I love working with Kate Staples. She's very good at her job and lovely to work alongside. She's good at leading a team but can also roll up her sleeves and do it herself when needs be. She's got the ability to get into the fine detail of a project but also set a vision for the series as a whole. She can get the most out of a researcher and also talk directly to the channel about their needs. She recruits well for the production team and also casts well for contributors. I've worked with her a lot and would jump at the chance to do so again and would have no qualms about hiring her as an exec, indeed I would be thrilled. She's also very funny.
Group Creative Director, Raw Cut Television
Handing over my reel project to Kate was a huge relief. Not least because she is so well respected. I had thought I’d be spending weeks on Final Cut Pro clankingly putting all the clips together and no doubt making a (delete as appropriate) dog's dinner, sparrow’s spew, bull's boulangerie, of it. Kate was fantastic. From initial discussions to deciding things like titles, she was an enthusiastic force throughout. The reel was delivered super quick and the edit was superb. I’m so chuffed with it. Something I would have had difficulty with was knowing the correct cut point of a useable clip. Kate knew exactly where to drop out of the scene previous and blend it with the next. It had its own wee narrative which I’m delighted with. Thank you Kate!
Actor and showreel client