Find creative freelancers in St Neots

Richard Kendrick

Managing Director Marketing Consultancy

Richard Kendrick is Managing Director of arborealmarketing Ltd – a marketing consultancy based near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. With over 15 years’ experience in marketing, Richard’s background has varied from selling Massey Ferguson tractors in Wales and international marketing with a agricultural parts distributor through to Head of Marketing for SIG PLC and Marketing Director within the Graftons Construction Group. Specialising in marketing strategy, Richard is Google Analytics 4 certified and has expertise in optimising the digital elements within marketing departments. Richard’s focus has always been B2B marketing, he is also a tutor for Cambridge Marketing College.

arborealmarketing Ltd is a consultancy specialising in common-sense marketing. Starting with an audit on all current marketing tools, projects then progress to developing strategies to make the most of a company’s strengths and improve underperforming areas of marketing departments. The focus is always around how to increase long term profit through efficient and effective marketing. Clients include private schools, Government communications and software providers and biodiversity specialists.

Outside of marketing, Richard is a keen runner, loves board gaming and is an enthusiastic cook – he has a food blog called Cook, Eat, Repeat! (www.cookeatrepeat.co.uk).

Dario Amadori

Musician

Dario is a saxophone player who loves to improvise on different music styles.
He has been playing sax for over 20 years and joined different bands playing in the UK and Italy.
His passion is rockabilly and swing but he also enjoys playing romantic songs at weddings and partying with the crowds, sharing the stage with house/disco music DJs.
A versatile player whose goal is to bring positive vibes.
The sax players he gets inspiration from are: the great Ray Gelato (the “Godfather of Swing” who is also his mentor), Leroi Moore (Dave Matthews Band), Arnett Cobb, Maceo Parker, Candy Dulfer.
He also loves dad jokes.

Keith Mason

Photographer

He launched his page for Keith Mason Photography in 2017. He has a presence on Facebook and over ten years on Flickr. He shot his first first commercial commission in 2011 and his first wedding in 2012. He takes family portraits, commercial head shots, cast images for shows, pictures at gigs, and other events. He started a YouTube Channel in 2020. He travels a lot and takes images of the places he travels to. For stock images, you can you can see his back-catalogue of travel images here. He also travels around the UK, but his favourite place in the world is Cornwall.

Chris Parker

Production manager

Chris studied a music and sound design technology at university in both under and postgraduate with the aim of being a musician with flexible technical skills. He saw this as a way to diversify and stay ahead of the traditional performance only roles in a changing industry.

Chris feels he has been lucky to do something that he enjoys so much. He says, “It’s been incredibly rewarding making bands sound louder and look brighter across the world.” He has toured the USA, Europe and Australia with well-known bands and artists and shows like Lanterns On The Lake at Islington Assembly Hall, The Amazons at Brixton Academy, Mark Feehily (Westlife) at The 02 Arena and Yonaka at Alexandra Palace have been personal highlights, to name a few.

Chris now works at Patchwork London as a production manager for touring bands and peformers.

Kevin Ferry

Creative marketing director

Kevin is a dynamic and results-driven professional with extensive experience in launching marketing campaigns, developing strategies, and driving business growth. Proven track record of leading teams to successful outcomes, leveraging market insights and understanding of current trends to improve ROI. Experienced in digital marketing, content creation, and public relations initiatives. Adept at leveraging digital analytics to measure and optimize marketing campaigns.

His style in leadership is collaborative and empathic which draws the best creativity out of people resulting in reaching aggressive KPI’s for the main blow-ribbon accounts he has lead.

His love of ideas is on a par with my love of sport mainly road running and swimming, his PB for a Marathon is currently: 2:48 Paris. World Masters Silver medalist in the 2k sand run and in 2010 won gold in the 2k beach run at the NSW and National State Surf Life Saving Championships. While in Australia he was lifeguard at North Steyne Surf Life Saving Club.

Julie Stark

Actress, singer and voiceover

Julie is currently appearing as Sister Mary Lazarus in the spectacularly fun UK and Ireland tour of Sister Act. Tour dates can be found here!

Earlier this year, Julie rocked Manchester as Queen Gynecia in the European premiere of the brilliantly funny Go-Go’s musical Head Over Heels and made her TV debut as DC Halliwell in Eastenders. She has performed in many musicals throughout her career, both in the West End and touring the UK and she got her break in We Will Rock You in London’s Dominion Theatre, returning there in 2018 to perform in Jim Steinman’s Bat Out Of Hell.

Julie has been a huge fan of the iconic Les Miserables since it started, so it was a great day when she was cast in the 25th Anniversary tour, and subsequently, the feature film. Other shows include Chess, City of Angels, The Witches of Eastwick, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Love Story and Shout plus stints in the pantomimes Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella and also the Eugene Ionescu play, The Lesson.

Julie has sung all over the world. She started her singing career fronting many soul, disco and funk bands, which she still does today, alongside pop and rock bands. She has performed as both Agnetha and Freda in many Abba tributes, rocked huge crowds whilst performing with The Music of Queen, and appeared as a solo artiste at functions, casinos, clubs, restaurants and on the occasional ship. She performed at the 02 in the Les Miserables 25th Anniversary concert, and has backed names such as Kenny Thomas, Thelma Houston and Jaki Graham.

Lauren Riker

Designer

Lauren learned to knit when she was 9, and has been passionate about the craft ever since. She soon started plotting out her own designs, learned to sew, and eventually hand made her whole wardrobe. After obtaining her BA in Art from Western Washington University in 2005, she moved to New York City where she worked as a fashion designer for 15 years, specializing in intimate apparel for women and girls.

In 2011 Lauren started Girly Knits where she has published over 80 hand knitting patterns. In 2019 she took a machine knitting workshop at FIT and fell in love with the craft.

In 2021 she decided to attend Nottingham Trent University to obtain her MA in Fashion Knitwear Design to further her knowledge and skills.

Faye Hatton

PR and communications specialist

Faye founded her PR agency in 2020 after a hiatus of seven years to raise her children. She started out in the PR business as an intern at Aston Martin in 2005, before working in motorsport PR and then returning to car making with JLR as a senior press officer. Autocar magazine shortlisted Faye as a Rising Star in the PR and Comms category in the Great Women Awards 2023. Faye’s strengths are writing, communications strategy and media relations. She grew up in St Neots and recently returned to the town with her three children.

Seb Camm

Graphic designer

Seb Camm is a creative graphic designer, photographer and illustrator with around fourteen years experience, working in both creative studios and as a freelancer, with clients large and small. He tends to think in terms of the bigger picture, and so his thought process lends itself to branding, identity and campaigns. Whilst his aesthetically eye loves to create beautiful, balanced and clear graphic design across a wide variety of print and digital media. As a curious extrovert, he loves asking questions and working together to create awesome visual solutions that resonate with their audience and meet the brief, on time and on budget.

Kris Griffiths

Writer and photographer

Kris is a freelance writer with 19 years’ editorial experience encompassing news and feature writing, copywriting, sub-editing, commissioning and web content management. Articles published across print and digital platforms including BBC Online, The Independent, The Telegraph, Esquire, BA High Life, Reader’s Digest, TES, Rough Guides and Record Collector.

