed to Move.
Tell us about your project, whether it's brand identity, film, motion, a website, or ongoing creative direction.
About us
Who we are, what we do, and why it matters.
About us
Who we are, what we do, and why it matters.
About us
Who we are, what we do, and why it matters.
Introduction
We are Pivotal
An independent, founder-led brand identity studio for businesses at a turning point. We build brands people connect with, trust and come back to.
Why work with us.
Designed to move.
Every project should move your business forward. We start by agreeing where you want to get to and what success looks like, then make the work that takes you there.
Purposefully compact.
Smaller by design means fewer layers, lower overheads, fairer pricing, and faster decisions. When a project needs more hands, we pull from a team of trusted freelance specialists.
Nothing lost in translation.
Good ideas lose a little every time they change hands, from strategist to designer to animator to developer. At Pivotal, one senior creative takes your brand from first conversation to final file.
What drives us.
Human.
Everything we make starts with human insight and real conversation. The tools may change,
but the thinking behind it stays human.
Curious.
We challenge ourselves to ask better questions about your business and your customers. The better we know you, the sharper the idea.
Invested.
We treat every brand as if it were our own, and care how the work performs as much as how it looks. Think of us as your creative partner.
Who we work with.
Businesses at a turning point:
Growing, merging, entering new markets, or outgrowing the brand they started with.
Leaders who want a creative partner:
People who’ll share the real problem behind the brief, and who value honest conversations.
Marketing teams who need a creative lead:
Senior creative direction and the hands to deliver it, without adding
a full-time hire.
Agencies and consultancies:
Strategists, fractional CMOs and studios who need a trusted creative to turn their thinking into finished work.
Founder
Rich Nicklen
Twenty years in design, from agency Creative Director to independent, founder-led studio.
As Creative Director at a sport and outdoor marketing agency, I led campaigns for Clipper Round The World Yacht Race and the RNLI, and worked with brands including The North Face, Berghaus, Shimano, Adidas, BMW Motorrad, Les Mills, O’Neill and Fat Face.
Since going independent in 2014, I’ve worked with agency partners on brands including New Balance, Lloyd’s of London and Combat Stress, and overseen Bosch eBike Systems’ 2016/17 global marketing campaign.
Pivotal followed in 2019. I work across strategy, identity, motion and web. When a project needs more hands, I bring in specialists I know and trust.
Based on the south coast of England, working with clients across the UK and beyond.
Introduction
We are Pivotal
An independent, founder-led brand identity studio for businesses at a turning point. We build brands people connect with, trust and come back to.
Why work with us.
Designed to move.
Every project should move your business forward. We start by agreeing where you want to get to and what success looks like, then make the work that takes you there.
Purposefully compact.
Smaller by design means fewer layers, lower overheads, fairer pricing, and faster decisions. When a project needs more hands, we pull from a team of trusted freelance specialists.
Nothing lost in translation.
Good ideas lose a little every time they change hands, from strategist to designer to animator to developer. At Pivotal, one senior creative takes your brand from first conversation to final file.
What drives us.
Human.
Everything we make starts with human insight and real conversation. The tools may change,
but the thinking behind it stays human.
Curious.
We challenge ourselves to ask better questions about your business and your customers. The better we know you, the sharper the idea.
Invested.
We treat every brand as if it were our own, and care how the work performs as much as how it looks. Think of us as your creative partner.
Who we work with.
Businesses at a turning point:
Growing, merging, entering new markets, or outgrowing the brand they started with.
Leaders who want a creative partner:
People who’ll share the real problem behind the brief, and who value honest conversations.
Marketing teams who need a creative lead:
Senior creative direction and the hands to deliver it, without adding
a full-time hire.
Agencies and consultancies:
Strategists, fractional CMOs and studios who need a trusted creative to turn their thinking into finished work.
Founder
Rich Nicklen
Twenty years in design, from agency Creative Director to independent, founder-led studio.
As Creative Director at a sport and outdoor marketing agency, I led campaigns for Clipper Round The World Yacht Race and the RNLI, and worked with brands including The North Face, Berghaus, Shimano, Adidas, BMW Motorrad, Les Mills, O’Neill and Fat Face.
Since going independent in 2014, I’ve worked with agency partners on brands including New Balance, Lloyd’s of London and Combat Stress, and overseen Bosch eBike Systems’ 2016/17 global marketing campaign.
Pivotal followed in 2019. I work across strategy, identity, motion and web. When a project needs more hands, I bring in specialists I know and trust.
Based on the south coast of England, working with clients across the UK and beyond.
Let’s create something remarkable
— If you’re interested in any form of collaboration, please send us an email and we’ll get back shortly.
Let’s create something remarkable
— If you’re interested in any form of collaboration, please send us an email and we’ll get back shortly.
Designed to Move.
Tell us about your project, whether it's brand identity, film, motion, a website, or ongoing creative direction.