Tim Thompson owner of www.funeralorderofservice.co.uk has over 20 years’ experience in the printing industry.

Having run his own lithographic and digital printing business Sense Creative he’s built up lots of valuable experience in doing a great job printing and designing funeral orders of service.

I’ve had hands on experience with almost every aspect of printing and design, from running the printing presses, operating the guillotines, manhandling the folding kit and of course designing artwork ensuring it looks great when printed.

Printing and design gets in your blood, it’s engrained in me and I just love it.Over these last 5 years, I’ve split my time between working in the industry for a large multinational printer www.tradeprint.co.uk in a business development role and I launched a graphic design business, putting really great design into the hands of small businesses, who often struggle to find great design for print at an affordable price.

I was always moved by the work we carried out within my own printing business in Darlington, and I was always keenly aware that clients who have suffered a loss, need to be treated with an extra level of care and tact.

We were always moved by the customers gestures of thanks for taking extra care with their orders, in every circumstance I would ensure a client was never let down, even if that meant me working through the night to finish designs to hit the next days printing run.

When I considered moving back into a production role, I realised I had a lot to offer in the area of funeral order of service design and print, I could harness my understanding of the printing process to bring the cost down, and importantly offer a ‘done for you’ design service, I try to save my clients from the hassle of online design tools where possible.

These days, my time is split between general graphic design for funeral directors and creating funeral orders of service for clients all over the UK.