Alexia Emmerson

Potter, marketing consultant

Alexia is an experienced marketing consultant and founder of the LEXE Ceramics Brand, which focuses on creating and sharing with the world her new line of ceramics and all natural soy scented candles. As a marketing consultant Alexia has a long history of working in local and international b2b exhibitions, conferences and awards, both in-person and virtual. Her breadth of skills include team management and strategy, campaign management, budgeting, planning and forecasting, digital marketing, lead generation, customer persona build and profiling, event launches, database builds and marketing automation.

Tim Coles

Photographer

Tim is an amateur photographer and is a past member of several photographic societies. A number of his images have been published, and one or two have gained minor awards.

Subjects include amongst others, gardens, landscapes, flowers, and trains, both full size and miniature.

Tim is approaching retirement from a career in engineering, and is now offering his photographs for sale to a wider audience. His sometimes colourful, sometimes restful images will enhance any dwelling, or commercial establishment.

Dr Helen Hale

Artist

Helen is an artist who delights in portraying natural world subjects in a variety of media. She has developed her skills over a number of years and now tends to specialise in animals and birds, often giving the subject a wonderfully expressive facial expression. Helen is a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, with experience which serves to enhance her deep understanding and appreciation of the natural world. She is equally at home using pencils, pastels, or watercolours on art paper, or acrylics and oils on canvas.

Until now, Helen has not offered her skills to a wider audience but following retirement from her career in the pharmaceutical industry, she will be offering both original artwork and limited-edition prints for sale in the UK, and across the World.

Sule Savas

Graphic designer

Sule has been freelancing since 2019, partnering with businesses worldwide and recently moved to St Neots. Her focus is on assisting brands in effectively reaching their desired audience through her expertise in branding, art direction, and digital design services.

Sarah Brookes

Photographer

Sarah is a fine art photographer working nationwide and abroad, providing Wedding, Boudoir and Family Portrait photography. Her signature style is bright, beautiful and romantic imagery using natural light and wonderful surroundings to create heartfelt and romantic photographs for you to treasure forever. Sarah’s warm and friendly nature allows you and your guests to feel comfortable and happy in front of the camera. It’s a characteristic that she is very proud of and results in authentic, not staged photos. Over the past five years, she has won several awards and regularly feature in top wedding magazines and blogs such as Brides and Love My Dress.

Anna Crompton

Teacher, performer and arts organiser

Anna has worked in arts, festival, school and community projects for over 23 years. She has worked on numerous events for Music for Youth as Education Lead for Trestle Theatre company and as Director of the Liverpool Irish Festival during European Capital of Culture. Anna has managed and delivered creative, developmental sessions for new parents and has lectured in small scale touring and educational theatre.

Anna moved to St Neots with her growing family in 2014, and quickly became an active member of the community. She is enthusiastic, driven and creative with a passion for using the arts to enhance and support community and friendship. Anna volunteers for St Neots Festival of Unexpected Delights and has been a trustee of Loves Farm House.

Anna studied Arts Education at Bretton Hall and also has an MA in Theatre Education from Goldsmiths University of London.

Deborah White

Graphic designer

Deborah is an experienced and fully qualified graphic designer. Since graduating with a First Class (Hons) degree in Graphic Design from Cambridge School of Art, she has enjoyed a varied career in design, including spells working as a freelance designer and in creative agencies, publishing and in-house design teams. She has created designs for both UK-based and international clients, primarily within the education and scientific research sectors.

Jack Henderson-Scott

Artist

I’m an artist who enjoys exploring many different styles of creativity, from Impressionist pieces, to electronic music, to doodles and sketches of cats. I paint portraits and landscapes of real and fictional subjects. Typically, I focus on nature and lighting in my works, but, being heavily influenced by the internet, include a lot of absurd elements as well.

Currently, I am studying Art and Design at the College of West Anglia, and plan to continue my studies further.

I can be contacted at jack.hendersonscott@gmail.com for any questions.

Kevin Gavaghan

Artist

Kevin Gavaghan is a self-taught artist, originally from North London but now works from his studio in Cambridgeshire. His work is brooding and evocative figurative paintings dancing around the fringes of surrealism and abstract art. He predominantly paints in oils, drawing inspiration from his own life and the deeper connections with people he has encountered throughout his life.

Kevin has had Tourette Tics and anxiety-related conditions since he was 12 years old that continued throughout his life. Approximately 20 years ago he developed an eye condition called Central Serous Retinopathy (CSR) which can distort his vision by producing fluid on his retina.

He chose to embrace this in his art, and like his vision, Kevin’s use of bold vibrant colours distort and bend his figures and portraits to the point of abstraction which, for Kevin, highlights the multi-layers of life and our inner emotions rather than the external likeness of his subject.

He creates organically and his paintings continue to develop throughout the process often changing their personality many times before settling on what he believes reflects a truth within his thoughts. His paintings directly confront the viewer with honesty often reflecting their own life, feelings and emotional thoughts the viewer may keep hidden from public view.

He work has sold internationally and he has had a number of exhibitions around London, Norfolk, Hertfordshire, and Sussex.

Solrise Walker

Illustrator and graphic designer

I got a BA(Hons) in Fine Art back in the day. It taught me a lot about professionalism and exposed me to a wide range of artistic inputs, techniques and equipment. Now I am freelance. I love putting paint, pens and pencils on paper. I love using real art materials and touching art equipment. Getting messy. I mostly use pencil and gouache for illustration work, but spill out into other media as diverse as acrylic on canvas to computer lead svg creations as the need arises.

I have worked for such entities as the Wintringham Housing Association and Scripture Union; as well as taking personal commissions.

Check out my website (link in the corner) to see my portfolio and feel free to contact me at solrisewalker@gmail.com

Ivy Fung

Graphic designer, artist and illustrator

Ivy Fung is an environmental graphic, signage and wayfinding designer, artist and illustrator. She has an artistic mind with an adventurous spirit, Ivy’s creations are embodiments of history, heritage and technology. Currently, she is a freelance graphic designer.

She has about 14 years of experience in environmental branding and signage and wayfinding in Hong Kong before relocating to St Neots. She worked in a Hong Kong developer and worldwide architectural and interior design firms before. Her projects covered different disciplines like culture, shopping mall, workplace, hospitality and entertainment.

She is innovative and contributed to creative and original design solutions. She works from conceptual design and develops it until completion. She has the good interpersonal skill within the project team and has a good sense of space to design and locate environmental branding graphics.

Ivy is also an artist and likes to experiment with a range of mediums and formats of expression, from public art to video and illustrations. She is also featured in Hong Kong Eye, one of the world’s most important publications showcasing Hong Kong artists.

Stephanie Drake

Designer and illustrator

Stephanie Drake runs Bébé Bicyclette, an independent studio that designs and illustrates children’s products. She also provides freelance services to anyone looking to bring their ideas or publications to life through tailored design solutions and illustrative support.

Stephanie studied fine art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art before working the best part of a decade as a professional illustrator, textile designer, and children’s book designer. Through this range of experience, she focussed her efforts and created something she is truly proud of – Bébé Bicyclette.

The catalyst for this has been the most arduous creation to date; her children. Eddy and Felix are the two little people who have, one way or another, shown Stephanie where her priorities lie. Now her work harmoniously coexists alongside raising her family and gives her a platform to create her best work to date.

Sara Sturgeon

Artist and sculptor

Sara Sturgeon is an artist and sculptor who works with pencil and charcoal, her work often starts from observation of tree portraits, people portraits, dogs and horses.

