Who we are.

We’re a small, smart and friendly creative agency...

We work with all kinds of businesses, but we specialise in partnering with schools, churches and charities and our focus is on helping small organisations make a big impact. We’re based in Beckenham in South East London, but we don’t have a swanky set of offices – everyone on the Cahoot team works from home, which means that your money pays for your project, not our overheads.

Between us we’ve got many years of experience in design, digital and marketing work. And if there’s anything your project requires that we can’t do ourselves, we’ve got a loyal army of specialist freelancers ready to lend a hand.

Join the team

Interested in huddling under the Cahoot umbrella? Just give us a call or shoot us an email – we’re always on the lookout for more creative brains.

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Meet the Team

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    Rob

    CO FOUNDER / DESIGNER

    Rob is the one who makes sure all our projects run smoothly and stay on schedule, so if you work with us you’ll definitely meet him at some point. Although he had a slightly more techy start to his career, with a first job programming in HTML, the main chunk of his working life was spent with Reader's Digest (which is where he met Cahoot co-conspirator Mark). In his 13 years there he was the lead designer on a wide range of projects including direct mail campaigns, brochures, emails and web design and development.

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    Mark

    CO FOUNDER

    Mark, although now officially retired and spending more hours on the golf course, still lends a hand when we get busy and if we need the benefit of his great wisdom! He began his working life in photographic printing for ads and fashion, then moved on to doing creative artwork at some big ad agencies, followed by many years in studio management at places like Face Creative, Reader's Digest and Black Pig. He’s also trained companies in the use of database and creative software, before finally setting up Cahoot.

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    Grace

    SEO & BRAND MARKETING

    Grace is a content marketeer and brand strategist, focussed on exceptional brand reach and engagement, and maximum-impact digital performance. She can help you develop a clear idea of who you are as an organisation, where to find your audiences, how to optimise discoverability and SEO, and how to position yourselves in the digital landscape. Grace holds a CIM Advanced Digital Marketing qualification and has many years experience in strategically building buzz, creating awareness, analysing data and amplifying reach. Before moving into marketing and brand strategy, she was the Publisher of HarperCollins Non Fiction Division.

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    Nancy

    GRAPHIC DESIGNER

    Meet Nancy, our design guru overflowing with creativity! She’s all about making you shine with branding that screams “wow!” She is one of our main creators of beautiful things, whether it’s a stylish logo, a funky flyer design, or persuasive prospectus. With over 20 years of design and marketing savvy under her belt, she’s a powerhouse of expertise. She’s bubbling with ideas and has the magic touch to bring them to life. With Nancy on the case, rest assured we’ll deliver you outstanding design every time.

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    Mat

    COPYWRITER

    Mat’s our creative content genius. He's brilliant at getting into the mindset of the audience he’s writing for and always knows how to inform, engage and motivate them – so he's great at helping you to find just the right words for your project. He’s got experience writing for both digital and print, websites and blogs. In his long and word-filled career he’s worked mainly in direct marketing and integrated advertising, writing for a wide variety of organisations including big names brands like Virgin Media, Magners, Sky and Honda.

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    Claire

    PHOTOGRAPHER

    One of the best ways to make your materials eye-catching and appealing is with high-quality images – and for that we use Claire. From simple headshots of your team to on-location pictures of your organisation in action, Claire is great at capturing the essence of people and places. Claire always loved photography, but when she was younger she was shy, so being behind the camera was an escape from having her own photo taken! This experience helped her as a professional photographer, especially working with clients who might also be nervous having their photo taken.

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    Tony

    TECH WIZARD

    Tony is the one who makes sure that all the fantastic digital stuff we create actually functions. His work is mostly behind the scenes, so you might not get to meet him – but everything that your new website or digital platform is capable of will be down to him. His interest in shiny technology began long long ago, with a few IBM PC’s and a handful of screwdrivers. Since then he’s consulted for ITV, the Guardian, News International and many more, specialising in important but complicated-sounding things like email migration and publishing workflow.

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    Andy

    VIDEOGRAPHER

    Andy can help you bring your vision and ethos to life on your website or social media with simple, fun and high-quality videos. His years as a journalist for the BBC have made him a great visual storyteller and he loves to get to know you and your organisation so he can show people the best of who you are and what you do. He’s also filmed promotional and music videos and been the lead videographer at a number of high-profile events, as well as filming at smaller and more personal occasions like birthdays and weddings.