About Us

Want to Know a Little About Us? Let Us Tell You.

Our customers are always our top priority. We seek to understand their unique needs and goals so we can provide them with products and services that are effective marketing solutions. Our job is to help them connect and engage with their customers, achieving the maximum impact from their marketing investments with us.

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Our Values

The HDCO Mission

Our mission is to make our clients’ business or organization better. We accomplish this by leveraging our industry-leading sales team and world-class products to help our clients reach their maximum potential.

D

Design

Design is the core of what we do. We want to help you construct a brand that engages your audience.

E

Expression

We believe signs should be constructed with the materials, textures, and lighting that really speak to your brand.

S

Selflessness

We truly care about the community that we live in. A portion of proceeds from our projects helps the community through various opportunities like volunteering and donations.

I

Imagination

The sky is the limit in our client work. We make your design dreams a reality.

G

Genuine

We provide high-quality customer interactions that are genuine. We care about our clients and we want to express this to them

N

Noteworthy

We never do anything halfway. You can be sure you are getting a high-quality design that is expertly crafted from end to end.

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Our History

Let us tell you about our Journey

In 2022, Burkhart Sign Systems became Hayes Design Co. which plans, designs, builds and installs custom fabricated signs all across the country. Today the company assists local and national clients to enhance their brand and help make their business better. Hayes Design Co. truly believes our signs are more than just powerful tools for delivering brand messages. They are truly works of “art in the air.” They are motivational tools inspiring our client’s customers to take action, attend events, buy products and services and, ultimately, enhance the regional/national economy by enhancing the brand of businesses and organizations.

Community

Our Beneficence

We strongly believe that we have an obligation to help those around us and the community that we live in. We actively look for ways to make an impact through what we do, whether that’s through proceeds and donations or volunteer work. Check out some of our recent work for some great charities below.

Transformation Ministries

Hayes Design Co is proud to support this wonderful Ministry with signs to showcase their new building.

Keep Up With Hayes

Interested in our latest work? Check out our Linkedin to stay in the loop.

TESTIMONIALS

Happy Clients

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Joel Hart

Working with Burkhart on a couple different projects has always been a great experience. They are professional and always attentive to details and quick to get back to me. Recently we had some large signage projects and a very short time frame to complete the job but the folks at Burkhart went out of their way to make sure the job was done and done right. I would certainly recommend

Joe Hart, South Bend Cubs

Rev. Dr. William Salsbery

We love the new sign! Thanks so much for all your effort in making this possible. We greatly appreciate the generosity shown us by the Burkhart company. I really appreciated the men who installed it. They were great to work with.

Rev. Dr. William Salsbery, Heartland Ministries

Blake Baumgartner

Burkhart Sign Systems did a great job on our custom sign and awnings. They were professional, safe and kept me in constant communication throughout the project. They took the time to look at our site and even suggested some additional wayfinding signs we were not thinking of to create smooth site access. I would highly recommend Burkhart Sign Systems to anyone looking to enhance their brand and business.

Blake Baumgartner, Bitmap Products

Erin Thompson

The sign looks GREAT! I could not be more happy with the outcome!!!!! Thanks to Burkhart for being so wonderful to work with and for putting up with my pickiness. I also want to thank Burkhart for their honesty and putting us in touch with Troy the electrician to get the down lighting at a more reasonable cost. I am grateful for companies like Burkhart!

Erin Thompson, Unity Boutique

Aaron Nichols

Working with Burkhart was a joy. We needed a large-scale indoor wall wrap with short notice to serve as the backdrop for a high-profile national touring exhibit. The Burkhart Sign team was able to quickly print and deliver a high-quality piece that exceeded our expectations and created the “wow” factor we needed.”

Aaron Nichols, Audience Development Manager, Shakespeare at Notre Dame

Katherine Chase

Burkhart Advertising was such a pleasure to work with. Not only were they able to create a sign for Chase Plastics on a very short time frame but they created a sign that blew away my expectations. The follow-up and promptness that I received from Burkhart was incredible.

Katherine Chase, Chase Plastics