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Sea. Create. Ideas. Business. Strategy. Communication. Engagement. Digital. People. Social. Technology. Design for a better world.

About

We are a service design agency with a focus on social transformation.

About | Services | Products | Programmes | Team | Projects

People are at the heart of everything we do.


We engage audiences and design services that deliver more value to the people that use them.


We tackle difficult social and business challenges by harnessing the knowledge, information and resources of people.


We create powerful communications, test new ideas and prototype new services.


We work with businesses, charities and public sector organisations who aim to adopt a creative, collaborative and open approach to innovation.


Some of the clients we have worked with are:


Our services

User-centred research.We undertake desk research, feasibility studies, ethnography, user-centred research, stake-holder research, data analysis, user testing.


Co-creation and facilitation

• Co-design workshops

• Mind-mapping and brainstorming

• Design jams / hacks

• Stakeholder meetings and workshops

• Toolkit creation for co-discovery and facilitation


Multiplatform digital solutions

Responsive web design App design

User interface Digital storytelling


Visual communications

Film

Data / infographics

Photography

Illustration

Animation


Creative installations

Marketing and brand development

Printed literature

Writing

Social media

Service


Conversations and workshops

Design led workshops

Creative seminars

Toolkits


Service blueprinting and prototyping

• Customer / user journey maps

• Service mapping workshops

• Service blueprinting

• Rapid service prototyping

• Project reporting and evaluation


Our products

We build the platforms for you to do great things.


ShapedByUs - A community innovation platform.Cornwall

Shaped.By.Us.


Thinker

Social design toolkit - A collection of method cards including a guide to service design.


Made Open - An open data toolkit and collaboration platform where people can connect around a shared interest or challenge.


Our programmes

Sea socialA programme of service design method mentoring, workshops and support to help local authorities and other public sector bodies embed the co-design methodology into their workplace.


Sea youth digitalA programme of co-design workshops and digital mentoring for young people.


Our team

Our multi-disciplined team of nine staff, plus associates, offer a wide range of skills. We are all good communicators, creative thinkers, good listeners and natural born problem solvers.


Robert’s background is in digital media, strategic communications and business development consultancy. In 2004 he founded Sea with a strong vision to create a socially minded creative agency that delivers a positive impact on society.

A certified environmental business consultant, Robert is particularly interested in exploring how design can help business and communities to be more sustainable. Most recently, he facilitated the scoping of a transformative programme of work between BT Global Services and Cornwall Council. He has also been researching and developing radical new ideas for transformation of public services in areas such as health, employment and skills.

Kathryn is owner and co-director of Sea. She has 16 years experience in marketing, account direction, creative direction and service design. She is a design ambassador for the Design Council and has led a number of innovative projects spanning education, place regeneration, community health, adult social care and business enterprise. Kathryn is particularly interested in how technology can be used as a tool to improve people’s health and wellbeing.

Robert WoolfDirector

Kathryn WoolfDirector


Tracey provides business development mentorship and strategic direction to Sea.

Tracey has a proven executive management track record and over 20 years of experience driving business development. Prior to joining the team at Sea, Tracey established the UK’s first dedicated Rescue Training Centre at a unique training base on the North Coast of Cornwall. Today the site is a multifaceted tourism, training and events business.

During the early 1990’s Tracey led a number of England’s first Rural Tourism Development initiatives based in West Cornwall. Specializing in sustainable, economic growth and working with those communities suffering from a decline in farming, fishing and tourism, Tracey facilitated projects from concept to delivery gaining an invaluable insight working alongside European funding streams and associated agencies. Tracey has worked extensively in economically and socially deprived communities across England, Ireland, Europe and North America.

Harriet is Design Operations Manager Sea. She graduated in 2012 with a degree in 3D Design from Falmouth University, where she focused on co-designing consumer health products and services.

Harriet keeps us all in check; making sure everything is on schedule, on budget and our quality assurance processes are being maintained across all our design work. She also manages projects with key clients such as BT Cornwall.

Tracey GriffithsBusiness Development Associate

Harriet SimmonsOperations Manager


Mike leads our design team and plays a pivotal role in bringing ideas to life through user-centered design and visual communications. His skills are broad and include: creative direction, graphic design, brand development, user experience prototyping, web design and project management.

The use and implementation of digital technologies is a key part of Mike’s role. He spearheads our development of community oriented online platforms, with a continued focus on the creation of people-driven solutions that present complex information simply.

Phil is a Service Design Producer at Sea. He has a first class degree in 3D Design from Falmouth University, where he focused primarily on solving problems within the medical field using a user-centred design approach.

Since then he has led a number of service design projects including the development of a web application that enables people to learn more about how the environment they live in effects their health. Phil also managed the delivery of ‘Dementia Connections’ - an online prototype for NHS Kernow designed to provide information about Dementia friendly services and support in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. His skills include: design research, service design in health and for older people, community engagement and project management.

Mike HewettSenior Designer

Phil MerrifieldDesign Producer


Geoff is a designer and front end developer with passion for implementing the latest techniques in HTML5 and CSS3 in beautiful responsive layouts. He has a keen eye for art, design and anything creative.

Prior to joining Sea, Geoff worked at Worlds Apart as the lead digital designer where he was responsible for the digital footprint of the WA brand, plus their various licensed products like Horrible Histories Toys and My Blue Nose Friends. He has also freelanced for a diverse range of clients including WTW Cinemas, the major cinema chain in Cornwall.

Andy Foley and Mike Collins. Andy and Mike are experienced web and software developers.

Skills include: PHP, HTML5, Javascript, Google API, Fusion Tables, database design.

Geoff MuskettDigital Designer

Technical development team


Our projects


Client: Stop The Traffik



How do we connect individuals, communities and organisations fighting to prevent human trafficking around the world?


Design a unique online platform equipping people with the resources they need to raise awareness and tackle the world’s second largest crime.




Now on every continent, communities against trafficking are supported online. They can create their own space and contribute campaigns and fundraising materials, report incidents and add to the real-time data map.


Client: BT Cornwall


Assisted living for independence


How do we put people and their needs at the heart of our Telehealth and Telecare propositions and embrace them with a technology led support environment?



A comprehensive understanding of the audience and their needs through user-centred research. Leading to a partnership of services and a complete rebrand and redesign of all customer facing materials.




We created a friendly, concise, trusting and transparent brand, for a service patients feel comfortable with like a close friend. Also, a brand new referral website with a focus on the people and their conditions.

More projects at www.sea-communications.co.uk

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