Barnsley digital agency moves offices to cope with expanding headcount

A Barnsley-based creative and digital agency is taking on more space and staff in its fifth year in business.

Established in 2016, awesome has seen turnover increase seven-fold in its first five years and has launched a growth strategy to triple it again over the next five.

The agency, based at Barnsley’s Digital Media Centre (DMC 01), has now moved into a larger office space within the building to facilitate this growth. The move will extend its studio facilities and make room for a growing team.

Michelle Oduwole-Aigbogun been appointed to a new post of junior project manager and joins co-directors Dan Rose and Chris Endcliffe, plus a team of three close associates with specialist skills who are integral to the business.

Founder and creative director Dan Rose said: “It’s great to welcome Michelle on board and get into our new bigger workspace so that we can take on more clients, projects and challenges as we embark on a growth plan.

“We’ve had a fantastic first five years in business because we just love what we do – whether we’re developing a whole new branding scheme for a company, a school website experience or a promotional video.

“We also deliver our own customised CMS system to meet clients’ needs. Whatever we do, we work with clients and keep our focus on awesome results.”

awesome has a client list in the education sector including the University of Sheffield, Barnsley College, Sheffield Hallam Students’ Union and dozens of South Yorkshire schools. Its commercial clients include The Carlyle Group, Warner Music Group and Glass Technology Services.

DMC manager Tracey Johnson said: “The team at awesome are highly-valued members of our business community and we’re so pleased to see them grow and take on a bigger workspace here. This is their third office at the DMC – they’ve moved up in size each time to reflect their consistent growth.

“We’d love to hear from other startups keen to join our vibrant business community. As awesome have shown, you can start with a small office space and scale up to suit your business needs.”