Film lead on a raft of film and video content for global brands, organisations and creative agencies. Including: TCEG, Anglo American, Lloyds Bank Group, Nissan, Temper, Astra Zeneca, Roche, Vertex Learning Solutions. Leading on a variety of creative projects and collaborating with multiple stakeholders to engage internal and external audiences across a range of formats and styles - including drama, animation, live events, online and social content, brand stories and mini docs.

Marmalade is a global purpose-led creative communications agency, It's mission to drive meaningful, impactful change with the brands and businesses who strive to do better for people and planet.Lead Producer for global and national campaigns, working alongside the Creative Director and HoP. Managed remote workflow with international crews, overseeing content from conception to delivery. • Brought to life EY Local Markets campaign. Featured programs championing diversity and… Show more Marmalade is a global purpose-led creative communications agency, It's mission to drive meaningful, impactful change with the brands and businesses who strive to do better for people and planet.Lead Producer for global and national campaigns, working alongside the Creative Director and HoP. Managed remote workflow with international crews, overseeing content from conception to delivery. • Brought to life EY Local Markets campaign. Featured programs championing diversity and entrepreneurship across multiple US cities. Developed the creative, produced, scripted, and edit produced cinematic min-docs, social teasers, and CNBC commercials. • Worked with HSBC UK and social enterprise Change Please Coffee. Developed and created content to promote the Driving for Change project, transforming London buses into mobile support centres delivering vital services to people experiencing homelessness. Produced, directed, scripted, and edit produced partnership activation films. Show less

Freelancing for The Maverick GroupIn 2019 I completed a Diploma in Digital Marketing, helping to gain and reinforce an understanding of how to effectively strategise and implement powerful digital marketing campaigns that convert. Including: content marketing, social media and e-mail marketing, Search engine optimisation (SEO), Pay Per Click (PPC), display and video advertising, website optimisation, analytics, and strategy.In the same year, I and my Maverick colleagues were the… Show more Freelancing for The Maverick GroupIn 2019 I completed a Diploma in Digital Marketing, helping to gain and reinforce an understanding of how to effectively strategise and implement powerful digital marketing campaigns that convert. Including: content marketing, social media and e-mail marketing, Search engine optimisation (SEO), Pay Per Click (PPC), display and video advertising, website optimisation, analytics, and strategy.In the same year, I and my Maverick colleagues were the winners of the Drum 2019 Marketing Award for Best Sponsorship Campaign for Susie Goodall's Golden Globe Race around the world. The judges thought there was one stand out entry in the category, and said the winner tickled their senses and smartly integrated brand messaging alongside a sponsorship.Brand Film Festival. Best Film: Silver Award. Show less

Promoted to ensure a high level of film and video output and inspire a culture of creativity amongst clients and colleagues. Supported teams producing award winning branded content and internal communications.• Spearheaded the film creative for DHL’s content marketing campaign ‘Discover’, providing business insights for a global audience. • Supported the Sports and Entertainment dept, bringing to life exciting partnerships across digital, social, events, broadcast, and print… Show more Promoted to ensure a high level of film and video output and inspire a culture of creativity amongst clients and colleagues. Supported teams producing award winning branded content and internal communications.• Spearheaded the film creative for DHL’s content marketing campaign ‘Discover’, providing business insights for a global audience. • Supported the Sports and Entertainment dept, bringing to life exciting partnerships across digital, social, events, broadcast, and print. • Won Mavericks first brand Film festival and Drum marketing awards, for inspiring online audiences and engaging 100,000+ DHL employees with Susie Goodall’s attempt to circumnavigate the globe. • Supported the development of new business opportunities and oversaw projects for high profile brands including Coca Cola, Allianz, The Global Fund, Amazons, The Grand Tour, Lafarge Holcim. Show less

