The A Team of design

Ok, no one smokes a cigar, or has a crazy hair style.

I joined TheHut.com in August this year after being a freelancer for 3 years. Nearly 4 months later I thought it was about time I named and shamed the great team I work with. While I am still not sure the term ‘designer’ fits me too well, being a ‘Design Team Leader’ is great and I’m not regretting going back to the 9-5 (well, 8-8 lately) grind.

So who are these people that have to suffer working with me.

First of all there is Darth AppleMac, or Ross as some people call him. He’s the man in charge of us all and he has a worrying obsession with computers of the fruit variety. Nevermind eh.

Then in no particular order…. well ok, the order we sit round the desk… we have the Wheel aka Nealy Wheely aka Neal. King of the pack shot, master of automated scripts, wearer of hair gel, and drinker of not much before he wobbles. A big fan of pink too… the colour not the singer.

Then we have Deano or Dwayno as he’s known by some. Partial to running round with 10 other men in a field trying to score and maker of many brews.

Next is Michelle…. well there are packets of biccies that come next on the desk before we get to Michelle, but they seem to disappear pretty quick. Apart from being a slightly crazy scouser, Michelle is a bit of an artist and creates lots of weird and wonderful characters.

Then we have Stacey, hidden away behind a sea of macs. Stacey dreams about imovie and time lines and has been known to flash occasionally too…. that’s Adobe Flash, nothing rude!

Next is Nikki, the resident polo dealer and DIY expert. If you need minty floorboards then Nikki is the top choice.

Last and by no means least, we have Matt. A big fan of Motorhead and The Spice Girls and a drinker of pear cider. He has to suffer sitting next to me but does his best to ignore my by plugging himself into his ipod full of shouty metal music and talking to Nikki about poo……. don’t ask!

So that’s the design team I work with (although they might not want to after reading this) and it makes the hellish commute most mornings all worthwhile… awww.

Take a look at their sites too, we’ve just introduced most of them to wordpress and I think they are all convinced it’s the mutts nuts and are working hard to get their sites sorted.

“The rebel base will be in firing range in 7 minutes”