Who we are
Rachel
Rachel has been producing content, both online and offline, for museums, cultural organisations and local authorities since 1997. She has held management roles at London’s Science Museum and Natural History Museum, for Bristol City Council’s Cultural Services Department and for Wiltshire County Council. In these roles she focused on communications, public relations, advocacy, audience research and project management.
Her work at Thirty8 Digital often revolves around writing, editing, auditing and creating online content. For some of our clients she manages social media accounts or creates and manages their social media ad campaigns.
She really likes to help clients to think about the purpose of their digital content and their users needs before they think about what their new site might look like or what functionality it might need. She has an uncharacteristically geeky obsession with web stats.
Mike
Mike has been managing and creating digital content and teams for nearly 20 years – beginning his web career in the early days of e-commerce – working for Waterstones Online. He was Head of Web for the National Museum of Science & Industry (Science Museum. National Railway Museum & National Media Museum) for seven years, and worked with government agencies, the higher education sector and museums during a four year stint with not-for-profit IT company Eduserv.
He’s done a lot of work bringing geeks and normal people together: over the past few years he’s founded groups and activities as diverse as BathCamp, Bath Digital Festival, The Big M and Geek Dad Breakfasts, among other things.
In recent years, Mike has been focusing entirely on museums. He authored the widely acclaimed Managing and Growing a Cultural Heritage Web Presence in 2011 and is Associate Tutor on the University of Leicester Digital Heritage MA.
He dabbles with code, too, just to make sure he can still break things. He’s particularly interested in how technology can be made more usable (ultimately, invisible..) to deliver beautiful and compelling content.
Our Associates
Marc Jenkins
- WordPress development specialist
- Exceptional eye for detail
- Deep understanding of UI / UX
Luke Burford
- Web / mobile-first design
- Brand / visuals
- WordPress development specialist
Karen Hamer
- Brand development
- Graphic design
Jeremy Ottevanger
- Heritage consultancy
- Collections management expert
- Digital strategy
Stuart Chaffe
- UX
- Front-end designer
- Expert in developing semantic, accessible, fast to load experiences
What people say
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John Coburn, Digital Coordinator, TWAM, Tyne and Wear Archives & Museums
Thirty8 Digital developed a Google Analytics workshop for a team of our staff with a wide range of digital competencies. Mike tailored it perfectly to the needs of the group and was a thoroughly engaging speaker/facilitator....
Project: Tyne & Wear Archives & Museum Google Analytics training
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Linda Spurdle, Digital Manager, Birmingham Museums Trust, Birmingham Museums Trust
The report that Thirty8 Digital developed is packed full of good information and recommendations and I think it is is going to be extremely useful as we move forwards ...
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Fiona Booth, Digital Engagement Officer, Plymouth City Council, Plymouth City Council Arts and Heritage Service
We chose Thirty8 Digital to create our new website as they have a great track record within the heritage sector. They understood our time pressures and our need to reflect a range of sites, venues and services....
Project: Plymouth Arts & Heritage website
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