Throughout all the hype of the dotcom bubble from self-styled Internet 'gurus', we maintained one simple premise: ninety percent of what rules applied to 'old' media also worked equally well for the 'new'. That's not to say that advances in technology haven't fundamentally altered the ways that media owners can communicate with existing readers and reach new ones. It's just that whatever the prospects for the future, the landlord, the bank and staff need paying, in the here and now.
With consultants drawn from new and traditional media as well as IT backgrounds, we have witnessed one of the most revolutionary periods of economic history. Through its early techie infancy, the excesses of venture capital fuelled youth, to the more mature and circumspect industry we see today.
The division also serves organisations that provide the platforms and tertiary services for new media companies: ISPs, software houses, technology developers, sales agencies and the like. Today we work with the survivors - those that had a sound business from the outset - and continue to employ the best staff.
Rupert Wallis - Director
With over ten years' experience at the company, Rupert is Director at Media Contacts, managing the team as well as being a hands-on recruiter. Rupert went from gardening to recruitment consultancy, being one of a rare breed of Londoners to be accredited by the Royal Horticultural Society. He is currently serving as Interim Chair of the Marketing, Media and Creative sector group of the REC, the industry's leading trade association.
Bradley Young - Recruitment Consultant
Bradley Young is responsible for driving and developing the Creative Media desk. A graduate from Leeds, Bradley studied Creative Media but probably should have also received a first for socialising. In his third year at University, he decided to turn his dissertation into a web business and subsequently spent 3 years taking the AJAX/.Net 3.5 communication system to market, bagging him the gold award at the British Invention Show 2009. Now back in his home town of London he brings his love of creative media to us with a dash of client side experience.
