Mammoth Creative

Who are Mammoth Creative?

Mammoth Creative is a Colchester-based creative studio, founded in 2020 by three friends. They say you should never work with your friends, but we’ve made it this far by doing things differently.

Our strength is in building long-term collaborative relationships with our clients. We operate as an embedded creative partner, building trust and momentum over time rather than delivering one-off projects.

We are a multi-disciplinary studio made up of creatives with different but complementary backgrounds across brand, design, copywriting, research, and project management. We work closely together on every brief, aligned from the outset and focused on the problem in front of us. For our clients, this means a ready-made, plug-in-and-play creative team that integrates quickly and brings clarity, judgement, and momentum from day one.

Our international client portfolio includes architects, surveyors, hipster cafés, recruitment firms, famous podcasters, gamification companies, sports clubs, restaurants, pop bands, L&D consultancies, a pie maker, and a national charity campaign supported by Bruno Tonioli.

A typical day is rarely typical. We might be designing packaging for a pie company (eventually enjoyed in muddy fields by thousands) while building a pitch deck for a group of MedTech innovators at the University of Cambridge (eventually securing millions in funding). One moment we’re building a brand for a podcaster-turned-sexologist, the next we’re designing an Impact Report for a B Corp consultancy.

It might not look it at first glance, but there is a clear thread running through all of this. We help people find creative solutions to complex problems. The variety is what keeps our work so creative, and what makes Mammoth such an exciting place to work!

What have you been up to in 2025?

Our standout achievement in the world of tech has been our collaboration with Swedish gamification company Doubleflow, where we’ve successfully disrupted the cybersecurity training industry with a fresh, creative approach. We led the rethink, strategy, and redesign of their training platform, introducing AI-driven, narrative-based game scenarios with relatable characters, immersive challenges, and sector-specific storylines. This shift has already been adopted by major international clients including IKEA, United Airlines, and Target – proving that cybersecurity training doesn’t have to be boring, passive, and ineffective.

Alongside this, we’ve continued to deliver a wide range of branding projects; from shaping new identities for ambitious startups to rebrands for established companies moving in new directions.

We also supported Stepping Out with the National Community Walking Festival (The Big Step Out 2025), a nationwide initiative celebrating unpaid carers and the people they care for. We built a digital step counter for easy online submissions, allowing people to log their walks (dogs’ steps included!), upload photos and stories, and share their experiences on social media. This significantly boosted engagement compared to last year’s festival and helped create a sense of nationwide community.

What are your plans for 2026?

2026 promises big things at Mammoth.

We are launching a full studio rebrand, including a new website and refreshed identity, alongside a new agency-within-an-agency: a qualitative research department focused on uncovering the human insights that AI and big data miss. Using innovative, often gamified research methods, we make participation engaging while delivering sharper, more meaningful insight for organisations making complex decisions.

Alongside this, we are helping to launch several new products for our long-term clients, shaping brands and go-to-market activity as they expand their offerings.

It’s a year focused on evolution, experimentation, and building creative products that work in the real world.

Do you think Essex is a good place for business? If so, why?

We do! Essex’s location makes it possible to work locally while allowing us to stay well connected nationally, with fast access into London when needed. Crucially, Essex is small enough to feel knowable, with a supportive and open business community. It’s easier to know your suppliers, make contact with your audience, and meet clients or collaborators in person.

Compared to somewhere like London, where the business landscape is larger and more fragmented, we’ve found it easier to build meaningful local partnerships in Essex.

There is also a strong and growing network of business events and communities (shout out Colchester Digital!), alongside an increasing number of co-working spaces. We’ve also experienced genuine support from local institutions, including early-stage funding via the University of Essex and Santander, which helped us through an important phase of growth.

What are the most in-demand skills required at Mammoth?

We value ways of thinking as much as specific disciplines. Design thinking sits at the heart of our work: the ability to understand complex problems, reframe them creatively, and move confidently from insight to execution.

Alongside this, we increasingly look for advanced creative and technical skills, including AI-enabled video production, motion and 3D animation, and the ability to design content that performs across platforms.

On the marketing side, deeper knowledge is essential. Campaign strategy, audience segmentation, messaging architecture, performance analysis, and go-to-market planning matter far more than surface-level promotion.

Above all, we value curiosity and collaboration. Tools will change, but clear thinking and adaptable creativity remain central to how Mammoth works.

How can the Essex growth agency aid in the growth of Mammoth?

Support around mentorship and guidance would be particularly valuable. Like many growing creative businesses, much of our time is spent delivering for clients, which can make it difficult to step back and review internal processes or ways of working as the business evolves. Access to experienced mentors or structured support at key growth stages would help ensure we continue to develop sustainably.

Access to funding or grants would also be beneficial, particularly support that helps manage tighter cashflow periods or enables us to test and develop new creative ideas without all of the risk sitting with the business. This kind of backing would allow us to innovate with confidence while continuing to grow.

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