James Tortise-Crawford

Arts project manager

James has experience of strategic planning and project management across arts and culture, higher education and community engagement. He managed projects at the Royal Opera House including the official London 2012 Olympics exhibition and BP Summer Big Screens relays, and led on operational planning for Hull UK City of Culture 2017. He currently coordinates King’s College London’s local engagement work with charities and community organisations

Will Rixon

Composer

Will has been playing, composing and performing music since childhood, first on the piano and later, on a variety of other instruments. Though a founding member and writer for folk-rock band Garden State, his first love is classical film soundtracks and he has composed for several short films including Flea, I am Thou, and Virgin Shorts finalist, The Big Idea.

Will was trained as a classical pianist, but considers himself formally untrained, as he composes entirely by ear and by instinct. With this organic background in composition, his music feels both familiar and unique.

His debut classical album, Acinematic, is a selection of 10 pieces, intended for films that are yet to be made. Each song represents a sub-genre of film composition that Will feels passionate about as both a film-lover and film score enthusiast.

Juggy Sohal

Producer and writer

Juggy Sohal is a producer and writer with over five years’ experience. He has creative flair, is confident and a dynamic leader able to delivery campaigns from brainstorm to completion. In November 2020 he released a short film written, produced and directed by himself called ‘Ticking That Box’ centred around diversity and race, which is currently circulating around the film festivals. Juggy is keen to explore new opportunities within film, video and radio production.

Chantal Palmer

Graphic designer

Chantal is creative, a hoarder of interesting things, an extroverted introvert, a dog owner and someone with not enough time in the day to do all the things she wants to do. An experienced Design Manager having worked at the RSPB, demonstrating a history of working in the non-profit sector. Chantal has strong skills in graphic design, logo design, user experience, design management, and typography, strong arts and design professional with a degree focused in design and visual communications from the University of Hertfordshire.

Chris Clifton

Musician

Chris is a vocalist, actor, presenter, and project manager. As well as founding The St Neots Singers, the town’s first secular community choir, he has also broken a number of proverbial legs on stage with a number of theatre groups. He has spent far too much time in front of a camera and does his best to generally avoid them nowadays. He is currently the frontman and lead vocalist for the local band, The Roxton Press, turning his hand (or rather his vocal cords) to a wide and diverse range of music.

Irene de Jong

Artist, illustrator and teacher

Irene is an artist, illustrator and mindful art teacher. Working both traditional and digital (and often a combination of the two) Irene tries to capture something magical in everything she makes. Her illustrations are inspired by nature, mindfulness, feminism and by the stories and fairy tales of her childhood. You can find Irene’s illustrations in children’s books, magazines and on product packaging. After completing her studies in the Netherlands, Irene moved to London and more recently to St Neots.

In 2019 Irene started her business Makings and Musings with which she offers mindful creativity workshops, including painting, drawing, macramé, needlework and drawing with minimal materials. At the beginning of lockdown, all workshops moved from in-person to online and as a result, Irene created a community of creatives and teaches people all over the world.

Diana Scarborough

Artist-engineer

Diana Scarborough is a Cambridge-based artist-engineer whose collaborative practice is inherently cross-discipline with technology and the contextual bias. She takes her inspiration from research and science, working with world leaders in the fields of astronomy, nano-biotechnology materials and space weather data with an eco-focus. Diana is currently collaborating with British Antarctic Survey, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, and the School of Music at the Australian National University.

Ugne Pavilauskiene

Photographer

Ugne is a photographer based in St Neots. “There is just something astonishing and so fragile about capturing an emotion, a feeling, before it gets away, before that moment ends. And to be able to revive that moment, bring it back to life through photography, well for me that is the greatest achievement.”

Holly Standbrook

Voiceover artist

Holly has been a professional voice actor for several years and works from her own studio in St Neots. Originally training with Gary Terza, she has since worked on a variety of projects ranging from corporate presentations and e-learning tutorials, to radio spots and TV ads. She has also voiced characters in computer games as well as working with some high profile Youtubers. Holly has a ‘neutral’ British accent with a smooth, engaging, trustworthy tone. A confident actress with a versatile voice ranging from strong and authoritative, to bright and exciting or relaxed and conversational.

Rich Gemmell

Designer and illustrator

Rich Gemmell has been a full time designer and illustrator for over ten years and has worked for The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Hodder publishing house and many others. His illustration work is mainly digital and focuses on travel, environments and food.

Murad Cumhur

photographer and marketing specialist

Murad Cumhur is a Turkish-born marketing, customer relations and brand management specialist and photographer who has relocated to the UK with his family. Murad has ten year’s experience in digital marketing, international business development and exhibition management. He has two graduate degrees — one in public relations and marketing, and the second in international trade. After finishing university he served as Lieutenant and Section Commander in the Armed Force before leaving to work in the construction and chemicals sectors on business development, building brand awareness and raising company profiles.

Chris Green

3D design engineer and cardboard creator

By day, Chris Green is a design engineer in the agricultural and food industry, but his real love is building things from corrugated cardboard. Chris has been cutting up a cardboard or cereal boxes for as long as he remembers and uses corrugated cardboard for its accessibility and limitation the material brings. He chooses never to hide the material and rarely ads any additional paint finishes to the material. His main influence is science fiction, with a lot of the projects being based on movie or video game robots. In recent years the builds have moved from small table top models to large freestanding sculptures, up to 4 metres high.

Joshua Cadogan

Artist

Joshua Cadogan is an aspiring concept artist, who loves world-building and telling stories through digital painting. For the last five year’s he has been travelling and volunteering abroad and now wants to tell some stories. He is most excited about finding exactly what makes my client’s projects come alive and what makes their world worth exploring. Joshua is interested in the next trend of atmospheric and ambient virtual reality games and believes how stories are told in the games world is about to be the next big space for creating worlds and storytelling tools

Carli Pfurtscheller

Graphic designer

Carli Pfurtscheller is a freelance graphic designer who is in love with the process of craft as well as ideas generation and believes in the use of good design for positive social change. Carli has a background in Logistics Management within the Telecommunications sector and is highly creative bringing together professionalism, organisational skills, project management and excellent communication skills. Carli recently won a commission for Wells & Co’s new Brewpoint brewery corporate identity and packaging design, from concept and art direction through to execution.

Shey Crompton

Test engineer

Shey Crompton has over 18 years of experience in testing, test management, and project management and is an experienced test lead in enterprise transformation and change environments. he has excellent communication and interpersonal skills gained from working in a diverse set of projects and industries and a proven ability to adapt to fast-changing situations and deliver to the highest quality.

Steve Mulvey

Photographer

Steve Mulvey is a wedding professional through and through, with extensive experience of wedding and event planning as well as toastmaster training. This ensures he’s got all angles covered to work with any venue or vendor seamlessly while ensuring the newlyweds have everything they need on their wedding day. Steve’s contemporary style of photography has a wide appeal, highlighted with earnest feedback on the emotion captured as well as a technically stunning image.

Ben Franklin

Filmmaker, video editor and director

Ben Franklin is a freelance filmmaker, with over 14 years of experience, who
specialises in producing/directing and video editing. Ben is an extremely versatile filmmaker, with a broad range of work on Corporate, Commercial and TV/Film based projects. Ben’s client base covers many areas of the UK, as well as US-based agencies that he works for remotely from his home office.

