Kim Hickford - Design with Purpose

You’re making the world a better place.
I’d love to help.

Ronald McDonald House - fundraising assets

Lyttelton Arts Factory - Social Media Assets

Compelling visual communication will win over your audience and maximise your impact. And that’s where I can help.

I make the process easy and affordable for big-hearted organisations to create crafted, eye-catching brand, design, and digital solutions.

With 20 years experience working in a global creative agency, I have used my skills as a graphic designer to help organisations such as Ronald McDonald House, School of Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Illinois Office of Tourism, YHA New Zealand and St James School of Medicine, create strategy-led, compelling visual solutions that get results.

Today, I help not-for-profits, social enterprises and purpose-driven businesses. Together we’ll align your brand, print and digital presence with your mission, to connect with the people that matter, build community and rally support.

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“From high-level strategic brand direction, through to the output of a multi-page Annual Review –requiring precise formatting and output for print – Kim delivers. The legacy Kim has left this agency is considerable.”

Karl Fontaine, Creative Director, TimeZoneOne

Here’s what I can do for you

Brand it.

Strategy will be the roadmap for the journey ahead. Uncovering your “why”, your mission, and expressing it through a considered, fresh approach to your logo, brand colours, imagery, and story, will be the way forward to developing credibility and trust.

Design it.

With years of experience behind me designing at every scale, from billboards to brochures and everything in between, your project is in safe hands. I also look after print management, so you can be sure of a high quality outcome that will meet your budget and timeframe.

Grow it.

Effective online communication is vital today. My own digital design experience is complemented by the expertise of my like-minded partners in web development and social media marketing. From web design to e-newsletters, your project will connect with those that matter.