DHL has one of the most successful, sophisticated, and certainly global (220 countries and territories) employee engagement programmes in the world. My key project was to lead the film creative, working alongside senior marketing teams and 3rd party learning providers, to produce DPDHL’s largest employee engagement campaign for over 500,000 employees. I was the main client POC for Maverick, attending meetings and presenting proposals to senior stakeholders online, and face to… Show more DHL has one of the most successful, sophisticated, and certainly global (220 countries and territories) employee engagement programmes in the world. My key project was to lead the film creative, working alongside senior marketing teams and 3rd party learning providers, to produce DPDHL’s largest employee engagement campaign for over 500,000 employees. I was the main client POC for Maverick, attending meetings and presenting proposals to senior stakeholders online, and face to face at European headquarters. • Responsible for overall schedule and budgeting of multiple films in excess of €400k• Developed the creative, and managed complex shoot schedules, including assembling and leading a cast and crew of over 20 on an ambitious 13-day drama location and studio shoot. • In addition, I Produced, directed, and edit produced a raft of additional employee engagement content, including global CSR projects and development programs, with international filming, UGC, archive footage and animation. Show less

The Moment, a division of The Creative Engagement Group, is an award-winning film, digital and immersive agency that engages internal and external audiences through the strategic creation of video, interactive and VR & AR content.Promoted to support senior producers and production teams, creating a range of award-winning film and digital content for clients including EY, Carnival, Babcock, Audi, Virgin, Dupont, SSAFA, Siemens, Sony.• Produced a series of online videos for a… Show more The Moment, a division of The Creative Engagement Group, is an award-winning film, digital and immersive agency that engages internal and external audiences through the strategic creation of video, interactive and VR & AR content.Promoted to support senior producers and production teams, creating a range of award-winning film and digital content for clients including EY, Carnival, Babcock, Audi, Virgin, Dupont, SSAFA, Siemens, Sony.• Produced a series of online videos for a native advertising campaign for Siemens and the Sunday Times. Earned over 200,000 views within one week and reached 1,200,000 Sunday Times Readers. • Won new client, The Royal Mail. Assembled and led a cast and crew of over 30 people to deliver an award winning docu-drama shot in live working locations and reaching over 150,000 employees. • Produced and scripted a series of TV idents promoting the Sony Xperia Z1 for the Discovery Network. Led multiple client stakeholders, celebrity presenter and crew on challenging location shoots.Key collaborations included: The Volkswagen Group; Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Skoda. Mediacom. SONY. Royal Mail. Siemens. PwC. Ernst and Young. Carnival UK: Cunard, P&O. Babcock. Royal Navy. Virgin. British Gas. National Grid. Exeter University. SSAFA.• Online films• Branded content• Social Media adverts• Product promo's • Tutorial 'How to' videos• Recruitment and induction films• Health and safety videos• Film idents• Employee engagement• Internal campaigns• e-Learning• Live events"Matt is a great team player and someone who was missed by all when he left. I would reemploy him, but he went on a sailing adventure!". - Fiona Ridgers (Head of Production: The Moment) Show less

Main client POC for the agency’s flagship account, the Volkswagen group. Produced employee engagement and marketing content for thousands of employees and customers in support of the business strategy.• Produced monthly online communications for UK Retailers, delivering business messages, product information and celebrating Volkswagen culture in a range of fresh formats from studio set to live. • Managed rolling original and curated content channel in UK retailers, promoting the… Show more Main client POC for the agency’s flagship account, the Volkswagen group. Produced employee engagement and marketing content for thousands of employees and customers in support of the business strategy.• Produced monthly online communications for UK Retailers, delivering business messages, product information and celebrating Volkswagen culture in a range of fresh formats from studio set to live. • Managed rolling original and curated content channel in UK retailers, promoting the latest products and accessories for in-store customers; adding to and enhancing the customer retail experience.• Wrote and directed mini drama to motivate sales teams and improve poor customer satisfaction. Within 6 months of rollout, they went from 17th to 5th place in a JD Power customer satisfaction survey. • Monthly presenter led magazine show• Monthly Live broadcast • Creating and curating content for Retailer network channel• Online product promos• Brand awareness• Roadshows/events • Tactical business messages• Sales and training • Annual business conference; live filming and VT’s Show less

