Steve Davis – Portsmouth Freelance Graphic Designer for Marketing Managers & Agencies

Creative Expertise with Marketing Impact

I’m Steve Davis, a Portsmouth-based freelance graphic designer with over 25 years of experience helping marketing managers, SMEs, and creative agencies bring their ideas to life. My work is focused on delivering high-quality, results-driven design that blends creativity with commercial impact.

Whether it’s branding a new product, producing campaign visuals under tight deadlines, or providing extra creative capacity for busy agencies, I make sure every design not only looks exceptional but also works hard to meet your marketing objectives.

Key Experience

With over two decades in professional graphic design, I’ve worked with a wide variety of clients and industries, giving me the versatility to adapt to any brand style or project brief.

Notable experience includes:

  • Branding & Rebranding – Developing complete visual identities for businesses across retail, hospitality, education, and non-profit sectors, from initial concept to full brand guidelines.

  • Marketing Campaign Support – Creating integrated campaigns for marketing managers that maintain consistency across print, social media, and email channels.

  • Print Design Excellence – Producing brochures, flyers, catalogues, and advertising materials with meticulous attention to typography, layout, and colour accuracy.

  • Event & Exhibition Graphics – Designing large-format visuals, banners, and stand displays that make a strong impression at trade shows and public events.

  • Agency Overflow & Collaboration – Providing flexible design support for agencies during peak workloads, seamlessly fitting into existing workflows and brand standards.

  • Cross-Industry Adaptability – Working with clients in education, the arts, tourism, heritage, and technology to deliver designs that resonate with their target audiences.

My Approach

I work as an extension of your marketing team, understanding your goals, timelines, and audience before starting any design. I combine creativity, technical skill, and marketing insight to ensure that every project delivers measurable results.

Whether you need me on-site in Hampshire or working remotely across the UK, you’ll get a designer who communicates clearly, works efficiently, and keeps your brand looking its best.

Let’s Work Together

If you’re a marketing manager looking for reliable design support or an agency in need of extra creative capacity, let’s talk about how I can help you deliver your next project.

What my clients say…

Working with Steve makes our lives so much easier. Nothing is ever a problem or too much to ask. Always available, reliable and produces first-class work. We are a happy team!
Marketing Manager at The Watercress Line

I have been working with Steve Davis Graphic Design for almost 5 years in my position as Marketing Manager in professional services firms. Steve has produced logos, stationery, brand guidelines, advertising (print and digital), magazines, invitations, brochures and forms for me. Steve makes my life so much easier! He is creative, responsive and reliable. I know that if I need help with something Steve will be onto it straight away. I couldn't recommend Steve Davis Graphic Design highly enough.
Kirsty Hughes, Marketing Manager

“I really enjoy working with Steve. He is a highly talented designer, coupled with a great marketing knowledge. Steve works with us extremely efficiently to our budgets and timescales without compromising the attention to detail and creativity. His eye-catching work extends from creative concepts, full campaign roll out - print and digital, bespoke publications to effective call to action messaging that works.”
Bill Sainsbury, Marketing Manager, Nuffield Southampton Theatres

“Steve has been a great help in pulling together big sets of data into easy to consume infographics - really helpful!”
James Potter, The LinkedIn Man

“We are always so pleased with the work that Steve produces for us. A totally professional and easy to work with service, with nothing being too much trouble means we can only highly recommend him.”
Ruth Baker, Managing Director at Simply Safer

“Steve is fantastic to work with, full of creative ideas that help to support our business growth.”
Victoria Vickery, Managing Director at All Star Marketing Club

“Working with Steve is a real pleasure. He completes work quickly, often within a matter of hours and to a high standard. He works alongside me to come up with new ideas and is a creative asset to the company. I'd highly recommend his service.”
Alice Langton, Marketing Manager