Artwork & Production

Wider is a dedicated, on-call creative team to expand your production capacity and extend your team’s creative capabilities.

We become an extension of your in-house team. Consistent team, consistent artwork, ready to dispatch.

Brief to print-ready, in ten steps

Receive

Brief intake

Briefed via Wrike or similar
Deadline and approvers set
Brief read back same day

Variables mapped

Version matrix per site
Stock, size and finish
CMYK, Pantone or 5–6 colour

Prepare

Masters checked

InDesign and Illustrator files
Logos and marks as vectors
Images 300ppi at print size

Job scheduled

Print date sets the plan
Named artworker and checker
Proof rounds agreed

Build

Master artwork

Built in InDesign with 3mm bleed
Vector logos and cutter guides
Pantone spots and CMYK builds

Versions rolled out

Sites and prices by data merge
Copy fitted by hand
RGB versions for screens

Check

Second-eye QC

Read against brief and master
Prices, allergens, legal lines
Separations previewed

Proof & sign-off

Versioned PDF proofs
Contract proofs for key colour
Written approval locks file

Release

Preflight

PDF/X-4 to the press profile
Fonts, overprint, ink limits
White, foil and spot UV plates

Dispatch and archive

Uploaded to your portal or SFTP
InDesign packages archived
Finals filed to Bynder or similar DAM

An extension of your in-house team

Work with a dedicated graphic designer from our in-house Solihull team: the same person every day, briefed directly by you. You get an update back every business day on Slack, Teams, Zoom or email.

Design and printer reviewing packaging production on printing press

Professional artwork and production

From a single poster to a multi-site roll-out, every file is built, checked and preflighted to your printer’s specification. Our studio standards include:

Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat Pro
Vector artwork for logos, type and cutter guides
CMYK, Pantone spot and 5–6 colour jobs
PDF/X-4 with 3mm bleed, images at 300ppi

James Newland working on branding design campaign.

One flat monthly fee

No day rates. No salary.

Our plans are priced by the complexity of the work they cover, never by the seniority of your designer.

Unlimited requests and revisions, with no scope creep and no change fees.

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