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2024 Winners

Congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted, and double congratulations to all of you that won! 

Winning a Creative Bath Award is not easy, you should be incredibly proud of what you have achieved, showing the amazing creative and tech talent we have in the Bath area.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


Previous Winners

2023: Climate Changemakers by Mud

2022: The Egg Assembly

2020: Storm Consultancy (Brevio)

2019: Rocketmakers


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


Previous Winners

Film, TV & Media - 2023: Radio Bath

Photography - 2023: Pete Helme Photography

Film, TV & Media - 2022: Complete Control

Photography - 2022: Pete Helme Photography

Film, TV & Media - 2021: Friction Collective

Photography - 2021: Pete Helme Photographer


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


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


Previous Winners

2022: Jason Thornton, Bath Philharmonia

2021: Harriet Beveridge

2020: Richard Godfrey, Rocketmakers

2019: Penny Hay, 5x5x5=creativity


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


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!

“We really liked this business. Modest in approach and is definitely set for growth through its pure creativity. Impressive.”

thewritingset.co.uk | @the_writingset



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


Previous Winners

2022: Lizzie Rose Dance Teaching

2021: Bath Aphasia Choir

2020: The egg

2019: Natural Theatre Company


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


Previous Winners

2022: Really Decent Books

2021: Really Decent Books

2020: Anna Vaught

2019: Ad Hoc Fiction


Spatial Design

This one’s for the design of live spaces from architecture to interior designers to temporary installations.

“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


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


Previous Winners

2022: Lizzie Rose Dance Teaching

2021: Bath Aphasia Choir

2020: The egg

2019: Natural Theatre Company


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