Prior to becoming freelance, Ben was a Creative Director at London based Spectrecom Films and spent 8 years there growing the creative and post-production departments. Ben is also the Managing Director of Bloody Cuts, an award-winning horror series that has built a healthy online audience and found world-wide acclaim. The series has received over 47 million views, and in 2017 won a Webby Award for the viral horror film ‘The Birch’. Ben has formed a directing/producing partnership with Norfolk based filmmaker Anthony Melton, and they’re currently writing and developing feature film and television projects both in the UK and US, as well as continuing to produce original short films and advertorial content.

Bloody Cuts is also a partner with Thorpe Park Resort, working as part of their Halloween Fright Nights, and are actively in development with other ‘experiential’ horror content, having worked with Snapchat and Fox over the past two years. Ben is represented in the UK by Linda Seifert Management, and in the US by Circle of Confusion and APA Agency.

Jo Pickering

Graphic Designer

Jo Pickering is a qualified fine artist, with a background in design and management. Having created digital installations as an artist, she turned her skillset towards graphic design and supports clients with logos, branding, print and digital design services.

In 2017 Jo started up Kabo Creative, a graphic and website design agency, with her wife and business partner Penni. Since launch, she has helped established brands in the financial and recruitment industries to redesign their logos and has helped startups in the fitness sector to create new brands.

Jo designs stunning brochures, logos, social media images, infographics and more; on time and on budget. Her clients include the UK and international customers, from SME’s to larger corporations. She also writes on the Kabo Creative blog on practical design advice for businesses and has been featured on The Marketing Meetup as a guest author.

Penni Pickering

WordPress website design & SEO

Penni is a CIM qualified and industry-tested marketer, having worked in marketing management for B2B companies prior to starting up Kabo Creative. In her last employed role, she worked at a software development company alongside a score of talented developers. Over the years she skilled up and became a hybrid marketer/front-end developer.

She can now be found working with clients from start-ups through to multinational organisations, helping them to create conversion-focused WordPress websites. Her clients range across a broad spectrum, including financial services, recruitment, luxury fitness retreats and a historic travelling vintage steam fair that regularly features in movies, such as in the recently released Rocketman.

Penni started up Kabo Creative in 2017 as a website and graphic design agency, supported by her wife and business partner, Jo. In their first two years in business, they’ve secured clients in the UK, Europe and beyond. Ever on the geeky side, Penni is currently testing core SEO services for clients and is having excellent success with longtail keyword lead generation. Kabo Creative plan to add this to their client services in the future.

Kim Rossiter

Series Producer and Edit Producer

Kim Rossiter is an ambitious and experienced series producer and edit producer with a passion for documentary and factual entertainment series, who excels in creating and leading talented and happy teams while producing heart-warming television that reflects life in the 21st century.

Kim has worked for the BBC, Channel 4, ITV and Discovery Channel and has experience in crewing up and leading large teams, casting, producing talent, directing PSC crews, setting up and directing rigs, and running and rescuing edits.

Emily Jolley

Artist

Emily Jolley is an abstract artist whose main focus is painting incorporating emulsion paints. Her work is influenced by modernism, including abstract expressionism, as well as artists that reference minimalism such as Eva Hesse. Recent work includes direct references to natural forms from the Cambridgeshire landscape. Emily studied fine art painting at Bath Spa University, graduating with a first. Prior to this, she achieved distinction at Manchester Metropolitan University’s art foundation year. Since graduating Emily established a successful career in business development, returning to painting and showing her work in 2016.

Georgina Manning

Artist

Georgina Manning is an artist who works mostly with paint, but also installation and digital media. With 17 years’ experience of working with children, young people and communities in a variety of settings, Georgina has been responsible for organising and supporting a range of projects and events.

With a focus on using art to help raise confidence and bring people together. Keen to break down barriers to art, she is currently involved in projects in Huntingdon, working to increase arts engagement in the area.

Alongside her own practice, she also offers private tuition and runs art workshops for different events including children’s parties.

Kevin Neal

Graphic designer

For the past 18 years, Kevin Neal has worked for design agencies in Stamford and have long been a champion of embracing modern ways of working and is a firm believer in using the latest technology to improve efficiency and produce higher quality work. Whether this is through creating high impact photography or developing great website experiences, he always endeavours to delight the client and end user alike. Having started his career as a traditional photographer, Kevin has constantly evolved and taken on new challenges including photo retouching, motion graphics and web development. Kevin is one of the founding partners of AVIDD Design an agency with a simple philosophy of collaboration to create client and designer relationships that will result in better design.

David Brudnell

Graphic designer

Based in Peterborough, David Brudnell has spent the last 16 years in both agency and in-house environments. He has been fortunate to work on many successful projects and campaigns where close relationships are crucial for effective results. David has a keen interest in ethical and environmental issues and believes great, effective design can be environmentally and ethically responsible. We should always strive to do our best. At AVIDD this includes being as paperless as possible and using recycled materials – our business cards, for instance, are made of recycled t-shirts. David is one of the founding partners of AVIDD Design an agency with a simple philosophy of collaboration to create client and designer relationships that will result in better design.

Davey Podmore

Graphic designer

After leaving University, Davey Podmore worked as a graphic designer for IKEA before moving on to numerous Design Week top 100 design agencies. His work has appeared in numerous exhibitions alongside some of his heroes. Some of which is currently housed in the British Museum’s permanent collection. Based in Huntingdon, after working in the industry for many years, Davey now has a better understanding of how clients and designers can come together to create meaningful design. Davey is one of the founding partners of AVIDD Design an agency with a simple philosophy of collaboration to create client and designer relationships that will result in better design.

Mark Wingfield

Musician, mixing and mastering engineer

Mark is a multi-award winning musician and audio engineer. He has played concerts across the globe and his albums have received critical acclaim in over 300 reviews in more than 20 countries.

As a mixing and mastering, engineer Mark has received many accolades from audiophile magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. Mark is the mixing and mastering engineer of choice for the NYC based MoonJune Records (Downbeat readers poll third favourite jazz label in the US) and the audiophile label Greydisc Records.

Mark has also worked with the museum sector, recording and editing audio guides and other multimedia audio for Arts Council London, The Fitzwilliam Museum, The Cambridge Museum of Zoology and Kettle’s Yard.

Kat Moir

Web designer

Kat Moir designs and builds websites for small to medium sized businesses and also helps and advises on their growth and marketing. Kat is based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. A lot of web design can be complicated, long-winded and expensive and she knows there’s a lot of smaller businesses out there who just need something simple. Kat has lived in this area her whole life, and started working in marketing when she left school. Since then, she worked in both design and marketing, until she helped build an agency specialising in affordable websites for small businesses. After five years, she’s headed off on her own path. Kat is a huge film addict so most of her spare time is spent trying to watch everything she can get her hands on. If she’s not there, you’ll probably find her up a mountain in Snowdonia or Scotland, or awkwardly trying to fit into the culture in a new country.

Alex Whiteley

Graphic designer

Alex Whiteley is a creative ideas-led graphic designer based in Huntingdon and believes in high-quality, considered design, it’s a conceptual artistic approach shaped into a strong set of design principles. Alex specialises in a research driven use of typography, brand identity, print and web design, social media imagery, digital marketing and videography. Her skills lie in having over ten years graphic design experience in many different areas of industry, and recently achieved a masters degree in graphic design and typography at Cambridge School of Art. Alex focuses on well-researched and developed concepts that best fits the individual needs of each brief. She offers an honest and heart-felt approach, a problem solving strategy and exceptional, creative design that does not cost the earth.

