Cornerstone Design & Marketing

This Saturday, our Cornerstone daredevils are taking on the challenge of abseiling down Trafford Palazzo to raise money for Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity 💪

We're really excited to watch them 'sail' through the event, and there's still time to donate via the link here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/cornerstone-gmmc-abseil

Lights, camera, action! 📸

Our team had a fantastic time covering the Burnley Leisure & Culture 2024 Active Burnley Awards this year, 'snapping' up every opportunity to speak to the winners of each award and listen to their incredible stories.

Keep an eye out on Burnley Leisure & Culture's social media channels to see the awards content go live 👀

Team appreciation shoutout! 📢

We’re incredibly lucky to boast such a fantastic, talented team who are always willing to go above and beyond in everything they do and ensure the best possible service for our clients ❤️

Thank you for everything that you do, we are incredibly grateful to have you all in our team 👏

We believe that with a forward thinking, driven mindset, a focus on doing the right thing and strong underpinning ethics and values, each and every business across the world can play its part in developing a better, fairer, greener, healthier future for all 🌟

If you'd like to find out more about our corporate social responsibility, get in touch with us at [email protected] 📧

We asked our newest recruit Dan for a quick summary on why he decided to join the Cornerstone Crew, and here’s what he said! 👨‍💻

"I was sold on the company after my first conversation with David. The great work that Cornerstone produces, exciting plans for the future and wonderful people were all factors in why I chose to work here!"

We're proud to work with local charity Mahdlo Youth Zone on a number of full-service print and PR projects that support their charitable mission and promote their fantastic services 👏

And feedback about our team always makes us smile - well done Sam! 😊

We're working on a really exciting project with Mahdlo to level up their spaces - watch this space for updates 👀

And that's a wrap on our annual summer BBQ! ⛅️

After a fun (and competitive) day of orienteering at Tandle Hills, our team finished the day with summer tunes from XI Records, games, good food, and a couple of drinks thanks to bartenders Amy and Gill 😉

We've just arrived at Tandle Hills in Royton for a 'tree-mendous' team building afternoon of adventure and orienteering in the great outdoors! ☀️🌳

A great way for our team to take a break from the screens, socialise, and spend some quality time together ❤️

It's Cornerstone's Team Building Day! 😊

Our team will be logging off their laptops for the afternoon for a surprise team activity to take a break, keep in touch with each other, and spend some quality time together!

Can you guess where we're doing? 💭

Our team are raising money for an incredible cause ❤️

We're proud to share that Cornerstone daredevils Jess, Phil and Steve are taking on the 50m Trafford Palazzo Abseil to raise funds for Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity on 13th July!

If would like to join us and come and witness the team's demises on the day, drop us a message - you'll have 'abseil' of a time 🧗

And to donate, click the link here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/cornerstone-gmmc-abseil

Cornerstone do Elevate 👋

Jess, Head of Digital, and Nigel, PR and copywriter, headed down to London yesterday to catch up with a number of our leisure clients and meet lots of new faces!

We can’t wait to come back next year!

Introducing Rebecca, the newest Account Manager to join the team! 👋

After running her own marketing agency for 5 years, Rebecca joins us with a wealth of knowledge and expertise on marketing strategy and campaigns.

It was the team structure and personalism at Cornerstone that drew her to working here, as we take our work seriously whilst still being personable and friendly, with everyone in the team wanting the same outcome - great results and happy clients ❤️

It's a pleasure to have you in our team, Rebecca!

From print pull-ups with an added creative flair to digital campaigns that achieve next-level results, we've worked with Bolton Arena on a variety of full-service campaigns over the past year 💻

And it's great to receive such positive feedback on the quality of our work and the expertise of our team from Neil, Bolton Arena's Managing Director! 👏

Amy and Chris have recently completed their Level 2 First Aid training with St John Ambulance 🚑

An essential qualification for ALL workplaces and organisations, more members of our team now have the ability and knowledge to deal with first aid emergencies inside the workplace 👏

We're really excited to work with Active Blackpool on their digital transformation in the upcoming months, with a brand-new website, app development, and wider strategic support to level up their digital marketing campaigns 🧑‍💻📱

Watch this space for more updates!

Here's 3 reasons why you should not overlook brand and creativity:

🖌️ It gives your business an identity
🖌️ Improves memorability
🖌️ Adds an extra 'punch' to marketing and advertising efforts from recognition and impact

Read more about the impact branding and design has on your brand here: https://cornerstonedm.co.uk/blog/brand-is-not-just-a-logo/

Our Degree Apprentice Maddy recently attended Mental Health First Aid training at Apprenticeships at Manchester Metropolitan University and has now received her certification for the course, lasting for 3 years 🌟

We are proud to champion mental health support and training here at Cornerstone HQ, and we're proud that our team actively take steps to grow and develop their knowledge to support our wider team 👏

Manchester Metropolitan University

Introducing Dan, our new Senior Digital Marketer! 👏

With 5 years experience across a variety of industries, Dan will be leading our clients to strategic success by implementing digital marketing strategies that make an impact, and most importantly, support our clients to get the best ROI possible.

