Tom Hodgson Derbyshire designer & photographer

Tom is a friendly, professional and highly skilled individual who is a pleasure to work with on a daily basis. I would have no hesitation in recommending his work.

Tom designed a pair of great trail leaflets for the Visit Tideswell Group. Great looking and effective… good guy too. Tom gave us great results, he was personable and works with high integrity

Tom is a talented, creative designer with the technical know-how required to bring his designs to life. I worked with him on a wide variety of projects from re-brands to complex online applications and would recommend Tom for any creative project that requires an innovative designer who also understands the development process. He’s also a great bloke!

Tom is a committed professional, with a great eye for detail. He is always helpful and responsive when approached for help, and methodical in his response.

Tom produced beautiful stationary for my aunt’s funeral service. I found Tom to be personable, worked with high integrity and is a very creative individual

Tom has real talent and takes time to fully understand the needs of his customers. He has been a key player in the redevelopment of YHA’s brand and helped to reposition all of our internal and external communications. On top of all that he is hard working, always meets deadlines, dedicated, pays acute attention to detail and is genuinely one of the nicest chaps you’ll ever meet.

Tom is an excellent graphic designer who works well to a brief, is very enjoyable, efficient and effective to work with and delivers great results. Tom gives great results, he’s personable and good value

Tom didn’t know what to expect when invited to take photographs of our Annual Girls Weekend at Carsington Water. However, he coped admirably with 14 ‘ladies’ of a certain age and in various stages of menapausal madness. Initially, there was collective panic about the wrinkles, bags, beards and extra portions that were bound to show up in professional photographs – then Tom walked in. He put us at our ease immediately and by the end of the session the younger contingency were offering marriage and the more mature, clearly disinhibited by the HRT, were offering special favours….. Bless him, he brought the best out in us all. We may not be movie stars but we certainly shined bright under his lens that day. We got great results for a good value and creative service.

I worked with Tom on testing for a new website recently, Tom has an incredible eye for detail, he will quite easily find multiple faults in things that otherwise would have been signed off. His work on the branding project is incredible, YHA has totally been transformed, internally and externally. He is very enthusiastic and passionate about IT, staying with current trends. I have no doubt Tom has an exciting career ahead of him. He is also a decent, honest chap. I would have no hesitation recommending him.

Tom proved to be organised, efficient and had an excellent understanding not only of photography but of the requirements of the associated business.

Tom was our photographer in September 2011, we are delighted with the quality of the photos! Tom gave clear instructions and managed to direct 80+ people into position, he was very thorough and asked what personal touches we wanted to include but also being creative on his own. Tom captured our brilliant day in pictures and we would highly recommend him as a photographer to anyone!

I worked with Tom for five years at YHA and he was an absolute delight to work alongside. Tom is a confident and sociable team member, easy to approach and very good at communicating with people at all levels.

Although YHA has a tight set of brand guidelines, Tom has no problems working within these whilst still demonstrating his creativity. Tom loves to see a project through from brief to finished product, and is able to liaise with outside agencies to make sure that work is delivered on time and to a high standard. He is also able to bring another dimension to his design work through his photography which is always creative and relevant to a project.

I would happily endorse both his work and professionalism to any prospective employer.