The Design Group International Team
a perfect blend of creativity, strategic
thinking & technical expertise

The senior team

The Design Group International team is a perfect blend of creativity, strategic thinking and technical expertise. 

We bring experience, talent and skill and always go the extra mile to deliver impactful, creative solutions that will help your brand grow. These solutions are rooted in storytelling and carefully crafted to engage emotionally with your consumers making your brand not only memorable but loved.

Joanne Holder
Managing Director

Jo brings over 20 years of client-side experience working with some of the UK’s most well-known brands including Dulux, Cuprinol and Nescafé. This is combined with more than a decade of expertise in the creative design process successfully transforming brands and driving business growth for our clients.

Marcus Dodridge
Creative Director

An award winning Creative Director, Marcus brings over 30 years of design and branding experience, building clients, studios and developing teams across various renowned global agencies. Marcus has worked with major global brands and businesses including Unilever, Mondelez and Kellogg’s.

Nikki Jay
Account Director

With over 25 years of agency experience Nikki combines her account handling skills with an impressive technical knowledge of artwork, printing and production.

This ensures all our projects run smoothly with first class results.

Rebecca Simpkins
Senior Creative

Becky has been designing for over 20 years. She has a natural commercial creativity that’s been gained through her experience across all types of businesses from large global corporations to small challenger brands.

Our studio

As our name suggests, we’re very much international but we like to base ourselves just outside the beautiful georgian city of Bath (the perfect place for a bite to eat!). Located in Holt, near Bradford on Avon (15 mins from Bath, 30 mins from Bristol) we are lucky enough to enjoy the best of both worlds: easy access to the M4/M5, fast trains to London and plenty of space to park when you visit, together with beautiful, inspiring views.

If you’d like a change from your office and would like to enjoy the use of our work space then please get in touch.

And if you’re feeling adventurous, you can take a dip in the wild swimming lake!

Testimonials

"DGI effectively operate as an extension of our own marketing team - they listen, challenge and respond with urgency, to meet the pace that we are generating in our business."
Chief Marketing Officer, U-POL
"DGI provide us with the perfect combination of a strategic design agency that help us build our brands and are a flexible, tactical agency that can turn something around quickly for a last minute presentation."
Marketing Director, Dulux