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Find out who’s who and take a peak inside the creative minds of the Carbon team. Get to know us by checking out our personal blog’s as well to see a little behind the bamboo curtain:

Martin H
Creative Director martin@carboncreative.net
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  • I love: design, science, innovation, oh and a new creative brief!
  • I cry: when a great idea doesn’t see the light of day :-(
  • I laugh: at clever conceptual advertising that just works :-)
  • I eat: like a horse
  • I drink: too little water
  • I play: retro arcade games (they are still the best)
  • I watch: Pixar for fun, Ridley Scott for cinematography
  • I read: Infinite Loop (How Apple went Insane!)
  • I listen: to Massive Attack, William Orbit, Coldplay, UNKLE, 90’s House, 80’s Electro, 70’s Funk, 60’s Rock and any Manchester bands
  • I cringe: when reminded by work colleagues of less than sober breakdancing exploits in a busy Manchester bar

Kate H
Studio Director
kate@carboncreative.net
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  • I love: being outdoors
  • I cry: far too easily
  • I laugh: every day
  • I eat: my friends’ baking :)
  • I drink: loads of tea
  • I play: at trying to grow my own
  • I watch: things changing and Dr Who with the kids
  • I read: my Dad’s books like ‘The five people you meet in heaven’
  • I listen: to my elders
  • I cringe: at being tricked by a very convincing Ricky Gervais lookalike at a busy exhibition!

Jason M
Head of Client Services
jason@carboncreative.net
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  • I love: my mums Sunday roast dinners…shame she lives in Dublin
  • I cry: not nearly enough
  • I laugh: at my 6 year old nephew’s view of the world
  • I eat: far too much bread
  • I drink: I’m Irish…enough said
  • I play: with a football at every opportunity
  • I watch: Epic films and anything on the NatGeo Channel
  • I read: sports autobiographies
  • I listen: to my head…80% of the time
  • I cringe: at Sky Sport News ‘BREAKING NEWS’ scroll…98% scraping the barrel!

Dave C
Head of Digital
dave@carboncreative.net
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  • I love: The web!
  • I cry: when people use ie6
  • I laugh: when people use ie6
  • I eat: anything but fish
  • I drink: Belgian beers & New Zealand wines
  • I play: to win
  • I watch: too many documentaries
  • I read: Twitter, blogs and the occasional book
  • I listen: to whatever Paul or Tom put on
  • I cringe: all the time.

Dave A
Senior Web Designer
davea@carboncreative.net
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  • I love: Apple 
  • I cry: when Photoshop ‘unexpectedly quits’
  • I laugh: at random things
  • I eat: too much chicken
  • I drink: too many protein shakes!
  • I play: CS:GO
  • I watch: lots of stuff
  • I read: twitter & RSS Feeds mainly
  • I listen: to Dubstep and ambient D&B
  • I cringe: at the ‘tough guys’ at the gym

Paul R
Senior Designer
paul@carboncreative.net
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  • I love: a beautiful printed job in my hand
  • I cry: at very sad things and very funny things
  • I laugh: at podcasts (Adam & Joe / Richard Herring)
  • I eat: all the delights that grow in my garden
  • I drink: anything but coffee
  • I play: poker
  • I watch: possibly too much TV
  • I read: as much as I can
  • I listen: to 6music, 5 live and a fine selection from my itunes
  • I cringe: when I realise I’ve just watched x-factor… again

Nolan W
Senior Designer
nolan@carboncreative.net
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  • I love: Newcastle, food, films
  • I cry: when people smoke in nice cars
  • I laugh: at my little terror of a daughter
  • I eat: anything apart from liquorice and marzipan
  • I drink: a lot – but don’t tell anyone
  • I play: with my little terror of a daughter
  • I watch: action films/tv series
  • I read: TV guide
  • I listen: to anything I like the sound of, fav band Stereophonics
  • I cringe: when people say I sound Welsh, Scottish or Scouse

Paul M
Senior Designer
paulm@carboncreative.net
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  • I love: mulling things over
  • I cry: every time I see that Archie Gemmil goal against Holland
  • I laugh: at the resurgence of 80’s fashions
  • I eat: buttery toast and marmalade (yes, all the time)
  • I drink: expensive M&S cordials
  • I play: with scalpels, marker pens and big pads of paper
  • I watch: people from the corner of a dark and dingy pub
  • I read: and re-read again
  • I listen:to an eclectic mixture of pop, experimental hip hop, electronica and anything that features in Camberwick Green
  • I cringe: when I see myself in the mirror

Tom H
Digital Projects Manager
tom@carboncreative.net
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  • I love: sport, sport, more sport and Elvis
  • I cry: when I see pictures from my old modelling days
  • I laugh: at my own jokes
  • I eat: 8 metric tonnes of spinach a day
  • I drink: from the fountain of life
  • I play: football to a professional standard (in my head)
  • I watch: television with my headphones on
  • I read: Clean & Lean Diet: 14 Days to Your Best-Ever Body
  • I listen: to ‘Eye of the Tiger’ on a loop
  • I cringe: at the eating habits of my chubby colleagues

Greg K
Web Developer

  • I love: seeking new challenges
  • I cry: never
  • I laugh: at dirty jokes
  • I eat: healthy
  • I drink: beer, Jack Daniel’s and water (the next morning)
  • I play: tennis
  • I watch: every Woody Allen movie
  • I listen:to everything on the radio
  • I cringe: at the thought of my drunken behaviour the night before
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