Ace Award
The ACE Award is given to the most outstanding category Winner on the night as chosen by our Judges.
Winner 2024:  The Baton of Hope, Clearly PR
“Impressively thought out and well-executed campaign. We should be impressed and proud that this has been created and implemented by a Bath business.”
clearlypr.co.uk | @clearlypr
Previous Winners
2022: Art at the Heart of the RUH
2021: Matt Finch
2020: The egg
2019: Penny Hay
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Agency
If your agency is getting great results for your clients, we want to hear from you.
Winner 2024:  Bind Media Profile Page
“Revs up, team increased, decent values, strong growth, new wins, additional services, thoughtful approach: bravo Bind!”
bind.media | @bindmedia
Previous Winners
2022: Clearly
2021: Storm Consultancy
2020: Bind Media
2019: Edit
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Content Creator
Are you generating engaging content for yourself, clients or the community online? We want to hear all about it!
Winner 2024:  Good Journeys and Wrestling Life
“Inspiring, polished podcast and YouTube show which cleverly showcases Second Mountain’s values and content creation capability.”
secondmountaincomms.co.uk | @2ndmountainuk
Creative Arts
From crafts, exhibitions, music, paintings, dance and galleries, tell us what makes your works of art stand out from the rest.
Winner 2024:  44AD
“Excellent year for this dynamic, inclusive arts space which last year presented 40+ exhibitions featuring 600+ artists, plus created the Bath Young Inventors Award.”
44ad.net | @studio44ad
Previous Winners
2022: Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein
2021: Emma Rose Artworks
2020: Drawing Projects
2019: River is the Venue
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Creative Student
Done something to make you proud? If you’re over 16 and in full-time education or graduated this year, Nominate yourself!
Winner 2024:  Gigi Cooke, Gigi Cooke
“Confident designer of distinctive furniture, a brilliant talent whose quality catapults Gigi beyond her years. Definitely one to watch…”
gigicooke.com | @_gigi_cooke_
Previous Winners
2022: KasteloMovementUK
2021: Isabel Hensby
2020: Diego Maeso
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Creativity for Good
Does your creative project make Bath a better place? Are you using technology to improve people’s lives, or perhaps your creative talents benefit charities and social enterprise? Tell us all about how your company uses creativity for good.
Winner 2024:  Art at the Heart of the RUH
“Art, nature and health interwoven in an impressively creative way, with careful commissions of paintings, murals, films, light sculptures and beautifully-curated plants.”
artatruh.org | @ruhxcharity
Previous Winners
2022: Art at the Heart of the RUH
2021: Matt Finch
2020: 44AD and Bath Carnival
2019: Designability
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Designer
Designers, we want you! Any form of stunning design – graphics, product, interiors, digital, physical: anything that is engaging, distinctive and potentially award-winning…
Winner 2024:  Votion Profile Page
“We were simply blown away by Frazer’s work. Innovative, stunning and a superb fusion of tech and creativity.”
votion.co.uk | @votiongraphics
Previous Winners
2022: Lucy Jane Photography & Design
2021: Frahm
2020: Wild + Wolf
2019: NatAlt Design
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Digital Technology
Do you create the most stunning websites, animations, graphics and virtual content for your company or a client? Tell us all about it…
Winner 2024:  Digital Wonderlab
“Put simply, Digital Wonderlab creates things which are innovative and genuinely useful, supported by a highly thoughtful ethos.”
digitalwonderlab.com | @digiwonderlab
Film & Photography
Produced photography or videography that will blow our Judges away? Whether yours or for a client, make sure you show and tell us all.
Winner 2024:  Unique Media
“Adroit balance of local and national work from its new broadcast studio outside Bath, indicating quality, range and flexibility of its offer.”
unique-media.tv | @uniquemediatv
Founder/Entrepreneur
Have you founded a company or project? Are you an entrepreneur creating amazing things? Young or old, established or still experimenting, tell us about your talents and you could win a Creative Bath Award.
