Creative Sprouts help creators, producers and studios take kids’ content from early development to market-ready IP.
Through creative development, editorial expertise and strategic support, we help shape, strengthen and position projects for the market – drawing on decades of experience across commissioning, production, distribution, digital and audience development.
We accelerate great ideas.
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), content strategy 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.
From great idea to market-ready IP.
Our Development Accelerator programme is a tailored development partnership for selected projects where we believe our combined expertise can make a real difference.
Working collaboratively with creators, producers and studios over a defined period, we help develop, challenge, shape and package projects – combining creative and editorial expertise with strategic, commercial and market insight.
Every project is different, so every Accelerator is different. Support might include creative workshops, format and character development, editorial input, audience and market positioning, pitch materials, production and commercial thinking, and preparation for market.
The aim is simple: to get the project into the strongest possible shape before it meets the market.
Got a different challenge? We can help with that too.
Not every project needs our Development Accelerator. Creative Sprouts also provides targeted consultancy and practical support to creators, producers, studios and organisations across the children’s media industry.
Bespoke Consultancy
Tailored expertise for whatever challenge you’re facing.
Sprout Power Hour
One hour. Three senior brains. Practical answers and clear next steps.
Sprout Pitch Prep
Practise your pitch with people who’ve been on both sides of the table.
Three perspectives. One project.
The thing our clients tell us they value most about Creative Sprouts is the combination of our experience.
Between us, we’ve spent decades developing, commissioning, producing, financing, distributing, marketing and growing children’s content. When we work on a project together, we’re not looking at it through one lens. We’re thinking simultaneously about the creative, the audience, the buyer, the production reality and the commercial opportunity. That breadth of perspective is at the heart of everything we do.
