Better educational media for the next generation of global citizens

Mark Nagurski

Co-Founder / CEO

Mark has two decades of experience in business development and has designed educational outreach programmes for the government and the corporate sector.

Catherine Ross-Davies

Co-Founder / CCO

Catherine is a former award-winning series Producer and Director with the BBC, producing shows in collaboration with Discovery, National Geographic and BBC America.

Dr Liz Fogel

Board Member

Liz is Managing Director at USC Rossier School of Education and the former Director of Education for The Walt Disney Company. She holds a doctoral degree in educational psychology.

Stephen McClelland MBE

Board Member

Stephen is a Director at Cordovan Capital Management and former Managing Director of Schrader Electronics which was acquired for $1B by Senstata.

Jean McKenzie

Board Member

Former Executive Vice President at Mattel leading the global $2B Fisher Price Division. Former President of the American Girl company; Senior VP of Learning at The Walt Disney; CEO & President, Gateway Learning Corporation

Tara Walsh

Education Evangelist

Tara is an experienced educator who has worked in secondary, tertiary and adult education. She is passionate about educator professional development, democratising education and developing young people to be global citizens.

Leanne Doherty

Business Development (Ireland)

Leanne manages business development on the island of Ireland.

Jon White

Business Development Director

Jon has over two decades of experience in digital content and publishing. He has held senior roles with Macmillan, Semantico, DK/Penguin amongst others.

Beatrijs Lelyveld

Partnerships, Distribution & Licensing

Beatrijs is a multi-lingual content strategist and product development professional with extensive international experience that includes leading roles at Shutterstock, ITN Source, the AP and Real Networks.

Russ Williams

Head of Development

Russ is the former Director of BBC StoryWorks EMEA (the BBC's branded content division) and Yahoo's Head of Production EMEA (Content Partnerships/Marketing Division).

Andy Henry

Designer (Freelance)

Andy is a brand experience designer, helping craft the look and feel of Makematic and our client projects.

Alex Watson

Brand Sales Director

Alex takes the lead in sales across brand sponsorships and branded content.

Gianna Pornasdoro

Marketing Assistant

Siobhain O’Reilly

Sales & Events Administrator

Siobhain looks after admin, travel and events for the commercial team

Brian Shaw

Senior Producer

Brian has 13 years’ international experience most recently as Senior Producer at GetSmarter Online Education in Cape Town.

Aine Carlin

Online Producer / Director

Aine produces our Skillsumo series and is responsible for our SDG resources.

Sean Curran

Video Editor

Sean is a mediocre footballer, generic dresser but a fantastic video editor.

Daniel McGarrigle

Lead Animator

Daniel is an amazing motion graphics artist, animator, graphic designer and DJ.

Barbara Cipollone

Animator

Barbara is an animator who has worked on the Oscar-nominated The Song of the Sea.

Kevin Gillen

Sound Design

Kevin Gillen is a sound editor/designer/mixer for film, TV and multimedia.

Conor McKelvey

Motion Graphics Designer

Conor is a multidisciplinary designer with skills from graphic design to animation.

Lee Henry

Script Editor

Lee is an author and journalist who has worked for the BBC and the Sunday Times.

Caoimhe Sweeney

Motion Graphics Artist

Caoimhe has worked as a freelance artist for the past ten years.

Rachael McNamee

Production Co-Ordinator

Rachael has worked in production on titles including Line of Duty and Game of Thrones.

Peter Worth

Instructional Designer (Freelance)

Peter holds is Project Lead for the School Retool program at Standford University.

Eamon Kerrigan

Assistant Editor

Eamon studied Creative Media Production and has since gravitated towards editing.

Ryan Lee

Assistant Producer

Ryan is a talented and hard-working production assistant based in our Belfast office.

Kyle McGeagh

Post Production Coordinator

Kyle looks after our media assets and technical infrastructure.

Claire Bethell

Motion Graphics Artist

Claire has experience in graphic design and a passion for illustration.

Michael Barwise

Online Producer / Director

Michael is an experienced producer / director and a regular on the indie festival circuit.

Zoe Lack

Producer

Zoe is an experienced Producer with a background in marketing and advertising. She's skilled in all aspects of Production, TV advertising and branded content.