Mother Mountain Productions Community Interest Company was founded in 2016, with the mission to give a voice to vulnerable groups. Our first project, funded by Big Lottery, was to tackle rising hate crime in the North West of England. Such was our success that we went on to gain a number of prestigious public sector contracts which have enabled us to progress innovative and cutting-edge research and data collection processes, pioneering 360 VR filming techniques to address social issues such as knife crime, cyber bullying and sexual exploitation. As we have grown, we have incorporated virtual reality expertise into our portfolio as our main offer. Our current clients include Greater Manchester Police and Wigan Local Authority.Our work has been covered by BBC and ITV News.
We pride ourselves on our collaborative and person centredapproach. Co-design is fundamental to our iterative development process, involving customers at every stage of production and testing. Our aim is to deliver a bespoke product every time which exceeds your expectations. We believe that learning is lifelong and should be engaging and challenging, and to this end we have developed strong links with a number of UK universities including Manchester and Liverpool. These partnerships have helped us trial and fine tune our work to the highest possible standard.
MANAGING DIRECTOR AND CREATIVE CONTENT
Judith is the founder member of the company. She worked for the BBC for over 14 years a Researcher, Producer, Single Camera and Multi Camera Director.She travelled the world extensively as a programme maker and her documentary ‘Coming Home’ with Hollywood actor Mandy Patinkin, was nominated for a Royal Television Society award. She left the BBC in 2000 to work in the area of advocacy and mental health, eventually becoming CEO of a charity supporting vulnerable adults in North Wales. Judith was nominated for the ‘Lead Wales ‘award for her work expanding the charity, Shortly before leaving to start Mother Mountain Productions in 2016.
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
With a background in broadcast television, Steve has extensive experience in a wide range of technical and production specialisms, ultimately in the role of Corporate Production Advisor to the BBC. As Resource Leader Television, he was instrumental in advancing technical skills training within the corporation. Externally, Steve promoted broadcast skills through his work with university and college students. He was a judge for the royal television society awards. Since moving to the business technology sector he has provided technical consultancy, production support and training to global and multi nation and corporate clients across Europe and North America.
SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Chris has been a developer since 1999. With a background in web application development and software engineering, he has built several apps for businesses all over the World. With a good knowledge of different technologies and programming languages, he can turn his hand to any job at hand.
VIDEOGRAPHER
Adam is an experienced film maker and founded Red Yeti Films in 2018. His work has mainly been with corporate clients in the North West, where he has primarily worked on large STEM event projects with companies including Unilever & All About STEM, with an aim towards getting the bright young minds of tomorrow interested in achieving their full potential.. Adam began working with MMP in 2019 on the production and post-production of 3D video and audio and creates our 2D videos and films.
RESEARCH & INFORMATION
Jessie Blaynee is a user researcher and information architect who enjoys marrying different models from both HCI and UX worlds to develop information systems, structures and content strategy through tailored research approaches. For the last few years she has worked exclusively in Government, including HMRC as Programme Lead for the Customs Declaration Service and Research Lead for all Internal Gov.UK content. Jessie has also worked in academic, charity and private sectors for clients such as Aldi, IHG, Salford University and Shire Pharmaceuticals. All her recruitment and research approaches are designed to enable people living with physical, cognitive and emotional impairments to provide the ‘truest’ feedback to them for the tools and services they use.