We’re hiring a Creative Impact Facilitator

We are hiring! We’d love to bring somebody on onto our team that loves photography and wants to share that within Greater Manchester communities. Read the job description below to find out more about who we are looking for.

Good Employment Charter Member status!

It’s with great pleasure that we announce our Membership status of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter We have worked hard this year to really understand what it means to be a good employer. We have become even more inclusive, fostering a listen culture within our organisation and evaluated our company values and vision as a team. We are absolutely thrilled to have been recognised as members of the Charter and will strive to continue to make better our organisation and help others along the way. We urge other Greater Manchester based organisations to become members of the Charter, you can find out about how to do that on their website https://www.gmgoodemploymentcharter.co.uk

Photography workshop at Make Build Grow CIC

We are delivering an outdoor photography workshop at Make Build Grow in Stockport for 10-17 year olds. This is a fantastic opportunity for young people to try something new in the digital art world or develop those skills in a new environment. You can get your free of charge ticket here just add some simple details to register. We provide all equipment you will need for photographing and even snacks :) so just bring yourselves.

Future Focus programme launched

🚀 Frame your Future - Exciting Opportunity Alert! 🚀

We have a couple of spaces on a project we're running this summer and are looking for young people in Salford (18-30) who might be interested in participating. If you know anyone who might be suitable, please share the details below and/or amongst your networks.

Photography Workshops Opportunity!
SAZ MEDIA has space for 2 young individuals to join our summer project to develop their photography skills and explore pathways to earning a living using photography.

📸 Workshop Schedule:
Tuesday 30th July: Portrait workshop (11am-2pm, lunch provided)
Tuesday 6th August: Wellbeing workshop (11am-2pm, lunch provided)
Tuesday 13th August: Good Work workshop (11am-2pm, lunch provided)
Week starting 19th August: Community project (home project week)
Tuesday 27th August: Self Expression workshop (11am-2pm, lunch provided)

To apply: Email sara@sazmedia.co.uk with your name, contact details, and a short paragraph on why you'd like to take part by Thursday, 18th July.

Let's frame the future together! 🌟📷 #PhotographyWorkshop #YouthOpportunity #Salford

We captured PRIDE in Stockport

We’ve captured PRIDE for many years now and we love it. What a joyous occasion where people can celebrate love and acceptance. Our team spent the day in Stockport capturing the parade, the stage and all the good people that enjoy the event.

Great to see so many familiar faces every year and the organisations in the community showing their support. Can you spot yourself?

Creating video content that engages the workforce

At the very end of April Rochdale Borough Wide Housing tasked us with creating a video for their colleague conference that showcased all the great work taking place across teams and their communities… well we absolutely smashed it!

Despite a seriously tight deadline and an enormous amount of people to capture, we delivered right on time, wowing the organisation. Amanda Newton the Chief Executive of RBH said “I saw the first cut last week and I love it! What a beautiful reminder of the work our colleagues do every day both in our in our communities and back at the various ranches, in enabling roles. Can’t wait to see the final result today 😊”

It is so rewarding receiving feedback like that and it really goes to show that we are a cut above the rest when it comes to creative video work in Greater Manchester! AND is one of the reasons why RBH has been a client of ours for 6 years :)

Creating videos that engage your employees helps to build team work, through sharing employee voice, it captures identity and showcases the good your organisation does, it boosts morale and brand awareness. These are just some reasons as to why every organisation should use video and better still choose us, SAZ MEDIA as your video partners because we’ve got the experience and expertise to support your organisation to thrive. Contact us using the form or send us an email contact@sazmedia.co.uk

Luke on his work experience with SAZ MEDIA

Here at SAZ MEDIA we've been hosting work experience placements with those who would normally struggle to gain access to the work and the media industry.

Through Pure Innovations (a company supporting those with disabilities or health-related issues to live a fulfilling life with a sense of purpose and belonging.) We have supported Luke to visit us twice a week over 3 months to gain media skills and a feel for the working world.

In this video Luke tells us what his work experience has been like. For more information about what we can offer, please fill out the contact form.

Jake our Production Trainee writes in more detail about Lukes Work Experience here in Greater Manchester.

At the start of Lukes work experience we introduced him to Photography, which plays a big part here at what we do at SAZ MEDIA. He had not used cameras outside of what is on your phone so we went to the local park here in Salford and began letting him take photos of whatever, just so he could get used to the equipment but also have fun and not feel pressured to do an amazing job on his first try. After viewing the images we introduced him to a software that he can use to edit the pictures he had taken.

We then spent a few sessions getting Luke used to photoshop and later Lightroom, to build up his confidence with using the software. He began to create some really cool and unique posters, using a blend of his pre existing art skills and his new ones on photoshop.

After a bit of time we gave Luke a task to create some positive affirmation posters that we could possibly sell at a stall in the future. He started creating them from scratch which included looking at similar pieces of work online and drawing inspiration from them, then going out into the local area with a camera and snapping pictures of anything he thought would make a good fit, he brought the pictures back and edited them on Adobe Lightroom, and then to finish off he edited them further and added positive affirmation text to his posters on Photoshop, as a result he created some great work that he himself can take away and look at and hopefully feel proud of creating.

In his time here at SAZ MEDIA we also took Luke on a few photography and filming jobs that we had, so he could gain better insight into what we do when we are out of the office and so he could gain that experience of working as a team, and communicating with others that are not the people that he is used to. As Luke is someone with Autism he found the days when we were filming and photographing an insightful experience, and he did a really good job of stepping out of his comfort zone and learning from these experiences.

Digital me!

Digital technology provides an opportunity for us to explore, innovate, access and improve our lives. This month we’ve been going bonkers championing the use of digital technology. We’ve interviewed residents across Stockport to find out how and why they use digital, the results have been a mixed bag as expected. The use of digital covers everything from taking an image on a digital camera to using an app on your phone, to video calling your nan in Austria to using AI for all sorts!!!

We created an entirely new web page for this project as its something we want to keep growing, so check it out here https://www.sazmedia.co.uk/education . We can learn so much from conversations with others and we think in order for us to get more comfortable online, then seeing useful videos like these is a great place to start.

So check out the videos and let us know what you think. Will you become a digital champion?

Filming for Pursuing Individual Excellence (PIE)

In December we filmed across Stockport and at Manchester Metropolitan University with PIE a Social Enterprise. We created a film for them that showcases their organisation and their Into the Mix Programme, that seeks to support new students get acclimated into High School and to help bring positive social change to them and their communities.

This film was expertly project managed by Sara, filmed by Phil and Jake and edited by Jake.

Beth Nunn (Founder and Director of PIE) “ABSOLUTELY LOVES IT” and said her colleague started crying (in a good way) as they recognised all their hardwork come to life through this film.

Watch it and let us know if you need creative and thoughtful content for your organisation.

Greater Manchester businesses support the Living Wage

It was great to create this film for The Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter, capturing organisations that champion the Living Wage across Greater Manchester.

At SAZ MEDIA we pay the real Living Wage because we want our employees to know that they are valued and that they have a basic employee right to be able to live a full and happy life without worrying about making ends meet.

What's your reason for paying the real Living Wage? #socialenterprise

#videoproduction #livingwage #goodemployment