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Supplier Framework Skills Groups

This page tells you which suppliers are on our framework and what services they offer. Suppliers are grouped into six skills groups so that you can find the right suppliers for your project.

When you want to put out a brief, you can send it to any suppliers in the relevant skills group.

Guidance on sending a brief to the skills groups

There are three ways to use the skills groups, depending on how complex your brief is.

  • If your brief is straightforward, under £5,000 and you know which skills group you need to contact, you can contact them directly and use the supplier briefing tool to tell them what you need.
  • If your project requires creative thinking (such as developing ideas, campaign concepts and strategy, gathering insight or running workshops) please review the Additional Skills Matrix (PDF) to source a supplier that can service your project.
  • If your budget is £5,001–£25,000 (excluding VAT) this must follow the tender process. Please review How to go out to tender page and follow the guidelines to facilitate this process.
  • If you are not sure which skills group can service your brief, please fill out the supplier briefing tool and send it to the Creative  team at creative@leeds.ac.uk so we can guide you on which suppliers will be most suitable.
  • Our glossary for writing a brief includes more detailed information about many of the common terms used in Design and Video that we mention on this page.

Skills group 1: Creative Design

This skills group specialises in offering a creative approach to a brief, for example in creating graphic design for print and digital or developing campaigns. This involves combining elements such as colour, typography, imagery, and layout to communicate a message or solve a problem.

Use this skill group if you need to generate unique and innovative ideas or experiences. This skills group can work on the discovery phase of a project such as creative thinking, strategy, concepts (with or without creative outputs) and copywriting and developing messaging.

ThreeTenSeven (formerly Thompson Brand Partners)

Digitronix

Magpie

Bell

Different Narrative

McCann

Storycatchers

Skills group 2: Creative video

This skills group can produce a variety of videos from high-production video/filming, for example, campaign and hero videos, video storytelling or case study videos and videos that guide and engaging the viewers through narrative or factual focused content.

Use this skill group if you need to generate unique and innovative ideas or experiences. This skills group can work on the discovery phase of a project such as creative thinking, strategy, concepts (with or without creative outputs) and copywriting and developing messaging.

Coolbox

Prohibition PR

Slate and Mortar

Motus

McCann

Storycatchers

Digitronix

Skills group 3: Creative design and video

This skills group can service combined Design and Video briefs or stand alone briefs.

This skills group specialises in graphic design for print and digital (e.g. campaigns and creative approach) This involves combining elements such as colour, typography, imagery, and layout to communicate a message or solve a problem.

This skills group can also produce a variety of videos from high-production video/filming, for example, campaign and hero videos, video storytelling or case study video and videos that guide and engage the viewers through narrative or factual focused content.

Use this skill group if you need to generate unique and innovative ideas or experiences. This skills group can work on the discovery phase of a project such as creative thinking, strategy, concepts (with or without creative outputs) and copywriting and developing messaging.

McCann

Storycatchers

Digitronix

Skills group 4: Artwork

Use this skill group if you are using existing guidelines to create artwork or amending existing artwork/designs. They can also create illustrations, infographics and digital advertising GIFs. This skills group can NOT service the creation of design in a new style: you will need to use skills group 1 if that is what you need.

Spiral

North Creative Studio

Bonner McHardy

Room for Design

Skills group 5: Lecture capture

Use this skill group if you require recordings of lectures, conferences or video Interviews/talking heads. This skills group can also edit existing footage for example; social platforms (short edits) or You Tube (long edits).

Adarak

Digifish

Motus

Prohibition PR

Skills group 6: Motion graphics

Use this skill group if you require 2D motion graphics, 3D animation using typography or other visual elements to create engaging and dynamic video content.

Little Motel

Digifish

Eleven

Clearhead

Motus

Note: Please retain all of your records for audit purposes.

Live Scribing: Please do not use off framework suppliers for the Live Scribing service.  Please contact Eleven Marketing.

If you work in The Communications and Engagement Team or Facilities Directorate, please view the TEAM-Communications SharePoint site for threshold information.