An idea

takes shape.

An idea

takes shape.

An idea

takes shape.



Discovery Mill began with a simple observation: talent and

good ideas exist everywhere, but opportunity doesn't always find them.

At the same time, businesses are looking for fresh perspectives and more flexible ways to access strategic marketing and creative thinking.


Discovery Mill began with a simple observation: talent and good ideas exist everywhere, but opportunity doesn't always find them.

At the same time, businesses are looking for fresh perspectives and more flexible ways to access strategic marketing and creative thinking.

Discovery Mill began with a simple observation: talent and good ideas exist everywhere, but opportunity doesn't always find them.

At the same time, businesses are looking for fresh perspectives and more flexible ways to access strategic marketing and creative thinking.

MADE IN DUNDEE

MADE IN DUNDEE

A city of makers.

A city of makers.

A city of makers.


Dundee has always been a city of makers — shaped by people who turned raw materials, ideas and ingenuity into something of value. Discovery Mill draws on that same spirit today — creating space for talent, ideas and fresh thinking to be discovered, developed and connected with opportunity.

Historic black-and-white photograph of James Keiller & Son's Dundee marmalade delivery trucks outside a stone factory.

HOW IT WORKS

HOW IT WORKS

HOW IT WORKS

Potential meets
opportunity.

Potential meets opportunity.

Potential meets
opportunity.


Two sides. One Ecosystem.

Discovery Mill brings creative talent and businesses together—creating opportunity for one and fresh thinking for the other.

Two sides. One Ecosystem.

Discovery Mill brings creative talent and businesses together—creating opportunity for one and fresh thinking for the other.



01 — FOR CREATIVES
Be seen, supported and connected to meaningful opportunities.


For Creatives


02 — FOR BUSINESSES
Access senior strategic thinking and fresh creative perspectives shaped around your needs.


For Businesses

.

01 — FOR CREATIVES
Be seen, supported and connected to meaningful opportunities.


For Creatives


02 — FOR BUSINESSES
Access senior strategic thinking and fresh creative perspectives shaped around your needs.


For Businesses

.

An old wooden loom weaving cream, rust and charcoal threads beside an open mill window overlooking Dundee and the River Tay.

THE THREAD

Coming full circle.

Discovery Mill began with a return to something familiar.

I grew up in Dundee — a city with making and reinvention woven through it — before a career in marketing took me into businesses, brands and different parts of the world including London and Dubai.

Along the way, I began to notice a disconnect. Businesses needed access to fresh strategic marketing and creative thinking, while talented people with ideas, perspective and ability didn't always have the networks, visibility or opportunity to show what they could do.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.

That part has always stayed with me.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.

Discovery Mill brings those experiences together — creating space for fresh thinking to be discovered, talent to be given an opportunity, and businesses to find new perspectives beyond the usual places.

FARAH SOLAIMAN

Founder, Discovery Mill

Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.
Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.

THE THREAD

Coming

full circle.






Discovery Mill began with a return to something familiar.


I grew up in Dundee — a city with making and reinvention woven through it — before a career in marketing took me into businesses, brands and different parts of the world including London and Dubai.


Along the way, I began to notice a disconnect. Businesses needed access to fresh strategic marketing and creative thinking, while talented people with ideas, perspective and ability didn't always have the networks, visibility or opportunity to show what they could do.








That part has always stayed with me.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.


Discovery Mill brings those experiences together — creating space for fresh thinking to be discovered, talent to be given an opportunity, and businesses to find new perspectives beyond the usual places.


FARAH SOLAIMAN
Founder, Discovery Mill

Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.

Experience that

Experience that

Experience that

delivers real impact.

delivers real impact.

delivers real impact.

Discovery Mill combines senior marketing leadership with fresh creative and specialist expertise, drawing on more than 16 years’ experience across the UK and Middle East. That experience spans B2B and B2C organisations — from start-ups and SMEs to global businesses — across professional services, technology, public sector, hospitality, retail and wellbeing.

120%

120%

YoY sales growth following the first integrated 360° marketing campaign for a GCC consumer brand.

120%

120%

YoY sales growth following the first integrated 360° marketing campaign for a GCC consumer brand.

120%

120%

YoY sales growth following the first integrated 360° marketing campaign for a GCC consumer brand.

84%

84%

YoY sales growth within a global B2B technology marketplace following a new marketing strategy and commercial growth programme.

84%

84%

YoY sales growth within a global B2B technology marketplace following a new marketing strategy and commercial growth programme.

84%

84%

YoY sales growth within a global B2B technology marketplace following a new marketing strategy and commercial growth programme.

34%

34%

YoY regional revenue growth within a global professional services business, alongside market expansion.