Pitched for and won original commissions, produced online content, and created innovative ways to use film to support business development and corporate team building. • Pitched and created patient led information films for the BMJ and Guardian online. Managed all aspects of production, covering a broad range of contributors and conditions with sensitivity. • Designed video-based performance management programme for Brita UK. Enabling management to use the collaborative process… Show more Pitched for and won original commissions, produced online content, and created innovative ways to use film to support business development and corporate team building. • Pitched and created patient led information films for the BMJ and Guardian online. Managed all aspects of production, covering a broad range of contributors and conditions with sensitivity. • Designed video-based performance management programme for Brita UK. Enabling management to use the collaborative process of film making to reveal insights about their working culture.• Developed factual entertainment formats for Darlow Smithson."Matt is clearly talented, extremely driven and a pleasure to have worked with”.- Iain Pelling (MD Darlow Smithson Productions) "Can I just say 'Wow!"? These are such good quality videos. I think the Good Dog team have done a fantastic job (not to mention us of course for choosing the right production company!). I can imagine loads of doctors wanting to recommend them to their patients and think anyone affected by the conditions would be really pleased to watch them. They're interesting, positive, very watchable, and knock the spots off anything else on the market".Anna Sayburn (Editor, British Medical Journal)“The exercise we undertook with Matt allowed us, within specific boundaries, to explore our ability to do an unusual task involving creativity, discipline and role shifting, which was challenging, but rewarding. We were able to quickly re-establish ourselves into a cohesive unit. I would recommend others to try the process.” - Anthony Spruce (Director of Sales Brita Water Filters) Show less

Series Producer/Director across a wide portfolio of multimedia projects, including Global Marketing content, educational and public awareness campaigns, and broadcast television series. Key clients: Fat Face: Producing and directing two seasons of extreme sports coverage for the fashion and lifestyle brand. Designing and developing a marketing strategy delivering national TV exposure for their Night Series events. Winner of the Media Innovation award. Princess Yachts:… Show more Series Producer/Director across a wide portfolio of multimedia projects, including Global Marketing content, educational and public awareness campaigns, and broadcast television series. Key clients: Fat Face: Producing and directing two seasons of extreme sports coverage for the fashion and lifestyle brand. Designing and developing a marketing strategy delivering national TV exposure for their Night Series events. Winner of the Media Innovation award. Princess Yachts: Producing and directing two seasons of promotional content for the international motor yacht company. Co-coordinating multi-camera and helicopter shoots throughout Europe; including Norway, France, Turkey. Key television series: Richard O'Brien's Dead Strange. 8 x 30 ITV1. Series Director.Magazine style fact/Ent format exploring our weird and wonderful attitudes towards death. Presented by the mercurial creator of the Rocky Horror show and the Crystal Maze. Other clients included: MET office/Natural England/South West Grid for Learning. BBC/UTV. • Product launches• Product promos• Brand awareness campaigns• Public awareness campaigns: e-safety films• Educational films – National Curriculum • Television documentary/series – factual/factual entertainment“A good team player with fresh, original ideas and an energetic approach to production...and he's quite tall!" - Jeremy Hibbard CEO “Matt worked hard to secure news angles for our Fat Face Night Series. His professional approach enabled us to work effectively, to budget and agreed time frames. It was a pleasure to have Matt as one of the key Media Team during the two years of the series’”.- Rachel Anning (Marketing/Event organiser, Fat Face) Show less

Company Director of start-up independent, winning original broadcast series commissions for ITV.• Producer• Director• Edit producer

The Features department was responsible for creating factual and fact/Ent programming in a range of formats including, magazine, current affairs, and documentary. ITV Westcountry continually outperformed the network audience across late night, daytime, and peak time channel slots.Lean budgets and small core teams demanded a disciplined approach to production; scheduling and budgets and encouraged a climate of creative thinking to maintain quality and watchability.A team of… Show more The Features department was responsible for creating factual and fact/Ent programming in a range of formats including, magazine, current affairs, and documentary. ITV Westcountry continually outperformed the network audience across late night, daytime, and peak time channel slots.Lean budgets and small core teams demanded a disciplined approach to production; scheduling and budgets and encouraged a climate of creative thinking to maintain quality and watchability.A team of award-winning industry professionals from seasoned craft camera and sound operators and editors to experienced production managers and department heads provided an invaluable schooling in creative storytelling and professional production. • Director• Promotions producer• Additional director• Additional camera• Assistant producer• Senior researcher• Researcher"Matt Balaam has been a pleasure to work with. Professional always, creative and dedicated not just to detail but the wider picture, as well as being a thoroughly nice human being. Always receptive to ideas, and most of all, keen to get it right". - Jane Blanchard (Head of Features and Current Affairs, ITV Westcountry) Show less