About Five North
Small studio.
Big on understanding.
Five North is a Manchester-based creative and strategic marketing studio. Photography and video are at the heart of our work, supported by brand strategy, social content and practical digital systems.
We work mainly with small and medium-sized businesses. Our role is to get to know your company and its market, then connect the right mix of design, social media, websites and creative content around what you need.
We’re building a marketing ecosystem for our clients: a connected way of working that brings the brand, the content and the tools into the same conversation.
Our connected approach
In 2016, our MD Nick suffered a brain haemorrhage that changed everything. What could have ended a career instead expanded a perspective — bringing a deeper connection to people, to purpose, and to the value of doing work that actually means something.
Five means something here.
It's the fifth business, a second act embraced fully — and a reminder that the best directions are sometimes the ones you didn't plan.
One foot in property, one in care.
That bridge between two very different worlds shapes how Five North works — commercially sharp, but always led by empathy and human understanding.
We know where our compass ends.
If a challenge sits beyond our horizon, we don't pretend otherwise. We have allies — bigger at times, not better, just different — and we'll point you to the right North Star.
"Creativity is a tool for performance, not decoration. We build things that work — and we make them look good doing it."
— Five North, Operating Philosophy
Get in touch
Let’s findyour north.