WORK WITH US
Find the story before you make the podcast.
A strong series starts with more than a subject.
It needs the right idea, structure, voices and questions to make people want to keep listening.
Matchstick finds that story, shapes the format and produces the finished series.
Start with the story.
You may already have a subject, a body of research, an audience or an idea for a series.
Our job is to work out what is actually interesting about it.
What should the programme explore?
Who should we hear from?
What can you say that others cannot?
And what format will make people want to come back?
From there, Matchstick develops and produces the series.
The Pilot
From £7,500
A low-risk way to find and test the strongest version of an idea before committing to a full series.
We develop the editorial proposition, shape the format and produce three finished episodes.
For organisations with valuable ideas, but no reason to become podcast producers themselves.
The Commission
A complete podcast launch for organisations that want to create something distinctive enough to earn people’s attention.
Matchstick develops the editorial proposition, format and series, then builds the right production team around the brief.
A Commission can include:
- editorial strategy and format development
- research and contributor development
- presenter and interview preparation
- recording and production
- scripting and structural editing
- sound design and post-production
- distribution setup
- launch and supporting editorial assets
Commissions are scoped around the ambition and complexity of the project.
Discuss a CommissionBeyond launch
For organisations publishing regularly, Matchstick can provide ongoing editorial development and production around an existing or growing series.
That might mean producing future seasons, developing new strands, strengthening the editorial format or building a wider programme around a successful idea.
Start a conversationStrategy first
Not every project needs to begin with production.
Matchstick can help develop the story, format and editorial proposition before a larger commission.
Story Audits and Editorial Workshops are scoped around the brief.
Built around the brief
Matchstick stays deliberately lean.
Craig leads projects editorially and builds the right team around each commission, bringing in trusted producers, editors, sound designers, video teams and specialist collaborators where the work requires them.
That means the production can grow with the project without forcing every brief through the same agency structure.
What are you trying to say?
Tell us what you’re working with and who you’re trying to reach.
We’ll find the strongest story inside it.