Our team
It’s not the location, the food, or even the perks that make somewhere great to work. It’s the people. And we know that great people do great work which leads to even better things. That’s why we only work with the best.
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Paul Crabtree
Managing Director
As MD, he is responsible for making Velo a place where the best people want to work so we always deliver for our clients. Founded Velo in his spare bedroom - thank goodness we're no longer based there.
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Matt Scutt
Executive Creative Director
Matt is our Executive Creative Director, delivering intelligent, creative strategy, brand identity, and creative direction across the whole studio. He has an immense passion for composing music and shooting award-winning photography.
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Yeni Olubamowo
Financial Director
Our financial whizz who has kept control of the pennies so that the pounds take care of themselves at more agencies than most.
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Elizabeth Reynolds-Horne
Account Director
Libby looks after our largest technology clients. With expertise in print, digital and video, she's in her element working on integrated projects. She's only happier when she's making her legendary millionaire's shortbread for the team - Yum!
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Sam Connor
Account Director
A Northerner at heart who has crossed the divide to the South and looks after all our client relationships. Probably over a "brew!"
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Lottie O’Donoghue
Head of Brand Strategy
Lottie leads the agency's teams for new business clients across brand strategy projects through to websites and campaign activation. She also owns Velo's own marketing, too. A big fan of coffee and running, Lottie is also at an elite level in netball.
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Helena Phillips (née Martin)
Head of Marketing Strategy
A theatre buff with infectious positivity & a wicked sense of humour. Helena and her team create marketing strategies & campaigns across our sectors. She is also a foodie Instagrammer and self-professed chocoholic.
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Sara Driscoll
Head of Content Strategy
Sara is our company wordsmith. She makes sure everything we do for our clients tells a story that engages the right audience. Sara once ran the London Marathon dressed as Wonder Woman.
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Mark Gillam
Digital Marketing Lead
Mark leads our performance marketing team spanning campaign planning, creative, activation and reporting. What he doesn’t know about MarTech is not worth knowing. You’ll find him working in the family pizza restaurant on the weekend too.
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Joanne James
Junior Account Director
Joanne has expertise in B2B multichannel campaigns across print, digital and video, and is a customer experience and success stories pro. She’s an avid skier and runner but not at the same time.
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Shaun Ramsey
Lead Designer
Shaun has worked at award-winning agencies, collaborating with well-known clients in both consumer and B2B sectors. He loves to create and bring ideas to life through his diverse design skills. When not working his magic in design, he is working it in the kitchen and garden.
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Josie Hales
Midweight Designer
Recognised as D&ADs ‘One to Watch’ in 2020, Josie has stand-out multi-discipline creative skills. And she likes wine. What's not to love?
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Jack Woolley
Account Manager
A B2B specialist, particularly around communications and face-to-face events. Working closely with our enterprise clients, Jack’s role spans everything we do as an agency so you can ask him anything. A huge football fan, Jack can name every flag in the entire world.
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Anna Smirnova
Marketing Manager
With over 20 years of in-depth digital marketing experience, Anna has great passion for multi-channel strategy campaigns. Anna loves to discover authentic foods, there is even a sandwich named after her in a cafe in Folkestone!
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Diwakar Redhu
Senior Campaign & MarTech Manager
With boundless experience in ABM campaigns for the technology sector, Diwakar generates skilful results for our clients’ through end-to-end organic and paid media digital campaigns and SEO. Also a photographer, he loves to head to the coast to capture shots.
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Simon Watson
Studio & Operations Manager
A keen eye for detail with a long history as a videographer, Simon runs our studio. The patience of a saint, and almost always calm. Apart from when West Ham are playing. Then all bets are off!
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David Carey
Junior Account Manager
David’s experiences in project coordination, data wrangling and videography have given him a keen eye for project management. David’s a published author and once served Andy Murray sushi - not knowing it was him!
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Leo Scapolan
Senior Designer
Leo is our Senior Designer. He loves everything about conceptual design and new ideas focusing on process and development. In his spare time, you can find him jamming with his rock band.
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Max Cecchini
Senior Motion Graphics Designer
Max is equal parts motion graphics and beer connoisseur who, by day, specialises in 2D and 3D video, and by night, in craft brews. Max revels in technical, formal and corporate stories that are hard to explain.
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Laura Hailstone
Senior Content Creator
Laura is one of our word smiths, crafting the perfect words to make our client content shine. She has tap danced since she was 4 and her secret wish is to be in a musical!
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Charlotte Heath
Account Executive
Charlotte is our go-to pub quiz champion, leveraging her experience in digital marketing and client services to keep us all in line. When not in the office, she heads outside London for a wholesome hike.
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Aman Paul
Graphic Designer
Aman has been rated as ‘the one to watch’ at the SDCA Enterprise Awards. Aman brings a fresh approach to design using her industrial design & technology background. She is also a semi-pro cheerleader, competing across the UK!
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Rachel Walsh
Senior Digital Marketing Executive
With extensive experience across a diverse range of brands, Rachel brings a fresh set of eyes to our marketing team. Outside of work, she enjoys wild swimming and is a self-confessed nerd.
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Caitlin Smyth
Motion Graphics Designer
Caitlin brings a wealth of creativity and versatility to every project, from production and planning to on-shoot art direction, designing, animating, and full project delivery. Outside of work, Caitlin enjoys cooking (and eating!) and loves spending time in nature with her partner and other animals.
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Tom Kelly
Midweight Copywriter
Tom’s love for language and compulsion to point out grammatical mistakes made copywriting an obvious career choice. When he’s not crafting stories for brands, he’s usually doing the same for Dungeons & Dragons campaigns.
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Dina Shoukry
Senior Content Creator
Dina lives to tell a story and loves words. She once was a 17th Century servant in a short film and is still waiting for that call from Hollywood!
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Warren Stokes
Marketing Automation Consultant
A recognised Marketo Champion, Warren is equally at home spanning the technical, creative and strategic aspects of marketing automation.
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Andrew Forkgen
DevOps Manager
With a secret past as a DJ, Andy has a history that would surprise most. Thankfully when it comes to DevOps, he avoids all surprises every time
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Toni Waterfall-Chapman
Senior Copywriter
Get 'you're' and 'your' muddled up and there'll be hell to pay. Toni is our resident wordsmith and member of the grammar police, producing content that's on brief, on tone and on time.
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Sam Willoughby
Events Lead
Despite 16 years of dancing on the stage, Sam has spent the last two decades being much happier organising B2B and well-being events that let others shine.
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