M A N C H E S T E R
Where Industry Becomes Digital Craft.Where Industry Becomes Media And Digital Craft.Where Industry
Becomes Media
And Digital Craft.
Broadcasters, agencies and digital studios: Manchester is a northern city where work gets made.Manchester’s compact centre holds broadcasters, agencies, universities and digital studios, and most of the work there is production.
E C O N O M I C D E N S I T Y
Media Work At Northern Scale.
Broadcast, digital agencies, higher education and professional services are packed into one walkable centre. There is no single financial district.
Media + HE
shape the professional core
Sources: Greater Manchester Combined Authority / city economic briefings.
Regional talent works for clients across the country.
Firms serve national clients without London’s hierarchy. Delivery counts more than postcode.Manchester firms serve clients in London and Leeds without London’s hierarchy. Graduates, career-switchers and studio crews are hired for what they deliver more than for their postcode.
C I T Y P O R T R A I T
Use The City AsContext, Not As APromise.
Broadcast And Campus
Media groups, universities and civic institutions are close together, so one week can include a studio and a public-sector office.
Workshop Tempo
You will be asked to cut, write and schedule, and to work beside the person who delivers the final piece.