Meet the team

Kent Valentine

Director

Kent has been a digital polymath since the early 2000s for clients such as Nokia, Qantas, American Express and Sony. He joined Draw in 2011 and worked in a number of roles across the business before becoming MD in 2016. Kent is a regular speaker about digital strategy and change, particularly within the professional services sector.

Fred Brown

Director

Captain of the good ship Draw, Fred is also a founding partner of the agency having grown it from its inception in 2003. In addition to setting the direction of the company, he also leads our work with key customers, providing strategic advice targeted at KPIs. Fred holds a First Class degree in Industrial Design.

Steven Blackman

Director

Steve has worked both client and agency side since joining London's burgeoning digital industry in the 1990s, as a Director of DeepGroup. He has also owned and run successful companies, working with brands including Nike, Conran, Converse, Adobe and Nokia. As Draw's Commercial Director, Steve leads commercial and communications activities.

Rob Robinson

Director

Rob founded Clicked Creative in 1999, combining with Draw in 2012, and has led ground-breaking digital projects for clients including the Royal Albert Hall, Sky, KissFM, Blackberry, The Body Shop and The Times. Rob holds a degree in Industrial Design Engineering from Brunel University and is an award-winning Creative Director and pioneer of new technologies.

Dean Faulkner

Director

After starting his career, Dean developed bespoke solutions for large clients including Vodafone and HSBC. His technical experience spans Application Development, Enterprise grade Infrastructure and Systems Architecture. Dean thrives on creating elegant solutions to the most complex of problems and he is passionate about creating products that people enjoy using.

Siân Barlow

Director

Siân began a career in advertising in 2002, firstly with National Magazine Company, then in a charity specific recruitment ad agency, where she first harnessed digital to create pitches and brief cross-channel campaigns. Before joining Draw, Sian spent five years with a digital content agency, building relationships with key clients, setting up the core account team and establishing processes to support clients.

Ewa Wilkinson

Practice Manager

Sylwia Narecka

Traffic Lead

Nearly half a decade working with Technology, Fashion and Professional Services clients. Commencing her career in the legal industry, Sylwia brings maturity and intelligence to the management of projects and the servicing of clients. Previous and current clients include: F&F, ABN Amro, Nabarro, IUP2 Ltd, Gist, Mortgages for Business. Sylwia was a member of the winning team of NABS Fast Forward in 2012.

Nathan Jones

Commercial Lead

Nathan is a new business specialist who understands the importance of meeting clients' needs and providing solutions that fit. He has proven skills in building relationships with clients across all sectors, lead generation, sales cycles and process and closing new business opportunities. Before joining Draw, Nathan developed his digital knowledge working with a CRM agency and in customer experience.

Sam Anderson

Copywriter

Before coming to Draw in 2017, Sam spent a few years sharing his time between academic research and freelance writing projects. He has worked in both digital and traditional media, having written for national newspapers, contributed to magazines, and produced all sorts of copy for all sorts of websites. In his writing, he cares about clarity, creativity, and Oxford commas. He holds a first-class honours degree and a distinction-level research degree in philosophy.

Luke Holman

Senior SEO Consultant

Luke is our resident SEO with over 5 years experience in digital, working across both paid and organic channels. His passion for data and technology help shape effective strategies to navigate clients through the ever changing search landscape and has worked on teams with John Lewis, New Look and Urban Outfitters.

Michelle Mahoney

Senior Delivery Consultant

Michelle joined Draw after 10 years of experience working in digital with top brands like Xbox, Tesco and Disney. Over these 10 years Michelle managed successful large integrated campaigns, developed strong online communities for her clients and implemented social marketing strategies.

James Nichols

Senior Client Consultant

Prior to joining Draw, James worked client-side in a Global Product Marketing role for a pharmaceutical and healthcare company, driving digital health initiatives. James is an enthusiastic motivated leader and digital geek, with a Marketing MSc and a quick stint at Harvard Business School.

Imran Askem

Delivery Lead

Imran is a pragmatic problem solver with over 10 years experience managing digital projects and processes. In that time he has managed projects for Experian, NATS, M&S and Capital One to deliver web sites, email campaigns, mobile apps and VR. For Draw, he manages our larger programmes of work using Agile methodologies.

