Working exclusively in the cultural and heritage sector, we distil complex messages into simple, inspired, intelligent communication that demands attention.
You can call it consulting, branding, design, marketing or advertising. We don’t care what it’s called as long as you’re delighted with the results.
We are an agency obsessed with design and culture; that’s how we fill our days and nights. We have a monthly cultural outing that we call Cog Nights.
We firmly believe in the power of culture to transform lives. We work pro-bono to lobby for greater public funding and recognition in education.
We are looking for at least two new team members.
And we’re always delighted to hear from great people who want to be be part of our team, full time or freelance.
Experienced project manager (digital)
We need someone with the perfect mix of technical, creative, practical and personable; a confident project manager, a thoughtful negotiator, and a creative problem solver.
Experienced designer
We need a confident, articulate, intelligent designer to get stuck-in and work across branding, digital, editorial and campaigns for some of the UK’s most exciting arts clients.
Cog Design has a core, full-time team, based in our studio in Greenwich, plus a distributed network across Europe. We operate a flat and flexible creative structure; everyone is involved in the creative output of every project.
As part of our expansion into digital services, we acquired the business of the respected web agency, Red Leader, in 2014.
A designer by training, Michael founded Cog Design in 1991 and has managed the development of the company ever since.
He takes the lead on large-scale branding or complex communications projects and provides a creative overview of all of the studio’s output.
Beyond the studio, Michael is Executive Chair at the National Campaign for the Arts, a Fellow of the RSA, an occasional lecturer in branding and design and a regular contributor to design journals.
End of the Road is an annual take-over of Larmer Tree Gardens, on the Dorset/Wiltshire border…. more
In the second part of his Edinburgh overview, Michael details the next twenty shows of his… more
Michael has been to Edinburgh to see if he had the stamina to last a… more
Jack is our Head of Digital.
With a wealth of client and agency experience, Jack joined us in 2017 to head up our digital team.
Most recently he was Website and Digital Manager at Heritage Lottery Fund and before that he spent more than three years as Digital Manager
at Shakespeare’s Globe.
With a degree in fine art, Jack combines an aesthetic sensibility with in-depth technical knowledge and a passion for delivering the best of both.
Jack’s highlights and top-tips from the Arts Marketing Association’s 2018 conference, titled ‘The Power of Play’,… more
For June’s Cog Night we went to Shakespeare’s Globe to see artistic director Michelle Terry as… more
As part of our annual away day we split off into teams and took to the… more
Anna cut her teeth with some of London’s best agencies, working with arts clients such as Royal Academy.
She leads many of our large-scale projects, including branding, editorial and campaigns.
Anna also takes the creative lead on website projects for some of our highest profile clients.
For May’s Cog Night we took a short walk to Up The Creek for a stand-up… more
When stars of successful TV shows come back after 10 years it’s hard not to be… more
Last August we sent out our first Cultural Calendar email, Anna looks back over the year… more
We persuaded Matt to join us after being hugely impressed by his portfolio of work for organisations such as SOAS and British Museum.
He’s an accomplished designer and typographer and takes the lead on numerous high-profile web, branding and campaign projects.
The Cog team went to the Rich Mix to watch the UK premiere of Time Share… more
For our November Cog Night, we found ourselves locked in a darkened room in Dalston. Matt… more
For May’s Cog Night we took Matt to the Museum of the Order of St John… more
After six years with the creative marketing agency ArtScience, we persuaded Dan to join us in 2016.
He takes the lead on projects for King’s College London and Wimbledon Foundation, and has been working on major website commissions that we’ll be launching soon.
As part of the 2018 Vault festival, we slunk through the tunnels under Waterloo station to… more
In the ever more competitive world of higher education, King’s came to us to provide engaging… more
The BPI are the definitive source for data about the UK music industry. They asked us… more
Emily is our Studio Manager. If you call or call in then it’s Emily you’ll speak to first; she’s also does our bookkeeping and maintains our impeccable admin systems.
A design graduate from Ravensbourne she provides and maintains the perfect studio environment for our creative team to thrive.
July’s Cog Night was in the historic setting of the Tower of London. Seated in the… more
In the crisp dark night of a January evening, we set off to the South Bank… more
If someone near you collapsed or stopped breathing, would you know what to do? At a… more
In addition to our London base, we also have an international reach. We have a network of developers and designers across Europe. And, we have a pool of trusted Associates with specialist skills in the UK that we know we can trust, including developers, photographers, copywriters, illustrators and many more.
Working from Romania, Razvan is an extremely experienced web developer, working across many digital platforms and content management systems.
His vast number of websites includes our work for Turner Contemporary, University of Essex, Live Art Development Agency and Creative United.
He also manages much of our eflyer, desktop applications and digital publishing work.