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We are delighted to announce that our work for Orroland has been nominated for a Scottish Design Award. It’s exciting to be listed among so much great work in the brand identity category, alongside some of Scotland’s best agencies.

We caught up with SHINE’s Senior Web Developer Bryan Davis to talk about some of his favourite projects, and some tips on getting into his line of work.

As of January 2022, statistics show that 48% of the global population is on social media – that’s 3.78 billion people and counting. Whether you’re somebody that loves to photograph their lunch or thinks all phones should be banned at the table, there’s no denying that social media is here to stay – particularly since…

We caught up with SHINE’s Senior Graphic Designer Ian Westwater this week to discuss the process of getting into design and some exciting upcoming projects. How did you end up in design? Where did you start?   I always had an interest in drawing and technology, which ended up leading me down the route of a…

It’s been almost five months since joining the SHINE team as Digital Marketing Manager, and it’s been fantastic working with a small team that are all experts in their own area. I’ve been keen to better understand how our team has evolved and got to where it is today, so I’ve been sitting down (sometimes…

Having joined the SHINE team recently as someone with experience in marketing, rather than design, I decided to get to know our team better and what it is that excites them about their work here. I started off by chatting to Kieran Reilly, our Head of Design.

As every year passes, the power of social media continues to rise and exceed expectations like never before. 20 years ago, the potential marketing reach was very limited as outbound marketing was much more prevalent whether that be billboards, newspaper ads or cold-calling where the audience could be warm or cold leads, there was no…

Here at SHINE, we take pride in every website that we deliver. We ensure that customer usability and access is perfect whilst combining that with the clients’ values and ethos to create a website that is Industry leading. For many of our hospitality clients, they want this standard to flow through to their booking engine…

So many statistics are quoted about peoples attention span these days. I was told recently that our concentration limit in meetings, Zoom or otherwise, it is around the seven minute mark, or at least I think thats what they said. It’s interesting that articles now have the ‘5 minute read’ note on them to give you a…

Throughout my first year at SHINE, there have been moments that have surprised me, scared me, intrigued me and enlightened me. Each moment adding to the fuel of my burning desire to dive further into marketing and develop both myself individually and within this flourishing industry. As I move into handling Digital Marketing at SHINE,…