Jelena Jordanovic-Lewis

Illustrator and artist

Jelena Jordanovic-Lewis is an illustrator, born in Yugoslavia and grew up in Germany. She learnt art when she was young from a classical Serbian artist but she focussed on science in her studies and has only just recently returned to her passion of drawing and painting. Jelena’s main focus is illustrating children’s books and creating cute adorable characters using watercolour. Jelena lives with her brave, adventurous baby girl and her lovely husband in St Neots but tends to move where the winds of life take her.

Sam Darlow

Illustrator and designer

Sam Darlow is a freelance illustrator and designer based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Every project undertaken is approached intelligently, communicated creatively and crafted with care, from editorial design, branding and so much more. He believes in developing lasting relationships with clients to build a strong foundation on which considered thinking and design can add value to their businesses and realise their visions.

Jessie Stringer

Artist and architecture student

Jessie Stringer recently graduated from studying architecture at Falmouth University and is also an artist in her own right. Co-curating her first exhibition entitled Her Perspective earlier this year, she has taken part in various art fairs, art direction roles, and connects creatively predominantly through social media. Her work revolves around abstraction of portraiture and form through sculpture, painting and instillation with themes of mental health and femininity. Jessie is actively seeking painting and sculpture commissions whilst looking to get involved with local creative endeavours.

Will Webster

Photographer and visual artist

Will Webster is a visual artist interested in the evolutionary competition that arises from the production and display of images. Investigating everyday systems of exchange and attempting to mesh them, Webster probes concepts of labour in contemporary society and bias inherent in “busyness”.

Working across various aspects of photographic process, Webster focuses specifically on ideas of capture and display. This approach is inspired by a Derridean concept of the frame as a bridge between inside and out, a fuzzy boundary that in its own way suggests and undermines the autonomy of art. Previous projects have harnessed financial assemblage, the rhetoric of interview, Cartesian geometry and the concept of homo economicus. Core to these activities is a concern to invigorate perceptions of competitive altruism in human exchange.

This approach is informed by a decade working as a commercial photographer of spaces and locations. Some of this work can be seen here.

Carrie Bayley

Architect

Carrie studied architecture at the Manchester School of Architecture, where she graduated with First Class Honours and Distinctions across three degree programs, and the University of Cambridge. While at Manchester she was nominated for the RIBA Silver Medal (2012) and won a number of other awards. Prior to co-founding BBA, Carrie worked for a number of award-winning architectural practices including Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (Bath) and Ollier Smurthwaite Architects (Manchester). Carrie was part of the design team behind the Manchester School of Art, shortlisted for the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize (2014). She has experience across a range of sectors and building typologies including private residential, social housing, and primary through to higher education. Carrie was previously an Associate Lecturer at the Cambridge School Art and has served as a visiting critic at the Manchester School of Architecture and University for the Creative Arts.

Luke Butcher

Architect

Luke Butcher studied architecture at the Manchester School of Architecture, University of Cambridge and University of Pennsylvania, where he held a prestigious Thouron Scholarship. In addition to First Class Honours and Distinctions in architecture, he also holds a Masters in Environmental Building Design. Luke is the recipient of a number of individual awards and was shortlisted for the RIBA Bronze Medal (2009). Prior to co-founding BBA, Luke worked for a range of internationally acclaimed multi-disciplinary design and construction companies in Manchester, London and Cambridge. Luke has experience on projects with values ranging from £150,000 to £150 million, including Abraham Darby Academy, SOAS Senate House, Southbank Tower and the Parliamentary Estate. Luke has taught at the Manchester School of Architecture and University of Pennsylvania, with his academic research published internationally.

Anna Piecha

Graphic designer and artist

Anna Piecha is a graphic designer based in St Neots who graduated from the Fine Art Academy in Poland in 2011. And has developed her skills as an artist and graphic designer. With over ten years of experience she has open mind for the new experiences and positive flair for the future adventures. Between 2009 and 2015 she had several individual and group exhibitions where she presented her graphics and paintings.

Anna is a dreamer, her passion is art: intaglio prints, painting and drawing. She is a design lover: digital art, illustration, visual communication. She is also expanding her knowledge in UX Design. She is looking for an opportunity to work with a creative people.

Calum Morrison

Producer, Director, Photographer

Calum Morrison is new to the industry and is fortunate to have worked with a wide variety of clients; from local businesses like Shumë, to work abroad with businesses like Scuttlebugs CDC in San Jose.

He is lucky enough to have lived all over the world. He has always had a passion for photography and videography but only recently started his business which focuses on storytelling in advertising.

Calum provides a wide range of services and always welcomes new customers. Currently, he is working on a documentary about the pandemic that hit the world in 2020.

Clair Slade

Community organiser and broadcaster

Clair Slade has a background in radio, sound engineering, marketing, graphic design, health and childcare and is fired-up by learning new skills. She currently volunteers with local charities and is working as a marketing coordinator for an international telecoms company.

Sian Deciantis

Digital marketing and creative media trainer/assessor

Sian Deciantis currently trains and assesses digital marketing and creative media apprentices, freelances in photography and video work, as well as running her own style blog. Sian likes to keep herself busy and as a creative has a lot of different outlets. Sian have been a creative teacher for almost eight years and is currently spending a lot of time at Channel 4 with her nine apprentices. Not only does she get to teach them but they regularly introduce her to new techniques, software and processes.

Chiharu Gotoh

Freelance hairdresser

Chiharu Gotoh was born in Yamagata, Japan in 1980 and studied hairdressing at Tokyo Hair & Makeup School, graduated in 2000. She worked as a hairdresser in several salons in Tokyo for 15 years before moving to UK in 2016 where she is now a freelance hairdresser.

Vicki Clark

Artist and illustrator

Vicki Clark is a talented artist and illustrator who has now launched her own creative business. Vicki can offer anything from a small sketch of your beloved pet up to a huge statement piece for your home, business reception area, party, wedding or corporate event. Contemporary and modern, or more traditional, Vicki has it all, plus graphic design services. Visit Vicki’s blog for the latest news.

Emma Hodgson

Graphic designer

Emma Hodgson is a freelance graphic designer based in St Neots who concentrates on branding and illustration as well as graphics for social media platforms. She works with small start up businesses on logos, stationery and advertising materials as well as covering businesses needing a branding overhaul. A professional, friendly and affordable service is guaranteed.

Adele Gilpin

Data designer, software developer

Adele Gilpin is has a background in database design and development and recently moved in to the realm of data visualisation and infographic design. At her previous employer, she identified a need to complement their rather hefty annual reports with snippets of data that were easier to access, digestible and visually interesting. While she doesn’t feel like a creative in the traditional sense, she feels that data can enhance everyone’s lives and her mission is to take the numb out of the numbers.

Paul McIver

Graphic designer

Paul McIver is a freelance graphic designer, website designer and illustrator with over 20 years experience and has worked extensively in the packaging and brand marketing sector, working with clients such as SONY, Nintendo and the BBC.

Paul started Opaque Design in 2012, a small agency which specialises in design, web development and brand identity and more recently motion graphics. He also has a passion for t-shirts and has launched Limebox tees in the last 12 months.

Rebecca Fordham

Social media consultant

Rebecca Fordham is a freelance social media consultant based in St Neots. During her 5 plus years in this field, she has helped big brands reach new customers and increase sales, as well as having managed communities of over 10 million fans.

Rebecca’s skills span from strategy development and implementation, to copywriting, data analysis and advert management. She’s driven to help brands truly understand the importance of social media and support them in unlocking its power.

