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About Us

We use the power of storytelling to create content for brands and businesses who want to move their audiences.

Producing over 200 pieces of content every year from our head office in Huddersfield and London satellite office, we solve communication challenges across a wide range of industries and functions, from marketing to internal communications, from brand activations to events, from social content to recruitment.

All our work has one thing in common – it’s the result of taking a complex subject and communicating it simply and effectively.

But don’t just take our word for it. We’ve been scored by our clients using The Drum Recommends as one of the top 10 small production companies in the UK and the best for Digital Animation and Corporate Communication.

More than just video

Film

Film sits at the very heart of what we do – from epic live action shoots to glossy marketing stings, we take your brief and turn it into something unforgettable. Whether your budget is £3k or £300k, we work with you to share your story in a way that stays with people long after they’ve first seen it.

Animation

Animation has the power to make complicated messages incredibly simple. Our motion graphics gurus specialise in creating on-brand animations in 2D or 3D, typographic or even hand-drawn styles. From training to internal comms, there’s no story that can’t be shared using this method.

Photography

Our photographers can help you capture product or lifestyle shots to use across your social channels, website or print materials. We can snap portrait images of your team or capture your event in still too. We have our own studio at our office in Huddersfield, or we can come to you.

Copywriting

If you’re in need of a kick-ass script, social content, campaign straplines or even an overhaul of your employer tone of voice, we can help. Our copywriters can find the words that work the hardest for your message so it stays with people.

Design

As well as being able to create a suite of digital and print content to support our films, our talented designers are also able to deliver one-off pieces from posters to Powerpoints. We push brand guidelines to give you striking visuals that help commit your message to memory.

Events

We partner with events agency Simply Better Events to help our clients deliver unforgettable events and live activations for audiences small and large alike. We combine our creativity and expertise to inspire your colleagues, customers or stakeholders to think, feel and do things differently.

Live streaming

Take your event to audiences beyond the walls of your venue and share your message with colleagues or customers around the world. We’re experts in livestreaming and can help you share your message in real-time across social platforms or private portals.

Who are we?

We’re a team of film-makers, animators, designers, writers and communication experts who pride ourselves on producing great work.

Owen Vittanuova

Managing Director

With 15 years’ experience in communications and video, Owen prides himself on his ability to translate clients’ briefs into something brilliant. Although he’s now more likely to be found helping some of the world’s best known brands share their story, he used to VJ for some of the world’s best known music acts.

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Ian Medley

Editor & DOP

Ian’s been in the creative game for a long time. In fact he actually guest lectured part of Owen’s uni course. He’s a creative force to be reckoned with and an experienced director of photography. Full of stories from his six years making documentaries around the world, he’s the life and soul of the Paradigm party.

Ian

James Fuller

Cameras & Post-production

After studying TV and Film Design, James mastered his craft working on extreme sports productions, live music events, fashion shows, and commercials. Now with 15 years experience under his belt, he steers all the work we deliver, using his meticulous attention to detail to make sure everything is perfect.

James

Owen Vittanuova

Managing Director

With 15 years’ experience in communications and video, Owen prides himself on his ability to translate clients’ briefs into something brilliant. Although he’s now more likely to be found helping some of the world’s best known brands share their story, he used to VJ for some of the world’s best known music acts.

Owen

Ian Medley

Editor & DOP

Ian’s been in the creative game for a long time. In fact he actually guest lectured part of Owen’s uni course. He’s a creative force to be reckoned with and an experienced director of photography. Full of stories from his six years making documentaries around the world, he’s the life and soul of the Paradigm party.

Ian

James Fuller

Cameras & Post-production

After studying TV and Film Design, James mastered his craft working on extreme sports productions, live music events, fashion shows, and commercials. Now with 15 years experience under his belt, he steers all the work we deliver, using his meticulous attention to detail to make sure everything is perfect.

James

Rebecca Norbury

Producer

As well as being a trash TV addict (The Kardashian’s, Love Island, Ru Paul’s Drag Race – you name it, she watches it), Rebecca is a producer here at Paradigm. She’s known around the office for being super-organised and has a degree in Filmmaking from Leeds Beckett, as well as a Creative Industries Safety Passport, so you know you’re in safe hands.

