Desk Shortage

Posted by Stuart on 2 February 2009 | 0 Comments

It looks like we'll soon need to fetch a few more of these lovely glass-topped desks from Ikea if we take on any more new staff this year. So far in 2009 we've seen three fresh young faces joining the team here at Oomph headquarters in Cirencester.
 
The rapid expansion of our all-girl, all-skills media team continues with the arrival of 25year old Helen Houghton as a Media Analyst. Getting page after page of numbers to add up comes naturally to our Helen, whose career path has lead her to Oomph's door via Nelson Thornes publishers and Pop2 Internet, which she informs us is where she discovered her interest in marketing and analytics with a particular fondness for FMCG Branding and Consumer Behaviour. A native of the most northerly and unspoilt parts of the Welsh countryside, Helen's cheerful and outgoing personality hides a hidden determination and strong character. How else does someone get to the Gym like clockwork twice a week, every week and still have time to drink a dozen cups of tea a day? When asked for a few interesting bits of personal info to add to this blog, Helen came back with these two fascinating facts; she is the proud owner of a pair of original size 9 feet and has an irrational fear of bones, which we couldn't confirm the phobia name for at time of going to press. Possibly Cartilogenophobia? But that was on Wikipedia, so who knows.  

After spending a number of weeks freelancing with us, 30year old Interactive Designer Richard Kean enjoyed our lively banter so much that he decided to stay on, hoping we wouldn't notice his freelance contract had run out in February. Seriously though, before joining the Oomph creative team Richard worked as a successful freelancer, was an in-house designer at Cheltenham design agency Room 58 and even owned his own design agency down in Bournemouth. And, if we ever throw a cocktail party, he apparently does a mean Tom Cruise impression. The well-travelled Richard brings with him a wide array of print and design experience - from putting together complex exhibition stand designs to creating brand identities for major blue chip companies. Of course, as a self-confessed family man with two lively young children, Richard doesn't have a lot of spare time to himself. When he does, he tells us he likes to play guitar, swim and shoot people on computer games - but not necessarily all at the same time.
 
Richard is not the only one to join us hailing from the South Coast. We have recently welcomed aboard the lovely Louise Bryant-Hunt. Louise joins us as an Account Handler on The Co-operative Financial Services account team. Relocating to the Cotswolds from Southampton, Louise has previously worked with the Remarkable Group and Fusion Marketing and Communications.  With a keen-eye for detail, (the other eye is not so keen), Louise launched into her first Oomph project - a major website redesign - with real gusto and great success. Once she's at home with her manic rescue cat on the sofa and certificate for GCSE Russian hanging on the wall, cheese-loving Louise likes nothing more than to practice her passion for all foods Italian. She's even learnt to make her own Pasta. Nice. With outside interests in every activity from gardening to scuba diving, Louise wants to try out Zorbing next. You know, when you get zipped into a giant hamster ball and pushed down a steep hill by a farmer. After that, who knows?