34%

34%

YoY regional revenue growth within a global professional services business, alongside market expansion.

34%

34%

YoY regional revenue growth within a global professional services business, alongside market expansion.

THE THREAD

Coming full circle.



Discovery Mill began with a return to something familiar.


I grew up in Dundee — a city with making and reinvention woven through it — before a career in marketing took me into businesses, brands and different parts of the world including London and Dubai.


Along the way, I began to notice a disconnect. Businesses needed access to fresh strategic marketing and creative thinking, while talented people with ideas, perspective and ability didn't always have the networks, visibility or opportunity to show what they could do.


That part has always stayed with me.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.

Discovery Mill brings those experiences together — creating space for fresh thinking to be discovered, talent to be given an opportunity, and businesses to find new perspectives beyond the usual places.


FARAH SOLAIMAN
Founder, Discovery Mill

Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.

THE THREAD

Coming full circle.

Discovery Mill began with a return to something familiar.


I grew up in Dundee — a city with making and reinvention woven through it — before a career in marketing took me into businesses, brands and different parts of the world including London and Dubai.


Along the way, I began to notice a disconnect. Businesses needed access to fresh strategic marketing and creative thinking, while talented people with ideas, perspective and ability didn't always have the networks, visibility or opportunity to show what they could do.

That part has always stayed with me.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.

Discovery Mill brings those experiences together — creating space for fresh thinking to be discovered, talent to be given an opportunity, and businesses to find new perspectives beyond the usual places.


FARAH SOLAIMAN
Founder, Discovery Mill

Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.
Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.

An idea

takes shape.

An idea

takes shape.

An idea

takes shape.



Discovery Mill began with a simple observation: talent and

good ideas exist everywhere, but opportunity doesn't always find them.

At the same time, businesses are looking for fresh perspectives and more flexible ways to access strategic marketing and creative thinking.


Discovery Mill began with a simple observation: talent and good ideas exist everywhere, but opportunity doesn't always find them.

At the same time, businesses are looking for fresh perspectives and more flexible ways to access strategic marketing and creative thinking.

Discovery Mill began with a simple observation: talent and good ideas exist everywhere, but opportunity doesn't always find them.

At the same time, businesses are looking for fresh perspectives and more flexible ways to access strategic marketing and creative thinking.

MADE IN DUNDEE

MADE IN DUNDEE

A city of makers.

A city of makers.

A city of makers.


Dundee has always been a city of makers — shaped by people who turned raw materials, ideas and ingenuity into something of value. Discovery Mill draws on that same spirit today — creating space for talent, ideas and fresh thinking to be discovered, developed and connected with opportunity.

Historic black-and-white photograph of James Keiller & Son's Dundee marmalade delivery trucks outside a stone factory.

HOW IT WORKS

HOW IT WORKS

HOW IT WORKS

Potential meets
opportunity.

Potential meets opportunity.

Potential meets
opportunity.


Two sides. One Ecosystem.

Discovery Mill brings creative talent and businesses together—creating opportunity for one and fresh thinking for the other.

Two sides. One Ecosystem.

Discovery Mill brings creative talent and businesses together—creating opportunity for one and fresh thinking for the other.



01 — FOR CREATIVES
Be seen, supported and connected to meaningful opportunities.


For Creatives


02 — FOR BUSINESSES
Access senior strategic thinking and fresh creative perspectives shaped around your needs.


For Businesses

.

01 — FOR CREATIVES
Be seen, supported and connected to meaningful opportunities.


For Creatives


02 — FOR BUSINESSES
Access senior strategic thinking and fresh creative perspectives shaped around your needs.


For Businesses

.

An old wooden loom weaving cream, rust and charcoal threads beside an open mill window overlooking Dundee and the River Tay.

THE THREAD

Coming full circle.

Discovery Mill began with a return to something familiar.

I grew up in Dundee — a city with making and reinvention woven through it — before a career in marketing took me into businesses, brands and different parts of the world including London and Dubai.

Along the way, I began to notice a disconnect. Businesses needed access to fresh strategic marketing and creative thinking, while talented people with ideas, perspective and ability didn't always have the networks, visibility or opportunity to show what they could do.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.

That part has always stayed with me.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.

Discovery Mill brings those experiences together — creating space for fresh thinking to be discovered, talent to be given an opportunity, and businesses to find new perspectives beyond the usual places.

FARAH SOLAIMAN

Founder, Discovery Mill

Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.
Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.

THE THREAD

Coming

full circle.






Discovery Mill began with a return to something familiar.


I grew up in Dundee — a city with making and reinvention woven through it — before a career in marketing took me into businesses, brands and different parts of the world including London and Dubai.


