The Midnight Club Expands Their Creative Footprint With a new Leeds Studio

Jan. 22, 2026

The Midnight Club has officially opened the doors to its new studio in Leeds, following successful expansions into North America and Amsterdam.

The Leeds branch, which marks the start of the agency’s next chapter, opens this month with a team of 14, with collaborations and cultural programmes set to launch throughout the year. Recruitment has started for roles in Creative, Design, and production. 

Yorkshire-born, ex-Burberry creative Freddie Smithson — also known as @freddiemade on Instagram — will help shape the creative direction in Leeds, alongside Directors Chris Bennett and Stephen Guilfoyle, across clients including adidas, Tommy Hilfiger, Disney, and Dr. Martens.

The North has long been a cultural powerhouse — from music, fashion, sports and art, to more recently media and digital innovation. Leeds is its beating heart: rich in talent, fuelled by world-class universities, studios, and an uncompromising independent scene. TMC Leeds exists to channel that energy.

The new studio will serve as a hub for:

• Expanding our creative and strategic firepower, with Northern talent embedded across global sport, fashion, tech and entertainment projects.
• Building deeper ties with the region’s cultural ecosystem, partnering with local makers, educators, creators and communities.
• Developing new talent pipelines, expanding our H.O.N.E.Y initiative to help emerging talent find a route into industry without needing to relocate to London.
• Expanding in-house post-production, to meet an increase in global demand more efficiently. 

Leeds marks the next step in The Midnight Club's UK expansion — and a renewed focus on what has always driven the work: finding and partnering with the most exciting, progressive creative minds, wherever they exist.

The Midnight Club founder, Ben Moutrie said:

"There aren't many companies like Midnight Club out there, even less so in this brilliant corner of the world. Leeds is a perfect location for us to nurture our breed of alternative, independent thinking and craft. Although built in London, our business was born here and has always operated with the work-ethic, integrity and sense of humour so akin with the region. It's a privilege to be expanding the company through the city so many of us know and love". 

 

The Midnight Club launched in 2016 as a rebellious, culturally-led creative brand has grown into a multi-disciplinary ecosystem spanning brand and business strategy, a full service creative studio, an in house production studio, and a creative technology studio acquisition, with over 140 people working worldwide.