Mike Bamford

Mike is a founding partner of String and Tins, a record collector, northerner, synthesiser buff and over-the-mountains cyclist. With an encyclopedic knowledge of music and 20+ years in audio-post, his sound and music work has been awarded at D&AD, Cannes Lions, Ciclopé, Creative Circle and MASA.

Will Cohen

Will is a sound designer / composer / field recordist / multi-instrumentalist and life long lover of synths and granular / spectral processing. His design and music have won arrows / lions / sharks / pencils amongst other incarnations. As of 2023 Will has just completed the sound design and mix on the animated feature adaptation of Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo, on the back of mixing the Partizan film ‘Spaghetti Junction’ and supervising sound on the feature documentary Rising Phoenix for Netflix.

Rachel Hough

Rachel is our brilliant Managing Director. With over 20 years of Agency production experience, she has produced some of the biggest and most complicated productions, including the Emmy nominated Amazon Super Bowl commercial ‘Before Alexa’. Since moving over to the world of sound she has audio produced many projects including the feature ‘Spaghetti Junction’. She is all about the craft, the detail, and the people. In her spare time she can be found digging the garden, watching documentaries and meditating. She is also a trained Life Coach.

Lawrence Kendrick

Award winning creative director, sound designer and composer, Lawrence’s sound design and music features on some of our biggest campaigns. Internally he’s known as ‘The Law’ for good reason. His background in physics and coding, combined with his musical creativity brings a fresh perspective and skills to music and sound design. Lawrence contributes as a mentor in the industry and occasional lecturer at Birmingham City University, and has worked on sound design for a ton of theatre shows to boot!

Adam Smyth

Adam is an award-winning creative director / sound designer / composer / vinyl enthusiast, with multiple audio disciplines under his belt. From cutting tape or producing up-and-coming artists, to working with Hollywood's biggest talent, Adam is comfortable in any studio situation. His work has been awarded at Creative Circle, Shots, Promax, British Arrows, Kinsale, and Clios. In his spare time, he's either pursuing his passion for film music, drumming, or sucking at Golf.

Eimear Gorey

Eimear is our Production Manager and co-founder of our No Fixed Mix programme. She has audio produced some of our biggest award-winning advertising projects to date including; ‘Just Eat - featuring Snoop Dogg and Katy Perry’, ‘Formula 1’ and ‘Amazon Superbowl 2020’, and features including; 'Kensuke's Kingdom' and 'Rising Phoenix'. When she's not in the studio you can find her strolling by the beach, practising yoga or tucked away in a corner at a session with her fiddle.

Laura-Leigh Smith

Laura-Leigh is our Aussie pocket-rocket Executive Producer & singer. She expertly produced the recent ‘Channel 4 2023 Idents’ in addition to multi-award winning pieces of work for: ‘Three 5G’, ‘Facebook Oculus’ and ‘UNHCR’, recognised by Ciclope, D&AD, Shots and many more. From singing to The Pope when she was 12, appearing on ‘The Voice Australia’, studying performance & songwriting in Sydney and the Frost School of Music in Miami, Laura-Leigh has swapped the beach for Big Ben and can’t seem to stop eating Weetabix.

Culum Simpson

Culum is a multi award winning sound designer, composer and electronic music lover. He brings a wealth of skill when he is directing talent using his experience as a trained actor and his sonic creations have been awarded at Creative Circle, Kinsale, Eurobest, Shots, Music + Sound, D&AD and Ciclope. He loves nothing more than to noodle away on his synthesisers and whip up some homemade ravioli. Preferably not at the same time.

Jim Stewart

Jim is an accomplished sound designer & composer with a passion for story-telling and animation. He’s a beat-maker at heart, with a background in producing commercial music for major-label artists, and composed the score for the feature-length documentary ‘Chasing Perfect’ on Netflix. He has a fondness for wonky beats, ambient music and writing raps whenever possible.

Kaspar Broyd

Sound Designer and Composer Kaspar crafted the sound and music for award-winning film ‘Vert’. More recently he won Gold for Sound Design at the inaugural Young British Arrows in recognition of his commercial work for the ‘Otherlands Festival’, which also won Silver at Creative Circle. He's also a lover of synths and drum machines and makes music under the pseudonym Broka.

Alina Miroshnichenko

Bred by bears in frosty Russia, Alina came to terms with endless British rains and opened up a special place in her heart for Lady Grey tea. She joined our production team after getting a 1st class Masters in Jazz Vocals (so she’s often found singing songs on our piano) and produced jobs for ‘Direct Line’, ‘Rolex’, ‘Just Eat’, ‘Morrisons’ and ‘Heineken’. Proud owner of the company's best laugh, Alina is a salsa and disco loving hug-extraordinaire who’s always up for a challenge.

Adam Hare

Adam is our Studio Technician and resident drum+bass aficionado. He’s written music for Pokemon, Squarespace and Ribena, sound design for Channel 4’s new idents and DJed on loud sound systems across the country. When he’s not cooking up beats for his live shows, collaborating on film scores or taking field recordings up mountains, you can find him cycling across town or somersaulting into a swimming pool!

Olivia Endersby

Olivia or Liv for short not only has incredible production and music supervision skills, she has an MA in Stand Up Comedy and regularly wrote and performed sets including her own songs. She’s produced the multi-award winning ‘Amazon - That Reading Feeling Awaits' campaign, the latest global campaign for ‘Audible’, as well the ‘The UN’s climate change film for COP26’ which has had 850 million views worldwide and counting. She has a love of soundtracks, documentaries and enjoys a bit of quizzing against the clock!

Ellie Hook

Ellie is a fabulous producer with a background in agency production, where she produced global campaigns for big brands including ‘Pringles’ & ‘Subway’. This allowed Ellie to become an expert in spinning many plates whilst remaining calm under pressure (insert yoga pose). With a previous life assisting some of the biggest artists in UK music, Ellie has seen the industry from all angles and is always ready for the next challenge. Ellie is now enjoying bringing her super production skills to the world of audio and sonic storytelling.

Esmeralda Jonuzi

A familiar face to the S&T team Esmeralda aka Esi has produced campaigns with Virgin Media, Barclaycard and an extra special Top Boy trailer. Over the past few years, she’s been busy producing radio and podcasts, working with the BBC, ITV, and her two favourite Annie’s (Nightingale and Mac). Her current obsessions are Sofia Coppola films, wild camping and digging through second hand vinyl stores.

Amber Fretton

Amber joined the team after completing a three year degree studying Film Production. She is our amazing Studio Administrator and has a great attention to detail looking after our studios. She's a big thrill seeker for theme parks and a proud coffee addict… we suspect she was born in the wrong era due to her eternal love for old school 80’s bangers.

George Hinson

George joined our team as tech assistant, fresh from composing his first full length score for the film “Stalker”. He has an MMus in composition, experience as an orchestral copyist and delights in seeing neat rows of tidied wires. When he’s not making music, he can be found hiking up mountains or re-amping drones in his customised Transit van.

Livy Wicks

Born and raised in New Zealand, Livy Wicks is a songwriter, producer, and engineer. She moved to London after five years of living in New York, where she received her BFA in Recorded Music from NYU’s Clive Davis Institute. She joined String and Tins in August 2023 as a Technical Assistant. When she’s not in the studio, Livy is working on her self-produced artist project Livia O, reading, or playing Mafia with her friends.

Joe Evans

Originally from the Forest of Dean, Joe studied film in Leeds, with a specialism in sound. When he’s not zooming around the studios, he can be found working on friends’ short film projects, reading music biographies or listening to history podcasts. Fun fact: Joe once trained with a Thai boxing grandmaster.