Over the last year or so, I’ve found myself working even more regularly in collaboration, and appreciating what teamwork brings to my process.
Working with others is a massive part of what I do. While freelance work can sometimes feel isolating, interpretation planning and writing almost always involves a client team, a community of some form or another, as well as designers, illustrators, production companies and/or other creative professionals.
For instance, I’ve enjoyed working on several projects with my former colleague at NTS Elaine Clark / aka Sparks, most recently under the name Anthony & Clark. Earlier in the 2026, we delivered an outline interpretive plan for the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. We have a similar background and skillset, as well as unique personal strengths. We can offer clients additional value as a team, especially where projects require us to cover a lot of ground in a short timeframe. Interpretative planning can require the production of numerous workstreams or chapters, and this doesn’t always need to be linear. While one of us focuses on visitor research, for instance, the other can be delving deep into the potential themes. Our creative conversations often bring new ideas or perspectives we might not have come up with alone, and builds in a level of peer-review, quality control, across-the-way support and resilience.
I’ve completed a number of content projects as part of the CMC Associates Ltd team, most recently for Greyfriars Kirk and Siccar Point Deep Time Trail. The CMC company model is fundamentally a collaborative model, functioning like a collective, with each project team comprised to suit the job in hand. The company was one of the first to engage with innovative digital media, some 20 years ago, and its principles largely align with my own, valuing excellence in content and with ethical and environmental concerns, and communities at heart.
I’m always open to different ways of working, and to new collaborations. I’ve also recently completed a number of projects with Tea and Type design (St Cyrus and Eilean Donan content) as well as Macdonald Orr (Pittenweem Priory content editing, Glen Orchy panels for NatureScot), Sarah Doyle (Various panels for HES), Abound (Window on Wild Lindisfarne) and various others, all of whom bring their own special something to the interpretation process.