Analytics and insights are his ideal cup of tea - give him a bunch of data and he'll turn it into interesting observations, insights, and actions!

It's great to have you in our Digital team, Dan ❤️

Congratulations to Steve for his promotion to Head of Web! 🧑‍💻

Steve is our resident Cyber Security expert and incredible web developer, and he's now been promoted to Head of Web to support our team on all upcoming projects and team training.

A very well-deserved promotion 👏

And our Employee of the Quarter is… Amy! 🎉

"Amy is just the best to work with. An excellent communicator, always has your back, and she genuinely cares about the team and every client she works with.

She also has the best banter and never says no to a pina colada or six. She more than deserves Emp of the Quart for being epic at her job and a fantastic human."

Congratulations Amy, incredibly well-deserved 👏

Our Cornerstone daredevils Jess, Phil and Steve are taking on the 50m Trafford Palazzo Abseil to raise funds for Greater Manchester Mayor's Charity on 13th July! 🧗

GMMC raises funds to support homelessness initiatives across the city region - because homelessness has no place in Greater Manchester 👏

To support our team and an incredible charity, please donate here if you can: https://www.justgiving.com/page/cornerstone-gmmc-abseil

We asked our Head of Client Services Sarah B to tell us why she's loved working at Cornerstone in celebration of her 5 year work anniversary, and here's what she had to say 🎈🙌

"I'm really lucky to get to work with such a talented bunch every day who all really care about their work and support each other to do great things. And by people I also mean our clients. I've met and worked with so many wonderful people and organisations and the things we achieve together make for really rewarding work"

Proud to provide public sector marketing support ❤️

These partnerships require intensive strategic marketing, efficiency and exceptionally engaging outcomes – all operated within strict budgeting precision.

We adopt a research-led approach to our marketing activity to ensure we understand the target audience, their barriers-to-entry and the best ways to engage and influence public behaviour-change.

Find out more about our Public Sector & NHS Marketing services here: https://cornerstonedm.co.uk/sector/nhs-public-sector/

With 1 in 6 people globally experiencing significant disability, if you fall under that 90% of websites, you're potentially providing a poor user experience to 16% of your website visitors!

Our Digital, Creative and Web teams are WCAG 2.2 accessibility trained to ensure your website builds meet either AA and AAA accessibility standards.

To level up or check your website's accessibility, get in touch with us today: https://cornerstonedm.co.uk/contact/

We caught up with our Junior Developer Hannah, who achieved a Distinction in her Level 3 Apprenticeship a year ago, on what her biggest learnings from the experience were 👩‍💻📚

"My biggest learning has been understanding how a WordPress site works and all the possibilities we can do with them, as we have such a wide range of clients in different industries, our websites need to be just as versatile.

I want to continue putting my new knowledge into practice, but also expanding my knowledge of different coding languages and deepening my learning on the ones I use on a daily basis such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP."

See what Hannah and our Web Team have been up to recently by viewing our latest projects here: https://cornerstonedm.co.uk/work/

Brands are placing greater trust in influencers than ever, according to GWI's latest influencer marketing report 🙌

We offer gifted and paid influencer marketing services to help brands raise their awareness and engagement across a variety of social media channels, alongside supporting digital, creative concepts, PR and printing and packaging to bring the campaign to life.

If you're interested in finding out more about our influencer marketing services, then please contact [email protected]📱

Happy 5 year work-iversary to Sarah B, our Head of Client Services! 🎉

Sarah started at Cornerstone as an Account Manager in 2019, and through incredible client management skills, a keen eye for creativity and a desire to grow, develop and support a team, she has sinced progressed to become our Head of Client Services.

It's an absolute pleasure to have you on the team B, thank you for an incredible 5 years ❤️

Our team are now logging off their laptops and unwinding to enjoy a long (and hopefully sunny) Bank Holiday Weekend 💻☀️

We will return to the office on Tuesday 7th May to meet all of your full-service marketing needs. If the Bank Holiday break inspires a new marketing route or idea, please contact your Account Manager or email our team at [email protected] - we're more than happy to help 📧

Happy 5 year office-iversary to Cornerstone HQ! 🎉

The office is a custom space that provides the team with a homely, energetic and creative space to share ideas, develop client campaigns, and enjoy their work every day.

And we wouldn't have it any other way ❤️