About Us

 

 

Since its foundation in 2009 Kandi Media has gathered a strong client base and grown its in-house team. Based in Clapham, South London, Kandi is a multipurpose design and media agency working across digital, video and print. We have a versatile team and varied skill set to ensure we deliver bespoke creative solutions that match a wide variety of needs. Employing a combination of full time staff and a wide network of art directors, designers, illustrators, copywriters and photographers, we have a proven track record delivering professional creative solutions for established brands and new businesses.


Print & digital publishing in any language
From newsstand titles to online magazines, we build the perfect team to suit your project, combining great design with compelling editorial, our art directors have managed photo shoots all over the world while our multilingual journalists and editors have experience in everything from fashion to finance.


Content creation & commercialisation
Content is the lifeblood of any website or magazine so getting it right is fundamental to success. We provide writers who are passionate about your business with a wealth of experience and a finger on the pulse so that you can maximise your opportunity to monetise your project.

Branding and brand development
Whether you’re a start-up or a household name, our designers can help you create something truly great. We work with companies to help build new brands or re-invigorate existing ones with a focus on delivering a solution that captures the imagination of your business.


Video production and editing
Our production team can take a project from inception to location scouting, shooting and finally editing. If your need is more animated we have motion graphics specialists and 3D visual effects artists to realise anything you can imagine. We story board the whole thing so you can see every step.

Web design and mobile apps
We have a flexible approach to the web and believe sites should be responsive to the many different ways they are viewed, be it on a desktop or a mobile device. So unless you especially want a native iPhone or Android app we can build your site optimised for every screen, big or small.

Email campaigns and social media
We offer a complete email life-cycle management service from planning and design through to development and delivery. Alongside this we advise clients on how to implement social media strategies to capitalise on existing networks or even build one of their own.


Sia Lyimo
Founder and Commercial Director

Sia found her first media role at Blink TV in video advertising for outdoor music and sporting events. This allowed her the opportunity to build lasting relationships with some of the worlds biggest brands. Her job was to manage their marketing spend effectively throughout the year with targeted campaigns aimed at a wide variety of audiences across the UK. Her great people skills took her into recruitment where she spent 3 years with agencies like Lipton Fleming and Major Players before her move to become Commercial Manager on Arise Magazine, collaborating with numerous global fashion labels.

Andy Downham
Creative Director

Andy began his career over 15 years ago, working with blue chip clients like Glaxosmithkline, UBS and The BBC on interactive media and video production projects. He has art directed both news-stand and customer publishing titles for clients like Toyota, Blockbuster and Visit Britain managing photo shoots at home and abroad, whilst at Blueprint he also introduced a raft of clients including Asda, New Look and Blockbuster to online magazines. He has worked with international agencies including WCRS, TBWA and Publicis on integrated print and digital campaigns. His skills range from print design to 3D animation and motion graphics.

Paddy Bos Coe
Lead Art Director

Paddy has over 10 years experience of designing artwork for print and digital in both public and private sectors. He’s an experienced art director commissioning illustrators, photographers and graphic designers. He has over 4 years managerial experience directing web developers, middleweight/junior designers, copywriters and interns. He enjoyed 3 successful years as a freelancer and sole trader before joining Kandi Media to manage a creative team. Paddy has worked for the in-house design and visual merchandising team at Liberty, he’s worked in contract publishing and has over 4 years experience working in a large public sector communications team as a brand director.

Richard Plastow
Lead Developer

Richard has been programming for over 10 years, working with pretty much every development language from PHP to actionscript he’s a jack of all trades and master of all too. Working with brands like New Look and Storm he has designed and built bespoke content management systems for social media sites and community based campaigns. He has worked with Agencies like Publicis and TBWA on projects for FTBC and Blockbuster’s online magazine and more recently joined us to help develop our digital production framework. He is currently building responsive sites that offer cross platform and device adaptive solutions to all of our clients.