As most of you know, I run the Connect Team at full-service digital agency, Brass. This week, we got some very exciting news. Our intellectual property and product development arm, Invent, has been appointed to the BBC @North initiative which encourages and supports the development and delivery of interactive content for CBBC and CBeebies.
With the transfer of BBC Sport, CBBC and BBC Learning to MediaCity@UK in Salford in 2011, the BBC are looking for new talent and innovative and creative expertise in the North. Brass were one of over 100 applications earlier this year for the BBC’s new @North commissioning initiative.
As you can imagine, we put a lot of hard work in! Brass worked closely with the BBC, through workshops and one-to-one mentoring with their internal team, to produce multi-platform content ideas for CBBC.
We’re incredibly pleased to be appointed to the project; it’s a huge opportunity for our Invent team and we can’t wait to get stuck in!
For more info: http://www.brassagency.com/news/brass-appointed-to-bbc-north-initiative.aspx
It’s been an exciting few weeks at the agency, as Swamp and Brahm have become one agency: Brass
I’m one of the founders of Swamp - we had all been working together in digital since 1995 onwards and we set up Swamp in 2002. It’s been a rollercoaster ride since then, including Brahm Agency buying us in 2006. Brahm has been around for 27 years as an integrated agency and was the perfect fit for a marriage.
Since then, we have been operating as one agency…under the two brands. We’ve now finally come together under one new brand - Brass Agency - we are an integrated agency for a digital world.
We’ve been in the office all weekend painting and transforming it ready for the launch today - great work from everyone involved!

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