Why hire
Pie?
Pie's real name is Emma.
She's 45 years old and adores living in beautiful North Devon. Her family has been rooted here for more than thirty years, so it's nice to live in a place with such strong family ties.
Pie started 'Design by Pie' back in 2011 after graduating and gaining valuable, professional design experience within the industry. She is pleased to be able to offer independent graphic design services with an experienced, straightforward and creative approach and more importantly, an understanding of what it takes to run a business from the ground up...
ABOUT PIE | FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Providing clients with a comprehensive and effective design service, whatever your needs....
Pie's role and experience is as a (visual) creative designer rather than, for example, a back end web developer, Google analyst or copywriter. So, she will happily, and often does, work alongside other freelancers and/or existing creative teams within a clients organisation if required. At times Pie will rely on, and introduce you to the expertise of other independent professionals when it comes to those tasks that sit outside her area of expertise.
Whatever your needs, we'll find a solution...
Who is
Pie?
Emma Louise
AKA 'Pie'
"I enjoy the lifestyle that freelancing offers me and LOVE to create designs free from the pressure of large overheads, middle management
and corporate agenda.
So, here I am."
Emma (AKA Pie)
Don't feel overwhelmed about hiring a designer and figuring out your next steps...
Affording in-house graphic designers or outsourcing your design work to large agencies can be very expensive. Freelancers, like Pie, don't have the usual overheads, huge workload or middle management meetings, so they are a better option for many small businesses.
Pie can guarantee that you will always be dealing with the same person...
Design by Pie has no plans to grow into a large creative agency. The goal has always been to maintain control over the design output and deliver a consistently dependable and quality service. No receptionists, junior designers or middle managers... 'Pie' will be your only point of contact throughout the whole design process.
Over the years this has proved to build smarter working relationships and helps towards understanding an individual's unique personality and their professional aspirations.
Pie's
approach
Laid back yet professional
Pie works from home on a completely remote basis and has done so successfully for many years with many recurring clients. Most of the communication is done via email or phone.(Not a mobile, just good old fashioned landline).
A face to face meeting or video chat is often useful, (it's nice to put a face to a name), but it's not always essential.
Pie also does not use texting or social media to communicate with clients but is available to answer phone calls or emails during the working day.
If Pie is not available, she'll be enjoying some down time and life's simple pleasures, namely dog walking, gardening, cooking and being creative.
Straight talking and empathetic
Pie is happy to provide advice and a professional opinion within the creative design field when needed. But please know that Pie is solely here to support your graphic design needs, not to give you overall business advice or even to commit you to any services you are not looking for.
Pie will use her knowledge and experience in the world of graphic design to support your design requirements and is here to offer cost-effective, innovative and professional design solutions, whether it's for a single, 'one-off' project or a continuous partnership.
If you are interested in working with Pie, or have any questions about your project, initially, please send an email or make a quick call on 01805 938234. Let's create something amazing together...
Pie's
life after admin...
Professional graphic
design experience:
Pie is truly lucky to come from a family with artistic heritage and she has always possessed a natural flair and interest in art. Whether it's drawing, painting or making graphic art on a computer, expressing her creativity has always been her passion.
At the age of twenty-two and after getting a taste for working in various (pretty awful) admin roles, Pie decided to pursue her love of art and computer aided design with a Graphics BA Honors degree...and the rest they say is history!
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2002 - 2005 - Mature student
Studied Graphics at UWN and graduated with First Class Hons Degree in Graphics, University of Wales Newport
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2006 - Learning the print process first hand
Large format print pre-press artworker, Cardiff, South Wales
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2007 - Educational resources designer & illustrator
New product designer, Hyde, Greater Manchester
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2010 - Illustration and repeat pattern design
Gift wrap & greeting card designer, Skelmesdale, Greater Manchester.
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2011 - Design by Pie is born!
Employed graphic designer, family run print business, Wellington, Somerset/Freelance graphic designer (Design by Pie), Taunton, Somerset
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2014-2015
Employed web designer, Wellington, Somerset/
Freelance graphic designer (Design by Pie)
Blackdown Hills, Somerset-Devon border.
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2016-2024
Freelance graphic designer (Design by Pie),
Great Torrington, North Devon.
