Media Talent Bank is a collective of creatives, media organisations and freelancers. Through this robust online database of individuals, employers can source the hottest creative talent around through personalised profiles.

This project is funded by Digital Central and managed by Media Content Lab part of Birmingham City University with the aim of galvanising the West Midlands creative and media communities into a strong and sustainable sector

It’ll be interesting to see how this takes off. If you’re a creative type then I’d say it’s probably worth a couple of minutes of your time to fill out a profile – you never know who might be looking to give you some work.

Another site maybe worth checking is Behance. It’s not for everyone though – you have to ask to be invited – but it aims to be a (fairly prestigious) platform for the world’s leading creative professionals. There’s a few folks from Birmingham on there but of those, only Suzie Webb (website) has had a mention here before.

Suzie Webb has gone independent after working for some time in commercial interactive design (which I think broadly means website design).  Her about page has a pretty impressive list of clients, work, recognition and the like and she describes herself thusly:

I’m a design practitioner as well as a director, I make identity, animation, illustration, film, sculpture, painting and drawing fused with technology to realise the original vision.

What’s more she has a blog called Handclaps, Drawing and Freakish Boasts – a fine name indeed.  The pic above is taken from that blog and is of the diorama she used to make her website’s homepage.