We are not your usual video agency.
We love working with people who love working with us, people who share the same values, people who are driven to do things differently.
We are relationship builders, a trusted extension of existing teams, in it for the long haul and there when you need us most.
We care deeply about the work we do and the way we do it, driven by knowledge, playfulness, integrity, and a desire to support the growth of our people and partners.
About Us
In Numbers
Creatives
23
We have a number of fully in-house creatives working at our Edinburgh office. Want to join? Check here for career opportunities.
Clients
100+
We’ve worked with many many companies over the years, and around 20 that we work with on a regular basis.
Years
23
We were founded in 2000 and we’ve changed a lot over the years. We did audio cassettes at one point.
Services
4+
Our core services are Film, Motion Design, Animation and Strategy. But we can do a whole lot more.
Awards
35
Our focus is the work, but it’s nice to be recognised every now and again.
In Numbers
Some of our awards
Our Awards
Meet the Team
Managing Director
Toby head’s up Heehaw and sister companies; factual indie Cloud Break and scripted label Nickie-Ben. As a BAFTA Cymru nominated producer, Toby has recently co-produced two scripted TV features for Reel One Entertainment, Meet you in Scotland and Christmas in Scotland which have been distributed globally, and has numerous credits in factual for broadcasters including BBC, S4C and TRT World.
Non-Exec Director
Danny brings his 30 years of experience in running multi-million pound agencies to act as a consultant on Heehaw's strategic board. His focus is on ensuring we remain on track to successfully meet our lofty development and growth ambitions.
Non-Exec Director
Mark has many years as CFO for some of the UKs biggest agencies, now supporting Heehaw with a deep understanding of the agency landscape as well as expert commercial development support combined with operational and expert financial guidance.
Head of Production
Michael heads up the Production department, overseeing a team of nearly 20 people. He is a talented and capable director and executive producer who’s worked on a number of global campaigns in his time with us.
Head of Post-Production
Drew is our head of Post-Production and watches out for the entire team ranging from animators to editors and everyone in between. He often uses his editing background to be lead editor on many of our high-profile productions in addition to working as a colourist and animator, most recently overseeing the post production and colour on our debut scripted feature films.
Head of Strategy
Rachel is our Head of Strategy and resident marketing strategist, working on Heehaw’s own marketing strategy as well as those of our clients. It’s her job to keep up to date with the latest marketing and social media trends so we can create the most successful content, across all platforms, for our clients with record-breaking marketing strategies.
Finance Manager
Rebecca comes from a diverse professional background, from theatre to print. As our one-woman finance function she keeps a very close eye on our figures. She helps the team with budgeting and forecasting, to make sure we always deliver value for money projects. She is available to communicate with our clients on any accounting and billing queries in order to make the financial process smoother.
Senior Producer
Penny is our Senior Producer with extensive experience working with global brands on international video strategies and campaigns. Penny has also recently co-produced two feature films, Meet you in Scotland and Christmas in Scotland for Reel-One Entertainment and the documentary TikTok Queen at 16 for BBC Scotland. She loves to get stuck into a big project; developing creative treatments, putting together budgets and creating a project timeline.
Production Manager
As our Production Manager Astrid is the beating heart of both our production and post-production teams, responsible for the internal allocation of new projects and our post-production schedule. From the first initial contact to job completion Astrid works closely with a project’s assigned team to ensure every stage of the campaign is delivered on time and within budget.
Assistant Producer
Fran is one of Heehaw’s Assistant Producers and works closely with both the production and post-production departments to keep everything running smoothly. Fran started out in Heehaw as one of our editors before joining our production team a few months later.
Assistant Producer
Kerr is one of our Assistant Producers having found his footing within the industry making adventure documentaries. Back in 2018 he travelled across Europe as part of the support team for endurance cyclist Leigh Times for his record breaking fastest cycle across Europe from west Portugal to inland Russia. All while working with the BBC to provide updates and footage for ongoing coverage.
Production Assistant
Landing her first job with us in February of 2023 as 2nd Assistant Director on our latest feature, Christmas in Scotland, Georgia has stayed with us ever since, joining our production team as our newest Production Assistant. With no task too daunting and every new job a learning opportunity, she can be trusted to get the job done. Whether that’s researching a new story, sourcing talent or finding the perfect location.
Editor
Mike, is a seasoned member of the team having been with us since 2016, is a versatile filmmaker with a rich background in the industry. Specialising in creating cinematic experiences that resonate with audiences, he seamlessly blends pictures, music, and sound design to bring our clients' visions to life—while ensuring his projects always coming in on time and within budget.
Editor
Tom is one of our editors with over a decade of editing experience. He specialises in jobs that involve a real technical challenge and a fast turnaround. He loves the science and precision of post production. When he’s not crunching numbers or making spreadsheets, he’s a very experienced and capable editor with almost fifteen years experience across all production formats.
Editor
Alex is a Heehaw editor and one of our very best sound designers. He loves jobs where he can get stuck right into the editing process and working on the intricacies of sound design.
Senior Motion Designer
Heather leads our Motion Design team as Senior Motion Designer having joined us back in 2019. Heather is a multi-talented filmmaker and has been involved in all the stages of a project often directing projects and helping with the overall design as well as animating. She has created a truly staggering amount of motion design content for clients across the world.
Motion Designer
Darren is one of our motion designers and has been involved in countless projects with dozens of our world renowned clients including the BBC, the UN and Hilton to name a few. Darren is great at performing under pressure - even thrives on it. He loves creating mixed media and 3D motion design pieces.
Motion Designer
Charlie is one of our Motion Designers with a passion for art direction and designing visual brand identities. Joining us back in 2020 straight out of university, Charlie came to us with fresh eyes and a fervent attitude to further develop his skills in Motion Design while also finding ways to inject his skills and knowledge in Graphic Design.
Motion Designer
Jack joined our team as a Motion Designer in early 2022 and loves getting involved with every stage of the production process. Either thinking up big and bold styleframes, taking footage to the next level or diving right into a tricky character animation. Jack loves keeping up to date with all the newest design tools and techniques - extra credit if it's a workflow he never imagined would work!
Head of Animation
Dan is our Head of Animation and Illustration at Heehaw, directing a wide range of projects with a speciality in work that mixes live action and animation content to create hybrid video pieces. His recent directorial work has included international video packages for Red Bull, the BBC and Lee Kum Kee.
Animator and Motion Designer
One of our longest serving animators, Kyle has been a vital part of our animation team for coming on six years. Having worked across several artistic disciplines before discovering a love of motion design at a previous job, he was ready to hit the ground running once he joined us at Heehaw with plenty of in house experience with other creative studios.
Illustrator
Sammi is one of Heehaw’s illustrators and the Scottish Designer of the Year recipient for 2022. She works on making sure diversity is included in every animation we create and is always finding ways to slip in as many diverse characters as possible.
Illustrator
Daisy is one of our illustrators who began working with us during her final years of university. Over the years we’ve seen Daisy grow, working with us on vector animated projects alongside hand drawn and even papercut styles.
Animator
Lawrence is one of Heehaw’s animators working on all projects from 2D characters to the more abstract 3D animations. Immediately after graduating from University - here in Edinburgh - in Graphic Design, Lawrence had joined us with a passion for all things animation. With a graphic sensibility at the foundation of his skills and the drive to keep learning as an animator he has developed into a jack of all trades.
Meet the team
Interested in joining us?
We are are always looking for talent to join our growing team. Check out our careers page below. If you can’t see a job right now, send in your portfolio to jobs@heehaw.co.uk as you never know.
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