Portrait of Jonah Maddox

Hello.

I'm Jonah, a content production leader and storyteller with twenty years of experience making work that is clear, human and worth people's time. I started out as an editor, and I have never really stopped thinking like one. Whatever the project, I keep the audience in mind from the first conversation to the final cut.

I currently lead video, audio and digital content at The Alan Turing Institute, the UK's national institute for data science and AI. My work spans public-facing films and podcasts, social content, live event production and documentary storytelling for public, industry and policy audiences. I conceived and produce Too Long Didn't Read, a public engagement podcast on AI and technology, writing and presenting more than twenty episodes in close collaboration with researchers.

Before this I spent over a decade freelancing across broadcast, documentary and digital content. I worked with the BBC, Netflix, Disney, Greenpeace and a range of independent production companies, often brought in to shape story and structure from complex material and take projects through to delivery under pressure. The work has ranged from a live Royal Wedding edit that became the BBC's most viewed social clip of the year, to a Canal+ feature documentary released in cinemas, and environmental films screened at Glastonbury.

I am particularly drawn to work rooted in public good: science communication, research, environmental storytelling and social change. I am currently completing a Creative Science Communication and Public Engagement course at the University of the West of England, and I think about how content builds trust and understanding as much as how it looks and sounds.

When I'm not at my desk you'll find me making music, woodturning, running spoon-carving workshops or working on various digital projects.

If you're working on something and want to communicate it with care and clarity, I'm always happy to talk.