- Mirage Islam
Digital Media Consultant
mirageislam@bima.co.uk
An executive member of the British Interactive Media Association, Mirage Islam has a history of making things happen. Having been actively involved with the British Council, as an advisor, to the Creative Industries unit and on the Education Council at D&AD – Mirage is very active in the Digital Media industry.
Mirage joined the marketing department at Clerical Medical Investment Group supporting its new ventures arm following his University days in Bristol. He later took up an enviable role at Cadbury’s where he developed his liking for chocolate before heading off on an around the world adventure.
On his return, he joined BHSF Insurance Services with a remit to overhaul all communications, developing and implementing core strategies. In 2000, Mirage moved into to the cutting edge of new media at breathe.com, one of the UK’s largest mobile internet portals, where he developed a highly popular sports channel and online communities - harnessing the power of brands and exposing them to niche audiences.
This experience with the rapidly developing digital online market, along with his industry knowledge and contacts, alerted BSkyB, where Mirage had a remit to implement a partnership programme, which he did successfully for a number of years as Head of Developers’ Programme.
Mirage was then identified for his entrepreneurial approach and took on the role of Future Media Lead with Executive sponsorship. With a remit to develop the external media strategy to target Youth Culture and engage Future Talent, Mirage worked with highly skilled teams dedicated to developing strategic relationships for Sky’s mobile, online and TV platforms.
Involvement with the editorial team at Sky News, led to Mirage being chosen by broadcast executives at Sky – including Dawn Airey - as a potential ‘television presenter of the future’ and was subsequently trained at the National Film and Television School.
Mirage has been able to leverage off his broad experience - following six years at Sky - and is now engaged with advertisers and their brands, media owners, publishers - providing innovative and fresh approaches to targeting new and existing audiences as a Digital Media Consultant.
- Hal Robinson
Managing Director
Librios
halrobinson@bima.co.uk
Hal Robinson is Managing Director of Librios Ltd, an innovative information management company that focuses on structuring and shaping content to make output more efficient and controllable, whether to web or print. He has special expertise in healthcare and the publishing sectors, where his company has been credited with pioneering ‘next generation’ methods of information management and delivery, particularly emphasising interactive content provision. He is also involved in developing online interactive games and puzzles for mobiles, PCs and consoles.
- Michael Collins
Director
i-Publishing Consultants Ltd
michaelcollins@bima.co.uk
Michael worked in further and higher education, cultural diplomacy and arts management, and as a sponsorship consultant, commissioning editor and charity director, before joining the world of information and communications technology. Having recently spent five years working in marketing and new business development, with particular focus on the publishing sector for an IT solutions plc, Michael now divides his time between working as a marketing and business development consultant for several small–scale, complementary software, systems and service providers and advising publishers and other information providers on strategic planning, marketing, communications and software solutions, with particular reference to interactive publishing and the electronic dissemination of information.
- Andrew Henning
CEO
Redweb Ltd
With a BA in design and previous experience in new media, print and marketing, Andrew formed Redweb in 1997. As the company grew his role evolved from “hands on” designer-owner-manager to the position it is today managing 50 staff.
Redweb is now a £3M+ independent digital agency, proud of its south coast roots, but with a highly prized national client base, some of whom have been with Redweb for over 6 years – a true testament to strong relationships and a consistently high standard of work.
Redweb is ranked in the top 10 regional design and build agencies in the UK by New Media Age, in the top digital agencies league tables in ‘Marketing’ in 2007 and is recognised as one of the top 50 fastest growing digital agencies by GP Bullhound this year.
With a successful team, Andrew has now more time to devote to the industry and welcomes the opportunity to assist BIMA with its future development.
He feels that as a non London agency owner he will assist the association in developing a wider pull of member companies and greater communication and collaboration in the regions.
Other areas of interest include the evolution of industry best practice and a desire to see BIMA extend further its recognition to expertise in digital design, in addition to the annual awards.
- Chris Kempt
Founder
Kempt
chriskempt@bima.co.uk
Chris has spent way too much time in front of a computer. After graduating in Fine Art in ’98 he decided he wasn’t suited to fast food work and chose to pursue his love of the internet professionally, a decision which he has never regretted to this day. Chris has worked in a range of roles around the industry including as Creative Director - New Media for Redhouse Lane Communications and Production Manager of the world’s biggest dance music website MinistryofSound.com, Chris founded Kempt in early 2003.
Kempt are a digital marketing and production company who specialise in building and promoting flash games for a range of clients including Sony Europe, King of Shaves, the United Nations, NBC Universal and MTV. Their games receive many millions of visits every month.
