April Studio

I`m Marketing Director in real estate holding company covering several different Asset Classes and divisions covering real estate management services

Our aim was to create house of brands for holding company and all belonging companies. We also made logo and a website for Flexible Office operator, also part of a holding company

We have found several companies on the market and after initial briefing and understanding that April studio showed in analysing our brief, we chose them,

April spoke to our Strategy development director and with me, they initially showed their understanding of our brief. then, we got 4-5 different art directions and when we all understood in depth how our brands should look, we made final selection of art direction. based on this, they offered several options for each brand until we got final materials.

Mostly with Miloš and Vlada, creative directors and owners

We have re-launched website for one of companies, today recognized as one on leading real-estate investors in Serbia. Our flexible office operator is largest in Serbia

Detailed threads covering topic we are discussing, also we have had weekly meetings to keep track on progress, to discuss and brainstorm ideas

Their level of devotion and ability to understand our requests was impressive. They can definitely go an extra mile for the client

to add one more communication channel not to use email that much (pre-covid time so we weren`t aware of lets say teams) and shared platform for exchanging files

I am the founder and CEO of the company. We are in architectural products search industry.

We are working with April studio on a visual identity and a website design.

As we are operating in Architecture industry we wanted to work with someone whose previous works had a connection with architecture. Beside this, it was important to detect if there is mutual understanding about main ideas and if we can find a partner who could help us in a creative field. April studio contributes in creating creative solutions and that is exactly what we wanted from the vendor.

At the beginning we needed visual identity, logo and the website design, so these were main topics where we started. In the first couple of sessions we were setting up mutual understanding of the processes and what we want to achieve. After this they started with the design and over the course of work we are having regular milestone meetings. On these meetings we discussed provided solutions, requested revisions etc.

We are working with three people: Project Manager, Creative Director, Designer.

They provide all design solutions in such a details that our developers never needed any help to implement what April defines. We already have a highly positive feedback from our clients about how well our website has been designed. If we take into account that we are operating in Architecture industry which is very much visually oriented then this feedback has additional weight.

Everything goes so smoothly. Communication and mutual understanding is so good and for us this is one of the most important point beside creativity.

April studio always supports their design decisions with a lot of background research, and that is impressive. It shows us that they are doing this job seriously, they research the industry we work in, they know what are the trends, traditions etc.

So far our cooperation is just perfect. I am saying this after 20 years experience in hiring many designers or design agencies, so I just hope things will remain the same in all our future mutual projects.

I’m the head of marketing for Krajinaklas, a producer of bakery and confectionery products.

We needed to develop a website for the software that we built in our company.

Aside from software development, they helped us with the naming of the product, as well as the branding strategy for our new software. They used some templates for the website, but also did some specific programming that we wanted to do. They also provided a detailed document that included several questions for us, which helped them better understand our needs and our focus for the project.

I worked with two people. One was a designer and the other was a strategy officer.

We were looking for smaller agencies on the internet and found 3–4 companies. We chose April Studio based on their previous work, which showed how they could adapt to different kinds of projects. They were also a smaller agency so I knew that they could easily listen to their client’s needs — which is something big agencies don’t have the flexibility to do.

We spent around €15,000 (approximately $17,300 USD) on this project, and they also did a few smaller ones for our bakery shops.

We worked together from December 2019–March 2021.

I would like to emphasize that they were very flexible, willing to listen to their customers, and weren’t afraid to offer something non-standard.

They’ve been very good in this regard. They completed everything on the dates that they promised, so they get an A for project implementation. We mostly communicated over email, but we also had video calls to discuss aspects of the project that we couldn’t through email.

Their flexibility stood out as well as how they were willing to explore other possibilities for their clients. I don’t have much experience with a lot of marketing organizations so there’s not much more I could add.

I was generally very satisfied with their approach to the project and with any issues we had. Their work was very structured for the competitive analysis, the design and branding work, and the development of the website.

I would advise working with them.

I managed digital marketing and I needed assistance for handling the massive workload

For development of HTML, responsive newsletters, social media marketing, banner for digital marketing and website graphics

We posted a description of the tasks to handled online and April Studio was selected because they provided the most convincing reply with both qualitative examples and a great understanding of our company and our current situation

Daily communication and prioritization of urgent tasks we needed assistance with.

Depending on how much of a burning platform we represented, we needed from 2-6 people from April Studio and we really benefitted from them being that scalable

We managed to solve our issues within a very short time frame and that was exactly what we needed. Within time, we learned that April Studio grew in understanding BON'A PARTE and we needed less and less time for discussing daily ongoing tasks

It was perfect. We got what we needed to start with, and we actually felt that we got even more, as the collaboration grew over time

I really felt that April Studio put in effort and heart in providing what we needed, and though the collab lasted 3 years, we only went from strength to strength

No, the only reason for the collab ending was decided outside of our decision range

I’m the business development manager for Luxor Solar GmbH. We have produced premium solar modules since 2007.

They support us in the area of social networking.

We have a deal with April Studio to deliver corporate communication through social media, such as LinkedIn. It’s a two-way system — on one hand, they give us their advice, input, and design. We also provide them with the input, and they translate what we want into the design, which we really appreciate about their work.

We’ve been working with three people, including one of the partners and a designer. We’re in direct communication with them.

To be honest, it was over a bottle of wine. I found the design interesting and was referred to April Studio. It turned out that one of the agency’s partners was a professor at the Belgrade School of Design. We saw the references that they had, and we really liked their work. They had the best mixture of nice-looking but straightforward designs, which is what we needed.

We started somewhere between €6,000–€7,000 (approximately $7,000–$8,000 USD) per year.

The project started in June 2021, and it’s still ongoing.

April Studio understands how to translate the management’s language into a design language, which is needed in this world of economics. In the first four weeks, we had a 170% increase in followers. It’s an amazing result for such a short amount of time. Also, our followers like the design. We’ve had a lot of likes and people sharing things, which has been really nice.

They’re fast, which is important from our side. The meetings are nicely organized, and working with them is easy. When we give them a timeline, everything goes smoothly.

They’re a great studio that creates a lot of design, but they also understand the information between the economic and the designer’s demands. Usually, creative directors fall in love with something and then get lost in their own story. They don’t have to balance the economic part, whereas April Studio does this best.

From a management point of view, everything can always be cheaper. However, April Studio is one of the best due to their balance and vast background and experience.

Give them clear timelines and budgets.