Winner 2024:  Zoe Stephenson, The Social Shepherd
“Outstanding. What an achievement – and what potential for this former Bath Spa Uni student now running a great business. Bold, fearless: it sounds like nothing will stop her!”
thesocialshepherd.com | @thesocialshepherd
Previous Winners
2022: Grace Farrimond, Young Blooms
2021: Cassia
2020: David Kelly, Storm Consultancy
2019: Nathan Baranowski, OJO Solutions
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Inspirational Person
Has someone inspired you to be great? Or helped you on your creative career path? Whether teacher, mentor, trainer or peer, they deserve your recognition. Nominate them today!
This award is inspired by the late Sue East, much-loved headteacher of St Andrew’s Church School and a creative and transformational head teacher, courageously committed to the laws of possibility, inclusivity and the ceaseless joy of lifelong learning.
Winner 2024:  Stu Matson, Bath Carnival
“So many lives have been touched by the life-force that is Stu and the Bath Carnival; so many Bathonians prompted to unlock their creativity. No one else could do this – or even think of doing this.”
bathcarnival.co.uk | @bathcarnival
Marketing Campaign
We want to hear about unique, effective and creative campaigns that have delivered results. Could yours be a winner?
Winner 2024:  The Baton of Hope, Clearly PR
“Powerful, important, creative campaign generating extensive media coverage – the most successful Clearly PR have ever run.”
clearlypr.co.uk | @clearlypr
Previous Winners
2022: The Little Theatre Cinema
2021: Clearly PR
2020: Shift Active Media
2019: Ready
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New Creative Business
The New Business category is for absolutely any creative business which has started in the city after 1 September 2022. Nominate your new business, celebrate your success, raise your profile – and you could win an Award!
Winner 2024:  The Writing Set Profile Page
“We really liked this business. Modest in approach and is definitely set for growth through its pure creativity. Impressive.”
thewritingset.co.uk | @the_writingset
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Performing Arts & Music 1
Have you created or taken part in a special live performance? Music, acting, dance or other, let us know!
Winner 2024:  Komedia Bath Profile Page
“Remarkable range of arts and activities from big name national performers through to much community work. Notable can do attitude.”
komediabath.co.uk | @komediabath
Product Design & Creation
Calling all product designers and makers, this category is for you and it’s brand new, so show us what you’re made of…
Winner 2024:  Matter
“Clear stand out. Amazing work on 100% paper iteration of the British legion’s iconic poppy, removing 70 million pieces of single-use plastic annually. Their idea, too.”
matter.co.uk | @we_are_matter
Publisher & Writer
Think you’re Bath’s best publisher? Tell us why! This category is for publishers and content producers of websites, books and magazines.
Winner 2024:  North Parade Publishing
“Sustainable, innovative, successful publisher. Team increased by 11 to 34; created over 150 new titles; and significant growth in online sales.”
nppbooks.co.uk |@northparadepublishing4
Spatial Design
This one’s for the design of live spaces from architecture to interior designers to temporary installations.
Winner 2024:  Graphic Mill Ltd Profile Page
“Big growth last year for a small team including creating a 196-square-metre exhibition stand, and 19 stands at three separate shows at ExCel.”
graphicmill.co.uk | @thegraphicmill
Young Creative
Aged 30 and under and doing great creative work, either freelance or within a company? Let us know!
Winner 2024:  Jasmine Barker, FilmBath & Bath Arts Collective
“Quite the force of nature across multiple areas. If you asked people to name someone young, creative and really influential in Bath, they'd name Jas.”
filmbath.org.uk | @filmbathuk
Previous Winners
2022: Ben Long, Rocketmakers
2021: Blackhound Productions
2020: Alice McNeil, Rocketmakers
2019: Odette Smaldon, Design by Odette
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Performing Arts & Music 2
Have you created or taken part in a special live performance? Music, acting, dance or other, let us know!
Winner 2024:  Music Workshop
“Such vital, nurturing work helping the next generation of musicians with both creative inspiration and also in terms of confidence.”
musicworkshop.org.uk |@musicworkshopbath
Special Achievement
This Award is honoring the career and achievements of a special individual that has contributed much to the Bath creative scene over a prolonged period.
Winner 2024:  Tim Blackshaw, Attinger Jack
"Tim Blackshaw has been AJ’s Creative Director for 31 years, joining after many years in London working on brand campaigns, particularly in TV, for agencies FCB and Saatchis. With such expansive experience, Tim is an inspiration to us all in Bath".
aja.co.uk | @attinger_jack