Client & Commercial Leadership for Creative and Technical Experiences
Turning ambitious stories into audience experiences that deliver.
I lead client relationships, strategic partnerships and complex creative delivery across broadcast, immersive audio, interactive storytelling and audience-facing entertainment.From identifying opportunities and shaping propositions through to scope, delivery and launch, I bring creative, technical and commercial teams together to realise ambitious ideas.
Where I Add Value
I connect client ambition with creative, technical and commercial delivery.
I combine audience insight, strategic partnerships and production leadership, turning briefs and emerging opportunities into clear propositions, aligned teams and audience experiences that can be commissioned and delivered.Client opportunities and propositions
Audience-led concepts, format development, commercial narratives, pitch materials and clear recommendations that help clients move from ambition to action.Strategic partnerships and stakeholder alignment
Collaboration across clients, brands, platforms, studios, commissioners, talent, agencies, marketing, legal and technical teams.Scope, commercial and delivery leadership
Alignment of scope, budgets, suppliers, resources, schedules and delivery expectations, protecting both the creative ambition and the practical needs of the project.
INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING & PLATFORM PARTNERSHIPS
Interactive storytelling and immersive audio for Audible and Ubisoft.
Opportunity
Translate Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs universe into a premium interactive audio experience for Audible.Contribution
Directed and produced the project, aligning Audible and Ubisoft stakeholders with writers, performers, dialogue editors and sound teams across creative, technical, brand and platform requirements.Outcome
Delivered Audible and Ubisoft’s first original interactive audio drama, combining cinematic storytelling, branching narrative and immersive sound across more than 100 unique voice performances and treatments.
CLIENT PARTNERSHIPS & FORMAT DEVELOPMENT
Audience-led companion formats for Sky Atlantic’s biggest franchises.
Opportunity
Build fan destinations around Game of Thrones, DC and Westworld.Contribution
Developed formats combining editorial, talent and audience participation around major HBO and Warner Bros. properties. Acted as the principal creative and production liaison for “as-live” studio talk shows, aligning Sky stakeholders, design agencies, art directors, studio technical crews and gallery teams around creative ambition, set requirements, agreed spend, schedules and operational delivery.Outcome
Created digital concepts that expanded into on-demand and flagship Sky Atlantic programmes.
IMMERSIVE AUDIO & COMPLEX DELIVERY
Immersive Dolby Atmos storytelling for Audible.
Opportunity
Deliver an ambitious cinematic drama in Dolby Atmos to Audible’s premium platform and technical standards.Contribution
Served as Studio Director and Creative Producer, leading high-profile talent and multidisciplinary teams across development, recording and post-production. Aligned writers, performers, dialogue editors, sound designers and production partners around the creative vision, schedule and final technical delivery.Outcome
Delivered a premium Audible Original fiction series combining cinematic storytelling, immersive sound and complex production requirements; nominated for Best Drama at the ARIAs.
FRANCHISE PARTNERSHIPS & STUDIO DELIVERY
Franchise-led “as-live” studio formats for Sky Cinema.
Opportunity
Create a repeatable “as-live” studio format celebrating major films and franchises while navigating studio rights, approvals and talent access.Contribution
Developed and produced the series from pitch to delivery, acting as the principal creative and production liaison across Sky stakeholders, studios, distributors, publicists, agents and contributors. Coordinated design agencies, art directors, studio technical crews and gallery teams around the creative concept, set requirements, agreed spend, recruitment, schedules and operational delivery.Outcome
Delivered a premium entertainment series combining major talent, global film properties and complex rights material within technically robust, audience-facing studio environments.
STUDIO LAUNCH, TEAM LEADERSHIP & PORTFOLIO GROWTH
Launching Pocket FM’s UK studio and building a data-led creative operation.
Opportunity
Launch Pocket FM’s UK creative studio and build a scalable development operation for original scripted audio.Contribution
Built and led a 30-person team of five creative leads and 25 writers, establishing development priorities, production standards and remote workflows. Used audience engagement and retention data to guide creative investment and focus resources on the strongest commercial opportunities.Outcome
Established the UK studio within a global audio platform serving more than 200 million listeners and operating a catalogue of more than 75,000 series.
ABOUT COLIN CARVALHO BURGESS
Storytelling expertise. Client confidence. Commercial delivery.
I have spent more than two decades developing, pitching and delivering audience experiences across television, radio, podcasts, immersive audio, interactive storytelling and original IP. My career began at BBC Radio 1, where I became Head of Station Sound and contributed to the launch identity of BBC Radio 1Xtra.Since then, I have worked with major broadcasters, platforms and global entertainment properties, combining creative and production credibility with client leadership, strategic partnerships and commercial delivery.Across my career I have launched creative businesses, built long-term broadcaster partnerships, developed original formats, led multidisciplinary teams and delivered ambitious projects for organisations including the BBC, Sky, Audible, Ubisoft and Pocket FM.I am at my best where an organisation needs someone who can understand the audience, uncover the opportunity, shape a compelling proposition, align creative and technical teams, and carry an ambitious idea through to successful delivery.
Available for senior client, commercial and partnership roles, alongside selected consultancy.Let’s create audience experiences with a clear purpose, strong partnerships and confident delivery.Based in Surrey and working across London, the UK and internationally.