The CreateFuture difference

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Exceptional outcomes

Outcomes matter. And delivering value for your business starts with truly understanding your motivations and goals.

It always means finding the right answer – and not just the most convenient.

People you want to talk to

You won’t find templated solutions or teams cutting corners here.

We get stuck in. We take accountability. And we work out the best way to solve your challenge.

With open and honest communication, we create your ideal outcome, together.

Leaving you better off

We don’t create dependency. You don’t want that. We don’t want that.

Our people and our leaders take responsibility for getting things right and building relationships designed to last.

Badges and egos at the door. We get you and we’ve got you.

How we got here

Since 2010, we have focused on outcomes, not outputs. We haven’t signed our souls away to any proprietary tech stack, so we’re free to build the product that best serves your needs, whilst leveraging the right technologies to get you there.

In 2023, xDesign and CreateFuture united to offer full end-to-end support, from brand, proposition and experience design to product development, software engineering, data & AI and managed services.

With years of experience helping catalyse major organisations into action, our rapid growth has been driven by people who seek to understand before they solve. We challenge each other by asking, “Why not?”

And we’re proud to collaborate and partner with the likes of PayPal, adidas, Natwest, FanDuel, Money Saving Expert, Penguin Random House, Aggreko, Skyscanner, Yorkshire Building Society and Flutter Entertainment.

Every day, we seek to go beyond what’s expected. We hold ourselves to account, and we build products we care about.

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"We have a one-off opportunity to radically reimagine the experience that we offer to our adviser and our community. You have helped us to define and describe that experience comprehensively and creatively. Thank you!"

Paul Greenhill

Head of Proposition

"CreateFuture’s people-first approach and technical expertise, combined with their record of delivering to rapidly scaling companies, enhances our tech growth and supplements the work of our world-class teams."

Andy Giancamilli

Chief Operating Officer

"Taking the time to understand our customers and collaborating with our team they have helped shape the vision for our mobile app and aligned all our teams to deliver upon it."

Catherine Richards

Head of Design

What's the destination?

Our culture is based – in no small part – on questioning what’s possible and finding ways forward where others might only see hurdles.

The future is digital-powered – there’s no denying that. Our work is focused on delivering business value for our clients, by building digital products and services that solve problems.

We’re fast becoming the most recognisable digital consultancy in the UK, putting people first, drawing on their unique skills for problem-solving – and helping your teams unleash their potential too.

Put simply, we want to be an organisation that people want to work for and want to work with.

We’re on a fast growth journey. Are you coming with us?

The CreateFuture talent magnet

Skills are our focus. Across our recruitment and in the way we work.

Energy, passion and drive are as important as experience. Many of our leaders took non-traditional routes into the industry, so we know better than anyone that challenges are best solved by the right people, not the “right” backgrounds. We’re proud of how diverse our community is and the breadth of our peoples’ skills.

Our cross-functional teams understand that your motivators and goals are what truly matter. And our astonishingly low rate of team members moving on demonstrates how much better the work can be when people are happy and healthy.

So here you’ll find people who aren’t just great at what they do. They’re great to talk to as well. We’re a talent magnet for a reason.

Gareth Anderson

Gareth Anderson

Strategy Lead

Edinburgh

Dan Llewellyn

Dan Llewellyn

Director of Tech

Edinburgh

Emma Chee

Emma Chee

Principal Software Engineer

Edinburgh

Dave Ward

Dave Ward

Creative Director

Edinburgh

Iris Winter

Iris Winter

Head of Engineering

Edinburgh

Our awards

Best Place to Work 2024 Best Workplaces for Development 2024 Best Workplaces for Women 2023 Best Workplaces for Tech 2023 Best Workplaces for Wellbeing 2023

Our leaders

Scott Robertson

Scott Robertson

Chief Financial Officer

Jessica Mullen

Jessica Mullen

Chief Innovation & Design Officer

Ciji Duncan

Ciji Duncan

Chief People Officer

Jeff Watkins

Jeff Watkins

Chief Product and Technology Officer

Emma Nicol

Emma Nicol

Chief Operating Officer

Euan Andrews

Euan Andrews

Founder and CEO

Shane Costorphine

Shane Corstorphine

Chair

Tina Howell

Tina Howell

Chief Cloud Officer

Grant Thomas

Grant Thomas

Chief Commercial Officer

What we actually do

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Strategy & Innovation

Solving your challenges takes real ingenuity. We build strategies to transform your user experiences – making sure we follow the right path, not just the most convenient one.

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Product Design, Delivery and Software Engineering

Building products to transform your business is no walk in the park. With CreateFuture, you don’t have to choose between quality and speed-to-market.

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Data & AI

Assess and enhance your data maturity and discover how to deploy artificial intelligence to transform your business for the better.

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Cloud & DevOps

Preparing for and adopting the cloud can help your business scale. We take you through every step of your development journey, building the tools and skills you need to thrive.

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Managed Services

Today, iteration is king. We provide full digital management, freeing up your in-house teams and continuously evolving your products to match user needs.

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CreateFuture for good

Positive change demands small but meaningful actions, every day.

Our ESG programmes help build healthy habits for our people, our work and our environment. From flexible working and recycling policies to our DEI&B charter, wellbeing initiatives and skills-based recruitment, we consider the impact of everything we do – and take responsibility to make sure change actually happens

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