Kelly Garner

Kelly has been a successful teacher of A Level and GCSE film for 15 years, managing her own film department, working with Arts Council England and delivering CPD to staff.

Outside of teaching she has created her own studio Traybake Studio which designs graphics and produces short videos. Her client base includes educational organisations, musicians, museums, artists, orchestras and local independents. She has managed projects with large budgets to build film sets, install editing suites, produce short music videos and most recently a digital regeneration of St Neots Museum.

She is particularly passionate about using technology and art to allow access and inclusivity to all people in public spaces and education.

An avid badminton player, Kelly is happiest when with her family, and enjoys cycling and creating figures in her outside studio.

Kieron Row

Kieron Row is a web developer and programmer who has worked with a range of service-based clients, building and maintaining web applications in web-forms and MVC, server components, windows and web services and considerable SQL scripting experience, mostly in MS-SQL but also some Oracle. He has a full-cycle experience with many of the projects he’s worked on, working with project managers to provide estimates of work, helping to manage/support testing and deployment.

Mike Garrick Green

Mike Garrick Green has been helping people for over 18 years achieve by developing intuitive software and business websites.

Mike engages with people to solve common business challenges, identifying issues and seeking to improve efficiency through the improvement of business’ IT systems and processes, improving the everyday experience at work and in life.

As managing director of Ouse Creative Ltd, Mike and his team increase efficiency through process improvement, contribution and professional expertise while developing intuitive software and websites that give a ‘a great experience’ for people every day.

Ouse Creative engage with people to deliver appropriate and intuitive online software, systems and websites that work seamlessly with other software to deliver growth, savings and efficiency – helping you and your team achieve.

Steve Todd

Steve Todd has over 15 years experience as a creative within the public, charity and private sectors and has produced design for well known companies both nationally and internationally.

He currently works as a creative and social media officer for government campaigns but has a huge amount of experience in print based design and a specialist knowledge in security artwork generation. He has a real love of marketing and likes nothing more than creating branding packages for new companies or campaigns.

Steve has a secret geeky passion for fonts, he’s a musician by night and is fanatic about coffee and beer.

Emma Sheppard

Emma Sheppard is a graphic designer with over 10 years experience. She’s spent most of her professional career working in design studios and agencies, but decided to give up the day job to go freelance after having her first child, for better work life balance.

As a powerhouse print designer, Emma is very experienced in magazine and editorial design, and has worked on everything from luxury property and lifestyle titles, to fashion and beauty magazines. She is lucky enough to have worked on a wide variety of projects through her agency work, with big name brands as well as exciting startups and small businesses. She has a passion for typography and logo design, and a great eye for detail, making sure everything is just right.

Emma recently started Big Bear Creative – a small agency of talented freelancers which specialises in design and branding for new and small businesses.

Robert Barker

After a career in music as a singer/songwriter Robert Barker visited the RHS Chelsea Flower Show and instantly fell in love with garden design and right there and then knew that he wanted to change the direction of his life and career. Robert went on to study with the RHS, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and Garden Design and Planting Design at Capel Manor College. Robert was recently awarded the prestigious gold medal award for his first show garden at the 2016 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.

Robert Barker Garden and Landscape Design was created to bring together his passion for plants, people, nature, a love for modern architecture and an understanding of how a garden design can work in harmony with its environment to create a timeless landscape.

Simon Devlin

Simon Devlin is a RIBA chartered professional architect with almost 20 years of experience in the construction industry. He has worked in Liverpool, Birmingham and more recently in St Neots, where he has set up his own RIBA chartered practice.

Throughout his career he has worked on a wide spectrum of projects, from the design and creation of an electricity substation and an inner-city synagogue, to high-end London domestic extensions and large residential developments. Geographically, his current projects are in the home counties and East Anglia and include large barn conversions, listed building consents, domestic extensions and two new school buildings.

Simon has a meticulous attention to detail and his designs combine innovative and imaginative creativity with common sense, practicable solutions. Although he brings his own wealth of knowledge and experience to the project, Simon also works closely with his clients to ensure their ideas, requirements and desires are reflected in the final build.

Paul McIver

Paul McIver is a freelance graphic designer, website designer and illustrator with over 20 years experience and has worked extensively in the packaging and brand marketing sector, working with clients such as SONY, Nintendo and the BBC.

Paul started Opaque Design in 2012, a small agency which specialises in design, web development and brand identity and more recently motion graphics. He also has a passion for t-shirts and has launched Limebox tees in the last 12 months.

Emma Hodgson

Emma Hodgson is a freelance graphic designer based in St Neots who concentrates on branding and illustration as well as graphics for social media platforms. She works with small start up businesses on logos, stationery and advertising materials as well as covering businesses needing a branding overhaul. A professional, friendly and affordable service is guaranteed.

Vicki Clark

Vicki Clark is a talented artist and illustrator who has now launched her own creative business. Vicki can offer anything from a small sketch of your beloved pet up to a huge statement piece for your home, business reception area, party, wedding or corporate event. Contemporary and modern, or more traditional, Vicki has it all, plus graphic design services. Visit Vicki’s blog for the latest news.

Chiharu Gotoh

Chiharu Gotoh was born in Yamagata, Japan in 1980 and studied hairdressing at Tokyo Hair & Makeup School, graduated in 2000. She worked as a hairdresser in several salons in Tokyo for 15 years before moving to UK in 2016 where she is now a freelance hairdresser.