In addition to production work Kempt run a casual online game portal, Killerviral.com and viral tracking system memecounter.com which is fast becoming the de facto standard for tracking viral in the UK.
- Alastair Duncan
Alternative Genius Limited
alastairduncan@bima.co.uk
Alastair makes creative business profitable, global and interactive, and is a board level advisor to several start up companies. He’s been involved in the interactive world since 1990, in parallel with his advertising agency experience. From developing early interactive television and gaming systems to starting up new media firms both inside and outside advertising agencies (Ammirati Puris Lintas Digital and Zentropy Partners respectively) he has remained at the cutting edge of marketing and technology, growing his businesses in scale and profitability year on year.
Zentropy Partners UK, the company Alastair founded in 2000, was twice agency of the year in the UK, and grew consistently and profitably, bucking the dotcom era trend. Under his leadership Zentropy took over McCann Erickson’s nascent direct marketing unit and an acquired database marketing firm in 2005 to form MRM Partners, emerging again under the renamed MRM Worldwide banner as one of the leading digital marketing firms in the UK, ranking at Number 5 in New Media Age’s Top 100 Interactive Agencies Report in 2008. Alastair served as Chief Executive of MRM Worldwide from 2004- 2008, as well as on the McCann Erickson WorldGroup UK and Ireland Board.
Alastair has advised businesses all over the world on digital strategy, communication and creativity. Recent Clients include Microsoft, Intel, Unilever, Nestlé, MSN, Sky, Mastercard, Boeringher Ingelheim, the Home Office, Hewlett Packard and the Newspaper Marketing Agency. He comments regularly on the impact of digital on the marketing and advertising industry, both in the national and trade press as well as on this blog. He also blogs at Blogging For Food on Brand Republic. He is a Fellow of the RSA, Member of British Design and Art Direction and one of the original members of the Digital Marketing Group at the IPA. He lives in London with his young family, enjoys fine art, sailing, parenting, travel and the occasional game of tennis.
- Rob Corradi
Creative Director / Owner
NeonState
London
robcorradi@bima.co.uk
Rob’s career in digital began in design for games during the 8-bit era of the 80’s. Having developed a keen interest in animation as a result, he went on to study Film at University, where he won a year’s placement at IBM’s Multimedia Research labs. His time there became the foundation of a career in interactive media, featuring key roles at top UK agencies of the nineties. An increasing desire to keep the creative standards high during the dot com mania, saw him quit his job in the Fall of 1999 to set about finding a new way of doing things. The result was Preloaded, founded in 2000. During his nine years at the agency it built a global reputation, winning numerous high-profile awards including SXSW “Best of Show” twice and .net agency of the year. More recently Rob has moved on to form NeonState, offering creative strategy and interactive direction and design for entertainment and lifestyle markets, as well developing a number of their own digital products covering online, mobile and desktop usage.
- Be Kaler Blake
bekalerblake@bima.co.uk
With 13 years experience of recruiting in the creative digital space I have helped to identify and nurture talent and introduce them to my ever increasing rolodex. I identified the need for user experience consultants to be a core part of the production process within agencies and built a solid revenue stream for my employer and grew a team to 3 people. I have identified and placed hundreds of user experience and usability consultants into the digital space.
I am a key member of the UK Usability Professional Association, I help run and manage the careers event and identify key speakers for their monthly events, and this has in turn boosted their profile and number of visitors.
I am a guest lecturer at several universities in the UK and aim to work with academics to ensure that key parts of the curriculum have a commercial value. I see a rewarding part of my role as nurturing the next generation of digital experts to contribute to the international digital industry.
- Catherine Toole
Managing Director
Sticky Content
catherinetoole@bima.co.uk
Alstom, Advantage West Midlands, AOL, Aon, AXA PPP Healthcare, BERR, Borders, Capgemini, change4life, COI, Confetti, defra, Deloitte LLP, Energy Saving Trust, Everest, Fortune Cookie, Hamleys, Investec, lastminute.com, Legal & General, Lloyds TSB, London Business School, London Stock Exchange, Lufthansa, Maybourne Hotels Group, Nokia Siemens Networks, Orange Business Services, Oxfam, Passenger Focus, Post Office, RAC, Rail Europe, Reed Business Information, shopping.com and yell.com…
…are just some of the clients Sticky Content has provided digital copywriting, content consultancy and web/email and search writing training for.
Catherine Toole founded Sticky Content in 1997 and is still happy every day that she did.
