Paul is owner and chief designer at Galway based web design and branding specialists – Bad Dog. With both international and domestic clients, Paul has been in design for almost 30 years. He has a rich range of experience having designed newspapers in San Francisco, magazines in Ireland, websites for Vodafone Comedy Carnival and Luke Ming Flanagan MEP and Galway Food Festival. Paul has helped brand the aforementioned festivals as well as Galway’s West End, Fol Arms and Hog, Forum Connemara, UCD Student Services, UKStar and countless others.

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Straight out of college, Anne founded AKGraphics in 1994. Today, over 23 years later, she leads a team of 5 and works with clients from a variety of industries and sectors.

With a vast understanding of the design industry and a great eye for detail, Anne is passionate about gaining a true understanding of her clients’ goals by taking the time to understand their business and design needs. This passion is what lets her handle every design project with fresh energy and enthusiasm.

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Ben has worked with some of the largest companies in Ireland, UK and the US. His work has a strong focus on cutting edge prototyping technologies and interaction design, as well as complex ecosystems for enterprise level projects. Pastimes include a long-standing curiosity around craft beers.

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Celine is cofounder of RichardDee, a brand design agency that creates value by designing meaningful change for businesses across all sectors. Celine leads a team of designers and strategists in developing brand stories and creative experiences that enable organisations to grow, influence, motivate and adapt. Agency services include brand positioning, brand architecture, brand identity and communications design.

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Christopher has founded a number of successful digital startups. A passionate educator and mentor to many young entrepreneurs, Christopher leads Interaction Design provision at The Belfast School of Art.

As a UX consultant he has worked with companies, large and small, to help drive strategy, drawing on his 25+ years of experience working with clients including: The Royal Mail, Booking.com and the BBC.

Based in Galway, Ainslie provides mentorship to creative entrepreneurs through various community initiatives and is passionate about using design thinking to create capacity building opportunities.

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As a design consultant Eugene works with international consumer and healthcare brands. He is responsible for realising client ambitions from concept to production.

An accomplished designer and ergonomist Eugene is passionate about creating complete product experiences for end users, not just by addressing immediate practical needs but also wider psychological and emotional needs related to lifestyle and quality of life.

Eugene has gained a number of awards, iF and Red Dot Product Design and in Europe, the Good Design Award in Japan and the American IDEA Award.

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A Croatian designer, Ruža graduated from IADT Visual Communications with First Class Honours, before joining the Science Gallery team in 2010. As lead in-house designer she developed the design of the Science Gallery’s exhibitions and other projects from concept to completion, receiving several awards and recognitions. In 2015, she set up her own small design practice Studio Suss, specialising in museum, gallery and art communications.

In 2016, Ruža founded a jewellery brand Leko & Leko.

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Aoife comes from a print and illustration background and has worked in many of the top London design and advertising agencies and client-side in fashion companies. A senior freelance graphic designer, Aoife is known for her attention to detail, love of typography, strong visual aesthetic and clean editorial layouts. Her current focus is working with fashion and lifestyle brands mainly on digital e-commerce and editorial websites and is always interested in new creative challenges.

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Keith has over 20 years experience in branding and design in Ireland and the US. He was worked on international and national projects of varying scale and capacity. At Red&Grey, he works closely together with clients helping them grow their brands.

His award-winning creative work is research based and concept-driven.

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As director of Red Lemonade John uses design insights to define problems, craft strategies, and execute solutions that best serve clients needs by creating a competitive advantage using a mix of design, business and technology. Red Lemonade create solutions from digital to print, responsive websites, branding, brochures, online stores as well as high fidelity prototyping and events.

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Anne is a specialist typographer and graphic design consultant with a national and international client base. Her role is both creative and entrepreneurial. Her Agency Vermillion develop digital and print solutions for a wide range of client sectors including education, finance, arts, culture, publishing and engineering. 

Anne was shortlisted in the world directory of top 400 women graphic designers from 1890 to 2012: Europe, America, Asia, Middle East, Australia & Africa. (Published by Jovis, Germany & US).

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Kelle has consulted around the globe on developing UX processes and running IT initiatives right through to production. Her experience in the industry, gives Kelle the ability to gauge the maturity of a UX practice in an organisation and to propose and execute on solutions accordingly.

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Based in Belfast, Stephen has over 15 years experience in industry, research and academic environments. With a cross-sectoral client base, he works with high-growth pre-enterprise start-ups right through to established multi-nationals. Stephen’s practice focuses on cutting the distance between ideas and manufacturing.

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Mari has worked within creative agency, publishing and corporate environments. Her current role with EY involves concept development across multiple channels; print, digital and events for some of their major marketing projects. She currently leads the creative direction of the highly successful business programme; EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™.

Mari has a proven track record in developing and nurturing strong relationships with clients and stakeholders as well as initiating and managing creative incentives within the internal design team.

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Gillian is experienced in developing brand strategies for both national and international brands. She is a lecturer, an author and a certified brand consultant. As well as working directly with her clients, Gillian is a successful speaker, delivers regular training sessions, facilitates discussions and has featured in the national media including the Irish Independent, The Irish Examiner, Sunday Business Post, Irish Country Magazine, Image, Irish Tatler and the Sunday Business Show on Today FM.

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