GREEN RAVEN helps you create innovatively and innovate creatively.
Who is GREEN RAVEN? GREEN RAVEN is the not-so-secret identity of creative innovation consultant Ian Ravenscroft. Ian has a background in digital production and content innovation for arts and culture agencies and broadcasters like the BBC. He set up GREEN RAVEN in 2019 to help people use technology in strategic ways and make cool experiences for audiences.
What do you do? GREEN RAVEN is a resource you can bring in to help you devise, plan, and deliver creative technology projects. Ian has supported teams to run innovation programmes, form creative technology partnerships, award funding, deliver projects, develop ideas, and steer strategy. Informed by experience and cross-sector knowledge, Ian works with major cultural institutions and commercial companies to apply emerging technologies creatively and strategically.
What do you work on? GREEN RAVEN supports projects that combine creativity and technology in new ways. It might be XR and immersive such as virtual reality, augmented reality, or mixed reality, or a combination of emerging technologies such as generative AI or advanced web platforms. The unifying factors are there's usually an audience to engage and a story to tell.
How can we work together? Ian is a flexible freelance resource or embedded specialist. He is usually engaged as a short term consultant, long term resource, or ad hoc mentor and advisor. He works best from the very start of projects to input strategy and help decision-making and set the creative or technical direction.
About Ian
Ian Ravenscroft is Founder and Creative Director of Green Raven. After roles spanning content innovation at the BBC, cultural digital agencies, and TV, film, and animation, Ian set up Green Raven to combine his experience in creative innovation and passion for strategy. He supports businesses, arts organisations, and funding bodies as industry expertise and an experienced creative producer to enhance creative, technical, and strategic decision-making. Additionally, Ian is currently a funding assessor for The Space, an advisor for Arts Council England on the Bloomberg Digital Accelerator, and a mentor for Eagle Labs and the Create Growth Programme.
Hey Green Raven Ltd is a company registered England and Wales (Company No. 13794484) 26a Oxford Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5NR