Meet the Team
Riverhouse Productions is a creatively led company made up of talented and experienced professionals working with state of the art Multimedia and Broadcast Standard Facilities.
Colin Webb, Managing Director
Colin Webb is one of the UK's most experienced producers of corporate communications. Following a degree in Biology, he joined the BBC as a studio manager before becoming a producer. He left to become one of the first producers working in the corporate sector in 1981.
Colin set up his first production company in 1983 and has been working in corporate communications ever since. He has produced and directed many programmes for the science, technology and healthcare sectors, specialising in translating hard science into persuasive marketing tools that are relevant to non-scientists. This is particularly so in our medical output, making informative videos to train and educate medical professionals and the general public alike. In addition, he is active in writing and directing drama for both stage and screen, with two features currently in development.
Laura Spink, Production Manager
Laura is our production manager at Riverhouse and generally the point of contact regarding any new project you may be considering. Following a degree in Genetics from The University of Manchester, Laura worked in education and then documentary development & broadcast. Her experience, knowledge and understanding of the production process provide a vital source of information to clients when planning any form of media production and moving image project.
Elisa Harris, Marketing and Audio
Branding Manager
Elisa Harris has 6 years experience of working with most of London's major advertising agencies and production companies. As well as heading up Riverhouse's UK development team, Elisa is a talented composer with a large number of dramatic film and advertising music credits to her name, including Fiat, Disney, Mercedes & Barclaycard. Moreover, she is considered one of the UK's leading creatives in the new area of Sonic Branding, having her own independent contract with GGAP media, and brings this exciting opportunity to Riverhouse's clients.
Silke Paschke, Senior Editor
Silke joined us in 2006 initially as our assistant editor, following a degree in Media and Cultural Studies from Kingston University. Since then her role has grown and she now manages all of our corporate editing, as well as playing a key role in the management of our reversioning department. Silke's technical knowledge and experience in editing corporate video allow her to advise clients accurately as to the best mode of action for their editing project.
Valerie Moore, Accounts
Valerie joined Riverhouse Productions in 1999 as our in-house accountant and bookkeeper. She has many years of experience working within a broad spectrum of the Film and TV industry, encompassing a variety of types and sizes of businesses. She is particularly understanding of the pressures of developing a business within competitive market conditions.
Anne Chick, Consultant in Sustainable design
Anne Chick is one of the UK's leading experts in sustainable design and a consultant to Riverhouse. She began her academic career at Saint Martins College of Art & Design and later, the Surrey Institute of Art and Design where she co-founded the Centre for Sustainable Design. Now a Reader at Kingston University and visiting Professor at the University of Calgary, Canada, Anne brings a rare depth of knowledge and academic rigour to the Riverhouse Team, where she is particularly active in sustainability projects and Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting.
James Doherty, Production Coordinator
Having graduated from the University of Winchester with a combined degree in Media and Film, James worked in retail management and finance before moving into media and broadcasting as our marketing and production coordinator. James has worked hard to become an important part of our team and will often be your first point of contact here at Riverhouse.
Rachel O'Meara, Development Producer
Following a decade in Integrated Marketing Communications in the UK, Middle and Far East, working for major players including the Saatchi Group and the Al-Futtaim Group, Rachel has concentrated her focus for the past seven years on the moving image element of the marketing mix, aiming to maximise its value and potential within both product and corporate communications programmes.
Rachel is now based primarily in Los Angeles and handles the US satellite office for Riverhouse Productions. From there, Riverhouse can offer an interface for North American companies needing European production and filming associates.
Gaby Jeffs, Producer
Gaby's background is in broadcast television as a producer and director of popular factual programmes, ranging from Channel 4's Big Breakfast to BBC1's Holiday Programme and BBC2's Community Programmes Unit.
Since 2004 she has worked extensively with clients in the healthcare and charity sector, where she has enlivened projects with elements of narrative, human interest and realism. More recently Gaby has worked collaboratively with patient charities such as the Terrence Higgins Trust and the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society to produce innovative self-help DVDs for people with chronic conditions.
Eric Averkiou, Producer
Eric has been a producer for almost ten years, working with Colin on some of the most demanding corporate communication issues during that time. Focusing particularly on Education he has recently led projects for educational specialists MpowerNet, and Kingston University. Eric is also an accomplished producer and director, with many film credits, including a Greek language film that was screened at the 2003 Athens film festival and more recently a music video produced in HD for an emerging new music act.
Mark Bloomfield, Camera Man
Mark has worked in both broadcast and non-broadcast sectors. Shooting for many of the world's networks, including BBC TV, ITV, Channel Four, Fox TV, Sky TV, NHK and Discovery on programmes such as The Money Programme, Time Team, Newsnight, Equinox, Encounters, Superstructures and The Old Grey Whistle Test.
Mark's areas of special interest and expertise include travel and new technology. He has filmed in over 80 countries worldwide and his fascination with new technology has propelled him to use it to the maximum advantage in all areas of production using the latest digital equipment and techniques.
Peter Collett, E-learning and Web Development
Peter specialises in interactive web development. In the past five years he has specialised in legal and financial projects, although not exclusively, developing sites for firms of solicitors in UK, Europe and the US, investment banks in London and Toronto. In addition he developed the YMCA site in the UK, and to date Peter has worked on over 30 .com or .uk internet projects. As part of the Riverhouse team we deploy Peter with a specialist designer and together they liase with our client to ensure delivery meets expectations.