Along the way, I began to notice a disconnect. Businesses needed access to fresh strategic marketing and creative thinking, while talented people with ideas, perspective and ability didn't always have the networks, visibility or opportunity to show what they could do.








That part has always stayed with me.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.


Discovery Mill brings those experiences together — creating space for fresh thinking to be discovered, talent to be given an opportunity, and businesses to find new perspectives beyond the usual places.


FARAH SOLAIMAN
Founder, Discovery Mill

Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.

Experience that

Experience that

Experience that

delivers real impact.

delivers real impact.

delivers real impact.

Discovery Mill combines senior marketing leadership with fresh creative and specialist expertise, drawing on more than 16 years’ experience across the UK and Middle East. That experience spans B2B and B2C organisations — from start-ups and SMEs to global businesses — across professional services, technology, public sector, hospitality, retail and wellbeing.

120%

120%

YoY sales growth following the first integrated 360° marketing campaign for a GCC consumer brand.

120%

120%

YoY sales growth following the first integrated 360° marketing campaign for a GCC consumer brand.

120%

120%

YoY sales growth following the first integrated 360° marketing campaign for a GCC consumer brand.

84%

84%

YoY sales growth within a global B2B technology marketplace following a new marketing strategy and commercial growth programme.

84%

84%

YoY sales growth within a global B2B technology marketplace following a new marketing strategy and commercial growth programme.

84%

84%

YoY sales growth within a global B2B technology marketplace following a new marketing strategy and commercial growth programme.

34%

34%

YoY regional revenue growth within a global professional services business, alongside market expansion.

34%

34%

YoY regional revenue growth within a global professional services business, alongside market expansion.

34%

34%

YoY regional revenue growth within a global professional services business, alongside market expansion.

THE THREAD

Coming full circle.



Discovery Mill began with a return to something familiar.


I grew up in Dundee — a city with making and reinvention woven through it — before a career in marketing took me into businesses, brands and different parts of the world including London and Dubai.


Along the way, I began to notice a disconnect. Businesses needed access to fresh strategic marketing and creative thinking, while talented people with ideas, perspective and ability didn't always have the networks, visibility or opportunity to show what they could do.


That part has always stayed with me.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.

Discovery Mill brings those experiences together — creating space for fresh thinking to be discovered, talent to be given an opportunity, and businesses to find new perspectives beyond the usual places.


FARAH SOLAIMAN
Founder, Discovery Mill

Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.

THE THREAD

Coming full circle.

Discovery Mill began with a return to something familiar.


I grew up in Dundee — a city with making and reinvention woven through it — before a career in marketing took me into businesses, brands and different parts of the world including London and Dubai.


Along the way, I began to notice a disconnect. Businesses needed access to fresh strategic marketing and creative thinking, while talented people with ideas, perspective and ability didn't always have the networks, visibility or opportunity to show what they could do.

That part has always stayed with me.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.

Discovery Mill brings those experiences together — creating space for fresh thinking to be discovered, talent to be given an opportunity, and businesses to find new perspectives beyond the usual places.


FARAH SOLAIMAN
Founder, Discovery Mill

Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.
Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.

An idea

takes shape.

An idea

takes shape.

An idea

takes shape.



Discovery Mill began with a simple observation: talent and

good ideas exist everywhere, but opportunity doesn't always find them.

At the same time, businesses are looking for fresh perspectives and more flexible ways to access strategic marketing and creative thinking.


Discovery Mill began with a simple observation: talent and good ideas exist everywhere, but opportunity doesn't always find them.

At the same time, businesses are looking for fresh perspectives and more flexible ways to access strategic marketing and creative thinking.

Discovery Mill began with a simple observation: talent and good ideas exist everywhere, but opportunity doesn't always find them.

At the same time, businesses are looking for fresh perspectives and more flexible ways to access strategic marketing and creative thinking.

MADE IN DUNDEE

MADE IN DUNDEE

A city of makers.

A city of makers.

A city of makers.


Dundee has always been a city of makers — shaped by people who turned raw materials, ideas and ingenuity into something of value. Discovery Mill draws on that same spirit today — creating space for talent, ideas and fresh thinking to be discovered, developed and connected with opportunity.

Historic black-and-white photograph of James Keiller & Son's Dundee marmalade delivery trucks outside a stone factory.

HOW IT WORKS

HOW IT WORKS

HOW IT WORKS

Potential meets
opportunity.

Potential meets opportunity.

Potential meets
opportunity.


Two sides. One Ecosystem.

Discovery Mill brings creative talent and businesses together—creating opportunity for one and fresh thinking for the other.

Two sides. One Ecosystem.

Discovery Mill brings creative talent and businesses together—creating opportunity for one and fresh thinking for the other.



01 — FOR CREATIVES
Be seen, supported and connected to meaningful opportunities.


