RJDM · Since 2001
25 years.
Still moving.
Animation. Platforms and experiences. Systems and applications. AI. Consultancy. Film. One connected studio, a quarter century in.
How we got here.
RJDM started in 2001 with one stubborn idea: communication should actually work.
Not louder. Not flashier. Clearer.
Tools change. Discipline doesn't.
Animation, platforms, apps, AI, film: we use what the work actually needs.
Every project starts with a question, not a deliverable.
We don't sell services.
We solve problems.
Our Approach
Built differently.
On purpose.
Not a holding-company agency. Not a freelancer collective. A small, senior team that has been doing this long enough to know what's worth fighting for.
No junior-led work behind a polished pitch deck. No account-management layer between you and the people making the thing. No padded retainers.
Just the people who'll do the work, doing the work, and telling you the truth while we do it.
Senior team
The people who'll do the work.
The names on this page are the names on your project. The senior person you meet is the one who does the work.
Ricky O'Donnell
CEO
Richard Hardy
CTO
Agnieska Mackonyte
Lead Artist
Melanie Beard
Company Secretary
Timeline
25 years. Built properly.
Not by chance. By decisions.
Founded
Animation & Film
Oakleaf joins RJDM. Richard Hardy becomes co-owner.
Systems & Applications
Consultancy
AI, in the workflow
25 years
25 years
Twenty-five years, still moving.
How We Think
Clarity. Creativity. Technology.
Clarity
Most work fails because no one asked what it was really for. We strip away the noise until the real problem is visible, then build from there.
Creativity
Ideas are cheap. Ideas that land are rare. We find the angle that makes someone stop scrolling and actually feel something.
Technology
Tools should disappear into the work. We use animation, film, code and AI to make the answer real and durable, long after the pitch is over.
The Human Edge
Perspective matters.
Twenty-five years of work means we've seen what lasts and what doesn't. That perspective sits quietly inside every brief, in every decision we make on your behalf.
Want to put a face to the work?
We'll introduce you to the senior person who'd actually own your brief, no account-manager layer in between.