A partnership, founded by Helen and Duncan Hyde near Tetbury, after years at the BBC and ITV for Helen and in retail, ecommerce and digital marketing at Cotswold Outdoor for Duncan. We work with businesses that want something built properly by people who get to know how they actually work first.
Builds the software, the websites and the marketing. Duncan ran the shop floor and then the ecommerce numbers at Cotswold Outdoor, and spent eleven years in ecommerce and digital marketing before writing a line of code. That is where the commercial instinct in the builds comes from: what a shop actually needs on a Tuesday.
What he enjoys most is the building: taking something a business has only ever talked about and making it work, then watching it get used. The systems behind the builds interest him as much as the builds themselves. Hyde Media's own work runs on one he made, a set of automated routines that keep the records, write the weekly briefs and check the numbers, and each client project draws on what that has taught him.
He still works part-time with ebikeist, a premium e-bike shop, on strategy, search and tooling, which keeps the work close to the realities of running a business online. His own builds, with what each one taught him, are in the Studio.
A communications specialist with over 20 years' experience across the media industry, Helen started her working life in press relations before becoming a journalist herself.
As News Editor, she launched Newbury Sound radio station to the listeners of West Berkshire before moving into television and becoming a BBC and ITV trained TV producer and camera operator. She has worked across daytime consumer television, including Crimewatch Roadshow, The One Show, X-Ray and Coast and Country, but now focuses on the camera we all have in our pockets, the humble smartphone. Combining a journalist's storytelling with hands-on experience in content creation.
She makes the films and teaches smartphone filming.
A straight-talking SEO provider that does not hide behind jargon. We are receiving more enquiries as a result of their work.
Philip Hodkinson, Blue Leopard Pictures
Helen listened to us, understood our needs and enveloped herself in our business to create the most marvellous video encapsulating what we are about.
Steve Ellis, Gemini Outdoor
The quality of their work is outstanding and their attention to detail is second to none. Helen is a creative individual, often offering an alternative viewpoint that gets the team talking.
Stephanie Briggs, Spring PR
Helen's video preparation and editing has lifted our customer support material to another level. She regularly goes above and beyond.
Norman Sellers, Wildlife World
Tell Duncan what it is. If it is not a fit, he will say so, and try to point you at someone who is.
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