Website design & development services

About us

Footmark Media Ltd

We started Footmark Media Ltd in 1995 as a web design and CD-ROM development company, bringing together:

• teaching experience and skills
• graphic design
• copywriting
• photographic and audio production
• Director programming
• Flash programming
• marketing skills

Our passion

Communicating historical and heritage information and ideas.

Our customer service

From the start our focus has been on providing clients with innovative and cost-effective solutions, and we have deliberately kept our business overheads low so that we can keep our costs to clients down. We also buy in specific expertise only when it is required - meaning that our clients don't have to pay for staff who are not relevant to their project.

Meeting budget challenges

Our belief has always been that good website design and CD-ROM development doesn't need to be expensive, and we enjoy the challenge of making our clients' websites and CD products look more expensive than they actually are!

If you think that CD-ROM / DVD giveaways or showcases wouldn't be affordable, or that it would be too expensive to have a website specially designed to back a new product launch or marketing campaign, contact us and we're sure you’ll be pleasantly surprised!

Keeping up-to-date

We constantly research software and technologies to provide you with cost-effective solutions and innovative technology ideas to keep you one step ahead of the competition.

Charity work

At Footmark we feel that the internet is immensely important for charities, not only for fund raising but also for providing help, support and information. Where we can help, we will.

So let us introduce ourselves:

Richard Gray Bsc Hons, MSc, Managing Director

Richard’s background includes teaching, marketing, and CD ROM development. He is the major lead in technical solutions and programming, audio and interactive production and direction, script and copy writing, internet marketing and website analysis.

Richard was part of a groundbreaking project based in Southampton in the 1990's (CECOMM) delivering online courses and IT training to virtual users in Europe and around the world - in the days before the internet! Since completing a M.Sc. in Multimedia Systems, Richard has acted as a support tutor on the Open University's User Interface Design Masters degree, and has delivered and supported numerous courses and seminars on multimedia and interactive systems, as well as designing e-learning and computer-based training solutions.

Miranda Gray Bsc Hons, Creative Director

Miranda has a strong background in graphic design and educational illustration, having run a freelance business working for major publishers such as Penguin and Harper Collins. She is the major lead in project structural and interface design, and is involved in creating marketing copywriting and campaigns as well as application programming.

Maggi Cook MAIMM

Maggi is one of the most experienced archive researchers working in new media production with an in-depth knowledge and practical production skills. She has been project manager for a number of heritage-related access projects, and has worked directly with clients including The British Library, English Heritage and the BBC.

Associates

Footmark also works with a number of freelance associates including curriculum specialists and development companies who bring programming and production expertise as and when required for each individual project.

See our > portfolio for examples of our work.