Creative Sprouts is an innovative consultancy collective offering hands-on, tailored and friendly support to kids' content creators, producers and studios seeking to get new IP projects off the ground.
Meet the team
Marion Edwards
Chris Rose
Jodie Morris
For more than 25 years, Chris has overseen the commissioning, development and production of some of the world’s most successful & award-winning children's animated and live action series. As both a producer & broadcast executive, Chris has worked for leading commercial and public service companies.
Previously Chris has held senior positions at Paramount International (Nickelodeon), ABC Australia, Beano Studios, HiT Entertainment and the BBC where he worked across both CBBC and CBeebies.
An Emmy-award winning and BAFTA-nominated creative, Marion has over 30 years of experience in a wide-range of areas including managing large-scale international co-productions, finance and tax credits, re-invigorating evergreen brands, and delivering content for an increasingly diverse range of platforms.
In addition to working as a successful independent children's media consultant, Marion has held senior positions at Dreamworks, HiT Entertainment, Gutsy Animations and Telemagination.
Jodie is a respected kids’ media executive and organisational leader, with a proven track record in delivering successful commercial growth for kids’ and youth brands. Her specialist areas include content distribution, digital audience engagement (inc. YouTube and social), digital content and revenue generation.
Jodie started her media career at Channel 4, before moving on to senior roles at both Beano Studios, and Acamar Films where she oversaw global distribution and audience engagement.
Why work with us?
Founding partners Marion, Chris and Jodie have been involved with the development, production and distribution of some of the world’s best-known children’s brands, including Thomas & Friends, Bluey, Mike the Knight, Bing and Moominvalley.
With a combined wealth of experience covering development, co-production structuring, digital audience engagement, content distribution and commercial strategy, the team is here to help your project grow; sharing the expert knowledge and practical tips you’ll need to succeed.
Industry expertise to boost your project
Tailored support, designed for you
Creative Sprouts can advise on a wide range of areas, from financing and cash-flow, creative project review & development support, building a market-ready bible, refining your pitch, navigating kids’ industry markets, guidance on digital strategy, distribution and more.
After understanding your specific requirements, we'll propose a tailored model of consultancy engagement designed to meet your specific needs. This could be a one-off workshop, a series of multiple workshops, or longer term engagement. Key to us is that we tailor our response to ensure we are delivering the very best value to your project.
