Successful candidates announced for TRC's flagship training programme for Digital Leaders in Scotland.
Digital Training
Cross Creative
Cross Creative is TRC’s transformative training and development programme for senior tech / creative professionals in Scotland’s digital media sector.
Cross Creative offers an exciting opportunity to achieve essential professional growth and gain a competitive edge. It is aimed at creative/tech professionals with strategic influence within a commercial creative business in the digital sector in Scotland. The six month programme comprises five monthly in- house sessions plus an international field trip, giving participants the unparalleled opportunity to gain access to some of the best digital companies in the world. Previous delegates have visited Silicon Valley in San Francisco and Canada’s famous Toronto-Waterloo Region Corridor.
Cross Creative is open to senior creative/tech professionals with strategic influence within a commercial creative business in the digital media sector in Scotland. For guidance, this includes digital design, agencies, games, animation, mobile apps, publishing, augmented/virtual reality, technology and platforms/software.
We welcome applications from candidates who will use this opportunity to drive their business forward.
Selection on Cross Creative is a highly competitive, with candidates chosen on the basis of talent, need and clearly articulated business goals.
- Wednesday 14th November 2018
-Thursday 6th and 7th December 2018
-Wednesday, 23rd January 2019
-Wednesday, 13th February 2019
-Wednesday 20th March 2019
-Saturday 27th April - Friday 5th May 2019 - International Field Trip to Canada
Cross Creative is heavily subsidised by our partners Scottish Enterprise, Creative Scotland, Channel 4 and BBC Nations and Regions. There is a company fee of £500. Please note that Cross Creative is subject to De Minimis Aid.
Applications closed
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What's on offer
Sessions will be delivered by leading trainers and industry experts. Topics covered will include:
- Creative company culture
- Powerful negotiation
- Creative processes for problem-solving
- Effective messaging and elevator pitches
- Benefits of collaboration
- Attitude to risk
- Financing and Scaling-up
Cross Creative is an original training concept by TRC.
Cross Creative is funded by our partners BBC Nations and Regions, Channel 4, Scottish Enterprise & Screen Scotland. There is a company fee of £500.
Cross Creative alumni

Anne Brooks
Minute HR
Founder and CEO

Brian Baglow
Jukebox Labs
Co-Founder and CEO

James MacIver
Streamba
Senior Technical Lead

Jo Watts
Effini
Founder

Jemma Goba
Tanami
Founder and Managing Partner

Martin Boath
Front Page
Creative Director

Biome Collective
Founder and Director

Scott Downie
TAG Games
Chief Technology Officer

Charlie Bell
Whitespace
Creative Director

Robert Fyfe
CitiNow
Design Team Lead

Stu Thomson
Cut Media
Director

David Buchan
Innovation Digital
Managing Director

Nadeem Sarwar
Organised Health
Founder & CEO

Ali King
Spiritus
Data Engineer

Angela Prentner-Smith
This Is Milk
Managing Director

Daniel Rae
Hydrogen
Co-Owner & Director