Creative Nuts
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2006
- Employees
- 1-10
- Offices
- 2
About Creative Nuts
Creative Nuts is a British boutique animation, broadcast design and motion graphics studio founded in 2006 by Piers Helm and Stephanie Porter. Based in London, it creates title sequences, programme identities, promotional campaigns and animated content for broadcasters, streaming platforms, production companies and commercial brands. Its work extends from television packaging to music visuals, automotive launch films and large-format live-event screens.
The studio develops projects from initial concepts, art direction and storyboards through visual development, animation and final delivery. Its capabilities include 2D and 3D animation, character animation, modelling, texturing, digital lighting, particle simulations and visual effects. Broadcast projects can encompass main titles, logo animation, stings, lower thirds and coordinated programme graphics, bringing a consistent visual identity across different parts of a production.
Broadcast and entertainment
Creative Nuts has developed and evolved the CGI glitter-ball titles and stings associated with Strictly Come Dancing, including upgrades to 4K 3D production. Its wider television portfolio includes title design and graphics for The Fortune Hotel, Kitchen Nightmares, MasterChef, Deal or No Deal and Never Mind the Buzzcocks, alongside work for Netflix series Perfect Match and The Ultimatum.
The studio also produces promotional graphics and packaging for factual and entertainment programming. Examples include Channel 4’s Dispatches, animated campaigns for First Dates, and the “Goggleheads!” promotional graphics for Gogglebox and Celebrity Gogglebox. These projects span programme launches, returning-show identities and broadcast marketing.
Beyond television
Its commercial and entertainment work includes the animated lyric video for The Rolling Stones’ Sweet Sounds of Heaven and launch animations for Gordon Murray Automotive’s T.50s and T.33. For live events, the studio creates arena-screen and stage content, including animations for EA FC launches and UEFA Champions League events. Sports work includes ITV’s Rugby World Cup coverage and promotional content for international cricket and the Heineken Champions Cup. Across these formats, the studio combines graphic design and animation with production delivery tailored to the screen, campaign or venue.
More about Creative Nuts
Leadership
- Piers Helm is Creative Director and Stephanie Porter is Creative & Commercial Officer. Both are active company directors, and each holds between 25% and 50% of ownership and voting rights.
- Andy Craggs is Art Director, and Natalie Hazelden is Head of Production & Operations.
Production tools
The reported pipeline includes Maxon Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Trapcode Particular, Frischluft Lenscare and Thinkbox Software Deadline.
Founder background
Helm began his television career at the BBC in 1989 on Breakfast Time, working with Quantel Paintbox systems. His successful pitch for the original Strictly Come Dancing titles dates to 2004, before the studio was founded.
Recognition
The report attributes International PROMAX Awards, Royal Television Society Awards and Broadcast Tech Awards to the studio, without identifying award years or individual winning categories.
Notable credits
27 creditsOffices
Current and former locations of Creative Nuts
- London, England, United Kingdom
London offices
About this office
**Office** Status: active Primary operational studio hub; a current street address is not established by the report. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 18 Greek Street, W1D 4DS Former Soho studio premises. No physical closure year is established. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 26 Hanbury Street, E1 6QR Historical Spitalfields production premises; current operation at this address and a closure year are not established.
- 19-20 Bourne Court Southend Road, Woodford Green, Essex, England, IG8 8HDWoodford Green, England, United Kingdom
Woodford Green office
Statutory registered office, effective 2 March 2023; production activity at this address is not established.
- 7 Dale Avenue, Brighton BN1 8NJBrighton, England, United Kingdom
Brighton office
Former officeFormer registered address used between 2016 and 2017. The report does not establish physical closure or a current Brighton studio.
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