Creative Operations Consultant

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Build a strong foundation for sustained growth.

Achieving successful agency growth requires attention to four critical areas of your business. Neglecting even one of these areas can hinder your growth.
Building a successful agency can be challenging, but prioritising these key areas can put you on the path to sustained success by strengthening your agency's foundation.
This guide provides expert guidance and proven strategies to equip you with the insights and tools you need to succeed.
Whether you're a new agency or an established one, this guide is an essential resource for building a thriving business over time.

A range of services tailored to your agency's needs.

Creative Agency Audits
Business Process Mapping
Effective Resource Management
In-house Agency Optimisation

A proven, measurable approach.

Running a creative agency brings challenges that only you can understand. But what if you could rely on a trusted advisor to support and guide the hardest decisions - and lead you to greater growth?

I offer a proven and measurable four-step programme that boosts profitability and efficiency in creative agencies. These will reveal the problems holding your agency back and suggest the changes that will let your team work at their creative peak.

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Tackling your challenges head-on.

If you’re a busy agency owner, I understand the challenges you face. Clients asking for the same creative work, for less money. Managing peaks and troughs in the market. Locating the resources to pitch against your competitors. Finding and retaining top talent. Staying in control of cash flow and finding the time to drive new business.

When these challenges arise, I can help you as a trusted advisor who can find the answers to your problems - and know how to implement every one.

A renowned expert in creative operations.

With over 25 years’ experience in the creative industry, including international operations, I’ve introduced strategies, established teams and driven greater financial performance across the board.
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Using the insights and techniques learned over decades, I now work with ambitious agency owners and SLT's in branding, design, digital marketing and advertising to support their plans.

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Client and colleague feedback.

I have a passion for helping creative companies of all sizes, from global design agencies to kitchen table startups.

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"We worked with Manish on an Operations Audit for our social media agency. Manish was awesome to work with, he was relaxed, generous with his time and made the whole process a pleasure. He spent time really getting to know our team and diving deep into our business - he was then able to distill this into a wide number of recommendations and suggestions. Highly recommend!"

Alex Bodini
CEO & Co-Founder at Spin Brands

"I had the pleasure of working with Manish for many years when he was at Design Bridge. He was brilliant at understanding and balancing the unique challenges and pressures of both the creatives and the client. He was pivotal in shaping how our studio evolved and handled an ever-changing creative landscape over the years. Manish is highly personable and a great collaborator, who is always fully engaged and interested in what others were doing and facing."

Ed Mitchell - Group Brand Experience Director at Design Bridge

"I’ve known and worked with Manish as a client partner in the design industry for over 20 years. He has a calm approach to problem-solving, a professional manner and has always been a pleasure to deal with. Manish is one of these people who always does what he says he’s going to do and does so in a prompt manner. His experience and knowledge of the day to day running of a business would be a huge benefit to any SME owners looking to move their business to the next level."

Kevin Ward - Director at Creative Republic and Piano Creative Services

"I have worked with Manish for the last 12 years or so providing him with artworkers, retouchers and production people on both a perm and freelance basis. Manish has been a pleasure to work with, he has always been very calm, thorough and professional in all my dealings with him and always ensure that he provided a comprehensive brief and considered feedback on candidates. He made recruiting for Design Bridge a straightforward and enjoyable process and with his knowledge and skillset will prove an excellent addition to any creatively focused business."

Stewart Baldwin - Specialist recruiter of Artwork and Production talent at Network Career Consultants

"When you’re busy working on creative it can be hard to dedicate just as much time into all the other things that go into running a successful agency. In a short period, Manish has been able to cut through the noise of day-to-day design and offer Colt a new perspective that’s added real clarity to the way we run the business today as well as the kind of business we want to be in the future. He's helped us confirm things we thought we knew, educated us about things we didn’t and always did so in a calm and thoughtful way that felt specific to our agency, rather than cookie-cutter for all. His insights are invaluable for any agency that wants to move forward in a positive and profitable way."

Alex Chappell - Hospitality branding specialist at Colt

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What people say about working with me.

I have a passion for helping creative companies of all sizes, from global design agencies to kitchen table startups.

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