We created Hippo to be different from the average digital agency. We don't believe in meeting with you then disappearing into a dark hole, only to re-emerge a month later with something to present.
Who knows your brand or product better than you? No-one. That's why when you work with Hippo, we encourage you to work alongside us - giving as much valuable feedback on our work as you can. We provide project management software and training so you can keep tabs on how your project is progressing, as well as giving you the ability to have as much or as little input, at any stage, as you want.
We may be experts at what we do - but it's your knowledge and enthusiasm that take our skills to a whole new level. We love our clients, and thankfully, we've found that they love us too.
What can Hippo offer you?
Agency Outsourcing
with a 100% UK-based team, we can offer viable, affordable outsourcing options for busy agencies and studios.
We understand how it is to manage a busy design agency or studio. New commissions are coming in at a rate of knots, but how do you cope with the demand? In this current uncertain economic climate, extending your team internally may not be the best solution. What would happen if the work dried up? Is the work you have enough to pay for a new salaried staff member and the accompanying costs (equipment, insurance, tax, space).
Maybe you already outsource to offshore agencies? Do you have problems with the standard of the work? Maybe the language barriers mean that you don't always get 100% of what you want, when you want it. How many times have you wished that the developer working on the job could sit with you and the client to discuss the project in more detail and even contribute to better the end result for you and the client?
This is where Hippo steps in. We have developed a number of packages we offer to design agencies and studios of all sizes - from one-man bands to large digital agencies. We work with you to provide a solid, scalable resource for you and your company. We will even attend meetings as a representative of your company.
Our involvement is kept as transparent or as confidential as you require!
Search Engine Analysis and SEO
Navigating the complex world of Search Engines is certainly not for the faint of heart and can sometimes produce unexpected results.
In today's market, your search engine placement is the medium in which your business transacts. No longer can you simply assume search engines will pick up your website. You now need to be smart about your SEO and incorporate it into your overall strategy. This is where Hippo can help.
From simple search engine appraisals to full Pay-Per-Click (PPC) campaigns, we are able to devise a package to meet your budgetary constraints.
Indoor and Outdoor Network Comms
Implementing indoor or outdoor wireless and network comms for your event.
Hippo works with a number of event organisers to advise, supply or install comms for a variety of outdoor events around the UK and Europe. From simple broadband over standard phone lines, satellite or 3G; to complete voice and data communications packages and internal web systems (including proxy and web servers, email servers, firewall and walled gardens)
Icon design, branding and illustration services
We have a full design suite service to fulfil all your requirements.
Covering a full complement of design services including icon design, corporate branding, print design, logo design and branded clothing. We can work alongside your own designers or stand-alone with a brief and action plan to produce your design concepts and strategy documents to your style and within budget.
Web Application Development
Providing you planning, design and development resources to bring your idea to life.
Working directly with you, we are able to fulfil your complete web application project with ease. Utilising some of the latest technologies and disciplines available to us, we can conceptualise, design, develop and implement your project on time and within budget. Whether it's an ecommerce application for your company, a stand-alone product for resale or a white-label system for rebranding.
We can integrate with your existing software, internal ordering systems, sage accountancy applications, CRM/CSM applications - in fact, pretty much anything!
Custom Add-on Development
Offering custom modules, extensions and add-ons to our favourite CMS systems.
We work with clients all over the world to develop custom add-ons for both ExpressionEngine (version 1.6.x and version 2.x) and EllisLab's recent launch MojoMotor. Founded on the the CodeIgniter framework, the systems allow us to write bespoke code to extend the native functionality of the system to perform virtually any task required. From video and image processing, Youtube integration, multi-lingual date/time converters - in fact, anything that your project requires!
