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- lee whittingham
- neil ramsbottom
- jake johnstone
- lance corrigan
- steve haddican
- steve stoddart
- roger antonie
creative
lee whittingham - creative director
We have a fantastic creative team, fusing together different strengths to create inspiring, distinctive branding and design concepts. I have always had a passion for branding in particular and love nothing more than getting under the skin of a client's organisation and creating and building a brand that outwardly communicates all its values and aims effectively.I’m a strong believer in ‘a brand is one of a company's most critical assets’ and getting that right is so important to us. Our reputation has grown almost entirely through repeat business, word of mouth and the strength of our portfolio and nearly all of our clients are long term engagements.
Working with our creative team I’m lucky enough to work every day
on something I love to do.
E: lee@wilson-cooke.co.uk
neil ramsbottom - senior creative
I like to start each and every day with a really crisp, close shave as I feel it really sets me up for the many and varied challenges that lie ahead during any given day here at Wilson Cooke. Most people will be unaware of this routine as my stubble grows at a quite alarming rate! Being a 'leftie' I enjoy the opportunities we get to be creative and constantly aim to make each piece better than the last one.Neil can usually be found munching on pistachio nuts of an evening.
Favourite things: I love the work and attitude to design and creativity of Mark Farrow, Stefan Sagmeister, Tyler Brûlé, Jamie Hewlett, James Jarvis and Frank Miller...
Wilson Cooke.
Lance has traded his crayons for a nice new Mac Pro.
Favourite things: I enjoy spending time with my family, walking the dog, listening to music and playing either the guitar or piano..
Interesting fact: I have also been known to impress friends at cocktail parties by ripping the Yellow Pages in half.
Favourite things: I enjoy blowing hundreds of pounds on collectable posters and rare screenprints.
steve haddican - designer/artworker
I do my bit for the planet: recycling, reducing waste, saving water/electricity etc, so don't blame all this recent flooding on me! I like to chill out by cooking a nice meal, whilst listening to music and supping a glass of red wine.A good walk by the sea, with a pint of beer at the end . . . priceless.
Steve or "Tadge" has he
is known in the studio is famous for his world class brews.
Favourite things: Happiness, Food, The
Wife (she’s bound to have a look at this)
steve stoddart - designer/artworker
My Favourite things, spending time with the family, reading, cycling, basketball, music (Zeppelin - that kind of thing, just to annoy the kids!), most sports - except horseracing and boxing. Keeping a clean carbon (fibre) footprint by cycling to work, all chocolate, coffee.Steve or "nobby" has been with wilson.cooke since 1998 and can usually be found knocked off his racing bicycle lying in a bed of nettles at the weekend.
Favourite things: Anne, my mum and dad, deep sea divers, Eddie Merckx, Sean Kelly, Steve Irwin
roger antonie - designer/artworker
Playing detective - researching dead Antonies (and anyone with the misfortune to be related), back to 1750 so far and not an Italian ice cream seller in sight. Motorcycling - but waiting for an almost completed 1959 Norton 500 Dominator to finish restoring itself, and for a Gilera scooter to repair itself.Roger is part of the furniture and has been involved with wilson.cooke from it's inception in the early 1990
Favourite things: My 1959 Norton 500 Dominator
john millington - operations director
With the ever constant advancement of technologies the web is an amazingly fast moving environment to work within, to see how much things have changed you only have to look back at the net usage of a few years ago to see just how important the internet is to everyone. Striving to find emerging markets for our clients within the industry is a constant challenge.
Making sure we stay ahead of the game is a top priority, thankfully we have a wealth of different skills at our disposal within each of our departments, this ensures that we deliver time after time no matter how involved or complex the project, as most of our work comes via referrals this has to say something about the quality of work we produce.