Outside of social, she can either be found training in the gym or busy in her kitchen creating alternative treats, free from refined sugars, dairy and gluten. Her passion for living healthily has lead to her specialising in helping health and wellbeing brands in particular.

Ben Pitt

Festival director, video producer, photographer, musician, journalist

Ben Pitt cut his creative teeth as a musician and concert promoter in London. Since moving to St Neots in 2012, he’s worked as a video producer, music teacher, community development officer, journalist and town and district councillor. He is the director of St Neots Festival.

Simon Devlin

Architect

Simon Devlin is a RIBA chartered professional architect with almost 20 years of experience in the construction industry. He has worked in Liverpool, Birmingham and more recently in St Neots, where he has set up his own RIBA chartered practice.

Throughout his career he has worked on a wide spectrum of projects, from the design and creation of an electricity substation and an inner-city synagogue, to high-end London domestic extensions and large residential developments. Geographically, his current projects are in the home counties and East Anglia and include large barn conversions, listed building consents, domestic extensions and two new school buildings.

Simon has a meticulous attention to detail and his designs combine innovative and imaginative creativity with common sense, practicable solutions. Although he brings his own wealth of knowledge and experience to the project, Simon also works closely with his clients to ensure their ideas, requirements and desires are reflected in the final build.

Claire Montgomerie

Craft editor and stylist

Claire Montgomerie is a textiles designer specialising in knitting and crochet, constructing fabrics, garments, creatures and accessories which are fun, quirky and modern. Her main aim is always to reinvent the products of ancient and traditional needle craft processes while retaining all their intricacies and comforting charm.

Claire likes to keep her hands busy and so is constantly working on many different projects. She has made puppets for music videos, contributes patterns and articles to craft magazines and books, and writes, edits and consults on craft books. As well as this, she teaches textiles at many different levels and styles and contributes to Inside Crochet magazine.

Grace Bristo

Photographer

London-born Grace Bristo is currently studying photography at Nottingham Trent University but calls St Neots her home. She loves portraiture and youth culture and has fallen in love with film photography and now works mainly on film. Grace recently got her first feature on TripMag which was extremely exciting and opened a few doors. “I’m trying not to tie myself down to one type of photography as I want to explore them all.”

Fiona Brice

Arts and creativity consultant

Fiona Brice has spent her working life bringing together creative practitioners and young people to raise their aspirations and broaden their creative thinking. She started out working in education programmes for orchestras in Newcastle and London and then moved to Creative Partnerships, which for many years was the Government’s flagship Creative Learning programme. This was a great opportunity to explore how a creative mindset could inform teaching approaches in schools and give a voice to young people both influencing the work of a range of practitioners and their own learning experience.

A move to Singapore in 2010 gave Fiona the wonderful opportunity to experience a range of different cultures at the same time bringing up a young family. She also joined a social enterprise who were delivering the global Design for Change programme to children in Singaporean schools. Fiona took the Design Thinking element of this programme and developed holiday programmes in innovation for preteen and young teenagers, usually culminating in an unusual collection of prototypes made out of recyclables.

Charlotte Tenneson

Fine artist and printmaker

Charlotte Tenneson works from a studio in rural Bedfordshire. She is a qualified fine artist having studied at the University of Northampton and The Royal Drawing School in London. Her work has two strands; it is inspire by the people she meets and the countryside. Charlotte is known locally for her hares and her large hand pulled linocuts. She is on the committee of the Circus of Illustration; a group dedicated to promoting local artists and illustrators.

Charlotte has been selected to exhibit her work at Wisbech & Fenland Museum, Delapre Abbey, Barton Seagrave Hall, Gallery 58 Northampton, Gallery I in South Korea, Avenue Gallery Northampton as well as locally at Animal Gallery, Quarry Theatre, St Paul’s Church, The Art Centre, Pensieri, Frescoes and most recently a solo exhibition at Pavilion At The Park.

Aimee Hutchinson

Artist

Aimee Hutchinson is an award-winning visual and illustrative artist based in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. She began her studies at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin, before moving on to the Belfast School of Art where she graduated in 2015 with BA honours in Fine Art. In March 2014, Aimee held her first solo exhibition, Wanderlust, at the renowned Belfast venue, the Ulster Hall and was included in the Catalyst Arts group show. In June 2015, Aimee’s exhibition La Mère de Lapin, based on the infamous tale of Mary Toft, won her the prestigious Belfast Print Workshop Student Award and a year’s residency. Currently, Aimee is working on commissions and has had her work purchased by several buyers as far afield as the United States, Australia and Canada. In the future she hopes to resume her studies and would like to carve a career as a Medical Illustration.

Becks Simpson

Hair stylist

Becks Simpson is a freelance hair stylist who specialises in vintage, bride and events. After leaving school Becks studied and trained at The Keith & Peter Hairdressing Academy in her hometown of Hereford. After five years she progressed quickly, moving from stylist to salon manager. Keen to keep moving forwards, it was then in 2005 she moved to London for two years, during which time she gained valuable experience at the Covent Garden Avenda Institute, Hebe on the Strand and The Mowgli Salon in Primrose Hill. After moving to Bristol for seven years, where Becks Simpson built an on-site salon at the BBC on Whiteladies Road and a second salon at the Bristol University Halls of Residence, she now operates her freelance business from St Neots.

Robert Barker

Garden and landscape designer

After a career in music as a singer/songwriter Robert Barker visited the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and instantly fell in love with garden design and right there and then knew that he wanted to change the direction of his life and career. Robert went on to study with the RHS, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Garden Design and Planting Design at Capel Manor College. Robert was recently awarded the prestigious gold medal award for his first show garden at the 2016 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.

Robert Barker Garden and Landscape Design was created to bring together his passion for plants, people, nature, a love for modern architecture and an understanding of how a garden design can work in harmony with its environment to create a timeless landscape.

Emma Sheppard

Graphic designer

Emma Sheppard is a graphic designer with over 10 years experience. She’s spent most of her professional career working in design studios and agencies, but decided to give up the day job to go freelance after having her first child, for better work life balance.

As a powerhouse print designer, Emma is very experienced in magazine and editorial design, and has worked on everything from luxury property and lifestyle titles, to fashion and beauty magazines. She is lucky enough to have worked on a wide variety of projects through her agency work, with big name brands as well as exciting startups and small businesses. She has a passion for typography and logo design, and a great eye for detail, making sure everything is just right.

Emma recently started Big Bear Creative – a small agency of talented freelancers which specialises in design and branding for new and small businesses.

Melissa Webb

Photographer

Melissa Webb is a photographer hailing from the United States, though she has lived in St Neots for thirteen years. Her passion for taking photos started when she was a teenager, when she stumbled upon her father’s camera collection. It’s been a way of life ever since.

Melissa worked and had her own business for six years as a portrait and lifestyle photographer, and was featured in publications such as Lucky, JPG and Digital Photographer.

Currently Melissa is focusing on personal projects which involve film and instant photography.

Adrian Storey

Video producer, cameraman, editor and photographer

Adrian Storey aka Uchujin (Alien in Japanese) is a freelance video producer, cameraman, editor, photographer and a recovering ex-pat who recently returned to the UK after a 20 year absence, the last 10 of which were spent in Tokyo. An eclectic career ranging from fashion modelling to working as a sound engineer for the Dali Lama informs and enriches his work which ranges from documentary to music videos.

