Summary
Contact Gareth on 05603 680954, 07796 911698 or [email protected].
Gareth has over 20 years of experience within the imaging market and has held key positions within major blue-chip companies over this time. He began his formal imaging life with a B.Sc. in Photographic Science at what was then The Polytechnic of Central London. The first five years of his working career were at Fuji Photo Film starting as a mere boy of 21, happy in the role of Northern Technical Sales Representative.
Gareth went on to work for Ceta Ltd. in the West End of London as their Sales Manager for Dicomed digital cameras and the Imaginator retouching software and work stations. Whilst working with CETA and Dicomed he was instrumental in setting up the UK’s first demonstration facility at Du Pont’s UK headquarters in Stevenage showing digital workflow from digital camera capture through to the output of a digital Cromalin proof.
Gareth then moved onto worldwide manufacturer Kodak Ltd, working with Kodak’s professional digital equipment from cameras and scanners to dye sublimation and wide format ink jet printers. He was responsible for the launch of one of Kodak’s most successful professional digital cameras of the time, the DCS 520, in the North of the UK; in a brewery actually. He ended up managing the UK sales team for digital output and represented the UK on the European team which was responsible for professional output product development and strategy.
After 4 years at Kodak Gareth went to work for Lyson, the British ink manufacturer, as their Photographic Product Manager. He was responsible for building the Lyson brand within the photographic and fine art markets. Whilst there he set up and trained a dedicated dealer network and co-wrote Lyson Professional News, one of Lysons strongest marketing tools.
In 2006 Gareth joined Sun Chemical Ltd as the UK Sales and New Business Development Manager for Streamline Inks. Gareth looked after the recruitment and management of a network of dealers and undertook training sessions for dealers, the sales team and customers as well as providing sales and technical support to end users.
Following Sun Chemical Gareth thought he’d take a look outside the corporate world and hey presto Zebra Colour was born.
We are a marketing agency with clients across a wide range of business sectors including, printing and imaging, public sector and education, IT, plumbing, renewable energy, bars and restaurants and construction.
Marketing.
Case studies.
Testimonials.
Newsletters.
Exhibition design and production.
Signage design and production.
Display graphics.
Marketing Communications.
Marketing Management.
Brand Development.
Product Marketing.
PR.
Event Management.
Public Sector Conferences.
Budgeting.
Marketing strategy
Online marketing.
B2B marketing.
Copywriting.
Integrated Marketing.
Gareth has over 20 years of experience within the imaging market and has held key positions within major blue-chip companies over this time. He began his formal imaging life with a B.Sc. in Photographic Science at what was then The Polytechnic of Central London. The first five years of his working career were at Fuji Photo Film starting as a mere boy of 21, happy in the role of Northern Technical Sales Representative.
Gareth went on to work for Ceta Ltd. in the West End of London as their Sales Manager for Dicomed digital cameras and the Imaginator retouching software and work stations. Whilst working with CETA and Dicomed he was instrumental in setting up the UK’s first demonstration facility at Du Pont’s UK headquarters in Stevenage showing digital workflow from digital camera capture through to the output of a digital Cromalin proof.
Gareth then moved onto worldwide manufacturer Kodak Ltd, working with Kodak’s professional digital equipment from cameras and scanners to dye sublimation and wide format ink jet printers. He was responsible for the launch of one of Kodak’s most successful professional digital cameras of the time, the DCS 520, in the North of the UK; in a brewery actually. He ended up managing the UK sales team for digital output and represented the UK on the European team which was responsible for professional output product development and strategy.
After 4 years at Kodak Gareth went to work for Lyson, the British ink manufacturer, as their Photographic Product Manager. He was responsible for building the Lyson brand within the photographic and fine art markets. Whilst there he set up and trained a dedicated dealer network and co-wrote Lyson Professional News, one of Lysons strongest marketing tools.
In 2006 Gareth joined Sun Chemical Ltd as the UK Sales and New Business Development Manager for Streamline Inks. Gareth looked after the recruitment and management of a network of dealers and undertook training sessions for dealers, the sales team and customers as well as providing sales and technical support to end users.