Rebecca

Rebecca Norbury

Producer

As well as being a trash TV addict (The Kardashian’s, Love Island, Ru Paul’s Drag Race – you name it, she watches it), Rebecca is a producer here at Paradigm. She’s known around the office for being super-organised and has a degree in Filmmaking from Leeds Beckett, as well as a Creative Industries Safety Passport, so you know you’re in safe hands.

Rebecca

Nick Blackwill

Key Account Manager

Nick’s spent the last 19 years listening to clients share their communication challenges and helping them find solutions. We’re lucky to have him really because as a young boy, Nick dreamed of being a rockstar after a visit to Ozzy Obourne’s recording studio where he met the singer’s full-size stuffed grizzly bear. Instead, he now just aspires to be as furry as the grizzly.

Nick

Ari Keldoulis

Streaming Producer

Ari is our Antipodean artist of live streaming with an eagle eye for graphics and framing. Having graduated from the University of New South Wales in Media - majoring in Screen and Sound, she thought she’d share some Aussie gold with the UK. She worked successfully in broadcast telly for 3 years before making it her mission to bring live events to the masses and moving into the world of corporate streaming.

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Nick Blackwill

Key Account Manager

Nick’s spent the last 19 years listening to clients share their communication challenges and helping them find solutions. We’re lucky to have him really because as a young boy, Nick dreamed of being a rockstar after a visit to Ozzy Obourne’s recording studio where he met the singer’s full-size stuffed grizzly bear. Instead, he now just aspires to be as furry as the grizzly.

Nick

Ari Keldoulis

Streaming Producer

Ari is our Antipodean artist of live streaming with an eagle eye for graphics and framing. Having graduated from the University of New South Wales in Media - majoring in Screen and Sound, she thought she’d share some Aussie gold with the UK. She worked successfully in broadcast telly for 3 years before making it her mission to bring live events to the masses and moving into the world of corporate streaming.

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Ryan Harrison

Producer

With a BA and MA in Sound for Film, Ryan spent 6 years working as a sound recordist before transitioning to broadcast and content production – “telling people's stories from Bangladesh to Brighton” as he puts it. When not doing the day job, you’ll find him climbing, boating, collecting the eggs from his chickens or strolling with his sausage hounds. And other good wholesome stuff in between.

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Connie Mansfield

Production Assistant

Connie’s our Stokey – so she says ‘look’ like ‘luke’, but do we care?... we do not! She’s always bright and breezy, armed with a smile, a cup of tea and anything else to make our filming gigs run without a hitch. She’s a mad cat lady and won’t eat cheese. ‘Leave the cheddar to the mice’ she’d say, if there were any – the cats ate all the mice…

Connie

Ryan Harrison

Producer

With a BA and MA in Sound for Film, Ryan spent 6 years working as a sound recordist before transitioning to broadcast and content production – “telling people's stories from Bangladesh to Brighton” as he puts it. When not doing the day job, you’ll find him climbing, boating, collecting the eggs from his chickens or strolling with his sausage hounds. And other good wholesome stuff in between.

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Connie Mansfield

Production Assistant

Connie’s our Stokey – so she says ‘look’ like ‘luke’, but do we care?... we do not! She’s always bright and breezy, armed with a smile, a cup of tea and anything else to make our filming gigs run without a hitch. She’s a mad cat lady and won’t eat cheese. ‘Leave the cheddar to the mice’ she’d say, if there were any – the cats ate all the mice…

Connie

Stephen Lynch

Streaming Producer

Our contingent from the Metropolis, Stephen used to run his own event production company and is now sharing his expertise – lucky old us. He’s got some great stories and loves a good walk in the wild hills around Bronte country punctuated with a pint. Well - you’ve got to keep hydrated!

Stephen

Stephen Lynch

Streaming Producer

Our contingent from the Metropolis, Stephen used to run his own event production company and is now sharing his expertise – lucky old us. He’s got some great stories and loves a good walk in the wild hills around Bronte country punctuated with a pint. Well - you’ve got to keep hydrated!

