Eight people above an old print works

Studio

Kindling is a small, independent studio in Ravenmouth. We’ve been making brands, websites and campaigns here since 2014.

Two desks, one client and a borrowed printer.

Hattie started Kindling in 2014 in the back room of the Print Works, with Dev on the next desk and a brewery as the only client. Twelve years on, the brewery is still with us and so is the printer.

We’ve stayed small on purpose. Eight people means the ones who pitch your project are the ones who make it, and nobody has to manage the managers. When a job needs more hands, we bring in freelancers we’ve worked with for years.

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Start a project

Hands sorting yellow sticky notes on a blue workshop table

A designer in an apron talking three colleagues through printed work

people in the studio

years in Ravenmouth

140+

projects launched

days a week, on full pay

What we believe

Four rules we actually stick to.

Say it plainly

If we can’t explain an idea in one sentence, it isn’t ready. That goes for our invoices too.

One brilliant thing

We’d rather make one thing people remember than ten things they scroll past.

Show work early

You’ll see rough sketches in week one. Big reveals are fun for agencies and risky for clients.

Leave on time

Good ideas come from rested people. We finish at half five and take Fridays off.

The team

The people you’ll actually work with.

Hattie, smiling, in a cream shirt against a terracotta wall

Has kept every train ticket since 2009, in date order.

Hattie Marsh

Founder and creative director

Dev, smiling, in a white T-shirt against a grey brick wall

Can name most typefaces from a single lowercase g.

Dev Raman

Design director

Rosa, smiling, in an olive turtleneck against a dark background

Bakes a different loaf for the studio every Thursday.

Rosa Lindqvist

Senior designer

Tomasz in a brown jacket, leaning on an orange wall

Built his own keyboard. Then built a second one.

Tomasz Wren

Lead developer

Amara, smiling, with curly hair and a green T-shirt

Former debating champion, still unbeaten at the pub quiz.

Amara Osei

Strategy lead

Finn, laughing, in a black T-shirt against a dark background

Draws a flipbook for every new starter.

Finn Calloway

Motion designer

Noor in blue glasses and a patterned T-shirt, smiling

Swims in the sea all year round, even in February.

Noor Haddad

Producer

Kwame, smiling, in a black T-shirt against a dark background

Writes a haiku for every overdue invoice reminder.

Kwame Ellis

Copywriter

Careers

We’re hiring. Come and make things with us.

Full time, Ravenmouth, £36,000 to £42,000

Mid-weight designer

Two or more years in a studio, a portfolio with brand and digital work, and opinions about type.

Apply with your portfolio

Three months from January, hybrid, £400 a day

Freelance motion designer

After Effects and a feel for timing. You’ll animate two identities and a campaign.

Apply with your portfolio

What you get

Four-day week on full pay

£1,500 a year for training

27 days off plus bank holidays

Studio lunch every Thursday

Cycle to work scheme

Two studio days a week, the rest is up to you

No role that fits? Send us your work anyway. We read everything.

A hand holding an orange sample over a desk of material swatches

A long meeting table with yellow chairs and a striped wall hanging

New business

Got a brief? Or just a hunch?

Tell us what you’re trying to change. We reply to every enquiry within two working days, usually with a few questions and a time to talk.