Matt Hull-tullah

Delivery Specialist

Matt Hull-Tullah has delivered complex international digital and integrated projects and campaigns over the past 20 years, coordinating programs of work for top blue-chip clients - Jaguar Land Rover, Marks and Spencer, Philips, Santander, Sony, P&G and Unilever

Joe Minett

Client Lead

Cultivated from a fledgling intern to Account Director, Joe has thrived at Draw. Working predominantly across Fashion and Beauty clients, Joe has managed media campaigns and steered site and app builds through to fruition. Joe completed a Degree in Marketing and recently participated in the NABS Fast Forward scheme.

Laura Brentano

Senior Delivery Consultant

Before joining Draw, Laura worked as a Senior Project Manager in a global agency’s Brazilian office. She was responsible for delivering and managing complex user-centered design projects, working with cross-functional teams and utilising emerging technologies. Prior to that, Laura was responsible for the Brazilian office of leading Spanish design firm. She has also worked in newsrooms as a journalist. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Communications.

Manuel Erard

Senior Client Consultant

Manuel began his career in the media industry at Havas in 2011; he has since worked at digital and integrated agencies in both Paris and London. For over 7 years, he worked with carmakers such as Nissan and Jaguar Land Rover to translate complex user and business requirements into leading digital experiences. He brought this integrated expertise to Draw in January 2018.

Rebecca Martin

Client Consultant

Becs began her career in digital at a full service digital agency in New Zealand. To gain further experience in digital content and design, she moved to the UK to work with a wide-range of global brands. Becs has managed site-builds from initial strategy through to launch. At Draw, she is working with clients in legal and healthcare industries.

Brittany O'Connor

Project Consultant

Prior to joining Draw, Brittany obtained her Bachelor's degree in Biology from Columbia University in New York City and worked for over 3 years in a neurobiology lab researching Parkinson's Disease. She also has experience as a customer sales representative with the biotech company, Thermo Fisher Scientific. With this experience, Brittany brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in the health sciences sector as well as strong analytical thinking and problem solving skills.

Corina Callan

Lead Developer

Corina started her career in the industry in Belfast with a leading Insurance software company before moving to a Surrey based Email marketing and lead generation company. Her expertise includes back end coding of Umbraco websites, integration with software services and client API's and support of existing sites.

Mitchell Fry

Lead Developer

Initially starting his career as a content author, Mitchell decided his interest was in development. Progressing up to Lead Developer giving him a great insight of what makes a great website and the needs of a content author. He now works across a range of clients from automotive to retail, consistently delivering quality outputs against difficult timescales.

Bill Bixby

Lead Developer

Bill has been a .Net developer since graduating with First Class honors in 2001. He has held senior technical roles with some major media brands, including Publicis Groupe, ZenithOptimedia, Nickelodeon and MTV, and he spent a year working in San Francisco on a project for EA Games. He has a particular interest in developing with the latest server-side technology, and is an active member of the Umbraco CMS community.

Kyle Thomas

Senior Developer

A recent graduate from Chester University with a First Class Honors in Computer Science, Kyle has jumped into the big world of development. Kyle has many programming languages under his belt, with C#, Objective-C, HTML5 and CSS being his strongest.

John Sheard

Senior Developer

Having recently achieved a first class honours in a Master of Mathematics at the University of Sheffield, John aims to apply his strong mathematical abilities in the fast paced world of web development, aiding the company into the future.

Marc Hyatt

Developer

Having spent the best part of a decade as a Highways Designer, Marc decided to follow his passion for technology and pursue a new exciting career in software development. Initially starting off as a .Net developer, after graduating from Swansea University studying BSc in Computer Science, he has since gained a wide variety of experience across the software development life cycle.

Tom Riley

Developer

Tom has recently graduated from University of Wales Trinity St David where he achieved a Distinction in HND Software Engineering. Eager to expand his knowledge with a fast pace, he has undertaken a Year In Industry at Draw where he has dived into the deep end of web development. His aims are to complete his BSc part time while working at Draw and grow his career opportunities.

