HirschWorks Services

Whether you're commissioning your own new media project, or developing one for a client, a small investment in our time can help to ensure that your project is successful and meets its business, communication and strategic objectives.

The following is an overview of our services. For more detailed information, please follow the links under 'Services In Detail' opposite, or at the bottom of this page.

We can help to specify the project

For commissioners, we can help you to define your objectives, analyse your business needs, advise on appropriate approaches and devise an effective new media strategy.

For suppliers, we can help you to assess your client's requirements and develop a proposal, scope of work, storyboard or functional specification.

We can also develop feasibility studies, software prototypes and proofs of concept.

We can write the copy

Finding the right words to communicate your message can be difficult in any medium. Interactive media presents further difficulties. We understand the medium and we know how to write for it. We pay attention to detail and quickly grasp what you're trying to say.

We can develop the information architecture

Anyone can build a web site or cd-rom and make it look good. What sets the best projects apart is information architecture - the design of content structure and navigation for maximum effectiveness, efficiency and ease of use.

We can write the brief

Writing a good brief is no easy task. Yet if your brief is not clearly defined, your potential suppliers will have less chance to produce a proposal that meets your requirements.

We can help you to find the right supplier

We can help you to research your pitch-list, assess submitted proposals and evaluate presentations.

We can help build an in-house team

Whether you're a commissioner seeking to undertake a project in-house or a production company moving into new media for the first time, we can help. We can advise on the roles and responsibilities you'll need to define, the skills you'll need and how much you should expect to pay for them (we wrote the National Occupational Standards for Interactive Media, and Skillset's Interactive Media Job Profiles). We can also offer guidance on how to plan the project so that it runs smoothly and delivers maximum results.

We can help ensure the project runs smoothly

Perhaps you're commissioning your first new media project. Maybe you want to prepare your own content in-house. Perhaps you're a supplier working on a complex project with numerous partners and sub-contractors.

We can advise on best practice, common mistakes and pitfalls to watch out for. We can work with both commissioners and their suppliers to help ensure they understand each other and are able to communicate their needs effectively.

We can troubleshoot

Many new media projects go wrong because they weren't planned properly at the outset. Whether you're a commissioner or a supplier, if your project is going off-track, we can help.

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For detailed information about our services, please follow the links below.