Stephen

Becky Hampson

Editor

Becky comes with a sea breeze from Saltburn and a first-class honours degree in Television Production - so she’s applying her talents and honing her skillset across all aspects of post-production. She’s a self-confessed ‘chocoholic’ who has been known to dispatch chocolate buttons for breakfast…we kid you not. Loves trash TV, live music and a good boogie to boot.

Becky

Ryan Overend

Editor

With a BA honours in Film and TV production from Edge Hill Uni, Ryan’s our resident Dewsbury lad, loves a good edit, film tattoos, rugby, Leeds United (boo!!), Nike Airs, skinny jeans and a good night out.

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Jenny Sharrock-Milnor

People and Culture Manager

Our latest arrival, Jenny is going to help us….well… be more... “us”. A skilled HR professional with a background in hospitality, Jenny is passionate about engagement and wellbeing, approaching people management from a proactive and people-centred perspective. What else? Jenny loves classic rock and equally loves indulging in a spot of cultured bookwormery.

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Becky Hampson

Editor

Becky comes with a sea breeze from Saltburn and a first-class honours degree in Television Production - so she’s applying her talents and honing her skillset across all aspects of post-production. She’s a self-confessed ‘chocoholic’ who has been known to dispatch chocolate buttons for breakfast…we kid you not. Loves trash TV, live music and a good boogie to boot.

Becky

Ryan Overend

Editor

With a BA honours in Film and TV production from Edge Hill Uni, Ryan’s our resident Dewsbury lad, loves a good edit, film tattoos, rugby, Leeds United (boo!!), Nike Airs, skinny jeans and a good night out.

Ryan-O

Jenny Sharrock-Milnor

People and Culture Manager

Our latest arrival, Jenny is going to help us….well… be more... “us”. A skilled HR professional with a background in hospitality, Jenny is passionate about engagement and wellbeing, approaching people management from a proactive and people-centred perspective. What else? Jenny loves classic rock and equally loves indulging in a spot of cultured bookwormery.

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Alan Hardy

Graphic Designer

Alan’s our chief image bod, storyboarding, illustration, doodles with attitude or a bar chart made out of sausages - you name it – he’ll put his speedy stylus to it. A ‘Terrier’ (Huddersfield Town fan to the uninitiated) he comes with a positive demeanour - in spite of it all. Loves camping and not wearing shoes.

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Thornten Haywood

Motion Graphics Designer

So our Thornten is what you might call a ‘Visual Columbus’ guided by creative wanderlust. Starting out in graphic design he got a tad frustrated with his creations well… being a tad static. How can I make them dance thought he? So with a healthy mix of curiosity and a MAKE, MAKE, MAKE mentality he taught himself the ways of animation and motion sparkle from the ground up. He loves a jaunt into the brave creative unknown – ‘the more challenging the brief - the better’ he states. Brave or just plain crazy? You judge, but he's a great dude to have in a creative scrap - so hands off…

Thornten

Alan Hardy

Graphic Designer

Alan’s our chief image bod, storyboarding, illustration, doodles with attitude or a bar chart made out of sausages - you name it – he’ll put his speedy stylus to it. A ‘Terrier’ (Huddersfield Town fan to the uninitiated) he comes with a positive demeanour - in spite of it all. Loves camping and not wearing shoes.

Alan-H

Thornten Haywood

Motion Graphics Designer

So our Thornten is what you might call a ‘Visual Columbus’ guided by creative wanderlust. Starting out in graphic design he got a tad frustrated with his creations well… being a tad static. How can I make them dance thought he? So with a healthy mix of curiosity and a MAKE, MAKE, MAKE mentality he taught himself the ways of animation and motion sparkle from the ground up. He loves a jaunt into the brave creative unknown – ‘the more challenging the brief - the better’ he states. Brave or just plain crazy? You judge, but he's a great dude to have in a creative scrap - so hands off…

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Our values

Whatever project we’re on with and whoever we’re working with, we try to live up to our four core values as we believe they’re what make us stand out from the crowd.

We’re proactive

For our clients, for each other. We offer solutions and don’t rest on our laurels.

We’re fair

We give back to society, pay our partners on time and work hard without missing out on quality time with our families.

We’re genuine

We take a one-team approach, do what we say we will, and have a great time doing it.

We’re brilliant

We bring bags of creativity and strive to deliver work we’re proud of.

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