ABOUT US

We care about making websites & content that help people find & choose you.

We’re burningred, a UK-based marketing & digital studio. We’ve been building websites, video and content - and the marketing that gets it all seen - since 2002.

We work a lot with the public sector, charities, universities , arts orgs and professional services across the UK. And even outside those sectors, we really just care about helping passionate organisations who do good things to look better and make an impact online.

What we do

We produce the digital goods that help audiences find you, understand your services, trust you and choose you over someone else - if it doesn’t do any of those, we don’t make it or do it.

01
Websites

Strategy-led, fast, accessible, built to be found, built to convert.

02
Video & visuals

Visual content that holds their attention and communicates who you are as a brand. Case studies, interviews, explainers, social edits - all made to showcase what you do.

03
Marketing & content

Messaging, copy, campaigns, organic and paid, SEO and social. The practical day-to-day marketing engine that gets your work in front of who you want to attract.

3 guiding principles

Whatever we build or plan, we follow 3 core tenets:

Make it clear

We uncomplicate the complicated, and help businesses make it really clear what they do and why they’re different.

Make it useful

‘Filler ‘ is a naughty word in this studio; all the content we make needs to have a purpose. It must help your audience find, understand, trust, make a decision - and useful, insightful content does that.

Make it easy to act on

Every page, every video, every piece of content has a job - to help nudge customers along in their journey. We’ll only produce it if it does that.

Branding, but not as you know it

Brand isn't just a new logo and a revamped colour palette.

It’s what people say about you when you’re not in the room.

It’s so much more than the visual window-dressing. It’s all the rich and varied ‘stuff’ within - that’s why we say brand is the sum of all your content, visual & digital touchpoints.

So if you’ve thought, ‘we need a new brand’ - go beyond the guidelines and the art direction, and think of the content and marketing that gives it all purpose.

Our journey since 2002

We've been doing this for 20+ years. While the work has changed, the principles haven’t.

Make it clear. Make it useful. Make it easy to act on.

Two-and-a-bit decades later, these core ideas are still what drives everything we produce.

Over the years we've worked with Sky, BBC, DWP, Welsh Government, Welsh National Opera, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff University, Cardiff Council, NSPCC, Barnardo's and many more.

Meet the team

Alex Mills

Creative Director — LinkedIn

20+ years building brands through usability, websites and content strategy. Leads discovery, creative direction and production.

Out of the studio: Welsh coast, camera, or creating new recipes.

Gareth Green

Studio & Finance Manager

Leads production logistics, technical support and digital project delivery. 15+ years working across complex, multi-agency projects.

Out of the studio: wild camping, and buying more outdoor gear than one person needs.

Meg Hodson

Digital Strategy & Content Manager — LinkedIn

Award-winning writer and content lead. Shapes brand narratives, campaign work and video scripting - the words that make the visuals mean something.

Out of the studio: toddler chaos, horror films, book + wine.

Marc Stafford

Lead Database Developer

20+ years building robust, scalable, data-powered websites and systems. .NET, PHP, WordPress, integrations and complex builds — plus managing additional dev resource.

Out of the studio: Wales away days (29 countries and counting) and DJ’ing.