FEARLESS FROM SCRIPT TO SCREEN
We create imaginative, meaningful storytelling from script to screen for brands and partners.
A diverse studio of fearless creatives that give a damn about bold, powerful ideas, bursting with life. An ambitious, full-service agency that delivers creative impact and technical expertise to forward-thinking brands and partners.
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OUR CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP
THE TEAM
OUR SECTORS
OUR SERVICES
Jon Stroud & Matthew Littleford
Our Creative Partnership
A relationship ten years in the making, we care deeply about the content we make. Our combined experience across traditional long-form programme making through to impactful short-form social content and everything in between puts us in a unique position. We push our team to deliver content with incredibly strong editorial at its core, sharing a view that just because a piece of content lives online shouldn’t mean it doesn’t deserve the same attention to detail as a long-form TV program. That doesn’t mean over-production, it means thoroughly thought-through and high quality. Forward thinking digital content underpinned by decades of editorial experience ensures our projects are not only innovative but also carry the integrity and depth of traditional media, setting new standards in the digital age.
Our Creative Team
Lily Freeston
Development & Creative Producer
My days are made up of script-writing, idea development and helping clients and contributors to tell their stories. I also like dunking chocolate rounds into hot tea. With a decade of experience in journalism and documentary-making; researching, interviewing and getting to the core of a story is what I enjoy most. Outside of work… I like walking around contemporary art galleries on weekdays. I love funny people. My guilty pleasures are cheesy chips, trash TV and Noughties’ R&B. Outdoors and in the ocean is where I’m happiest.
Colin Mitchell
Editor
Putting the ‘senior’ into Senior Editor, I bring decades of experience, southern softness and a massive love of tea. I’ve roamed the world in search of a pay-check, filming and editing everywhere from Chiswick to China, Staines to the Seychelles, Acton to Austral- you get the idea. But family and the expansion of media in the north west brought me to Sunny Manchester (TM), and I haven’t looked south since. Did I say I love tea? Oooh and cycling!
Tom Little
Production Assistant
I assist the team with all things Production Management. I enjoy the behind-the-scenes work required to make on-screen content,
with a love for organising all of the weird and wonderful things that help bring media productions to life. Prior to joining Jist, I’ve worked in the production offices of television dramas, working freelance on projects for the BBC, ITV, Paramount and Amazon. Outside of work, I enjoy trying out new restaurants and bars around Manchester and watching as much live sport and music as possible.
Sophie Lloyd-Smith
Junior Editor
I love storytelling. My role involves project assembly, offline editing (yes, those cinematic montages are my work) and grading to make your footage shine. I'm a true enthusiast for the written word, so I spend most of my spare time immersed in captivating books. I bring to the team a great sense of humour, a love for creative challenges and a deep respect for the power of a well-told story. Oh, and consumption of Coke-Zero.
Matthew Littleford
Managing Director
One of Jist’s plate spinners, AKA the Managing Director. I manage the team, deliver on our company strategy, and run the editorial process. Put simply, I’m here to ensure we tell great stories. I’m a detail person, love rigour, and like things done in the correct fashion. I’ve got 30+ years of experience in production, broadcasting, and digital, having worked at and for the likes of the BBC, UKTV, Sky, Channel 4, and ITV.
Raynor Bloom
Creative Producer
My days are filled with scripting, interviewing, directing, overseeing the edit and delivering the final result. I’ve made films, painted a whole set yellow, glued hundreds of monkey nuts to a vest, and put GoPros on dogs to do what I’m best at, telling stories. Outside of work, I like to hike, camp and point a camera at animals!
I’ve been told I’m the sassiest on the team… but to be honest Matt is giving me a run for my money.
Matt Baguley
Production Coordinator
I get to oversee all of our brilliant projects! I work with the team to make sure our productions run smoothly from start to finish. Based out of our Manchester office, I spend most of my time monitoring project schedules, managing finances, resourcing our teams time and organising transport/logistics for our crew members. Outside of work, you’ll find me in the gym or the great outdoors; running, hiking or wild swimming.
Ben Sutherland
Head of Post Production
When my (short-lived) acting career took a nosedive, I realised I’m much better behind the camera, so I became a filmmaker! I love post-production because it blends creative and technical knowledge. Most days, you’ll find me cutting, colouring or creating. At the weekend, I’m often ferrying my kids around to their various activities whilst trying to go to the gym to atone for my love of crisps.
Martin Riley
Executive Producer, Arts
Martin has directed over 200 live performances over the past 20 years. He is a rare combination of people person and cutting-edge technical wizard, making him a favourite amongst clients and talent alike. Martin always directs with an eye on the story and conveying that to the audience on the other side of the screen, with Martin you know you’re in for a visual treat.
Luke Dudley
Creative Producer, Arts
Responsible for our theatre and arts output, I liaise with agencies and producers to help support the marketing of their productions. Social-first content, EPKs and traditional TV, radio and cinema adverts. I've been working across TV and theatre for the last decade, having worked on large touring musicals as a stage and lighting technician. Whilst theatre is my passion, I can also be found hacking my way around a golf course or enjoying a nice glass of red.
Jon Stroud
Founder & Creative Director
I started Jist to make stuff that I love. Now we make stuff WE love for lots of different clients. I’m never happier than when I’m ideating with the team, tinkering with a plan to rig a camera in a ridiculous place, problem-solving on set or working with our post-production department to craft the end result. I love what we do. I love content. I love connecting with audiences.
And I love Mrs Doubtfire. Oh, and superclamps.
OUR SECTORS
CONTENT & COMMERICAL
We specialise in crafting bold and ambitious content for brands, agencies, and broadcasters. Our expertise spans the entire content creation process - from research, ideation and development to script-writing, shooting, editing, and animation. With a strong focus on audience engagement, meticulous editorioal and compelling storytelling, the content we produce performs.
We deliver creative across all platforms. From social content for TikTok, Meta, Instagram and more… We output for the small screen, the big screen and the even bigger screen. Out of home - bus stops, billboards and transport hubs, TV, cinema screens… oh and radio too! No matter the platform, our commitment remains the same: delivering exceptional content that captivates audiences and achieves results.
A team of creative thinkers, filmmakers, producers, animators, tea drinkers, biscuit eaters and expert plate spinners.
Consumer Brands
Food & Beverage
Tech
Property
Documentary
Broadcast
Sport
Education
Animation
Explainers
Events
THEATRE & ENTERTAINMENT
Theatre and entertainment runs through our veins. We produce content for some of the biggest producers and marketing agencies on the West End and for regional, national and international touring productions. From EPKs to multi-camera archives, behind the scenes social content to live streaming. Our expertise spans the entire production process - from research, creative development to script-writing, shooting, editing, and animation. We’re obessed with making content that performs, not only content that looks pretty. From a pre-sale trailer through to a multicamera capture of a full show, our attention to detail and thorough approach ultimately drives ticket sales.
Delivering across all media, our content lives on: TV, VOD, social media, out of home, cinema, radio and podcasts - all produced by our in-house team. Our shoot once, deliver to many approach leads to an efficient production and post-production process driving efficiency and lowering CPM.
