RJDA have unveiled their latest large format print acquisition for 2011, the AGFA Jeti 1224 UV HDC FTR – the fastest photorealistic industrial grade flat-to-roll (FTR) display graphics printer in its class.

The Jeti 1224′s state of the art 2.4m engine will give RJDA the best of both worlds, High Definition Colour (HDC) from each of its 24 print heads, combined with a significant increase in production capacity.

Capable of printing 110m2 in express mode the Jeti 1224 features four colour plus white in a single pass and benefits from a motor driven vacuum bed for precise registration and highly accurate dot placement up to 1200 dpi.

Right on cue and maybe a sign of things to come the RJDA production schedule was ramped up over the Easter period to roll out corporate signage across 3 sites for Progress Rail Services following their recent acquisition of Balfour Beatty Rail’s UK trackwork manufacturing business.

The results are simply amazing but don’t just take our word for it, check out our new kit in action.

Whatever your large format print requirements from signage, banners and portable displays, through to hoardings, billboards and point of sale you can be confident RJDA can be your perfect large format solution partner.

Got a large format print job? Contact us now for a quote….

The race is on for this years RJDA annual staff charity event – The British 10k London run.

Up to 10 RJDA staff members, 25,000 runners and 40,000 spectators will be assembled along part of the route used for next years 2012 Olympic Marathon.

Join the RJDA team on the start line at Hyde Park corner on July 10th at 09:35 as the race winds its way past London Eye, Big Ben, Downing Street and other famous London landmarks.

Confirmed RJDA race goers as of going to press include Andy, Ross, Lee & Studio Manager Chris Reynolds aka Rocket Renner the road race veteran.

Will Chris’ knee hold, Billy’s stag weekend materialise or Lee’s ankle actually mend in time to even start training?

Please help us to help our chosen charities, as always your donations are always very gratefully received.

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Fortunately for RJDA their latest creative brief for Derbyshire County Council, entitled Smart Rider, did not end with the infamous Norman Tebbit colloquialism ‘On your bike!’.

Instead DCC’s Road Safety Team were a lot more glowing in their assessment of RJDA’s creative delivery, which featured a brand identity and hand drawn illustrations with a digital twist.

Improving road safety is a top priority for DCC and RJDA have certainly played an important role by project managing the design and digital print of a new suite of training literature to help shape the future of cycle proficiency in Derbyshire.

If you would like RJDA to review your company branding, illustration requirements, or simply explore print management opportunities why not get in touch with our creatives. Email studio@rj-da.co.uk

If you would like to find out more about Smart Rider email roadsafety@derbyshire.gov.uk or click on www.derbyshire.gov.uk

RJDA are delighted to announce their recent success in a 3 way creative pitch to Warrington based Environmental Protection Group (EPG) for a new logo, corporate ID and content managed website.

The combination of a clean design, classic typeface, revitalised colour palette and a bit of web WOW formed the basis of RJDA’s pitch winning proposition. EPG’s corporate rebrand will be finalised with the launch of their new look website www.epg-ltd.co.uk, which goes live later this month complete with a content managed news section.

The pitch marks the second success in as many months for RJDA, following the East Midlands Agencies appointment to manage the marketing and PR activity for Carbon Composites Manufacturer Atlas Composites.

Following the hugely successful launch of www.idealheating.com earlier in the year who else would Hull based Ideal Commercial turn to redevelop their B2B website rebrand than RJDA – particularly after the aforementioned website ranked no 1 with Google after months of Organic Search Engine Optimisation (Organic SEO) by the RJ-DA team.

The start of August heralds a new beginning for www.idealcommercialheating.com.

The SEO friendly site has been redeveloped with a CMS system, database driven product search tool and social media widgets.

The Ability to register warranty and request project quotation online adds to the browsing experience and there are further plans to include a servicing and training DVD over the coming months.

“It’s not everyday we finish such a big project with such lavish praise”, enthused Web Development Manager Matt Underwood, referring to the thumbs up received from Tom Anderton, Marketing & Product Manager for Ideal Commercial.

“Thanks so much for all your hard work on our new website. RJDA’s technical expertise was only superseded by their friendliness, openness and willingness to make all the amends needed. I truly believe this is one of the best websites of it’s type in the B2B sector and I’m extremely proud to be associated with it.” enthused Tom.

Click here to view the new www.idealcommercialheating.com website.

Click here to find out more about RJDA’s web design services.

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RJDA never do anything by halves and on 8^th June we celebrated our 10^th birthday with the biggest all day party we’ve ever hosted.

Clients large and small, old and new, potential clients, local businesses, DNCC members, marketing Derby bond holders, suppliers, friends and the team at Rj joined the party to celebrate a DECADE IN DESIGN.

We kicked off bright & early at 8am by hosting a DNCC breakfast meeting. Visitors were given a tour of the print & production facilities, followed by barbequed bacon & sausage cobs out on our balcony overlooking the golf course. Luckily it’s a covered area so we were protected from the onslaught of the summer rain!

