
Entrepreneur & Design Consultant
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Entrepreneur & Design Consultant
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Mediaroots is the leading UK provider of video-based training for multimedia software, covering the creative industry in print, web, video and 3D.
We are currently looking for educational institutions, software resellers and distributors around the world to take our line of software video training network licenses or DVDs to market.
If you are interested in hearing more about Mediaroots, please contact me directly: 0131 555 7589 or ryan@mediaroots.co.uk
- Idea generation and out-the-box thinking
- Creative strategy, design and direction
- Project and people management
- Attention to detail and quality control
(Privately Held; E-Learning industry)
July 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
I am the co-founder of Mediaroots. We are a video tutorial production company that makes video training DVDs for creative software including Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Microsoft, QuarkXPress and Smith Micro. We have offices in Edinburgh and London.
(Privately Held; Design industry)
November 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
I am the owner and sole director. Unleaded is a creative digital agency based in Edinburgh. We work hard to produce great creative web design solutions. We collaborate with some of the best creatives, developers and agencies in the UK.
(Online Media industry)
July 2007 — February 2008 (8 months)
Lightershade was a digital agency, developing dynamic web applications for some of Europe's leading companies. I successfully headed up the design team and increased the quality of creative output. The company was sold to Ambergreen in 2008.
(Graphic Design industry)
June 2006 — November 2006 (6 months)
Designer tasked with managing web division in a multi-disciplinary agency. My role involved design for web, print and video. Clients included: Lloyds TSB, Norwich Union, Mercy Corps, Scottish and Southern Energy, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Ligne Roset, Glasgow School of Art.
MSc , Multimedia & Interactive Systems , 2005 — 2006
JCI Creative Young Entrepreneur Awards Scotland 2009 (Finalist)
Scottish Software Company of the Year 2009 (Nominee)
A Dragon on an panel that includes BBC Dragon Shaf Rasul for 'The Business Experience Finals'.