brand design.
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Every business has a story.

Good design helps tell it clearly.

Whether it’s creating a new brand, refreshing an existing one or supporting a growing business, every project starts the same way – with a conversation. Understanding the people behind the business is just as important as understanding the brief.

I’ve spent more than 40 years in the design industry, beginning my career in London’s West End before working with organisations ranging from global brands to ambitious owner-managed businesses.

Today, JMC3 is a flexible virtual agency, working with clients across the UK, Europe and the US. Sometimes I’m an extension of a client’s team, sometimes I’m brought in for a specific project, and sometimes I introduce trusted specialists I’ve enjoyed working with over the years. Whatever the arrangement, the aim is always the same: to create design that’s thoughtful, appropriate and genuinely useful.

Our specialist expertise

Brand Identity

Merchandise

Brand Guidelines

Packaging

Commercial Interiors

Signage Systems

Display Systems

Vehicle Branding

Exhibition Stands

Web Design

Integrated delivery partners

Brand Strategy

Motion Graphics

Brand Workshops

PR

Marketing Strategy

Print

Copy / Script writing

UX Research

Photography / Video

clients say the nicest things…

“We have been working with John McCarthy since October 2018 and in that time John has designed a number of prestigious school prospectuses and direct marketing campaigns for our school. l couldn’t recommend John McCarthy more highly. He is incredibly creative, reliable, always a fast turnaround and always very patient! One of the best agencies l have used in a very longtime.”

Wendy Owens
Marketing Communications Director
Radnor House
Sevenoaks

“We first worked with John in 2006 when he created a much needed update to our visual brand identity. It had served us well, but 13 years on it needed changing. Thankfully we tracked John down and asked him to develop a new VBI. Work was completed in 2019. We are absolutely delighted with the outcome. It has given us a vibrant and refreshing new look. It is such a pleasure and joy to work with John. His enthusiasm and passion to deliver great design is energising to everyone involved with the project.”

Malcolm Bolton
International Executive GMNILondon

“JMC3 are, simply put, brilliant! Such a pleasure to work with and their creative energies produce designs that exceed our expectations every single time.”

Jason Trafford
Chief Executive Officer
Trafford Enterprises

“They are so easy to work with and full of excellent ideas. We cannot thank them enough for the beautiful end result and the incredibly positive effect that the new brand identity has had. We highly recommend them.”

Penny Austin
Headmistress
Halstead Preparatory
School for Girls

celebrating all our clients – past and present

American Express

Ancells Sales and Lettings

B P Collins

Bailry Ahmed

Barclays Bank

Benson & Hedges

Billy Showell

Bio Launcher

Bosch

Brighton & Hove Buses

British Standards Institute (BSI Group)

Burton Ale

Butterfly Financial

CFP

Campbell’s

Caxtons

Chameleon Cafe

Christian Dior

Community Vision

Compass Arts

Compuserve

Control Risks Group

Core Equipment

Creative Foods

Cresset Group

Cunard

De Beers

Dixons

Dremel

Eagle GenomicsEastbourne

Hospitality Association

Ernest Jones

Essential Net

File Expert

Furniture Now!

GMNI

Gro: Group

HSBC

Halstead School

Hartley’s

Haynes Financial

Head Sportswear

Holden and Partners

Holmwood House School

Horton London

Howarth London

Insight6

Inter City

Internet Watch Foundation

Isogenica

JPS Group

Judd Associates

Kahlua

Kia – Sportage Launch

King’s Canterbury

Kitemark (BSI)

Ledger Sparks

Legal and General

Lenley’s

Leslie Davis

LiveBigger

Lornamead

Lotus Notes

Love Your Logo

Malvern Spa

Modus Vivendi

Mortgages plc

NextBase

Nicholls Nectar

Nicholls Transport

Nokia

Norton Anti Virus

OZO Innovations

Ofrex

Old Palace of John Whitgift School

Orley Farm School

Pharmaventures

Plessey

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority(QCA)

Radnor House School

Rapier Productions

Reginals Ames

Roland Dunn

Routeworks

Rowanalytics

Rowe and Moore

SANE

SGR

Safer.uk

Sales Ranters

Silk Cut

Silverkrin

Sumwot

Suzanne Howe Communications

Symantec

Task Buddy

Taylor and Partners

Recruitment

Tesco

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)

Torx

Toshiba

Total Data

Trafford Enterprises

Trafford Perkins

Tropicana

Trust Solar

Umbongo

Vanish

Versaphor

Viking Maritime

Vileda

Wasteels

Wold Gold Council

Woodlands PetCare

Yellow Pages

Yes Promo Products

Yes Roadster

Zipdogg