Meet the Mentees

Year 2 of Creative Business Mentor Network

Bold Creative

Bold Creative is an award winning innovation agency specialising in youth media and engagement, providing integrated social marketing campaigns using interactive, digital design and animation.

Find out more about Bold Creative at www.boldcreative.co.uk

 

CharacterShop Ltd

CharacterShop is an award-winning animation and visual effects studio, specialising in character design, creation & exploitation. Working on film, TV, commercial & corporate productions, their clients include blue chip corporates, agencies, production companies, broadcasters and entertainment brands.

Find out more about CharacterShop at www.thecharactershop.com

 

Dene Films

Dene Films is a production company that encompasses commercials, corporate, broadcast and animation/VFX in one organisation. Working nationally and internationally, Dene Films has completed almost 5000 productions and has recently entered the Televisual Top 50 Corporate production companies as well as being ITV’s number one supplier of commercials to its regional sales force.

Find out more about Dene Films at www.denefilms.com

 

Formosa Films

Formosa Films are dedicated to the production of high quality UK films to travel the globe and rival the best. Founders Neil Thompson and Martin Carr have worked with leading British talent and between them they have produced a variety of media across all genres including over one and fifty music videos, fifty television commercials, feature productions for I Max and cinema as well as numerous television shows including two prestigious dramas for the BBC.

Find out more about Formosa Films at www.formosafilms.com

 

Gas Street Works

Gas Street Works is UK based digital agency specialising in online and digital marketing and communications. They help clients plan and execute online and social media strategies supported by high quality video, motion graphics, websites and interactive media including Facebook apps, iPhone and other mobile apps.

Find out more about Gas Street Works at www.gasstreetworks.com

 

ISO Design

ISO create dynamic content and digital design for television, multiplatform, interactive and video installations. They have worked on over 400 TV projects, winning the Royal Television Society Award for Graphics; they designed the visual interface for the BBC iPlayer; have completed permanent media installations for London Transport Museum, St Paul's Cathedral and the O2 Arena; and created the social media network for new talent Central Station for Channel 4 / 4iP.

Find out more about ISO at www.isodesign.co.uk

 

Nutopia

Nutopia is a new television production company committed to thinking big. Their hallmark is groundbreaking ideas and audacious producton values applied to classic subjects. The company focuses on ambitious factual series of all types, as well as factually inspired drama. The company has been created by a group of industry professionals with wide ranging experience in the UK and the US, and has a commitment to creating projects and formats that can work throughout the world.

Find out more about Nutopia at www.nutopia.com

 

Ostmodern

Ostmodern are a digital design studio who take a fresh approach in breaking away from the rigid structures usually found in client - agency relationships. Over the last four years they have worked closely with leading UK and international media organisations (BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Filmflex, Virgin Media, Microsoft, Com Hem) in the strategic development,  design and launch of their new on-demand digital products, bringing a wealth of experience and understanding in the fast evolving areas of the digital marketplace.

Find out more about Ostmodern at www.ostmodern.co.uk

 

Outline Productions Ltd

Outline Productions was set up in 1999 by Laura Mansfield and Helen Veale who are Outline’s joint Managing Directors. Outline specialises in producing high-quality factual entertainment programming with a maverick but mainstream sensibility and a strong sense of purpose for a broad range of UK and US based broadcasters. Since its launch, Outline has built a strong reputation for originating bold new factual entertainment and lifestyle formats, attracting top on and off-screen talent to its shows, and delivering high quality journalism with an entertainment twist.

Find out more about Outline Productions at www.outlineproductions.co.uk

 

PIXELearning Ltd

PIXELearning are a globally-recognised ‘serious games’/’immersive learning simulation’ specialist.This highly engaging, rich learning experience approach combined with the proprietary LearningBeans® tools has allowed them to secure an enviable client base such as Coca Cola, PwC, Shell, HP, Comcast and Raytheon. The unique and proprietary LearningBeans immersive simulation tools allow them to quickly and cost-effectively deliver customised client solutions that build upon a rich legacy of client projects and their own technology investment.

Find out more about PIXELearning at www.pixelearning.com

 

Plug-in Media

Plug-In Media is a BAFTA award winning interactive entertainment company, they combine broadcast level animation and design with cutting edge coding techniques to create games, websites and interactive experiences for children and broadcasters and the advertising industry.

Find out more about Plug-In Media at www.pluginmedia.net

 

Public Zone

Public Zone is a digital agency that specialises in working with charities, not-for-profit organisations and the public sector on digital projects that benefit society. Their clients include BBC, Channel 4 Education, The Prostate Cancer Charity, the Multiple Sclerosis International Federation and several Government departments. They're a passionate bunch with a social conscience and team members have joined them from Comic Relief, BBC and Diabetes UK to name a few.

Find out more about Public Zone at www.publiczone.co.uk

 

Raw Design Studio

Raw is a design company based in Manchester. They believe good design is born from the process of observation, understanding, expression and iteration: and these principles lie at the heart of all their projects. They help clients understand more about their organisation and their offering, and take time to learn how they can express their message in an intelligent and effective way.

Find out more about Raw at www.rawdesignstudio.co.uk

 

Refine

refine is a content processing business, its expertise is in the safe custodianship of content and the expertise in creating perfect deliverables.

Find out more about refine at www.refine-group.com

 

Skyworks Ltd

Skyworks is a company which is growing from its genesis as a traditional independent television producer and aerial filming company into becoming more recently (and additionally) owner and exploiter of the world's biggest and best high definition aerial footage library. Having won funding from both the Technology Strategy Board and the Open Screen Project fund, Skyworks is developing new revenue streams based on the exploitation of interactive platforms and emerging technology.

Find out more about Skykworks at www.skyworks.co.uk

 

Society Media

Society Media is a team of talented communications professionals with a passion for positive social, environmental and economic change. They offer the full range of communications services to clients whose work really does matter – ethical businesses, third sector organisations, social enterprises and statutory organisations. They use their skills to focus clients' messages and ensure they engage with and inspire the right audiences. This could be through PR, branding, web development, contract publishing, social media or event management.

Find out more about Society Media at www.societymedia.co.uk

 

Studio Six

Studio Six is an integrated design and marketing agency with specific expertise in Brand, Internal and Digital Communications. They have worked for over 16 years in the industry delivering effective and creative solutions for a range of leading brands. They have a strong team of qualified designers, thinkers and organisers who aim to go beyond expectations and bring brands to life.

Find out more about Studio Six at www.studio6.co.uk/

Television Junction

Television Junction is a BAFTA and RTS award winning production company based in Birmingham. It produces drama and documentary material, often to support learning in adults and children. In 2010, a digital division of the company has been set up to develop innovative content journeys taking the best of their narrative skills and expanding them through the use of digital platforms and technologies.

Find out more about Television Juction at www.televisionjunction.co.uk