- James Bromley
Managing Director
Mail Online
jamesbromley@bima.co.uk
James has been managing director of the Mail Online since April 2008. During this time, the site has grown by 54%, and according to ABCe, it is the now the joint third largest UK newspaper online. January alone saw 7.3 million unique UK users! The Mail Online is the 8th most popular newspaper website worldwide, and in the US market, it is ahead of all but 4 US based newspaper websites (Comscore Jan 2009).
Before the Mail Online, James was responsible for the development of strategy for Trader Media Group (autotrader.co.uk), reporting directly to the COO/CEO and undertaking both M&A and new start-up ventures. He’s been online from the start—in 1996 as the first employee of the UK’s first banner sales house, after which he moved to pioneering digital agency Foresight. After a short break from online, during which time he set up, and later sold, a dance music radio station, he returned to his preferred digital medium.
- Philip Scotcher
Planning Partner
Fantastic Thinking
philipscotcher@bima.co.uk
Fantastic Thinking is a full service digital agency servicing a wide range of clients like Evian, easyCar, Sky, Three and GSK as well as some of London’s top advertising, DM, PR and creative agencies. Fantastic Thinking harnesses data, knowledge and insight to create local, European and global web-inspired solutions that connect with an audience. From strategy and creative through to build and launch, Fantastic Thinking focuses on ROI, knowledge, innovation and creativity.
Following graduating from Brunel University in Product Design and Engineering Philip followed several successful planning and creative roles within WPP and The Engine Group as well as establishing his own successful creative agency. With experience in pure digital, sales promotion, direct marketing, data and advertising, Philip controls the agency planning, strategy and new business functions.
An expert in digital strategy he has large client experience planning global campaigns for the like of Yahoo!, FIFA, Gillette and GSK..
- Richard Copping
Commercial Director
Isle Interactive Ltd
r.copping@isleinteractive.co.uk
Richard co-founded Cambridgeshire based full service agency Isle Interactive in late 2004. Since 2004 Isle Interactive has seen its client base and revenue steadily increase. Currently acting Commercial Director Richard is responsible for new business, client service, commercial and general strategic direction of the company.
- Andy Finney
Managing Director
ATSF
andy@atsf.co.uk
Andy Finney was an early pioneer of interactive media in the UK when working at the BBC and has 20 years experience in the field with a special interest in media, archives and databases. He runs ATSF, a design, build and training consultancy in Godalming, Surrey, and is co-author of ‘Managing Multimedia’, the text book on management of interactive media projects. Andy was part of the group who set up BIMA’s first incarnation in the 1980s and has served on the BIMA executive for many years, including time as Chair.
- Ann Jamieson
Managing Director
PriceJamieson
annjam@pricejam.com
Ann Jamieson, Director , Pricejamieson – an Aquent company
Ann Jamieson co-founded the recruitment company Pricejamieson in 1982 and has been recruiting for digital businesses since 1994 when the company also launched their website – the first recruitment consultancy website in Europe – to source candidates for the emerging market. Pricejamieson is now an Aquent company.
Aquent is a leading global staffing firm specialising in marketing, communications and creative talent. With 70 offices in 17 countries.
Ann’s areas of interest are skills shortages, education, recruitment and training and she regularly speaks and trains on recruitment and retention.
- Liz Citron
Usability Consultant
Citron
liz@citron.uk.com
Liz Citron has a well-established new media pedigree that started at Wired magazine 12 years ago, then as a founding member of the Guardian’s New Media Lab the following year. Initially trained in design then in business, she combines a broad range of business, design, technical and publishing experience.
Elected on to the executive board of BIMA since 2001, Liz spent much of 2002 actively raising awareness of BIMA acting as an interim marketing director before being asked to become chair in spring 2003. Since then, two of the three “pillars” of the association were cemented into place: the Dialogues and the Dinners, which have helped BIMA offer members valuable networking and knowledge sharing opportunities.
- Craig Menzies
Senior Analyst
Forrester Research
cmenzies@forrester.co.uk
Craig is a Senior Analyst with Forrester Research. Based in London, his research covers the design capabilities of interactive marketing agencies in Europe, and how prospective clients can work with design vendors to achieve their business goals. He also focuses on how user-centered, brand-conscious, research-driven Web design can have a positive impact on both the online customer experience and the bottom line. Before joining Forrester, Craig was a senior technology consultant and the head of technology for Logan Tod & Co., head of technical and eCommerce for leading UK retailer I Want One of Those.com, head of database operations for one of Canada’s largest direct marketing firms, and a freelance Web designer and database marketing consultant
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