For Creatives


02 — FOR BUSINESSES
Access senior strategic thinking and fresh creative perspectives shaped around your needs.


For Businesses

.

01 — FOR CREATIVES
Be seen, supported and connected to meaningful opportunities.


For Creatives


02 — FOR BUSINESSES
Access senior strategic thinking and fresh creative perspectives shaped around your needs.


For Businesses

.

An old wooden loom weaving cream, rust and charcoal threads beside an open mill window overlooking Dundee and the River Tay.

THE THREAD

Coming full circle.

Discovery Mill began with a return to something familiar.

I grew up in Dundee — a city with making and reinvention woven through it — before a career in marketing took me into businesses, brands and different parts of the world including London and Dubai.

Along the way, I began to notice a disconnect. Businesses needed access to fresh strategic marketing and creative thinking, while talented people with ideas, perspective and ability didn't always have the networks, visibility or opportunity to show what they could do.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.

That part has always stayed with me.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.

Discovery Mill brings those experiences together — creating space for fresh thinking to be discovered, talent to be given an opportunity, and businesses to find new perspectives beyond the usual places.

FARAH SOLAIMAN

Founder, Discovery Mill

Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.
Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.

THE THREAD

Coming

full circle.






Discovery Mill began with a return to something familiar.


I grew up in Dundee — a city with making and reinvention woven through it — before a career in marketing took me into businesses, brands and different parts of the world including London and Dubai.


Along the way, I began to notice a disconnect. Businesses needed access to fresh strategic marketing and creative thinking, while talented people with ideas, perspective and ability didn't always have the networks, visibility or opportunity to show what they could do.








That part has always stayed with me.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.


Discovery Mill brings those experiences together — creating space for fresh thinking to be discovered, talent to be given an opportunity, and businesses to find new perspectives beyond the usual places.


FARAH SOLAIMAN
Founder, Discovery Mill

Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.

Experience that

Experience that

Experience that

delivers real impact.

delivers real impact.

delivers real impact.

Discovery Mill combines senior marketing leadership with fresh creative and specialist expertise, drawing on more than 16 years’ experience across the UK and Middle East. That experience spans B2B and B2C organisations — from start-ups and SMEs to global businesses — across professional services, technology, public sector, hospitality, retail and wellbeing.

120%

120%

YoY sales growth following the first integrated 360° marketing campaign for a GCC consumer brand.

120%

120%

YoY sales growth following the first integrated 360° marketing campaign for a GCC consumer brand.

120%

120%

YoY sales growth following the first integrated 360° marketing campaign for a GCC consumer brand.

84%

84%

YoY sales growth within a global B2B technology marketplace following a new marketing strategy and commercial growth programme.

84%

84%

YoY sales growth within a global B2B technology marketplace following a new marketing strategy and commercial growth programme.

84%

84%

YoY sales growth within a global B2B technology marketplace following a new marketing strategy and commercial growth programme.

34%

34%

YoY regional revenue growth within a global professional services business, alongside market expansion.

34%

34%

YoY regional revenue growth within a global professional services business, alongside market expansion.

34%

34%

YoY regional revenue growth within a global professional services business, alongside market expansion.

THE THREAD

Coming full circle.



Discovery Mill began with a return to something familiar.


I grew up in Dundee — a city with making and reinvention woven through it — before a career in marketing took me into businesses, brands and different parts of the world including London and Dubai.


Along the way, I began to notice a disconnect. Businesses needed access to fresh strategic marketing and creative thinking, while talented people with ideas, perspective and ability didn't always have the networks, visibility or opportunity to show what they could do.


That part has always stayed with me.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.

Discovery Mill brings those experiences together — creating space for fresh thinking to be discovered, talent to be given an opportunity, and businesses to find new perspectives beyond the usual places.


FARAH SOLAIMAN
Founder, Discovery Mill

Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.

THE THREAD

Coming full circle.

Discovery Mill began with a return to something familiar.


I grew up in Dundee — a city with making and reinvention woven through it — before a career in marketing took me into businesses, brands and different parts of the world including London and Dubai.


Along the way, I began to notice a disconnect. Businesses needed access to fresh strategic marketing and creative thinking, while talented people with ideas, perspective and ability didn't always have the networks, visibility or opportunity to show what they could do.

That part has always stayed with me.

Someone gave me a chance at the beginning of my own career, and throughout it I’ve tried to do the same for others.

Discovery Mill brings those experiences together — creating space for fresh thinking to be discovered, talent to be given an opportunity, and businesses to find new perspectives beyond the usual places.


FARAH SOLAIMAN
Founder, Discovery Mill

Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.
Portrait of Farah Solaiman, Founder of Discovery Mill.