Specialists in digital marketing, web applications and web design.
We love what we do. New opportunities excite us, meeting new people and re-connecting with old friends on new projects. We love to share: our knowledge, our experience and our ideas.
Dan brings experience and an unbelievable amount of business & marketing knowledge to the First 10 team. With over 14 years experience in Direct & Digital marketing Dan has worked both agency & client-side during his career. Using his knowledge of both sides of the coin Dan has been fundamental in the building of First 10.
Stu’s got more than a decade of experience in heading up the delivery of large web projects for businesses from SME to PLC level across a range of markets, and is involved in a number of start-ups, too, including Smart Insights. A lover of all things web, Stu keeps the technical side of the business moving, making sure we can bring our ideas out of our heads and onto the screen.
Chris has worked in digital marketing for over 6 years. Before becoming a freelance consultant & then founding First 10 with Dan & Stuart, Chris spent a lot of his time managing large international web strategies for a leading travel brand. Chris now works with the First 10 team to advise & implement digital marketing strategies using inbound marketing techniques to help businesses grow online. He also acts as a consultant for another of Dan and Stuart’s businesses – Smart Insights
We’ve worked with Leachy as full time team members since 2002, and he has mastered the digital universe – from HTML5 & CSS3 through to HD motion-graphics & javascript. Chris has gained intimate knowledge of the web, spending the last 12 years working across design, accessibility & usability, Chris leads the turning of ideas and web code into something you can see and touch.
Dmitriy’s got 5 years experience in web development, specialising in HTML markup (including coding for mobile devices) and PHP. He started his career working for the Ukrainian domain registrar, Imena.UA and has worked freelance for a variety of Ukrainian, American and European companies.
These days, Dmitriy works with First 10, specialising in delivering wonderful plugins and enhancements for our favoured WordPress CMS platform.
Kirstie is First 10′s first full time Marketing Exec, as well as self-appointed matriarch and all round good scotch egg. With an unparalleled eye for detail, a degree in graphic design and several years management experience with a leading UK fashion brand, Kirstie is perfect to help us and our clients get organised for success. She’s also rumoured to be a dab hand with a sewing machine.
Here at First 10 we believe in finding the right people for the job. We cannot be amazing at everything & we are lucky to have a fantastic network of freelancers from the best designers around to leading marketing authors. We make sure the right team is assembled for each piece of work to make sure we are always at the top of our game & pushing boundaries. Our partners complete First 10, you can check them out below, feel free to get in-touch with any of them, we recommend them all!
Rich is a freelance digital designer. He spends his days doing 3D visualisations, motion graphics and web design and build for people – and those people nearly always say “Wow, that’s really good. Thanks Rich!”
Rob’s a creative copywriter we like to work with. He was with Dan at i-to-i. He looked after copy and brand, and generally kept all things creative chugging along nicely. He’s worked in-house. He’s worked agency side. He’s worked with big swanky London clients. He’s advised little start-ups. He knows he needs a website, but he’s too busy writing for his clients. We think that’s a good sign. Get in touch >
Bestselling author, consultant and speaker who enjoys sharing tips, tools and techniques on SEO, PPC, Social Media, Email Marketing, Site Design & Analytics.
Having first worked with Sally at i-to-i where she was a one-woman copy band answering all of the brand’s communication needs, her digital experience spans a number of years writing in-house for private and public sector brands and for government and blue chip clients at integrated agencies. Living by the moto ‘Content is King’ and ever-hungry for a challenge, Sally’s passion for usability is evident at every editorial turn through a carefully considered, user-focussed approach.
McGrath O’Toole are our creative agency partners and pals. In fact, we share an office with them! They specialise in brand, advertising, design – IDEAS! They create fresh, innovative ideas that will engage, captivate, and most importantly, motivate customers. Their approach is all about no smoke or mirrors; no pretentious agency ‘nonsense’ – openness, honesty, creativity, fun.
We’ve worked with Andy as both colleague and freelancer since 2002, so like most of our partners we firmly consider him one of us. His 17 years experience in graphic design, 3D, motion graphics and web design means that not only does he slot in easily to project work, we can also trust him to deliver right, first time. Andy now also does a lot of teaching, lucky students, we say. www.andrewshillito.com
Paul Rouke founded PRWD in 2006 following 7 years working in usability and customer experience at the UK’s largest home shopping business Shop Direct Group. At PRWD, as well as providing usability evaluations, user testing and usability training directly to PRWD clients, Paul is one of the few industry professionals providing both public and in-house training for the highly respected Econsultancy, the leading source of independent advice and insight on digital marketing and ecommerce.
We’ve worked with Khanh, or ‘Genghis’ as he’s affectionately known, since around 2004. Back in 2005 he conquered China with his flash skills during a few years out in Shanghai, then came back home to continue inflicting his action script mastery on the United Kingdom. Khanh is an expert flash developer who always delivers.
www.r2v2.co.uk
Hannah Swift founded Bright Digital Minds in 2011 after 5 successful years working in affiliate management. Hannah is usually found on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ managing social media accounts along with managing affiliate programmes for a range of SME’s. Winner of the A4U ‘Publishers Choice of Account Manager 2009′ she is a recognisable face in the affiliate industry and can also be found speaking at international affiliate conferences or guest blogging about affiliates.
Using Facebook Events - an example - Smart Insights Digital Marketing Advice http://t.co/R80Udice via @smartinsights
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