What I do now
I’m a Producer at Brave Spark, a creative agency and production company based in Covent Garden and have been since 2023.
I primarily produce or production manage video and/or stills shoots with budgets worth up to £500K.
I made a cheese TVC most recently, and I also do a bit of integrated production for the wider campaigns needing radio, digital, and print production.

What I’ve done
I started as a New Business & Marketing Manager at RKCR/Y&R, producing pitch material for two winning briefs, Premier League and Chanel.
I went on to work at the in-house production company of Adam&EveDDB - Cain&AbelDDB, where I stayed for four years as a Post-Producer and worked on accounts like PlayStation, John Lewis, Bank of Scotland, Marmite, Hey Girls, and Skittles, and produced video assets from offline stage or pure VFX animations.
I then spent time being a freelance Agency Producer for McCann Demand & CraftWW, where I co-produced integrated campaigns across print, social and TV for Qatar Airways ‘We Will Rock You’ and ‘Make Every Journey Exceptional’ and a global versioning campaign for Microsoft Windows 11. I also freelanced direct to client at M&S Food on Christmas 2022 & Valentines Day 2023 before joining Brave Spark.

Certifications & Trainings
Economics & Politics (2:1) Leeds University
Production Lite IPA, Masterclass APA, Virtual Production APA, AdGreen

Reach me. nicjshanks@gmail.com