Creative Operations London 2024

Mandy Cayford has been in the television industry for over 30 years, with wide experience as a Creative Lead for Sky’s in-house agency, Sky Creative, where she directed award-winning on/off air campaigns and channel rebrands before moving into creative operations management.  She excels at facilitating teams to deliver their best work, with simple processes, the right tools with a focus on people and culture. 

For the past 4 years, she has led responsible production for Sky Studios, working closely with commissioned and in-house scripted titles, implementing data driven strategies and targets with innovative initiatives to support decarbonisation.  She sits on BAFTA albert’s consortium, as well as tv and film industry sustainability working groups, recently playing a key role in the launch of Equity’s GND Green Rider pilot.  She created Sky’s Sustainable Production Guidelines, developed a resource for climate storytelling and is currently working with ScreenSkills and BAFTA albert to create the industry’s first production sustainability e-learning course.