Hey, we’re AiAi Studios!
We’re not exactly your traditional production company, but that’s what makes us worth talking to.
AiAi Studios is a storytelling and production studio based in Leeds, UK, but working for clients globally such as Nike, GAY TIMES, gal-dem, Amazon, Channel 4 and Audible.
We are a group of change-makers from the margins, who are all on the same assignment: to create boundary-breaking, truth-telling, culturally authentic podcasts, films and projects that turn up the volume on the ones who struggle to be heard..
Our Work
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EP2: My Right To Move
EP3: My Right To Move
EP4: My Right To Move
Wax Print
KCQ
Stacked
UK Black Pride Time Capsule
Move Out Loud
Growing Up With gal-dem
Amazon Prime – Escape: The Underground Railroad
GAY TIMES – Snatched!
Services
We place equity and social justice at the core of all our services and end products.
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Music
Research
Sound Design
Production
Exec Production
Scripting
Who We Are
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Aiwan Obinyan
Founder & Exec Producer
AiAi time: Creator. Thinker. Story Finesser.
Out of hours: Musician. Baker. Beach Bum
Philosophy: Learn, grow, pass on what you know.
Music: Good music played loud.
Sound: The human voice singing.
Tamanda Walker
Co-Director & Head of Research
AiAi Time: Social Researcher. Scholar. Cultural Consultant.
Out of Hours: Afro Hair Queen. Songstress. Foodie.
Philosophy: Stay whole and let them choke.
Music: Eclectic lover of all things conscious, transcendental or soulful.
Sound: The sounds of home: the go-away bird calling and the cow-bell ringing! 🇧🇼
Tony Green
Operations Director
AiAi time: Business (commercial) Operations.
Out of hours: Finding or visiting happy places with family, youngest son's football coach, vinyl geek.
Philosophy: Don't break your shin on a stool that's not in your way.
Music: Discovering new (mostly electronic) music, hip hop, downbeat, disco, house. 🎶
Sound: I fall asleep to podcasts nightly 😴
Elliott Palmer
Development Producer
AiAi time: Writer. Producer. Developer
Out of hours: Walker. Cartoon Geek. Introvert
Philosophy: Keep it kind
Music: Equal opportunity listener. It just has to be soulful.
Sound: When she laughs
Malcolm Smith
Business Strategist
AiAi time: Strategic thinker. Asker of difficult questions. Square Peg.
Out of hours: Polymath. Coach. Inventor.
Philosophy: It’s not what happens to you that matters, it’s how you react to it.
Music: Facades – Philip Glass
Sound: Calm Sea lapping on a beach..
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Stephen Morris
Project Manager
AiAi time: Project Manager. Production Coordinator.
Out of hours: TED Talks. Gym bunny. Custard Cream addict
Philosophy: Don’t blame the floor if you can’t dance 💃🏽
Music: 90’s R&B / Soul, House.
Sound: Any bassline that sparks a crazy head nod.
Ade Bajomo
Producer
AiAi time: Knee-deep researcher. Production enabler. Possibility explorer.
Out of hours: Musician. Drag artist. Barber.
Philosophy: What's the point in getting free if you leave everyone else behind?
Music: Nasty Gal – Betty Davis.
Sound: A subtle funky bassline.
Holly McArthur
Production Assistant
AiAi time: Trainee engineer, audio nerd, knowledge seeker.
Out of hours: Music maker, treehugger, rock climber.
Philosophy: Lead with love.
Music: Anything innovative, wonky, groovy, or warm.
Sound: A Starling’s birdsong.
A Deeper Dive into AiAi Studios
Read more about the team, how we work, our projects, upcoming work and industry insights.
