Aardman is an Employee-Owned, multi-Academy Award® and BAFTA® award winning animation production company based in Bristol.

Aardman produces animated content for global audiences across a variety of platforms using a variety of techniques.   

Visit Aardman’s website

Aer Studios is an industry leading creative technology studio. Our design and technical teams create meaningful digital experiences that manifest in websites, apps, games, and digital products that have a positive impact on people and planet.  

Visit Aer Studio’s website

At Armadillo, we use data and insight to help us create marketing campaigns with the aim of changing consumer behaviour, improving their relationship with the brand, and earning a higher return on investment for our clients. We do this by using campaign data to create targeted and segmented campaigns, so consumers receive specific communications based on their consumer behaviour & preferences. 

Visit Armadillo’s website

Atomic Smash is a multi-award-winning website performance agency specialising in WordPress and WooCommerce.

We help our clients achieve their goals through the constant evolution and improvement of their digital platforms and pride ourselves on the high quality of our work, which gets recognition locally and internationally.

Visit Atomic Smash’s website

Diva is an award-winning creative agency for some of the world’s best video games developers , publishers, and entertainment brands.

We cover every aspect of the creative process for our clients, from strategy and communications through to concept creation and delivery across all channels.

Visit Diva’s website 

Halo produces insight driven good ideas that look great and people love.

We shape brands that matter to people. Brands that demand attention, change behaviour and change the game. Done with intelligent insight, bold strategy and commercial creativity.

Visit Halo’s website

McCann Bristol is part of McCann Central, the UK’s largest integrated agency.

In our Bristol office, we have around 50 people working across account handling, creative and design, PR and social, media and digital development.

We are also part of McCann Worldgroup, a global agency network that delivers culture-shaping work for some of the world’s biggest brands.

Visit McCann Bristol’s website 

We deliver positive change through strategic thinking, creative execution and digital engagement.

Mr B & Friends works with ambitious clients across the UK and beyond. Positive change comes in many shapes and sizes: as large as a brand transformation programme, or as modest as a website refresh or literature review.

Our talented team are dedicated to helping our clients develop more meaningful relationships with their customers through brand, creative and the digital channels.

Visit Mr B & Friends’ website

Newicon is a software development agency specialising in IoT projects, enterprise web and portal systems and mobile applications for an array of sectors including but not limited to aerospace, marine, engineering and health care organisations.

We’re experts in four key service areas: innovation, design, software and cloud. What that really means is that we help businesses to use smart technology to work towards a better tomorrow.

Visit Newicon’s website

Noble specialises in online digital marketing.

We work with our clients to help them grow their businesses using performance marketing strategies such as Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Campaigns and Social Media Marketing (SMM).

Visit Noble’s website

We are a strategic creative agency that brings out the best in brands.

With offices in Bristol and London, we make campaigns and content for clients who want to go further – we’re an end-to-end agency.We get closer to our clients, their businesses, the issues and the opportunities that face them.

Visit saintnicks’ website

We are a creative consultancy who design cultures, brands and digital experiences to be more human.

We deliver growth by focusing on where it comes from. Whether it’s your customers, colleagues or partners, we recognise your key audience are exactly that – the key to your success. Our super-power is the ability to unlock the way they think, feel and act. Helping you connect with them on a more human level.

Visit Six’s website

ThirtyThree is an advertising agency that specialises in promoting jobs instead of products. For example, we work with McDonald’s but, instead of trying to persuade people to buy their food, our job is to advertise their jobs, persuading people that this would be a good place to have a career.

We do that in the UK, and around the world. And we do it for companies like ASOS, Lidl, KFC, Royal Mail, The British Army, and a lot of companies in sectors like law, finance, pharmaceuticals & business that you probably haven’t heard of….yet!

Visit ThirtyThree’s website

We’re an integrated creative agency.

We believe that ideas should work everywhere and that brilliant results are what really matter. We combine deep digital, advertising and experiential expertise, with a strong heritage in local marketing and award-winning creativity to make it all happen.

From offices in Bristol, London and Reading, our teams bring together a range of multi-channel specialisms. These include fully integrated, digital, social, live experiences and retail activation, across sectors spanning B2B, FMCG, automotive, the public sector, technology, mobile and more.

Visit TMW Unlimited’s website

Bristol Creative Industries has teamed up with Bristol-based social enterprise Babbasa and 15 creative businesses to launch a city-wide internship programme.

Read more here

Jasmine Thompson won the Ben Martin Apprentice Award in 2017 when it was called the SXSW Apprentice. Jasmine now works as a freelance illustrator on projects that range from murals to storyboards, political cartoons and live illustration. She was commissioned to create a mural at the Royal Shakespeare Company and is currently working on a book cover design brief.

“Nothing compares to gaining real industry experience and I’m so glad to have been given this opportunity.  Winning the Ben Martin Apprentice Award has provided me with connections to people within the industry and the rare opportunity to experience some of the biggest creative agencies in Bristol and learn about the various roles within these agencies, all in one go! Having this experience and support has really helped me to feel more confident in getting ready to start my career.” You can read more about Marissa’s journey here.

“To even be shortlisted for the Ben Martin Apprentice Award was quite flattering but to win the award is an honour and something I’m very grateful for. More than anything, it’s empowering and has reaffirmed to me that you can and should just be yourself.”