Following Sun Chemical Gareth thought he’d take a look outside the corporate world and hey presto Zebra Colour was born.
Expertise
We are a marketing agency with clients across a wide range of business sectors including, printing and imaging, public sector and education, IT, plumbing, renewable energy, bars and restaurants and construction.
Marketing.
Case studies.
Testimonials.
Newsletters.
Exhibition design and production.
Signage design and production.
Display graphics.
Marketing Communications.
Marketing Management.
Brand Development.
Product Marketing.
PR.
Event Management.
Public Sector Conferences.
Budgeting.
Marketing strategy
Online marketing.
B2B marketing.
Copywriting.
Integrated Marketing.
Experience
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Lumigraphic Ltd.
Awfully Nice Chap
1 - 5 Employees 2011 - CurrentLumigraphic provide innovative and unique animated graphics and signs to make your company stand out whilst making your competition look positively drab. We work across a broad range of technologies from LED displays and electroluminescent panels through to all digital and traditional print technologies. We can stick all these graphics to exhibition stands, indoor and outdoor signs, walls, windows, floors, people; anywhere really. -
Josero Ltd.
Director Of Sales
2009 - 2011Josero supply everything you'd need to print and finish within the inkjet world including wide and superwide printers, finishing equipment, inks, spare parts and media. A veritable one stop shop. -
Sun Chemical Ltd.
Business Development Manager
100+ Employees 2006 - 2009Sun is the largest ink manufacturer in the world, I am involved in their third party wide format professional ink business. I am responsible for: • The recruitment and management of a network of dealers. • Support of existing 'non digital' sales team. • Dealer, sales team and customer training. ?• Providing marketing, technical and sales support to end users. -
Lyson Ltd.
Photographic Sales and Product Manager
21 - 100 Employees 2001 - 2005• Responsible for building the Lyson brand within the photographic and fine art markets, including product development and strategy. • Set up and trained a dedicated channel network – The Lyson Centres of Excellence. • Co wrote and produced ‘Lyson Professional News’, one of Lyson’s strongest marketing tools across the professional and keen amateur market. • Regularly spoke at seminars throughout the UK and Ireland. -
Kodak Ltd.
Bsiness Development Manager, Professional Digital Output
100+ Employees 1997 - 2000• Initial role was to develop sales of professional digital products (cameras, scanners, dye sublimation printers and large format inkjet printers) for the North of the UK and Southern Ireland. • Responsible for the launch of one of Kodak’s most successful professional digital cameras, the DCS 520, in the North of the UK. • Managed the UK sales team for digital output (large format inkjet and dye-sublimation printers). The UK had the highest sales for these products within Europe. • Represented the UK on the European team for professional output product development and strategy. -
CETA Ltd.
UK Sales Manager
6 - 20 Employees 1995 - 1997• Achievements included collaboration with Du Pont on their new Cromalin standard, ‘The Photographers Cromalin’. • Set up the Du Pont/Dicomed high-end digital studio at Du Pont’s UK head quarters. This was ground breaking as it demonstrated digital capture through to digital Cromalin. • Sat on several industry panels as the photographic expert for the Dicomed/Du Pont venture. -
Fuji Photo Film Ltd.
Technical Sales Representative
100+ Employees 1988 - 1993• A key member of the team which developed Fuji Professional film in the UK market, taking it from an relatively unknown brand to being the market leader. • Converted all major newspaper titles in the North of the UK to Fuji film.
Education History
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B.Sc. Photographic Sciences.
University of Westminster
1985 - 1988 -
'A' Levels
Arnold School, Blackpool
1978 - 1985Chemistry, Physics, Geography, General Studies. -
'O' Levels
Arnold School, Blackpool
1978 - 19858 'O' Levels
Qualifications
B.Sc. Photographic Sciences. University of Westminster. 1988.
4 'A' Levels. Arnold School, Blackpool. 1985.
8 'O' Levels. Arnold School, Blackpool. 1983.
Interests and Hobbies
Whizzing around the place in our motorhome. Cooking and then eating the products of the cooking. Experimentation with the combination of barley, hops and yeast; yes, I like brewing beer.