Adrian has over 20 years experience, has produced video and shot for a large range of international clients including VICE Japan, Greenpeace and Cascade Records and his photographs have been published in The Guardian, La Revue, Jyllands Posten, Der Spiegel, South China Morning Post and The Japan Times amongst others. He is available for projects of any size and can be contacted through his website or on multiple social media platforms where he spends a little too much of his time.

Louis James-Parker

Filmmaker and photographer

Louis James-Parker is a freelance videographer and filmmaker with over 10 years of experience. Louis creates cinematic films, promotional videos and documentaries for a wide range of clients including corporate, TV, web and production companies. Louis has always had a passion for film and photography from a very young age. He went on to study photography at the Cambridge School of Art and he now offers his services all over the UK.

Louis is very passionate and dedicated to his craft and through visual storytelling, he hope’s to cater to each client’s unique needs to deliver exceptional visual content.

Some of his clients include Redbull, University of Cambridge, Goldfinch Pianos, Spotify, Barenbrug UK, and Kogan Page. One of Louis’ videos got GoPro video of the day fetching over 50,000 views in a matter of days.

Oliver Winconek

Artist

Oliver Winconek was born in Bedford, England. Having chosen to not go down the route of formal Art education; he is primarily self taught. His work is always based around people, cities or a combination of both. Over the years Oliver’s work has continuously evolved ranging from bold, graphical cityscapes, pen and ink drawings and Oil painted portraits. He prefers to let his working style be semi dictated by the subject matter that he is portraying, this allows him to have an organic method towards his work that keeps things interesting for both the Artist and the viewer.

Oliver has exhibited all over the world including the Saatchi gallery and his work is held in many private collections.

“I am fascinated by people and the everyday, those situations and moments that we all encounter on a frequent basis that often hold no obvious significance or resonance. The fleeting happenings that we take for granted are those that I like to use as a subject matter. I love experimenting with colour and pushing the boundaries of an image to increase interest. I now work pretty solidly in Oil, creating both portrait and figurative work as well as cityscapes that reflect the charging buzz that you only get from a massive group of strangers inhabiting the same outdoor space or building. My daily inspiration comes from people I meet and the scenes that I discover, I find it very satisfying documenting elements of the world and the people within it via the medium of paint.”

Steve Todd

Designer and social media expert

Steve Todd has over 15 years experience as a creative within the public, charity and private sectors and has produced design for well known companies both nationally and internationally.

He currently works as a creative and social media officer for government campaigns but has a huge amount of experience in print based design and a specialist knowledge in security artwork generation. He has a real love of marketing and likes nothing more than creating branding packages for new companies or campaigns.

Steve has a secret geeky passion for fonts, he’s a musician by night and is fanatic about coffee and beer.

Nicola Westgarth-Flynn

Product designer

Nicola Westgarth-Flynn is part of the St Neots based duo that formed Koti Studio in 2014. The creative design studio specialises in industrial design within the homewares sector. The studio has a growing portfolio of work, with high profile brands such as; Lakeland, Joseph Joseph and Joules.

Nic gained valuable product design experience working for Pearson Lloyd, Cambridge Consultants and TTP. She also freelanced for Charlie Oulten and Team Consulting. Her strengths lie in initial concepting, brainstorming ideas, and ensuring the products remain realistic, practical and manufacturable.

You can view more of Koti Studio’s work on their website and blog.

Stephen Molyneaux

Visual affects artist

Stephen Molyneaux started his career in the games industry before moving into cinema. He is now a visual affects artist in London, working on major feature films like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Prometheus, Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men and the upcoming Disney’s Jungle Book. Stephen excels at character creation and visual development and is an accomplished artist both digitally and traditionally. Stephen studied under world renowned artists Steve Huston, Jeffrey Watts and Henry Yan and has work published for both digital and traditional work. You can view more of his work on his website or blog.

Dave Fleet

Field recordist and musician

Dave Fleet is a field recordist, electronic musician and photographer in so much as that he can point a camera at something that catches his eye in the same way as he point’s a microphone at something that catches his ear.

Mike Garrick Green

Software developer

Mike Garrick Green has been helping people for over 18 years achieve by developing intuitive software and business websites.

Mike engages with people to solve common business challenges, identifying issues and seeking to improve efficiency through the improvement of business’ IT systems and processes, improving the everyday experience at work and in life.

As managing director of Ouse Creative Ltd, Mike and his team increase efficiency through process improvement, contribution and professional expertise while developing intuitive software and websites that give a ‘a great experience’ for people every day.

Ouse Creative engage with people to deliver appropriate and intuitive online software, systems and websites that work seamlessly with other software to deliver growth, savings and efficiency – helping you and your team achieve.

Angie Moyes

Graphic designer

Angie Moyes believes design makes a difference, not just as visual communication, but to the bottom line. She loves her job because she gets to meet people with passion and purpose – and that’s infectious. With over 20 years’ experience and projects covering a diverse range of sectors, including education, entrepreneurs and start-ups to blue chip corporate – consumer to academia, science and the arts, Angie has been lucky to meet a lot of brilliant people in fantastic companies.

Angie Moyes has worked with clients such as Abcam, Blighter, Baker Hughes, BP, The Biochemical Society, Cyrus Audio, The Gurdon Institute, Grant Instruments, International SOS, One Paper Buildings (now Drystone), Portland Press, Socia and Widget. With a network of associates – such as writers, editors, developers – projects can be large or small.

She loves all the areas of design and has been lucky enough to work in: logo design, information design for technical documents and websites as information architecture – or UX/UI as it’s also known, journal and book design, web site design, campaign design (for products, ads or internal comms).

She relishes that by using her design skills she is able to make a difference to a clients product or service, by making it better understood and more attractive to their clients and customers. To make her clients ‘look good’ in the face of competition.

Maciek Platek

Food and interior photographer

Maciek Platek is creating a name for himself in the local area as young and upcoming food and interior photographer. He has several large commissions with well established companies including Wyboston Lakes and La Maison Chic successfully promoting their businesses through his photography. His passion is not only for food and interior photography, but also for architecture, examples of which can be seen in his portfolio.

Maciek is actively seeking new commissions and will be more than happy to discuss any photographic requirements.

Ross Millership

Dubbing mixer and sound designer

Ross Millership has spent 10 years mixing a wide range of broadcast TV in stereo and 5.1 spending the last six years at the award winning post facility ENVY. He’s mixed series such as the BAFTA winning Grand Designs, The Undateables, Tattoo Fixers, Drunk History, Heston’s Great British Food and the multi award winning Wild Things. Ross has also mixed numerous documentaries such as the BAFTA winning Graffiti Wars, American Animal Hoarder, Extreme Brat Camp and Christian Louboutin: The World’s Most Expensive Shoes. He’s also had the pleasure of mixing a feature football mockumentary United We Fall which enjoyed a nationwide theatrical release.

He spends most of his time mixing but love’s getting his teeth into sound design, working most enjoyably on Strip The Cosmos and Rise of the Machines where he conceptualised, supervised and mixed the sound design into the 14 diverse episodes, each with roughly 25 minutes of complex 3D CGI needing sound design.

Cecilia Corderio

Theatre practitioner and writer

Cecilia Corderio is a theatre practitioner and writer, having recently graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama with an MA in applied theatre and her aim is to develop a practice in St Neots and the Cambridgeshire area. Cecilia has been a writer for many years but has recently been working on plays and fiction with a view to publishing and selling her work.

