We exist to grow your impact
Zealous is a visually engaging and reasonably priced online submissions platform that saves you time & money in creating opportunities for your community.
Founded in 2011 to support the creative industries, our intuitive software has since been used by hundreds of clients from across all sectors to enhance their impact.
Our Mission
More opportunities for everyone
Our journey began with a mission: to create more opportunities for creators to be celebrated and advance in their craft. To achieve this, we focused on providing the best tools to those supporting the creative sector, enabling them to scale the impact of their programs.
This vision led to the development of a modern, highly visual submissions management platform that allows candidates to showcase the full stories behind their work and empowers judges to make informed decisions through a transparent process that respects their time.
The success of our product has led to its adoption beyond the creative sector by agencies, foundations, and corporations seeking more effective ways to manage submissions for their programs.
The Idea
Creating a virtuous circle
By empowering more people to create opportunities within the creative sector, we aim to ignite a global explosion of creativity. During our journey, we discovered that our service can help other industries celebrate their communities and engage with their stakeholders.
Since opportunities span across disciplines, we believe that expanding them across all industries benefits everyone in the long term.
Read how artist Maggie Williams grew her practice through Zealous.
Our Belief
Creativity makes our world a better place
We continue to exist to support the creative industries. By serving a diverse range of clients, we can scale our revenue, increasing our positive impact on the creative sector.
We do so by running our own programs (using our platform – of course!) to support emerging creators and organizations in scaling their ambitions and producing works that enrich our world.
Initiatives we have run to support the creative eco-system include showcases, events and awards. You can read more about them here.
Our Journey
so far
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Founder Update 2023
Our mission to reduce the barriers to entry for creating opportunities for the creative sector has never felt so important. In 2023 we promise to do our part in building the creative world we wish to see tomorrow. Read article
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Winners Announcement – Zealous Amplify: Mental Health and Wellbeing
With the closing of the first iteration of Zealous Amplify, which touched upon Mental Health and Wellbeing, we are so happy to announce the winners! Read article
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Migrating Zealous
Zealous is undergoing a complete migration of its data to a series of real-time databases hosted across Europe. Read article
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Founder Update 2022
This year, everything changes for the better. In 2021 we strengthened our foundations. 2022 will be all about building. Read article
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Major Entries Upgrade
We have some exciting news! Based on all your feedback, we are rebuilding how you and your judges will experience processing entries from the ground up. Here is a quick preview of what you can expect very soon. Read article
