New Website who dis?
Creative director & Growth Director
Rosie & Ben
Before Rogue State we were in the thick of it. Running venues, leading teams, fixing broken tills, designing our own menus and learning marketing the hard way with axe throwing lanes in a half empty warehouse.
We didn’t launch a creative studio from a cosy co-working space with iced coffee and mood-boards. We launched after 6 years of running high octane venues with axe throwing, escape rooms and cocktails that slapped.
We figured out what works, what doesn’t and how to make a brand stand out when your budget is toast and your team is running on fumes.
Fast Forward
Fast forward and we grew that little business into a multi-site, multi-format beast. Four locations in three cities with axe throwing, escape rooms, crazy golf, and thriving bars. Sales topping £1.2 million a year isn’t too bad for a couple of ex-hospitality lifers who learned on the fly.
Now we have handed over the reins to that business to launch Rogue State. A design and marketing studio made by hospitality people, for hospitality people. We see a massive gap between businesses who can’t afford anything and those who have the budget but don’t know where to start. So we’re building the things we wish we had.
Now this is what we do.
Products and Courses - for those bootstrapping and learning to do it all themselves
Creative services and consultancy - for those ready to grow and expand.
COMING SOON
Why we’re worth the hype
We’ve run venues. We know the pain of doing your socials at midnight and fixing your booking system between shifts. We don’t just make things look good (although they do look good) we make things work hard. Every menu, every logo, every marketing campaign is designed with the bigger picture in mind - ticket sales, bar sales, table turn times- your customer experience and your long term growth.
Because we’ve been in your shoes. We know hospitality, competitive socialising and events businesses and what they actually need because we've operated them or worked in them. Generalised agencies are great sure, but they don’t understand the impact or consequences their decisions have on the operation or the team.
