About amplify.
Our story.
Amplify Creative Marketing came to life when its two founders, Richard Oliver and Simon Frost, decided that their shared passion for modern and clean website design, combined with their experience in marketing, corporate public relations, and communications, would be able to help established and fledgling brands achieve measurable success. We have designed several websites for the financial technology sector, the musical instrument retail market, and other start up businesses alike.
Amplify creative are trusted by multinational brands to run their social media accounts as well as provide overall marketing consultancy, design experience, and e-commerce website design services. We offer a full stack marketing capability to help inject creative brilliance into every business we partner with.
Based in Sussex and Whiteley, Hampshire, UK, we are a dedicated team of industry professionals that offer a realistic solution for companies that cannot afford a full-time marketing or website maintenance facility or traditional agencies. Amplify Creative have helped several businesses get their first foot on the ladder to success – from the tiniest of one person start-ups all the way to helping take multinational businesses through flotation on the stock market.
Who we are.
Richard Oliver
Founder & Director
Richard graduated from the University of Portsmouth in 1997 with a BSc (Hons) Degree in Information Technology and started work as a web designer during the infancy of the internet. He was one of the founders of The Innovation Group plc (a FTSE 250 company) during the first ‘dot com boom’, leaving in 2002 to pursue other interests, and latterly also ran marketing functions for other listed tech companies. Richard has always had an interest in technology, art, and music and his design work is featured on a large number of products in the musical instrument retail market.
Simon Frost
Founder & Director
Simon has a BA (Hons) in Media Production from Bournemouth University and has worked in a number of digital media production roles, resulting in a wealth of knowledge and skills in this arena. His proficiencies include graphic design, web development, photo/film production and social media. Simon has designed a number of leading e-commerce websites using cutting edge techniques in WordPress. His passions include sport, photography, music and Norwich City FC.
James Lock
Head of Media Production
James has been passionate about media production and content creation as long as he can remember. He Studied music from a young age and made a career as a musician for 15 years before joining amplify. He developed his skills in photography and videography whilst helping to produce music, imagery and video for his band, Keywest. His approach and passion for creation remains the same whether sound or light. James loves exploring new technologies and the constantly evolving ways in which it can be used to tell a story.
Anna Oliver
Head of Finance & Administration
Anna is in charge of all Finance and Administration functions of Amplify Creative Marketing. Having previously worked in managerial roles for William Hill and Abbey National, she has a keen eye for detail and is tenacious and meticulous. Anna runs all the finance and administration functions of the company and is also married to Richard. She is keen on photography, fashion design, and interior design. Anna is a proud mum and supporter of Arsenal FC in her spare time.
Ben Bowtell
Head of Technology
Ben is a Linux, Sql, C#, and PHP guru who looks after the technical infrastructure behind Amplify. Both he and Richard previously worked together in a telematics start up in 2008 and have a track record of delivering custom coded web based systems. Ben is keen on brewing his own lethal beers, computer gaming, and is a supporter of Charlton Athletic FC.