Twenty years.
One independent
team.
Elementary Spark is a fully independent creative and campaign agency based in Glasgow. We plan, produce and place advertising and video content for brands of all shapes and sizes — from local Scottish businesses to Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies. No broadcaster ties. No media ownership conflicts. Just the work.
We built the agency
we wished existed.
Elementary Spark was built on a simple observation: Scottish businesses were being underserved. Not for want of talent or ambition, but because many agencies advising them either had conflicts of interest baked in or they weren't strong enough to lead brands to creative solutions — media owners pushing their own inventory, partner production houses protecting their margins, broadcasters steering budgets towards their channels.
We built something different. An agency that works entirely for the client. No airtime to sell. No production partner taking a cut. No broadcaster relationship that changes what we recommend. Just a team of experienced professionals whose only measure of success is whether your campaign works.
We've been doing it more than 20 years and that model has delivered campaigns for first-time TV advertisers and global brands, for Scottish charities and NHS health boards, for businesses that had never been on television and businesses that had been on it for decades. The work looks different every time. The principle never changes.
We embed. We challenge.
We deliver.
We don't work like a traditional agency. We work alongside your team — as a genuine creative and strategic partner, not a supplier at arm's length. We learn your brand. We ask the questions that challenge assumptions. And we produce work that sounds and feels unmistakably like you.
Objectives before channels
We start with what you need to achieve, not with a rate card. The channel recommendations follow from the strategy — not the other way around.
One team, one invoice
Strategy, creative, production and media buying all sit under one roof. No handoffs. No gaps. No second invoice from a production house you never briefed.
No conflicts, no compromises
We are not affiliated with any broadcaster, media owner or platform. Our recommendations are based on what works for your brand, full stop.
Ready to talk to a team that works for you?
Free initial consultation — no pitch, no pressure. Tell us what you are trying to achieve and we will tell you honestly what we think it takes.
Meet the team
Eight specialists. One shared obsession with making campaigns that actually work.
we’re elementary spark
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Jamie Smith
Creative Director
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Tony Stapleton
Managing Director
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Jamie McCoy
Head of Digital
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Brendan Smith
Head of Creative
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Matt O'Donnell
Head of Post Production
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Glen Kennedy
Digital Filmmaker
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Siobhan Banks
Account Manager
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Catriona Shahamat
Education Manager
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