Monica Phan

Front end Developer

Monica moved from England to Wales to study, and obtained her BSc in Web Development at The university of Wales Trinity Saint David. Initially involved with a startup after graduating, she has since progressed onto working with major clients, such as Sainsbury’s, Cigna and Barclays. She specialises in front end technologies and is continually looking to broaden her knowledge within this area of expertise.

Jade Thomas

Front end Developer

Jade graduated from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David Swansea with a First Class degree in Web Development. She spent three years developing her front end skills and coding a vast number of HTML emails at a creative agency in Bristol, before joining Draw to continue working in this area.

Simon Gifford

Lead UX Designer

Simon moved to digital in 2003 following a distinguished career in the field of identity and communications - creating global identities for clients including Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, and graphics that remain in use today in British Airways First Class. Simon brings his experience and insight to our IA and UX activities, and is invaluable in defining the journeys that users make through the sites we create.

Johan Nordin

Senior UX Designer

Johan developed his UX skills in the financial tech sector, working for clients such as Old Mutual, AXA and Columbia Threadneedle. He is excited about the prospect of working with a range of clients and on different projects at Draw. Gaining a BSc Psychology degree, he is passionate about creating user experiences that are considerate towards the users needs and motivations.

Daniel Stolz

Lead Designer

After studying initially in Germany (communication design) then in the UK (advertising and graphics), Daniel remained in London, where he has developed significant creative experience. With specific expertise in digital communications, Daniel occupies a senior role that spans strategy, innovation and design throughout the project life-cycle.

Adam Taylor

Senior Designer

Adam has been in design for nearly a decade, joining Draw with Clicked Creative in 2012. His skill set includes web design, illustration and video editing. He already has an impressive bag of clients under his belt including and not limited to; The History Channel, Je Joue, Bauer Media, Jimmy Choo..

Josh Grazier

Senior Designer

Josh has recently graduated from Teesside University with a degree in Graphic Design. He has since moved to London to pursue his passion for design. He specialises in typography and has a variety of other skillsets under his belt. Josh is now looking to progress further in the industry whilst also developing his skills to benefit draw clients.

Gary Wadsworth

Designer

Gary has worked with LBi, ASOS and M&S, designing a large ouput of work for clients to a high standard in a short timescale. While his focus at Draw is design for Tesco UK & Ireland and Tesco central Europe, Gary also supports other projects including McArthur Glen and Firstkind, and still makes the time to curate our Daily Awesome mailout.

Sean Roberts

Designer

Sean graduated in the summer of 2017 with a first-class honours degree in Graphic Design and an ISTD design award. During his days at Northumbria University Sean specialised in type and editorial design. When he came to Draw, he transitioned from print to digital, and from up north to down south for new challenges, inspiration and adventure.

Sian Wilkinson

Designer

Sian has recently graduated from Birmingham City University with a First Class Honours in Graphic Communication. She specialises in a range of disciplines, from print to video, and hopes to further her skills in the digital world at Draw.

Jared Hill

UX Designer

Jared has over six years’ experience working across digital technology, marketing, customer experience, and user experience design. Born and raised in Australia, he moved to the bright lights of London shortly after graduating university. He has since worked as a designer across a range of start-ups, digital agencies, and established brands.

Michael Greig

UX Designer

Michael brings a varied business background to his UX design work, having spent 5 years working in customer-facing, commercial and corporate roles at the UK's largest energy supplier. He joins Draw’s Boston office from General Assembly's User Experience Immersive program, where he worked on a redesign project for the City of Boston's website.

John Rapiel

UX Designer

John has a strong media background, having spent years working for GroupM. Fresh out of the General Assembly User Experience Immersive program, he has a keen desire to improve the intuitiveness of every product he works on. He continues to cultivate a passion for teamwork and collaboration.

Angus Minett

Chief Canine Welfare Officer

Angus started his professional career at Draw as a Junior Canine Welfare Associate in 2016, working alongside his girlfriend Lena. Since Lena’s departure in 2017, he’s been handling the canine welfare programme solo, and has since progressed to Chief. His skills include sock stealing, leg licking and being a good boy.