Work
Thinkspace Education
From free course to Masters, one clear path.
CLIENT
Thinkspace Education
SECTOR
Online postgraduate music education
MY ROLE
Strategy, identity, guidelines & web design
YEAR
2026
01 — OVERVIEW
Thinkspace started in the 1990s as a single film-scoring course on VHS. Today it’s an online school with 40,000 students, all taught by people working in the industry.
It offers free courses, bootcamps and Master’s degrees. The teaching had moved on, but the brand hadn’t: it looked dated, buried its best offers, and pointed everyone at the Masters. I led the project end to end — strategy, audience, identity, guidelines and web design.
02 — THE PROBLEM
Thinkspace offers a path from free course to Masters that no competitor can match. The old site hid it behind the degree.
03 — BEFORE & AFTER
Same school.
A clearer front door.
BEFORE
A dated look, a busy carousel, and every route pointed at the Masters.
AFTER
New courses up front, one clear promise, and Masters, Bootcamps and Courses side by side.
THE INSIGHT
Nobody arrives ready for a Masters. They arrive stuck.
Reviews and a survey of 720 people showed most students start small, with a skill to fix or a craft to rediscover. So I designed paths around where people are, not what Thinkspace sells.
STEP 01
Free course
Try the craft. No risk.
→
STEP 02
Course
Fix one skill, at your pace.
→
STEP 03
Bootcamp
Live sessions and feedback.
→
STEP 04
Masters
The full degree, awarded by AUB.
05 — THE IDENTITY
Structured yet human.
Disciplined yet inspiring.
The mark is a small lesson in itself: three simple shapes that only make a whole when they connect.
01
The circle
The individual learner, wherever they’re starting from.
02
The connection
The dialogue between student and working practitioner.
03
The base
The foundation and structure every creative practice needs.
Onyx
Ink and dark surfaces
#0E0F0E
Almond
Paper and light surfaces
#EEE7DE
Acid Green
Accent, used sparingly
#C6FF4D
Lilac
Secondary accent
#A68DF5
Taupe
Neutral
#988180
HEADLINES
Stack Sans Headline
Headlines and key messages
Structured yet human.
BODY
Inter
Body copy and interface
Learn in live classes and get personal feedback from working composers. Progress together in a supportive group environment.
LABELS
Mozilla Headline
Labels, numerals and metadata
40K+ 25+ YRS 90%+ 120
THE GUIDELINES
A system people can actually use.
The guidelines turn the identity into rules anyone can pick up: colour, shades and gradients, three typefaces and a full icon set, all in one place.
IMAGE EFFECTS
Texture you can almost hear.
Five image treatments borrowed from sound: reflection, frequency, signal noise, motion and fragmentation. They give photography the same feel as the music students make.
THE WEBSITE
Every page points somewhere next.
I rebuilt the site around the path: course pages that lead with the facts, modules you can scan in seconds, and proof from students at every step.
01 / 04
Course pages lead with the facts
Fees, length, start dates and outcomes sit above the fold, so nobody has to dig.
02 / 04
Modules you can scan
Each module is one card: what you learn, what you make, and who teaches it.
03 / 04
Bootcamps, out in the open
Short, live programmes get their own space instead of hiding under the Masters.
04 / 04
Proof from people like you
Student stories sit next to every course, so the next step feels possible.
MA Creative
Music Production
12–36 months
full or part time
180 UK / 90 ECTS
credits
14 September
next start date
Apply now
How to apply
course details
Game music is one of the fastest-growing corners of media composition, and this Masters is built to get you into the industry as a video game composer — with all the skills needed to write and implement fully adaptive music using industry-standard engines and middleware.
You'll be given real room to develop as a composer — finding your creative voice while bringing your production and writing up to a professional standard — mentored throughout by working composers and game audio professionals. After graduation, ThinkSpace's Employment Support Programme helps you turn the qualification into a career.
Before you apply let’s talk
We recommend speaking to a course advisor before you apply. They’ll answer your questions and help you apply with confidence.
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student loans
UK residents may qualify for a postgraduate loan.
Your invoices are timed to line up with
loan payments — issued at the start of
each term, with 30 days to pay.
England
up to £13,206
More info
Wales
up to £19,635
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Northern Ireland
up to £10,000
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Scotland
up to £7,000
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Studying outside the UK?
We're not aware of equivalent loan schemes elsewhere in the world, including the US (this includes the GI Bill for veterans). It's worth checking for local arts councils, charitable funds, or employer schemes that might help — we can't track every option in every country.
