Marketing & design studio / Peterborough, ON
Stand out. Get noticed.
Full-service marketing and design for brands that need to be seen. Small studio, big experience, direct contact, real accountability.
A small studio with big capabilities. We bring real-world experience to every project, no guesswork. Work that functions across touchpoints, serves your customers, and delivers results. We're selective with our clients and quick to execute.
Years of real experience
Two decades across agencies, in-house teams and independent clients. Every project gets senior eyes.
Phone number. Answered.
No ticket queue, no relay. You talk directly to the person designing, writing and building your work.
Layers of markup
Decisions in hours, revisions in days / not committee cycles. The budget goes into the work.
What we do
Everything between the idea and the sale.
Brand & Identity
Logos, systems, guidelines
Identities built as systems / designed to hold up on a business card, a billboard and a 60-foot trade-show wall. Visually strong, functional, built to last.
- Logo & visual identity
- Brand guidelines
- Naming & messaging
- Rebrands & refreshes
- Stationery & collateral
Web & Digital
Design, build, maintain
Websites that load fast, read clearly and convert. We design, build and maintain / UX/UI through launch and beyond.
- Website design & development
- UI/UX design & redesigns
- E-commerce
- Maintenance & updates
- Landing pages & funnels
Growth & Visibility
SEO, paid media, social
Being found is half the job. Organic search, ad spend, and the content that feeds both / with reporting you can actually read.
- Search engine optimization
- Google & Meta ad management
- Social media management
- Email campaigns
- Analytics & reporting
Content Production
Video, photo, editing
Filming, photography and editing under one roof. Product shots, brand films, social cuts / shot on purpose, edited to the platform.
- Video production & filming
- Video editing & motion graphics
- Commercial photography
- Social-first content
Print & Packaging
From proof to press
We started in print and never left. Packaging, publications and large format from concept through press check / dielines, stocks, finishes and all.
- Package design & dielines
- Brochures, catalogues, publications
- Signage & large format
- Trade show & environmental
AI Integration
Practical, not hype
We help you put AI to work inside your business / the tools, the workflows and the training / without the buzzwords or theater.
- Workflow audits & tool selection
- Content & marketing automation
- Team training
- Custom AI-assisted systems
AI, installed properly
AI won't replace your team. A team using AI will.
Most businesses know AI matters; few know where it actually fits. We've folded it into our own studio / research, production, automation / and we set it up the same way for clients: practical, measured, and built around how you already work.
Audit
We map your workflow and find the hours AI can genuinely give back / and the places it shouldn't touch.
Implement
The right tools, connected to your existing software, with guardrails so quality and privacy hold.
Train
Hands-on sessions so your team uses it confidently / prompts, processes and review habits included.
Evolve
The landscape shifts monthly. We keep your setup current so you're never running last year's playbook.
Selected work
Proof, not promises.
Drag / scroll sideways / full case studies open on Behance
The studio
Small on purpose.
Market Smith is led by a small team of creative directors and multidisciplinary designers with a 20+ years across branding, UX/UI, web and marketing-driven creative systems, from agency floors to in-house teams to independent studio work.
The through-line is system thinking: work that functions across every touchpoint and holds up in the real world. Our value is in having the real world experience to provide tangible input, not guesswork. We move quickly, are selective with our clients and our projects, and provide premium design and marketing value.
We work remotely with clients everywhere - but if you'd like to grab a coffee in the Kawarthas area, who could say no to that?
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