E: john@wilson-cooke.co.uk
antony wilcock - web/new media manager
A prerequisite to having a degree in fine art is an understanding that computers are the work of the devil - like artificial sweeteners, microwave ovens and reality TV shows. However it's impossible to design using felt-tip pens forever...Thankfully I overcame this fear, and my role at wilson cooke sees me involved in projects across all types of media - using cutting edge technologies. I am constantly learning new things and every day brings fresh challenges.
My least favourite phrase is "Can you jazz it up a bit?"
Our own "MiniVin" has been with us for almost nine years and usually has a video camera attached to his left eye.
Favourite things: I particularly like things which shouldn't work but do, unrecognised heroes and oxymorons.
Chris is our resident Liverpudlian of five years, his specialist talents are for advanced CSS coding and HTML.
Favourite things: my aunty cilla and uncle tarby.
My biggest dislikes are queue jumpers, tailgaters and moustaches.
Tony has been with us four years and is famous within the office for his "one liners".
Favourite things: Table thumping, alcohol & cheese, for which there should be a festival.
I have always been interested in computer technology whether it be computer hardware components or computer software, in other words I like all things Tech!
As my passion for Information Technology grew, my career naturally progressed into the web technology sector covering key elements of the industry - Search Engine Optimisation, Design and Development.
Outside of the office I like to get away from the hustle and bustle of urban life and venture into the rural countryside on my mountain bike.
Favourite things: Cardiovascular exercise, cross country mountain biking, computer hardware – anything techie
Favourite things: Spending time with my family, Thai & Mexican Food, Lemon Scented Hand Wipes.
mark law - development manager
I originally come from Rotherham and have been living in Salford now for about 4 1/2 years, classic story of following a girl (who is now my wife) but I'm clinging to my Yorkshire roots much to her dismay!
I come from a web development background and have work for a few agencies in Sheffield, Liverpool and Hale during the past 5 years or so.
After spending the last 8 months working in a client services role for a software company I am really excited about moving back to an agency and getting back to
where my strengths lie.
Favourite things: In my spare time I love spending time with my family and have a very active 1 year old daughter who keeps my wife and I
very busy. I am a mad Ice Hockey
fan and have been watching it for 19 years and playing for about 14. Also into most other sports in particular Football and am still waiting on that elusive premiership
title for Liverpool, next season maybe...
geoffrey viljoen - senior developer
I've been programming since I got a Commodore 64 when I was a kid and I've been using computers ever since. As a programmer I never stop thinking about ways to improve code even when I'm not programming. If you catch me at the pub with a vacant stare I'm probably turning a coding problem over in my head.
As an aside, I'm definitely not as boring as this description sounds, honest!
Allergies: Bananas.
Likes: Tidy code, Bananas, Spaced, Bill Bailey.
Dislikes: Messy code.
kevin williams - commercial developer
I got a little taste of programming at university; it was a pretty bad taste let me tell you! I decided to give it another crack in my own time and started to enjoy it more until eventually it brought me here.The team here is great, very welcoming, and massively talented. I’m really in to my football and my main aim at the company is to finish top in the fantasy league (this doesn’t look good though!).
Kevin's a great asset to the dev team, even though he supports Bolton Wanderers.
Favourite things: My Bolton Wanderers cup with my name on it. Blame my mum, she bought it me for Christmas.
With all my time divided between work and my little family, its hard work to think up witty and intelligent remarks about myself. Suffice to say that I was never afraid of hard work.
I’m enthusiastic about new concepts and Ideas and love putting my skills to the test. I’m told I have a penchant for decipherable code, “more comment than code” has been said about me more than once. Let’s hope I never prove anyone wrong.
paul mccann - systems administrator
After six years working with the internet I have much experience in both design and development, now its my chance to get some server level knowledge as well. I’m a dedicated, ambitious person with a desire to be successful. I enjoy going to concerts and festivals, playing guitar and watching football in between spending much of my time with girlfriend and her two year old monster disguised as a princess.
