Welcome to Optimism

Fresh new faces

We've welcomed a host of lovely new people into the W+K family recently; it's probably about time we introduced them.

Chris.chapman

This is Chris Chapman. He joins our design team from Grey where he worked on Volvo and Lacoste. Chris has some great fun facts. He once ate 43 Weetabix (and 2 litres of milk) in a talent completion. He came third. He has a genetic condition which makes him resistant to many common illnesses and fortifies his bones against injury. He has recently finished writing 'Sci-fi-orator'; a science-fiction book, which he describes as "not really science fiction". 

Patti.doxey

A big welcome to Patti Doxey. She has joined us from JWT and is now a member of our lovely PA department.  Patti grew up on the Chatsworth estate where the duchess taught her to drink tea and she recently got married to a chef, clever girl. Congrats Patti!

Manjinder.bal (1)

Manjinder Bal joins our Finance department ,working in accounts payable. In his previous life, before joining the media industry, he dabbled in real estate property management and also spent a number of years in the world of importing and exporting of ladies' shoes​. 

Amy.dunlop (1)

Joining our HR team as lead HR manager is the lovely Amy Dunlop. After seven years at Hall & Partners, Amy decided to give good old W+K a shot. Something you should know about Amy: David Blaine once took a bit of a shine to her on a flight back from New York and left his seat in upper class to join her in economy where he fed her bread rolls. Strange!
 
Adrian.guerin
 
Our Studio welcomes a new (old) face in the form of Adrian Guerin. Adrian freelanced with us back in 2013 and loved it so much he's back for good. Before he returned to us he travelled to Australia overland via Turkey, Iran and India, where he got to dabble in photography, his other passion. Glad to have you back, Adrian!
 
To be continued…
 

giving something back

Last week we were honoured to be invited by St Joseph's Hospice to go and present a big cheque to them, have a tour round and meet some of the team there. 
 
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We've been raising money for St Joseph's since one of our beloved WK-ers, Cheryl Rogers, passed away there in January last year.  It's an incredible place and as usual the team visiting left feeling incredibly humble and moved by the experience.
 
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Anita showed us round as not all of us had visited before, and explained a bit about the Hospice's history. The level of care they give their patients both at home and within the hospital walls is genuinely amazing. They put a huge amount of thought and effort into helping people live their lives to the full to the very end (that's their mission statement) and it was incredibly special to learn a bit more about the work they do and how the money we've raised has helped them. Thanks everyone at St Joseph's for showing us round (and some delicious cake)

 

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