The Team
Chris Lumsden
Partner
Simply put
20 odd years rattling around agencies in client servicing, planning and management.
Honest to a fault
I tend to look for the downside in everything first.
Love
Life’s simple pleasures.
Julie Murdoch
Managing Director
Simply put
15 years looking after (mostly) lovely clients.
Honest to a fault
Still feel too young to have a grown up job.
Love
Laughing. Throwing a barbell around. Holidays. Gin!
Darren Adams
Creative Director
Simply put
Keeping it simple, being responsible and always trying to create work that lasts.
Honest to a fault
I’ve told the same jokes for 20 years.
Love
Telling really old jokes.
Stewart Steel
Strategy Director
Simply put
Trained as lighting designer, invented the Internet, got stuck into digital challenges.
Honest to a fault
I didn’t invent the Internet.
Love
Gadgets, problems, laughing, people, gadgets.
Stephanie Christian
Finance Director
Simply put
30+ years working across many businesses, the last 11+ have been the best so far. Never stop learning or challenging myself.
Honest to a fault
I am a Sagittarian – I can’t help it.
Love
Family. Friends. Making Happy Memories. Where I work and all that it encompasses. Thai Food. Camping. Tennis. Watching rugby although more anxious now with 2 rugby playing sons.
Lindsay Wise
Strategist
Simply put
When I have a gut instinct, I follow it – it’s served me well as a Strategist, and it’s the reason I always knew I’d end up moving from Florida to Scotland.
Honest to a fault
I hate to break it to you, but it rains almost every day in Florida, too.
Love
Podcasts, pups, sunny days, ice-cold rosé and planning a holiday…possibly even more than I love being on holiday.
Mike Hunter
Associate Creative Director
Simply Put
Designing, writing and discussing for over ten years. Drawing and making for a lot longer.
Honest to a fault
I spend my life constantly realising that I know less than I thought I did.
Love
Design, Music, Art, Football, Gaming. In that order.
Jim Campbell
Design Director
Simply put
Simply putting ideas into other people’s heads.
Honest to a fault
I steal regularly from my kids' goody jars.
Love
YouTube rave-ups with the family.
David Brownlie
Design Director
Simply Put
Over 12 years as a designer and art-director. Former Londoner, now a reformed Glaswegian, working for agencies and clients, big and small. A champion of making things move, but still loves the smell of a freshly printed book.
Honest to a fault
I tell my wife I love our cat. I don't really.
Love
Drum machines. B-movies. Tinkering with bikes. Big cats. Playing other people's records. Sweaty clubs. Surprises. Colour. Minimalist design. Colour. Spaghetti bolognese and tiramisu.
Andrew Simpson
Senior Designer
Simply Put
A designer with a special place in my heart for things that move.
Honest to a fault
I’m not taking notes. I’m just doodling.
Love
Drawing faces. Climbing walls. Noodling on guitars. Running fast.
Naomi Aylott Harvey
Designer
Simply Put
Began my career on the client services side of the agency, retrained, and have now upgraded to a mac!
Honest to a fault
I’ll eat the whole pack of biscuits/crisps/chocolate if no-one’s watching.
Love
Design, London, starting new projects, friends, family, pubs in the summer, pubs in the winter, good booze, good food (with a bit of junk food on the side).
Caitlin McKenna
Digital Director
Simply Put
More than 15 years of being relentlessly curious about brand, digital and design.
Honest to a fault
The daughter of an engineer, I have to understand how everything works.
Love
My two little boys. Fluffy labradoodles. Books. Beaches. Scandi design. Tha magical spark you feel at the beginning of something new.
Scott Graham
Head of Backend Development
Simply put
Seamlessly combining the complicated programming bit and the pretty design bit to produce tremendous websites and user experiences.
Honest to a fault
I think an average burger is more appealing than the finest steak.
Love
My dog. Gadgets, Lego, T-Shirts with obscure movie references, the entire Star Wars universe, and a nice cuppa tea.
Jamie Boyd
Head of Frontend Development
Simply put
15 years spent making websites feel fitter, happier and more productive.
Honest to a fault
My personal year of peak excitement about the internet was 1996.
Love
Being a father to two daughters. Tea in the garden. Wikis. A well-seasoned acoustic guitar. Modular synths. Dark Ambient. An error-free build.
Maddy Norman
Associate Director
Simply put
Considerable agency experience across brand, digital and pack. Passionate about bringing projects to life.
Honest to a fault
I never read the recipe.
Love
Good coffee, good food, good wine, good company, galleries and antiques.
Helen Westlake
Associate Director
Simply Put
A former southern softie, working in a mix of Marketing, Comms and Brand roles for the last 10 years on both sides of the fence, before fleeing for the highlands in 2018
Honest to a fault
I still can’t understand half the things they say in Glasgow.
Love
Climbing, biking, paddling, hiking, wine drinking (not at the same time).
Terricia Soyombo
Senior Account Manager
Simply Put
Strategy-obsessed agency professional who withstood the transient nature of Washington, DC for 11 years—until falling in love with Glasgow called for a leap across the pond.
Honest to a fault
I can't resist the siren call of a Wikipedia wormhole.
Love
Films, comedy, whisky, and running a lot and camping a little and politics somewhere in between.
Lauren Callaghan
Senior Account Manager
Simply Put
Client side to agency life. Trained in textile design, with a passion for organisation and all things creative.
Honest to a fault
A perfectionist who, ironically, never reads the instruction manual for anything.
Love
Rom-coms, polaroids, peanut butter, laughing, punctuality and shoes.
Nikki Mcintyre
Account Manager
Simply Put
Didn't last very long client side before jumping the fence. Watching, learning and enjoying my job.
Honest to a fault
Too opinionated for my own good.
Love
My friends, my family, my pooch, music, happy memories, holidays and football games.
Alice King
Account Executive
Simply Put
Love learning about brand and the exciting challenge that is agency life.
Honest to a fault
Still hate tidying but love to be organised.
Love
My family, friends, food and furry four-legged animals.
Jenny Davidson
Finance Assistant
Simply Put
Economics. Paris. Mother. Accounts. Bit of an all rounder.
Honest to a fault
Serial car denter.
Love
Family, friends and laughter. The great outdoors, a dog and a golf club. Friday night and a gin and tonic.
Sarah Holland
Traffic Manager/Creative Artworker
Simply Put
Focusing on small details and delivering big ideas.
Honest to a fault
I’m a serial paper hoarder. Amongst other things…
Love
Travelling. Design. Pasta. Plants. My Cat. Mountains. Family and Friends.
Fiona Robertson
PA/Office Manager
Simply Put
Hyper organised people focused, no nonsense office manager, self-professed super mum, volunteer and recent graduate.
Honest to a fault
Super mum is possibly a tad exaggerated.
Love
Family. Friends. Good food. Lots of wine. Antique shopping. Tiny dogs.