Visitors poured in all day long to join the celebrations, taste the delights from the BBQ and join in the fun, games and competitions in true party style. The skalextric racing challenge with a top gear style leader board was the most popular and a remote controlled car delivery challenge tested the driving skills of our visitors. But it was the old photographs of our team at 10 years of age that provided the best entertainment!

Our welcome plasma screen in reception showcased video footage from our recently launched Creative Sauce Competition and a team building Go Karting evening from last week with commentary by Murray Walker!

Everyone left the party with their own little black party bag filled with goodies and we were left to toast Rob and eat cake!

This week we helped Ross to celebrate his birthday – with a drum roll and a cake!

Ross is a designer in our studio of 10 creative’s and has been with RJDA since leaving Derby University 4 years ago.

His lively personality and imaginative flair make him popular with both clients and work colleagues alike and he frequently uses the drum kit in the corner of the studio to help let off steam after pursuing tight studio deadlines!

Happy Birthday Ross!

February 18th saw Nottingham’s East Midlands Conference Centre play host to Balfour Beatty Rail Safety Challenge Awards 2010.

The annual awards ceremony is a key date in the calendar for Balfour Beatty Rail Operating Companies in recognising and rewarding innovative and creative safety applications across its businesses. The Safety Challenge Awards form an integral part of a group wide goal to make safety personal and achieve Zero Harm by 2012 – values which are now firmly rooted in the mind of RJDA Director Lee Day.

Safety Challenge Awards Event Organisers Sue Sawyer & John Tidyman commented “RJDA have earned a much deserved reputation within Balfour Beatty Rail companies for delivering quality Zero Harm marketing collateral on time, every time, and perhaps more importantly by taking the time to understand the importance of our initiative and the valuable positive impact it is having on all Balfour Beatty stakeholders. RJDA’s work ethic is very much a combination of going the extra mile, taking the time in making things personal which is why RJDA continue to secure referrals and repeat business from key decision makers within Balfour Beatty Rail.”

“On behalf of Balfour Beatty Rail we would both like to say thank you to RJDA for all of their help, ideas, effort and support over the Safety Challenge Awards planning and preparation period. The attendees were extremely impressed with the Zero Harm pillars and overall branding of the conference and I would have no hesitation recommending RJDA.”

RJDA teamed up with Globalkey Translations for a day with a difference at Loughborough University’s Holywell Park Conference Centre recently.

Russia Day was organised and hosted by East Midlands UK Trade and Investment (uktiem) to showcase Russian culture, business trends and openings and provided the perfect opportunity for companies hoping to tap into one of the worlds fastest growing markets.

A wealth of industry experts and guest speakers were on hand to deliver workshops and advice to companies across many sectors such as transport, energy, engineering, automotive, media and pharmaceutical.

Working in partnership with a linguistic professional certainly broadens RJDA’s offer and Russia Day delegates were impressed by the fact that RJDA can now combine translation with marketing collateral and web solutions to provide multilingual localised marketing material.

The start of February signals the launch of Creative Sauce, an exciting new design competition bringing together RJDA’s creative professionals with road safety charity Brake and the burgeoning talent from the regions 4 main universities.

Creative Sauce is a vision for student opportunities and an opportunity for RJDA’s graduates to give something back to their university roots according to Studio Manager Chris Reynolds who will be appraising portfolios of the competitions 5 best entrants.

Encouraged by its already successful graduate recruitment program Chris envisages Creative Sauce as a fantastic opportunity for students to showcase their design potential to one of the East Midlands fastest growing and most successful agencies.

This years inaugural competition will see RJDA team up Road Safety Charity Brake to deliver a brief for “WATCH OUT THERE’S A KID ABOUT! A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR CHILD ROAD SAFETY.”

Check out all the entries on our new website www.mycreativesauce.co.uk to see who is in the running to win the 21″ Imac first prize and a host of runner up prizes.

RJDA have began the new decade in spectacular fashion with the announcement that they have made the shortlist for Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Chamber Business Of The Year 2010 Award.

The event is the showcase for the county’s most talented entrepreneurs, executives and successful business models and provides a widely recognised mark of quality. For those lucky enough to make the awards night there is a platform to celebrate their achievements before an audience of peers and prospective customers.

This years event will take place on Friday 26th February 2010 at Derby College’s newly opened Roundhouse site – a venue the RJDA team are all too familiar with having already worked on the external branding for the site.

The Awards are the liveliest and longest established in the area and the evening promises to be a glittering occasion compéred by a well known figure.

Only the winners will be entitled to proudly display the award emblem on their stationery, packaging and advertising, so RJDA staff wait with eager anticipation and their digital and litho presses at the ready for a possible stationery reprint!

RJDA have added yet another feather to their cap by recently qualifying with flying colours to become members of RAR (Recommended Agency Register)

RAR work to identify, qualify and evaluate companies in the marketing sector and RJDA were rated ‘excellent’ gaining 85% in client surveys.

