Epic community and creativity

Epic and the City

Epic is one of Brighton’s largest employers and has played a significant role in the creative community over the years. As one of the largest creative companies in the city we have won dozens of international and national awards. We also played a significant role in the successful city bid. Our CEO was on the City Bid Team and Epic staff produced an interactive CD-ROM, with 100 video interviews of citizens aged 1-100. The CD-ROM went on tour around the town and was used in the formal bid – we won!

Epic and the Arts

Epic staff have positions on the boards of several charitable organisations in the arts, such as the Brighton Festival, Brighton Dome and Brighton Fringe. A member of staff also came second in the prestigious National Portrait Awards. Others are active in local theatre, many of our employees are in local bands and our Director of Education is a regular Brighton performer as a Jazz guitarist.

Epic and Education

We have formed a close relationship with a local secondary school, Vardean, and taken students from a number of secondary schools as part of their planned work experience. Our Director of Education is a school governor and has forged many links with local education institutions, including City College, University of Brighton and University of Sussex. We are also on the board of the non-profit making Interactive University.

Epic and Placement students

Placement and work experience students have been welcomed in the company with placements from the University of Brighton, University of Sussex, University of Portsmouth and University of Plymouth. Others have come from as far away as Germany, Hungary, France, Spain, Italy and Montenegro.

Epic and Community Forums

Epic has also presented to, and attended, community groups and forums such as Common Purpose, the City Forum and HUB100. We have also hosted visits for politicians including Robin Cook, Margaret Becket, John Smith, Michael Heseltine and Chris Smith.

Epic and Employment

Epic has won the Sussex Business of the Year Award and supports local organisations such as Wired Sussex. We have recruited locally, largely from our local colleges and universities, and have been instrumental in helping create the new media, and more specifically, the e-learning cluster in the city.

Epic and Environment

With less than 5% of employees driving to work we regard ourselves as being an extremely environmentally friendly company. This, along with our paper recycling policy and Fair Trade Coffee, all adds up to an environmentally sensitive approach to business.

Brighton Fringe Festival

Epic is also taking part in the 2005 Brighton Festival Fringe. As one of the largest employers in Brighton we are throwing our doors wide open to anyone who would like to see one of the UK's largest new media companies in action. Further details available on the Fringe site.