Favourite things: My Gibson Les Paul Guitar, Manchester United and Gummy Bears
In my work life I put an emphasis on delivering quality first time round. I enjoy developing new systems and helping to improve legacy systems. However, after 5:30pm I like nothing more than leaving the geek part of me behind and letting my hair down (that is the hair I have left). Just be warned don’t let me near dance floors or you’ll see Sale’s answer to Bez.
Favourite things: Dancing Argentinean Tango, Manchester City, Eating good food, Laughing
I first took up programming back when I was a young'un in primary school, after fiddling with my PC because I couldn't get a game to work. From then on I was interested in how computers work and how they do what they do. I progressed to building little websites for friends then moved onto e-commerce and content management.
Likes: Fast cars.
Dislikes: Sunday Drivers.
After 3.5 years of working as a web developer and building professional websites somewhere in Lithuania i decided to leave my home country just to strengthen my love of it. As a programmer i prefer to focus on the intelligent architecture of my creations.
Likes: Monty Python, Franz Schubert, Polish sausages, road bicycles.
nicole whittingham - marketing director
With an exceptional and dedicated team we mix fabulous talent with hard work to do our very best for our clients and help them stand out in crowded places. We love marketing, our aim is to guide our clients applying strategy and common sense so that everything we do together is an achievement.The challenges of effective branding, marketing communication and effective execution, along with the exciting challenges of digital marketing is something I love and that we are really good at!
I sometimes think we don’t shout out enough about how good we
are, but our commitment and passion to shouting out for our clients,
is really what we are about and being behind the scenes to help our
clients succeed in everything they do. It’s our clients and the
team we create together that makes everyday fantastic at Wilson & Cooke.
E: nicole@wilson-cooke.co.uk
paula wilson - account director
As Account Director at Wilson Cooke, it is my responsibility to oversee the Client Services Team and ensure that excellent service is delivered every time.With over 8-year’s marketing experience both on client side and agency and a Post-Graduate CIM I am passionate about delivery solutions to meet
my client’s objectives.
Favourite things: My children, shopping, eating out and holidays somewhere hot and sunny!
As digital project manager it is my responsibility to ensure that online projects are delivered on time and to specification. Being extremely organised is key to this, and anyone that knows me outside of work will know that I probably have a plan or list for most things. Being a newlywed I am currently trying to find the most efficient way to Project Manage my husband!!!
In my spare time I enjoy relaxing at home, watching films (Anchorman rocks) and spending time with my friends and family.
jackie broadey - digital project manager
With more years behind me than I like to remember working in account management and client service roles, I’ve been made really welcome as one of the newest members of the team. My aim as Digital Project Manager is to continue the great work Wilson & Cooke already deliver by working to achieve and hopefully exceed client expectations.Favourite things: Fun time with my son (& husband, so he doesn’t feel left out), the occasional day trip to a beauty spa and escaping as often as possible to our holiday home near Abersoch. You can’t beat long walks on the beach in winter when there’s no-one else daft enough to be there!!
Tony manages a wide porfolio of clients on a day to day basis. He also speaks on SEO strategies and techiques across the country, delivering a range of highly acclaimed workshops and seminars to the local business community, through the Chamber of Commerce and Busines Link Network.
lucy wright - account executive
I enjoy wine - by the glass or by the bottle, I’m not picky! Nights out with friends, 80’s films, music, swimming, shopping – the usual. I’m obsessed with pub quizzes and feel they’ve greatly improved my general knowledge over the past 5 years!! I hate loud eaters, mushrooms and beige. Despite what you might hear I do wear shoes.Lucy has a great ability to break computers without touching them and walk barefoot around the office.
Favourite things: My three favourite things are V&T’s, Blondie and yellow midget gems.
Favourite things: I enjoy shopping, eating out, sunny days, and treking across the moors in the middle of nowhere, and going on girly holidays with my daughter. I prefer animals to humans any day, and dogs are my favourite kind of people.
I look forward to welcoming you soon and I'll get the kettle on. If you have any special requests like Mint Tea, just let me know in advance and I'll see what I can do. See you all soon.
