About us
Bright is changing
From 2009 Bright has become ‘The Bright Group’ with the re-launch of The Bright Agency – our flagship publishing agency within the group that specialises in children’s publishing, representing artists from zero to the young adult age group.
After researching the entire industry we concluded that The Bright Agency was becoming too big and diluted to offer the individual service we are so well known for. Therefore we decided to relaunch The Bright Agency as the flagship publishing agency within The Bright Group, launching www.theheartfeltagency.com earlier this year as a specialist subdivision within The Bright Group that will manage our greeting, gift, merchandising and licensing side.
Exciting features on the site
The new website has many new features, not only designed to save our clients time in sourcing and selecting illustrations but also in managing, storing and saving samples to make it easier to work with our artists.
One of the highlights is the ability to set up your own light boxes where you can save images in your own named and filed folders, which you can edit, delete or add to at any time you see fit.
You can also set up company/team accounts where you will be able to share light boxes with your editor/publisher/writer/designer or whoever you wish to see your selection of samples. (You can even give them access to edit the selection or add images to it as well!)
The light boxes are effectively your own filing system within the site. You can have unlimited light boxes/folders and they will only be deleted when you choose.
The re-launch of www.thebrightagency.com is powered by the Sparkle Box - a completely bespoke piece of software designed by Bright to provide a faster and more productive method of securely exchanging illustrative content between artists and clients. Sparkle Box uses advanced technology that is normally only available on photographic stock sites.
The introduction of Sparkle Box will enable The Bright Agency's clients to access relevant artwork and designs from our list of leading artists and then source, select, license and commission in an incredibly straightforward way.
Rest assured that although we are growing, we will never lose the boutique agency feel that has been so important in the development of our business so far. Mainstream may be one of the markets in which we operate, but it is not the culture that we embody.
The Bright Group is about people
From the artists we represent to the team we employ, each person is treated as an individual and a friend. The Bright ethos is to get the best out of everyone and to make sure that everyone gets the best out of themselves. Talent is not always fully recognised until it has been developed. At Bright, we are the experts in identifying, nurturing and representing talent across all the creative industries. Directing raw ability into commercial success is what we do best.
This is what makes us one of the UK's fastest growing agencies in our field.
‘Bright is a young, innovative agency that is passionate about the new talent it encourages and nurtures. They are a delight to work with as they are so proactive’ Emma Layfield - Hachette
The Bright Group understands our clients
Across the Bright Group, we treat all of our clients with passion and expertise. From finding the right artist, all the way through to commissioning, our clients can feel confident they are being shown the very best talent by the very best agents.
‘I love working with this agency. There is so much energy and brightness in everything they do, from finding the incredibly quantity of hugely talented artists, to the way they keep in touch with all their clients. I've found that whatever the brief, the bright agency will have the perfect solution!’ Elinor Bagenal – Chicken House
The Bright Group is different
Bright is like a family; we eat together, work together and create together. It is these small but important features that give us the collective strength and energy to lead the field in what we do. At The Bright Group, we live, work and play creatively – we are competitive but our business has a soul, a personality and a heartbeat.
"The people at Bright, each with their own specialized skills and an enormous drive, have really helped me develop my portfolio and made it possible for me to work full- time with something I love." Julia Nielsen
Vicki
Director/Agent
Vicki is the founder and the engine that powers Bright; her enthusiasm is infectious and she is passionate and believes in everyone involved in The Bright Group. She is straightforward to work with, direct and good fun. She loves what she does and Bright is her creative playground. Bright is where Vicki makes things happen.
Fredrika
Agent
Fredrika heads up our fiction and educational list and she has taken to being an agent like duck to water . . . she was born to do it! She is supportive and nurturing with all the artists she works with and with clients she is diligent, organised and straightforward to deal with so it’s no surprise she is the most successful agent Bright has ever been lucky enough to have! Fredrika is a joy to be around, always happy smiling and nothing is ever too much trouble, she's a real team player and loves what she does.
Ellie
Agent
Ellie completes the picture at Bright. As our new agent she will initially be working alongside Vicki but with the intention of developing her own specialism within the agency; just as Fredrika has done extremely successfully with fiction.
Ellie brings to Bright a wealth of experience from the other side of publishing, having gained a different perspective of the industry with her background as an international rights manager. Ellie also has an editorial background, writes children's books herself and profoundly understands the art of storytelling.
She will add a different and dynamic dimension to the agency and, combined with the incredibly successful illustrators already on our list, we really feel this meeting of minds will prove to be dynamite and a marriage of ideas worth watching.
Therese
Finance Manager
Therese is the gatekeeper at Bright and manages the accounts single-handedly, allowing Vicki to sleep at night! Colleagues often refer to Therese as the Rottweiler; her role is one of the toughest in the agency and she is constantly chasing clients and getting back to artists. Her workload is heavy and despite seemingly aloof in responding, she is however fighting tooth and nail to get artists paid as fast as possible... there are only so many hours in the day! Therese is a legend.
Amber
Studio Manager
Amber is honoured to be an integral part of such a reputable and glowing agency and over the years she has kept the cogs of Bright turning and is the girl behind the scenes that holds a positive and pragmatic can-do attitude. Amber loves to be challenged on a daily basis and the amazing relationships that she holds with our artists is key to her role and she hopes that this continues long into the future.
Jake
Lab Rat
Jake was not so much hired by Bright but acquired, when he was found on the doorstep wrapped in swaddling with a note which read "Will design for food, do not feed after midnight!" signed by a certain Nurse Ratched. People said his brain was infected by devils, in actual fact Jake suffered a freak accident in his early years which resulted in the processor from a Commodore C64 being assimilated into his cerebellum, rendering him with an apparent "connection" with computers, thus making him an ideal candidate for the role of company "tech guy" or "resident geek" as he prefers it. Despite the common held assumption that all designers use Mac's Jake does all his design work for Bright using Deluxe paint III on an Amiga 500. Yarblokos!