Luke Butcher

Luke Butcher studied architecture at the Manchester School of Architecture, University of Cambridge and University of Pennsylvania, where he held a prestigious Thouron Scholarship. In addition to First Class Honours and Distinctions in architecture, he also holds a Masters in Environmental Building Design. Luke is the recipient of a number of individual awards and was shortlisted for the RIBA Bronze Medal (2009). Prior to co-founding BBA, Luke worked for a range of internationally acclaimed multi-disciplinary design and construction companies in Manchester, London and Cambridge. Luke has experience on projects with values ranging from £150,000 to £150 million, including Abraham Darby Academy, SOAS Senate House, Southbank Tower and the Parliamentary Estate. Luke has taught at the Manchester School of Architecture and University of Pennsylvania, with his academic research published internationally.

Sam Darlow

Sam Darlow is a freelance illustrator and designer based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Every project undertaken is approached intelligently, communicated creatively and crafted with care, from editorial design, branding and so much more. He believes in developing lasting relationships with clients to build a strong foundation on which considered thinking and design can add value to their businesses and realise their visions.

Kat Moir

Kat Moir designs and builds websites for small to medium sized businesses and also helps and advises on their growth and marketing. Kat is based in St Neots, Cambridgeshire. A lot of web design can be complicated, long-winded and expensive and she knows there’s a lot of smaller businesses out there who just need something simple. Kat has lived in this area her whole life, and started working in marketing when she left school. Since then, she worked in both design and marketing, until she helped build an agency specialising in affordable websites for small businesses. After five years, she’s headed off on her own path. Kat is a huge film addict so most of her spare time is spent trying to watch everything she can get her hands on. If she’s not there, you’ll probably find her up a mountain in Snowdonia or Scotland, or awkwardly trying to fit into the culture in a new country.

Davey Podmore

After leaving University, Davey Podmore worked as a graphic designer for IKEA before moving on to numerous Design Week top 100 design agencies. His work has appeared in numerous exhibitions alongside some of his heroes. Some of which is currently housed in the British Museum’s permanent collection. Based in Huntingdon, after working in the industry for many years, Davey now has a better understanding of how clients and designers can come together to create meaningful design. Davey is one of the founding partners of AVIDD Design an agency with a simple philosophy of collaboration to create client and designer relationships that will result in better design.

David Brudnell

Based in Peterborough, David Brudnell has spent the last 16 years in both agency and in-house environments. He has been fortunate to work on many successful projects and campaigns where close relationships are crucial for effective results. David has a keen interest in ethical and environmental issues and believes great, effective design can be environmentally and ethically responsible. We should always strive to do our best. At AVIDD this includes being as paperless as possible and using recycled materials – our business cards, for instance, are made of recycled t-shirts. David is one of the founding partners of AVIDD Design an agency with a simple philosophy of collaboration to create client and designer relationships that will result in better design.

Penni Pickering

Penni is a CIM qualified and industry-tested marketer, having worked in marketing management for B2B companies prior to starting up Kabo Creative. In her last employed role, she worked at a software development company alongside a score of talented developers. Over the years she skilled up and became a hybrid marketer/front-end developer.

She can now be found working with clients from start-ups through to multinational organisations, helping them to create conversion-focused WordPress websites. Her clients range across a broad spectrum, including financial services, recruitment, luxury fitness retreats and a historic travelling vintage steam fair that regularly features in movies, such as in the recently released Rocketman.

Penni started up Kabo Creative in 2017 as a website and graphic design agency, supported by her wife and business partner, Jo. In their first two years in business, they’ve secured clients in the UK, Europe and beyond. Ever on the geeky side, Penni is currently testing core SEO services for clients and is having excellent success with longtail keyword lead generation. Kabo Creative plan to add this to their client services in the future.

Jo Pickering

Jo Pickering is a qualified fine artist, with a background in design and management. Having created digital installations as an artist, she turned her skillset towards graphic design and supports clients with logos, branding, print and digital design services.

In 2017 Jo started up Kabo Creative, a graphic and website design agency, with her wife and business partner Penni. Since launch, she has helped established brands in the financial and recruitment industries to redesign their logos and has helped startups in the fitness sector to create new brands.

Jo designs stunning brochures, logos, social media images, infographics and more; on time and on budget. Her clients include the UK and international customers, from SME’s to larger corporations. She also writes on the Kabo Creative blog on practical design advice for businesses and has been featured on The Marketing Meetup as a guest author.

Shey Crompton

Shey Crompton has over 18 years of experience in testing, test management, and project management and is an experienced test lead in enterprise transformation and change environments. he has excellent communication and interpersonal skills gained from working in a diverse set of projects and industries and a proven ability to adapt to fast-changing situations and deliver to the highest quality.

Joshua Cadogan

Joshua Cadogan is an aspiring concept artist, who loves world-building and telling stories through digital painting. For the last five year’s he has been travelling and volunteering abroad and now wants to tell some stories. He is most excited about finding exactly what makes my client’s projects come alive and what makes their world worth exploring. Joshua is interested in the next trend of atmospheric and ambient virtual reality games and believes how stories are told in the games world is about to be the next big space for creating worlds and storytelling tools