RAR realise the importance of helping company’s source, select and engage the right marketing supplier so their system enable clients to make an informed and efficient choice of agency by viewing key data such as where the company are located, what their skills areas lie and their levels of customer satisfaction.

So if you are looking at reviewing your digital marketing, thinking of adding Direct Mail to your marketing activities, searching for a PR strategy, planning a new integrated campaign or just want to have a fresh look at your creative options you now know you’ve definitely come to the right place!

On Friday 4th December RJDA welcomed Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Chamber members to their 12,000 sq ft contemporary offices for a fast, fun and festive speed-networking event.

The 30 or so visitors really set the place buzzing as they moved round the room exchanging business details and contacts.

This was the first event that RJDA have held at their new location, so it was a real opportunity to show delegates what we do, the enthusiasm we have for doing it and our professional delivery.

The positive feedback from the eclectic mix of business associate’s was really encouraging. Barbi Rodger, Director of Global Key Translations, was full of praise for the set up at RJDA:

“I really enjoyed the ‘Speed Networking’ occasion and, needless to say, was most impressed by the set up and magnificent hospitality.”

The event culminated in a tour of the premises, lunch and drinks. Watch this space for details of further RJDA networking events – one thing is for certain the new business links forged should ensure that the New Year starts off in the best way possible!

The clock is ticking and time is running out for RJDA to get ready and prepare to welcome Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire Chamber Members to the last Speed Networking event for 2009.

The event offers a new fresh way to build business connections quickly. Its fast, its fun, its networking with an accelerated twist.

The forty business attendees have 2½ minutes to introduce themselves, their company and their services before they move on to the next ‘hot seat’ and do it all over again!

The event is scheduled for the 4th December and will begin at 9.30am with RJDA serving lunch at 12.30pm

For more information or to book your place please contact the events team at The Chamber
events@dncc.co.uk

The search is on to find the county’s most deserving youngsters for the Young Achievers Awards 2009

The annual awards, now in there 11th year, were set up to highlight some of the outstanding personal achievements of young people across the county with nominations ranging from:

Bravery in fighting illness

Kindness in helping others

Commitment to improving school, community or the local environment

Sporting, musical, artistic or academic success.

RJDA are once again proud to announce their continued support for the Derbyshire County Council event.

2009 will be RJDA’s 5th consecutive year of sponsorship, a fact warmly recognised by Derbyshire County Council Councillor Anne Western, “The event would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors of which RJDA’s contribution is greatly appreciated”

Nominations for the reception to be held in Matlock on the 11th December are now closed.

With combined industry experience of over 50 YEARS between them, the twin appointment of Daran Zikic to the position of Pre Press Manager and Ian Hornbuckle as Workflow Coordinator, should signal significant progression throughout all of RJDA’s workflow processes.

Daran brings with him proven Management experience, with over 25 years experience in the print trade, of which 13 years have been in management. His extensive knowledge of Litho, Digital and Pre Press systems has already seen him undertake the successful implementation of not only achieving, but more importantly maintaining, an ISO12647 consistent closed loop print standard on RJDA’s B2 Komori 5 colour litho press.

“Progression is always the key to success and my future within RJDA could precipitate an eventual move into a more hands on Business Development role. Using my print knowledge to help customers, both existing and new, to achieve the best possible end product in design and cost is ultimately where I see my RJDA career developing.” enthused Daran.

mark levers sporting chances

RJDA are delighted to be associated with the brand launch of Mark Levers Sporting Chances – an Ilkeston based multi sports training and coaching start up business.

To coincide with the lucrative School Holiday period the RJDA studio went to work on designing a new logo, website and significant large format presence, namely posters and outdoor banners positioned strategically at venues in the East Midlands.

Together with a new website launch, www.ml-sportingchances.co.uk,  the next 12 months promise to be exciting times for the fledgling business.

…the future is Derby University & RJDA

RJDA are pleased to announce their continued association with Derby University by adding to their graduate intake for the fourth successive year.

This month welcomes the most recent arrival to RJDA’s burgeoning creative team – Darren Barrett, a 2:1 BA Honours Graphic design graduate with a strong pedigree and portfolio to match.

Darren's winning YCN artwork

If his recent YCN yearbook commendation is anything to go by, next year promises to be big year for Darren, a prediction matched by course tutor Tracey Allanson-Smith. “Darren can feel particularly proud of his academic achievements to date, the highlight being chosen by the Young Creative Network for his Orange mobile concepts. Given the right opportunity I am sure Darren will convert his obvious potential into creative talent within a studio environment”

According to studio manager Chris Reynolds it certainly wasn’t a difficult decision in the making – ‘Darren has an outstanding CV and portfolio and will be hoping to emulate the success of our previously talented Derby University graduates Matt Underwood, Ross Ballinger and Andy Gilmore by forging a promising career for themselves within the RJDA studio’

See below examples of other work our Derby graduates completed at university…

Matt Underwood - commissioned work for Orange whilst at Derby University

Andy Gilmore's YCN winning work