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Data presentation slide showing percentage breakdowns for different brands including Being, Being Plus, Carbonite and Frisbee, used as the hero image for the presentation design service page by Julie Nicholls

Freelance

Presentation design

• Sales decks 
• Credentials presentations

• Report design

• Template design

• Slide polish and refinement
• Canva presentation templates
• Keynote templates
• PowerPoint templates

Presentations worth paying attention to

A presentation is often the most important thing in the room. Whether it's a pitch that needs to win new business, a credentials deck that needs to make the right impression, or a report that needs to communicate complex information clearly, the design matters as much as the content.

I work in PowerPoint, Keynote and Canva, and I'm equally comfortable building from scratch or working with slides someone has already started. Some clients come to me with a finished deck that just needs polishing. Others need a full template system their team can use independently. Most of the presentations I work on are confidential, so what you see here is a small selection of what I actually produce, but it gives you a sense of the range.

Presentation design for Juventus Team Jay

Entertainment and sports brands

Working on behalf of Eclipse Productions, a brand strategy and creative agency working with major names in sports, entertainment and consumer goods, I design presentations that help some of the world's most recognisable brands tell their story. The briefs range from pitch decks and brand capability presentations to research documents and audience insight reports. Eclipse have been a client since 2018.

"You are so professional and clear talking that it is a luxury to work with you. You can always see the wood for the trees so you bring so much more to the table than just a good eye."

Jennifer Burgos, Eclipse Productions

Presentation template slides for Shimajiro Japanese children's character brand showing colourful Keynote design with character illustrations, created by Julie Nicholls on behalf of Eclipse Productions
Credentials presentation slides for Jammy Custard animation studio showing colourful brand identity and studio capabilities, created by Julie Nicholls on behalf of Eclipse Productions
Presentation slides for Anniemals a new animated children's series showing character illustrations and programme pitch information, created by Julie Nicholls on behalf of Eclipse Productions
Presentation showing media usage statistics for children over the last decade with data visualisation and illustrated slide design, created by Julie Nicholls on behalf of Eclipse Productions

Agency credentials and pitch decks

Agencies come to me regularly for presentation support, either building templates the team can use independently or designing specific pitch and credentials decks. A well-designed pitch can be the difference between winning and losing a piece of business, and it's often the last thing agencies invest in.

Range of editable trade capabilities presentation template slides created in Keynote showing clean professional layout and brand design, by Julie Nicholls
Editable Keynote presentation templates for the License to PR client pitch deck showing the agency brand identity applied to slide layouts, created by Julie Nicholls
Editable Keynote presentation templates for a Brazil Street client pitch deck showing the media agency brand identity applied to professional slide layouts, created by Julie Nicholls
Suite of branded PowerPoint presentation template slides for Spitfire Marketing showing applied across title slides, content layouts and data slides, designed by Julie Nicholls

NHS and public sector reports

A significant part of my presentation and report work is for NHS trusts and public sector programmes. These are a different kind of brief; formal, data-heavy, accessible by design, and often produced to tight timelines. I design and artwork digital reports, strategy presentations and stakeholder update documents across several ongoing NHS relationships.

Digital report presentation for Airedale NHS Foundation Trust showing the EPR connecting people brand identity applied to a formal NHS publication, designed and artworked by Julie Nicholls
Digital report presentation for Airedale NHS Foundation Trust showing the EPR connecting people brand identity applied to a formal NHS publication, designed and artworked by Julie Nicholls
Digital report presentation for the Violence Reduction Programme London showing the programme brand identity applied to a formal publication with statistics and outcomes, designed by Julie Nicholls
PowerPoint presentation sharing the mission and data sharing approach of the Violence Reduction Programme London, designed by Julie Nicholls for Verve Communications

Other business presentations

Beyond agencies and the public sector I produce presentations for businesses across a range of sectors. Sales decks, white papers, investor documents and internal communications; whatever the brief, the aim is always the same: clear, professional and designed to hold attention.

White paper presentation for Driver First Assist making the case for compulsory first aid training for professional drivers and greater availability of defibrillators in public spaces, designed by Julie Nicholls
Nine slides from a CityFibre internal staff induction day presentation covering topics including full fibre revolution, CitiFlix introduction, incident and accident reporting, PPE requirements, first aid, information security and learning and development, designed by Julie Nicholls

Services

Come to me for one thing
and stay for everything else

Got a deck that needs work?

Whether you need a quick polish or a full template system, I'd love to help.

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I’m Julie Nicholls, a freelance designer based in Essex, UK. I work remotely for design, digital and media agencies whenever they need a little extra support. I also work directly with all kinds of businesses to help them connect with their audiences through good design. Let's chat about how I can help your business.

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