FAQs

What is Creative Boom?

Creative Boom is an online national magazine designed to celebrate, inspire and support the creative industries throughout the UK and beyond.

Created and launched in July 2009, Creative Boom gets over 225,000 hits each month, around 2,600 visits per day and aims to promote freelancers and businesses, both large and small, across a wide range of creative sectors including Arts & Crafts, Design, Digital, Marketing & PR, Music & Performing, and Photography & Film. It also hopes to offer inspiration and encourage creativity.

Furthermore, there are 20 regional e-zines called 'Creative Boom Hubs' which include local news, events and information on all things creative in different pockets of the UK, including Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and London.

Who's behind Creative Boom?

Katy Cowan, who also runs Cheshire PR agency Boomerang PR, is the person behind Creative Boom. She, web developer Tom Cowan and designer Marc Remblance maintain and update the site in their spare time.

Katy came up with the idea in early 2009 after speaking to other freelancers and businesses on Twitter. She realised there was a need for an online resource for the creative industries.

Katy puts together the main content for Creative Boom but the site also has a number of dedicated contributors who really help to make the magazine a success.

I've got some news or an event, how do I get it published in Creative Boom?

Simply send us a press release and accompanying Jpeg image to news@creativeboom.co.uk. If you haven't heard anything back from us, don't panic! Due to a high volume of emails, we can not personally respond to everyone. Just keep checking the site to see if your story has been published.

How do I take part in your Features section?

We run regular interviews, reviews and spotlights within our Features section. If you'd like to be featured - or you've got a book, film, event or exhibition you'd like us to review - simply send us an email to features@creativeboom.co.uk and we'll be in touch.

What's the LookBook?

The LookBook is a section where we showcase the work of everyone from artists, designers and photographers to advertisers, illustrators and architects.

If you're a creative individual and you want Creative Boom to showcase your work, then please don't hesistate to get in touch. Email us at lookbook@creativeboom.co.uk and include a short bio, a link to your website or online portfolio and up to four images of your latest work.

How do I design a banner and background for Creative Boom?

On a fortnightly basis, we give you the chance to redesign our web banner. If you'd like to have a go, then you will need a copy of the original logo for the banner. You can find the AI file here. If you're having trouble downloading this, please email us.

Dimensions are 1000 pixels wide by 200 pixels high. The brief is - there is no brief. Be as imaginative as you like! You're also welcome to design a background but it's not compulsory.

Once you're done, email your completed design in Jpeg files to banners@creativeboom.co.uk.

What is Boom 101?

Boom 101 is a section dedicated to graduates, start-ups and up-and-coming creative professionals. Its aim is to share advice and top tips to help people build up their businesses or secure their dream creative job.

Boom 101 includes the popular Boom TV - a regular video feature where editor Katy Cowan and her contributors discuss different themes, share tips and advice and their own experiences of the world of work - to hopefully help and inspire others.

If you'd like Katy and her team to talk or write about anything in particular then please email your ideas to features@creativeboom.co.uk.

I'd like to advertise. What next?

Creative Boom is run on a voluntary basis by founders Katy and Tom Cowan, plus designer Marc Remblance and all of their contributors.

The site has grown significantly since its launch and running costs have inevitably gone up. Whilst we're keen to keep the site 'advert and spam free', we have to find ways to keep the site going and that's where our Sponsors come in.

Creative Boom has available Sponsor slots on its home page, on its Creative Boom Jobs Board and across all of our regional magazines, also known as Creative Boom Hubs.

We currently get on average around 2,600 visits each day and more than 225,000 hits per month. Our readership covers all of the creative industries including everything from PR and marketing, design and digital to animation, film, fashion and textiles.

Sound good? If you'd like to advertise, simply get in touch at advertise@creativeboom.co.uk or you can download our latest advertising rates card here.