Digital Product Studio / UX · ~20–40 employees · leeds
Bolser
Digital agency delivering UX, design and full-stack development
What they do
Bolser operates across five broad disciplines: digital strategy, UX and web design, full-stack development, digital marketing, and AI integration. They have been doing this since 2001, which puts them among the longer-established digital agencies in Leeds.
On the strategy side, they run discovery workshops, user research and digital audits to produce what they call a digital roadmap. Design work spans UX design, web design and design systems. Their development team builds websites and digital products in-house, citing Drupal and Strapi as their CMS platforms of choice, and describing their capability as covering complex, scalable, global websites.
The digital marketing offer covers SEO, PPC, paid social, app store optimisation, conversion rate optimisation and analytics. Their AI practice focuses on content personalisation, customer support tooling, image recognition and marketing optimisation — all framed around client ROI rather than the technology itself.
The client list skews large. Microsoft is the most prominently named, with Ben Rudolph, Director of Strategy at Microsoft, quoted on the site. The Premier League is also named: John-Paul Considine, Head of the Premier League Stadium Fund, describes Bolser hitting every milestone on a website project. The agency refers to a "blue chip client roster" without naming every name.
The team at the time of writing includes around 20 named individuals: a CEO (Ashley Bolser), a Managing Director (Dominic Howe), a Finance Director, a Client Services Director, a Creative Director, two Account Directors, two Account Managers, two designers, a performance marketing analyst, an SEO manager, a technical lead, a lead front-end developer, three further front-end and web developers, and an IT manager. That headcount suggests a team in the 20–50 range, though the site does not publish a precise figure.
Where they sit in Leeds
Bolser is based at Marshall Court, Marshall Street, Leeds, LS11 9YP — the Holbeck area, south of the city centre, which has become a cluster for creative and digital businesses over the past decade. Their phone number is a Leeds 0113 number.
They sponsor Holbeck Moor U16s football team, which is a small but specific local commitment. They have also built a website pro bono for Better Leeds Communities and provided graphic design work for the Getaway Girls charity. Annual tree planting is listed as an offset for business carbon use.
On working culture, the agency offers flexible hours, two days optional working from home, private healthcare, a Simply Health plan covering dental, optical and physio, a bike-to-work scheme, and a profit-related bonus scheme. Career enquiries go to jobs@bolser.co.uk.
With over two decades in business and named clients at the scale of Microsoft and the Premier League, Bolser occupies a position in Leeds that few agencies of similar size can match on longevity alone. Whether that translates into the "world's best digital teams" claim made by CEO Ash on the contact page is a matter of opinion, but the client endorsements are specific and named, which counts for something.
What they offer
- Digital strategy — discovery, user research, digital audits and roadmap planning for large-scale digital projects.
- UX and web design — UX design, web design and design systems, with a stated track record on major brand projects.
- Full-stack development — in-house website and software engineering using Drupal and Strapi CMS, built to enterprise standards.
- Digital marketing — SEO, PPC, paid social, app store optimisation, CRO and analytics.
- AI integration — personalisation, customer support tooling, image recognition and AI-enhanced marketing performance for client platforms.
Tech stack
From their careers and engineering pages
- Drupal
- Strapi
FAQs
- What does Bolser do?
- Bolser is a digital agency based in Leeds offering strategy, UX design, web development, digital marketing and AI integration. They work primarily with large commercial clients, including Microsoft and the Premier League, and have been operating since 2001.
- Where is Bolser based?
- Bolser is based at Marshall Court, Marshall Street, Leeds, LS11 9YP. That puts them in the Holbeck area, south of Leeds city centre. They can be reached on 0113 250 3335 or at info@bolser.co.uk.
- When was Bolser founded?
- Bolser was founded in 2001. The agency describes itself as having over two decades in business, making it one of the longer-established digital agencies in Leeds.
- Who are Bolser's clients?
- The site names Microsoft and the Premier League as clients. Ben Rudolph, Director of Strategy at Microsoft, is quoted calling Bolser one of the best digital agencies in the world. John-Paul Considine of the Premier League Stadium Fund is also quoted on a website project.
- Is Bolser hiring?
- Bolser says they are always looking for digital talent. Career enquiries can be sent to jobs@bolser.co.uk. The site lists current vacancies on the careers page, though specific roles are not detailed in the publicly available text.
- What technologies does Bolser use?
- The site names Drupal and Strapi as CMS platforms used in their development work. They also reference full-stack and front-end development capability, and an AI practice covering personalisation, image recognition and customer support tooling.