creative direction studio, manchester / london

URAL
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Creative direction and filmmaking for consumer brands, founders, and athletes who care about craft.

01 / Brand Film
Single project

A single project, start to finish. We take on the creative direction and run the whole project end to end, with filming included when necessary, or when you want it. Often the way in, and the start of something longer.

Single
  • Full creative direction
  • 1 hero piece
  • Half day shoot (4 to 6 hrs)
  • 1 revision

Founder vlogs, athlete features, talking head films

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Feature
  • Full creative direction
  • Pre production planning
  • 1 hero piece plus 2 social cuts
  • Full day shoot up to 8 hrs
  • 2 revisions

Product launches, campaign films, events

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Campaign
  • Full creative concept and planning
  • 1 hero piece plus 3 to 5 cutdowns
  • Two day shoot
  • 4 to 6 revisions
  • Usage rights for paid and organic

Major launches, multi location campaigns

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02 / Brand Partner
Monthly retainer

This is where we become your creative and marketing partner. Creative direction, content, social, strategy, ads, design and web, the whole of your marketing handled by one team of directors, designers, illustrators and developers.

Essentials
  • Creative direction
  • A steady stream of content
  • Content planning
  • Shooting when needed
  • Monthly review

Brands building a consistent presence

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Most popular
Studio
  • Full creative direction across channels
  • Content and social, fully handled
  • Social and content strategy
  • Design support, shooting included
  • Monthly planning, async feedback

Brands treating content as growth

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Partner
  • Creative and marketing direction
  • Your entire content output, produced
  • Social, design, web and campaigns
  • Brand identity and lookbooks
  • Priority turnaround, measurement tied to results

Brands who want a full team without building one

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03 / The Platform
Maison by URAL Studios

Included with every project

Every client gets Maison.

Maison is our private client platform. Deliverables, approvals and production timelines live in one place from day one, so everything we make together stays organised and easy to manage. No email chains, no lost links, no chasing.

Deliverables & approvals
Production timelines
All your content, managed

Built for our clients today. Soon, available to yours.

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04 / The Founders
Manchester
Uriel Araujo

Uriel Araujo

Co-Founder, Creative Director & Filmmaker

Self taught filmmaker and creative director with four years across brands, founders, and athletes. Uriel started video production in 2023, cutting and producing short form for creators like Daniel Dalen and Bruno Casanovas, then co-founded a content agency where he managed 14+ editors across 15+ clients. He founded URAL Studios to go deeper with fewer clients: intentional films, real craft, work that moves numbers.

15+ Brands, athletes & founders
4+ Years in content
50M+ Views generated
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Aidira Smailova

Co-Founder, Design & Operations

Aidira's background runs across graphic design, marketing and web development, which grew into building the frameworks, systems and operations that make a business actually run. She has worked with brands across more than 25 industries in Kazakhstan, from beauty and jewellery to food production and construction, led social and marketing teams, and directed creative for influencers including Simon Squibb. At URAL she holds the operational side together and shapes the creative direction alongside Uriel.

5+ Years in the industry
25+ Industries worked
67+ Projects delivered
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Aidira Smailova

Currently booking Q3 2026.

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