Rose Kay is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in creative direction, screenwriting, and educational research. As Co-Founder of Secondstride Ltd and CEO/Creative Director at Gazooky Studios since October 2017, Rose Kay has focused on storytelling within immersive experiences, aiming to drive social good through innovative projects. Additionally, Rose Kay has served as Chief Executive Officer for several organizations, including Gazooky Studios, and has held the title of Screenwriter and Creative Director for various media entities since 1996. Rose Kay is also a Research Scholar at the University of Manchester, investigating the fusion of biography and fiction within a PhD program supported by the AHRC. Rose Kay co-founded Kay-Lambert Associates Limited, specializing in Leadership and Management Training, while also contributing as a professional writer, recognized with several prestigious awards for work across radio, television, and literature. Educational achievements include a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Manchester and a PGCE from the University of Huddersfield.
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Gazooky Studios (Immersive Storylab)
We make Mixed Reality creative content, using BAFTA award winning storytelling techniques and leading edge immersive technology. Using innovative story-based immersive experiences, we move people. We move them emotionally, with story, and physically with XR and space tech, from place to place. Working within any sector, we fuse theatre, game, cinematic arts, experience design, mixed reality technologies and space tech to create award winning events and applications. We've been funded by Innovate UK, Digital Catapult and Creative England, and are an European Space Agency Incubator Company. Our work has been showcased at major galleries, museums, festivals, expos and events, and our team have a wealth of experience from working with global companies including: BBC, UNESCO, Microsoft, PwC, Virgin. Our latest product-service is an AR portal where AR material can be uploaded by clients on an intuitive and easy to use platform. So they can get messages out, using images, pop-up text, films and 3D content. It's AR entertainment, education, stories and marketing, geolocated wherever the clients needs it to be.