About us

About us

Launched in 2013, Shorthand is an enterprise tool for creating media-rich, immersive and interactive stories – with no coding required.

Our clients include some of the world's biggest publishers, agencies, and NGOs, including BBC News, The Telegraph, Cox Media Group, and Habitat for Humanity.

Attention time for stories created with Shorthand can be up to 10 times higher than for other stories, according to our users.

We also produce Shorthand Social, a free visual storytelling platform for consumers.

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Specialties

Multimedia publishing, Immersive storytelling, Visual storytelling, Interactive stories, and Responsive design

Sector Experience

digital communications, Publishing, responsive design

Awards

PPA 2016 Digital Startup of the Year

Clients

Barbican Centre, BBC, BBC Worldwide, British Heart Foundation Charity, British Red Cross, Dow Jones & co, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Greater London Authority, Guardian News & Media, Haymarket Creative Solutions, Haymarket Media Group, News UK, Pan Macmillan, Pentland Brands, Save the Children, Telegraph Media Group, Thomson Reuters, Trinity Mirror plc