Lifetime access
Your complete ThinkSpace library
As a degree student you not only get lifetime access to all your course materials, but also the materials for all our other Masters degrees.
6,000+
Videos
Webinars
Guest lectures
Course updates
New Masters content
Short courses
The same pages, designed for the phone.
CAMPAIGN
Instagram posts that talk like the students do.
Lines lifted from real reviews, set big and plain, so the campaign sounds like a person rather than a prospectus.
Thinkspace
London, United Kingdom
Original
ideas
welcome
Every finished track starts as a fragment.
Bring yours, and we’ll help you shape it.
the creative process
Thinkspace
London, United Kingdom
Make
your
sound.
Music production
Mixing & mastering
Composition
Sound design
Explore courses
online creative learning
Real skills.
Real industry experts.
Thinkspace
London, United Kingdom
Real feedback. Real creative growth.
Feedback from tutors and
peers on everything you make
feedback
Thinkspace
London, United Kingdom
Says
who?
“I’m not clever enough for a Masters.”
Spoiler: you are.
join our masters
s
Explore courses
Made to be held.
A welcome pack for day one and a certificate for the last, so the identity carries through the whole journey.
Everything you need before day one on the MA
Professional Media Composition — dates, setup, and
the people in your corner.
Thinkspace
Welcome to
prepared for john smith
welcome pack · intake
01
your first four weeks
02
how we work together
03
kit & support
p.s
Your Campus login is on its way. Once you’re in, look for your team’s
first drop-in with your Team Leader — it’s the best first chance to
meet everyone.
CEO & Founder, Thinkspace Education
Guy Michelmore
With best wishes,
Welcome to Thinkspace. We’re glad you’re here.
The pages that follow set out what happens next, what you’ll need and who’s here to help. There’s nothing to rush, just a few simple steps before 2nd October 2026.
Every creative practice is built the same way: a little at a time, with intention, and in conversation with people who’ve walked the road before you. You’ll join a team of around 30 students with your own Team Leader, learn from composers and producers working in the industry, and get feedback on your music at every stage.
I’m delighted to confirm your place on the MA Professional
Media Composition, awarded by Arts University
Bournemouth, beginning 1st September 2026.
Dear John,
This is where your
practice begins.
welcome pack · intake
01
student
John Smith
course
MA Professional Media Composition
Awarded by
Arts University Bournemouth
Awarded by
Arts University Bournemouth
mode
Full-time, 12 months
begins
September 2026
Student ID
TS-782-546
Life happens: you can switch between full- and part-
time, or pause and pick up later. And you keep lifetime
access to the Masters library of 6,000+ videos.
You’ll be taught by people working in the industry —
award-winning composers, Grammy-winning
producers, and AAA games composers and sound
designers — through one-to-one tutorials, group music
reviews and weekly webinars.
Share your music in a group review or a
one-to-one tutorial, and get written
feedback on your work.
First feedback
04
WEEK 4
Join the weekly live webinars (all
recorded) and start your first assignment
— set up like a real industry brief.
Write to a brief
03
WEEK 2-3
Your first module opens. Drop in with your
Team Leader, [Team Leader name], and
the rest of your team.
Meet your team
02
WEEK 1
Log in at campus.thinkspace.ac.uk,
complete your profile and join the student
Discord to meet students, alumni and
tutors.
Arrive
01
do this by 2 oct
A steady start, one step at a time. Exact dates and webinar times live in
the calendar on Campus.
Your first four weeks
what happens next
03
HOW WE
WORK TOGETHER
CAMPUS.THINKSPACE.AC.UK
Take your time. We’re here.
Students from 52 countries, alumni
and tutors.
Thinkspace Discord
community
Study mode, pausing, fees and finance.
postgraduate@thinkspace.ac.uk
postgraduate office
+44 (0)1243 256049
contact@thinkspace.ac.uk
thinkspace team
Academic, technical or personal: start
here. Regular drop-ins on Campus.
Lucy Hackett
team leader · first stop
Who’s here for you
before week 1
Check your DAW can load a video file.
PHOTOGRAPH ·
COMPOSER SCORING TO
PICTURE · B&W, MOTION
EFFECT
Sample libraries and plugins for your style:
BBC Symphony Orchestra CORE is a good start
03
Monitoring: good headphones or speakers
04
A MIDI keyboard: and an external audio interface
05
A DAW that imports video and supports timecode:
e.g. Cubase, Logic Pro, Reaper, Studio One or Pro
Tools
02
Mac or PC: quad-core 2.6GHz or Apple M1, 16GB
RAM, SSD (32GB RAM recommended)
01
What you’ll need
kit & support
02