Cecilia is currently on the board of directors of MGR Films, an independent film production company based in London, where she actively participates in project development and sourcing screenplays for the company. Her previous career was in political and institutional communications, mainly in Argentina, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador. She has extensive experience in the non-profit sector, having co-founded and managed a non-partisan NGO dedicated to improving the quality of political leadership in Argentina.

Cecilia has an MA in history and MPhil in Latin american studies, both from Cambridge University and a postgraduate degree in Medieval Jewish history from Oxford University.

Maria Merridan

Artist, illustrator and printmaker

Maria Merridan is a Bedfordshire-based artist and printmaker and part-time lecturer in art and design. Her work is about creating unusual relationships between personal experiences and the following themes: science, natural history, navigation, weather and journeys.

Awarded The Peoples Award in 2015 for an artwork titled ‘Making Materials Come Alive’ – a large, mixed-media composition produced for Cambridge’s Pint of Science Festival in collaboration with group leader at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at Cambridge University, Dr Stoyan Smoukov.

Maria’s work was recently selected by the Circus of Illustration to exhibit in their Love Conquers All Exhibition and in 2015, was selected for Summer Exhibitions at Courtyard Art Gallery, Hertford and The Babylon Gallery, Ely. She has also exhibited with the arts collective Mark 5 at the Michael Heseltine Gallery in Oxford and Courtyard Art Gallery in Hertford.

Katherine Hesketh

Marketing executive

Katherine Hesketh is a diploma qualified digital marketing specialist. During her career, she has worked both agency and client side, so knows only too well the challenges and opportunities faced by both

After graduation, she began her career in educational publishing before joining a specialist consultancy responsible for producing educational resources for a range of clients. A new adventure took her over to Sydney, Australia where she primarily worked for a global asset management company, in a purely online role. Returning to the UK she joined a specialty insurer and reinsurer in an online communications role.

She has had a love of all things online for her whole career. She prides herself in being able to get her head around the techy stuff, and loves the challenge of being able to translate it into easy-to-understand business solutions. She also believes that the foundations that she learnt in print and offline publishing enables her to truly get to grips with the whole marketing and communications journey.

Mitchell Harris

Film editor

Mitchell Harris is a film editor by day and night with a passion for editing that can be seen across his portfolio, which shows a journey from editing short, somewhat crazy films with friends, to working for clients such as 10 Downing Street and more recently his first feature film – Art Ache, which premiered December 2015 at the Bahamas International Film Festival.

Mitchell, collaborating with Carla Steinberg, picked up his first film award at the Living British Film Festival 2014 for Word on the Water a short documentary about London’s stunning book barge. More recently, Mitchell’s work has been selected by the British Film Institute Love Shorts in collaboration with the Cornwall Film Festival and HyneSight Films – Silentville (2015).

Mitchell now works primarily as a freelance film editor based in London, but also consults and provides editing + social media training (and does the odd voiceover). Almost complete is his second feature film, Asphodel with a third in pre-production. His international client base includes St Neots own Pix and Mix, Queen Mary, University of London and HyneSight Films.

Alice Hunter

Wildlife photographer and writer

Alice’s journey to become a wildlife photographer was born out of a passion for the natural world that began at an early age. Encouraged by family members, she developed an understanding of the wildlife and flora around her which enables her to capture the intimate details of her subjects.

Alice’s work has been recognised in several international competitions, she been shortlisted in the Luminar Bug Photography 2020 and 2021 competitionsand in the Close Up Photographer of the Year: One Colour Frame Challenge.

In October 2022, Alice suffered multiple strokes at the age of 36. Her photography had to take a back seat while she recovered but, despite this, she is now back to doing what she loves and looking forward to more adventures.

In addition to the wildlife that she loves, Alice also photographs landscapes from time to time and takes commissions for a wide range of subjects. She sells her images and merchandise online as well as in a variety of local outlets.

Alice contributes to the Wildscreen Exchange initiative to help conservation charities raise awareness of their causes and enjoys working alongside the Wildlife Trusts both as a photographer and writer. She also leads photographic and wildlife watching tours with Greentours and Greenwings, and offers private guiding to sites in her local area.

Alice particularly enjoys writing about her experiences on her blog but can also be booked for illustrated talks about her travels and speaks regularly at photographic and gardening clubs as well as U3A and a variety of other interest groups.

Andrew Poodle

Entrepreneur, engineer and MySQL specialist

Andrew Poodle’s background is in online infrastructure and web application development and he has spent much of his career as a specialist in MySQL databases. Andrew is now more interested and involved in online business development and online strategy than being a hands-on techie, but his technical background serves him well in understanding what’s feasible and practical.

In a nutshell, Andrew is a serial entrepreneur with a focus on developing products and business strategy for the mobile and web markets. In recent years Andrew co-founded ski blog PowPowPow, online dating website Plenty More Fish, and tech-company Craftspeed

Marc Bax

Product designer, engineer, and physicist

Marc Bax runs two businesses through Panchromos Limited. He undertakes product design and development projects for and with clients. His design philosophy is that looks and style take a backseat to function, user experience, and manufacturability. His portfolio includes medical devices, laboratory instruments and security/defense detection systems.

Marc also runs the UK office of Bax and Willems Consulting Venturing where he occupies himself with European Commission innovation programs – somewhat less creative.

Prior to setting up his own businesses Marc was active both in product design and development, and in sales and marketing. He is also a fanatic archer still hunting for that so far elusive six-gold-end at 100 yards.

Jennifer Nesbitt

Graphic designer

With over 15 years of experience as a graphic designer, illustrator and a deep passion for creative coding, Jen Nesbitt continuously explores the intersection of art, design, and technology.

Recently, Jen has delved into the world of creative coding, drawn to its potential to blend artistry with technology in innovative ways. By exploring programming languages and interactive media, she’s discovering new avenues for self-expression and pushing the boundaries of traditional art and design.

As a member of the Neotists, Jen has had the pleasure of hosting Drink and Draw events at The Barley Mow every second Wednesday of the month, fostering a vibrant community of artists and creatives. These gatherings have been a source of inspiration and collaboration, fuelling her creative pursuits.

Bernadette Vong

Portrait, product and commercial photographer

Bernadette Vong, or Berna has established herself as a photographer since graduated with a BA in Designs & Interior Design in 2008. Berna has a background worked as a motion capture and facial capture technician for three years in a west London 3D digital facility.

Outside her own photography work, Berna has an extensive work experience in both film, TV and the commercial industry working for the BBC, Vogue, Net-A-Porter, The Observer, Nokia, the prestigious British designer Hussein Chalayan, and on films 47 Ronin, Give It A Year, Skyfall and Shanghai, just to name a few.

Since her recent start in photography, she was soon acknowledged with her skills and her eyes for beauty, and has several works published in the UK and Asia.

Berna is currently setting up her business focused on product and commercial photography, and in wedding photography is officially opening in January 2016.

Her work is heavily inspired by shapes, simplicity, and her personal work embodies the female’s nature in sensuality and emotion complexity. You can see more on Berna’s blog.

Jo Mansfield

Designer and art director

Jo Mansfield graduated from Lincoln School of Art & Design in 2008 with a first class honours degree in Graphic Design. Since then she has been commuting to London, where she works as a designer and art director. Jo has worked predominantly across fashion, beauty, fragrance and retail sectors and has had the fortune of exposure to a wide variety of projects. The best, or possibly worst, description of Jo’s portfolio to date was ‘random’. She has a keen interest in photography and through her roles in art direction, Jo has been improving her knowledge, understanding and skills.

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