Management Team
Any team can only be as strong as the individuals within it and, without doubt, Idealogy’s Management Team contains some strong individuals, bringing a mix of long-term service, hard earned experience and powerful creative and entrepreneurial instincts.
The challenge for any Management Team is to continually adapt and grow by setting challenging business targets and directions. But it must also develop the values within the team. And, to recall one of the most famous and frequently referred to ‘team quotes’ -”The strength of the team is each individual member...the strength of each member is the team.” This group is no exception; with its strategic, creative, digital, operational and finance strengths working for the benefit of all of our clients.
If you'd like to find out more about the rest of the team you can find us all (or most of us) on LinkedIn.
Simon Dover
Director of Communications
Committed to better communication through closer relationships. A firm believer that you are at your most creative, and do your best work for the businesses and people you know the best, so that’s where he focuses!
Paul Wright
Operations Director
Paul is all about getting the job done, no matter what the timescale and the budget restrictions. His experience covers working for clients all over the World - from the West Coast of America to the Far East, ensuring clients have the collateral, the display tools or digital content to achieve stunning campaign results. And the word ‘panic’ doesn’t appear to be in his vocabulary.
James Surridge
Director, Demand Strategy
A passionate and committed creative mind, with an obsessive desire to solve any strategic branding issue. Equally comfortable operating at strategic or tactical levels and can translate easily.
Simon Johnson
Digital Media Director
Passionate about online and determined to ensure the balance of function and form delivers the best user-experience possible. Always one step ahead of the ‘next big thing’ and able to track and report results accurate and relevant to a client’s online understanding.
Darryl Akerman
Design Director
Having started with the business over 20 years ago, has developed traditional skills in crafting typography, in-depth knowledge of artwork and the processes of print and design. Focuses his energy on using current technology to produce stunning creative work...whatever the platform.
Charlotte Blake
Finance Director
"Finance isn't about shades of grey. It's black and white. Introduce grey and SME's lose focus." Another typically forthright opinion from Idealogy's long-serving FD. And that strength of purpose has served the business well for over 2 decades. Just don't expect her views to weaken any time soon. From inside the business, long may it continue!
