We are a full service design and ideas agency based in Laois, delivering creative branding
and graphic design solutions for online and offline use.
Who We Are
Established in 2013 by Mike McCarthy, Creactive Studios is a multi-disciplinary creative agency, specialising in brand identity, graphic design, website design and illustration. Situated at the foot of the Slieve Bloom Mountains in Mountmellick, Co Laois, we bring a passion for creative thinking and problem solving to every project backed up with over 25 years experience in the creative sector. We are here to help you SEE what you MEAN.
What We do
We offer a wide range of services to help your business stand out from the competition including: logo and brand identity design, naming systems, packaging design, marketing literature, brochure design, annual reports, advertising, exhibition and display graphics, website design, social media integration, character design and illustration. With great ideas and great design we can find the design solution for you and your company.
Our Approach
A passion for creativity and conceptual thinking is at the core of everything we do as we aim to achieve commercial success for all our clients large or small. With enthusiasm and conviction we bring sharp creative thinking to each project we are given the opportunity to work on. Every job gives us the chance to create something fresh, new and exciting for our clients helping them to get noticed in the marketplace.
Clients
We work for clients in Laois and the surrounding counties and beyond. No job is too big or too small, our client list includes; The GAA, Leinster GAA, Laois County Council, The Irish Times, Independent News and Media, Laois Credit Unions and Laois Athletics. Working with a diverse range of clients, everything from company start-ups, sports clubs and music festivals keeps us innovative, youthful and forward thinking all the time.
Don’t React, Creact!
Let’s Produce Top Quality Work
At Creactive Studios, we help our clients to effectively and memorably engage with their audience through branding, graphic design and illustrative based design. Our process is creative, effective, artistic and honest. But most important, we love what we do.
About Mike McCarthy
Creative Director and Founder
Since winning an art competition on Irish television as a teenager, it meant that a life of art and design beckoned and now, over 25 years later, Mike has a proven track record in the fields of graphic design and illustration.
After starting his career in Ireland, Mike moved to London where he worked in graphic design and advertising in the television, entertainment and music industry sectors. On returning home to Ireland he moved to Dublin and after a few years working freelance on various graphic design projects and producing illustrations for national publications, Mike set up his own company specialising in sports-related design where he developed and produced publications for the GAA, The Irish Times and The Independent.
He has produced editorial illustration work for The Irish Times and The Sunday Business Post and numerous other publications throughout Ireland as well as illustrating various childrens’ books. To see some of Mike’s illustration work check out his website at www.mikemccarthy.eu and his Flickr Archive here.
When not working he can be found running the roads and cross-country trails with his athletics club Ballyfin AC or planning the next trip to his hometown in West Cork.