Anastasia Simone

Oct 4, 2023 | mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Mike Piggott |Natasha Randhawa |Anastasia Simone

In this interview, our Editor Mike Piggott spoke to PhD researcher at the University of Leicester, Natasha Henry. Natasha is the founder and independent collector of Black Cover Archive (bC Archive), a collection of cover stars from global creative magazines. Black Cultural Archives definitely overlap with my work. If you look at their mission statement, they ‘collect, preserve and celebrate the histories of people of African and Caribbean descent in the UK’.

Jul 12, 2023 | mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Zack McDonald |Anastasia Simone |Al Mackie |Dominique Bergantino

French agency network Havas has announced that it acquired a majority stake of 51% in the London-based agency Uncommon Creative Studio, with agency founders Natalie Graeme, Lucy Jameson and Nils Leonard retaining the 49% material stake. The all-cash deal puts the valuation of the agency over £100m. The acquisition brings Uncommon within the Havas Creative network and strengthens Havas’ presence in the UK market.

Jun 7, 2023 | mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Mike Piggott |Andrea Buzzi |Laylla AbuGharbieh |Anastasia Simone

In this interview our Exec. Editor, Mike Piggott, chats to Fight Director and Performer Jack Stockdale-Haley about how he got into his career and what exactly is involved in the day job of a Fight Director. And yes, it’s as cool as you might expect. Hi Jack. So we first connected when we met at a sort of medieval weaponry festival called Swordpunk. I think you were hosting stage combat classes. How did you get into that?

Apr 12, 2023 | mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Mike Piggott |Amy Ramage |Anastasia Simone |Jesper Norgaard

Why is collaboration important for creativity? It’s absolutely possible to be creative alone. Many great artists, writers and musicians produce great things without input from anyone else. Or do they? More often than not, a brilliant idea has been shaped, massaged and developed by a team of people behind the scenes, all with different skill sets and strengths.

Mar 6, 2023 | mediacatmagazine.co.uk | Amy Ramage |Anastasia Simone |David Clayton |Philip Koh

‘Collaboration’ is undoubtedly a bit of a business buzzwordHowever, it’s easy to understand how entrepreneurs and business owners could see advice to ‘collaborate with the competition‘ as counter-intuitive. Competitive analysis is at the forefront of every business and marketing strategy. And indeed, in a challenging economic climate staying ahead of your competitors is at the core of organisational success and growth.