With a strong desire to work with values-driven organisations to make a difference through digital and brand, Ollie founded IE in 1994 and still supports IE’s more complex brand consultancy projects.

His notable clients include Vax, World Vision, CSH Surrey, First Community Health, Cranfield University and the Goldman Sachs Foundation.

Having worked in the creative sector for 30 years, Ollie is a regular speaker at CHASE and AGCAS and is an opinion leader in the area of advancing business practices within the creative industries.  An ardent believer of self-improvement and the power of peer networking, Ollie is a graduate of business courses at Aston Business School, London Business School and Cranfield School of Management and, having been awarded a scholarship to study for an MBA at Aston Business School, graduated in 2018 with Distinction. 

Ollie is a Queen’s Small Business Charter Mark business school assessor for the Association of Business Schools and a Visiting Industrial Fellow and Guest Lecturer at Aston University. He recently retired his position as trustee of Trident: Reach The People Charity (a £14m+ social investment charity in the Midlands) to become a founding member of Christian Aid’s Salt Business Network.

Lord Young consulted Ollie whilst gathering thoughts for ‘The Report on Small Firms 2010-2015’ and Lord Heseltine for his report, ‘No Stone Unturned in Pursuit of Growth’. Ollie received an invitation to No. 10 Downing Street and to the Queen’s Garden Party 2015 with Lord Young’s gratitude.

In his free time, he is an avid runner, cook and figurative sculptor. Having raised thousands of pounds running half and full marathons for Midlands charities, he’s currently trying to improve his personal best.

Kate’s been working with IE for nearly 25 years and serves as Director of Operations and Finance.

A Chartered Accountant, Kate previously enjoyed working with clients in her role as a Business Services Manager at Grant Thornton. Her financial expertise complements her passion for precision project management. Kate is PRINCE2 trained and is a fervent exponent of the ‘Agile’ project management philosophy. Working closely with her teams, Kate ensures that projects are well resourced and presented, and is responsible for overseeing IE’s financial health and planning.

Outside of work, she enjoys boot camp sessions in all weathers.

With over 20 years' industry experience under his belt, Dave serves as IE’s Creative Director – leading IE’s brand offering, as well as working as a Brand Consultant.

Beginning his career as a Graphic Designer and making a gentle transition to consultancy, Dave combines his agency experience – which has seen him work with clients across almost every sector – with his love of design, writing and filmmaking.

Dave’s passionate about making sure that ‘the brand experience’ is as effective online as it is offline – helping to create compelling user experiences, and beautifully crafted digital design work. 

Dave can often be found knee deep in research for a brand project, locked away in a room writing key messaging, art directing a visual identity project or website storyboard, on location for a campaign video, or bringing clients up to speed and running workshops.

Dave has spent his life and career obsessed with the power of brand, and helping clients to connect with their audiences by standing out from the crowd, and telling their story to the world.

Over the past decade at IE, he’s been thoroughly immersed in the worlds of charity, health and education – and before that worked on a wide range of brand and digital projects for a number of blue chip clients, including investment banks and building societies, record labels, TV production companies and retail.

Dave and his wife are the proud parents of two daughters, who take up the majority of his time outside of work. However, he tries to find time to indulge his passion for playing piano, and creative writing – he is often to be found working on speculative screenplays or novels, and is a published non-fiction author.

Nathan has over twelve years’ experience as a programmer and web developer.

He joined IE having spent several years working in two different design agencies. He’d already earned a degree in Information Technology and Physics from Loughborough University, which instilled in Nathan a logical approach to problem solving. This helps him build elegantly crafted, bespoke, digital solutions to client problems using state-of-the-art web technologies and frameworks.

Five years ago, Nathan progressed to become our Head of Development, and he now leads IE’s entire digital offering as Head of Digital. He is also a triple-certified Drupal 10 expert, holding the Acquia Certified Developer, Certified Front End Specialist and Certified Back End Specialist certifications. This makes him one of the UK's first triple certified Drupal 10 Experts. 

Most of Nathan’s time is spent keeping up with his young son, and any remaining time gets spent at the gym, travelling or attending gigs.

Ed joined IE as a Web Applications Developer in 2008 after graduating from the University of Birmingham.

He has a BSc in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, and an MSc in Intelligent Systems Engineering. At IE, he grew into a senior development role, before taking a step away from writing code and towards user experience and technical consultancy.

Ed has spent the past 15 years immersed in the challenges faced by the charity, health and education sectors – from their aspirational goals and strategies, to the best technology choices, and right down to the individual lines of code required to deliver an experience that will make a measurable impact on achieving objectives. You’ll generally find Ed delivering discovery and UX workshops, facilitating user testing, crafting innovative new information architectures, and advising clients on how best to leverage and connect different digital tools in a compelling user experience.

For eight years, Ed was IE’s Digital Services Director and helped to transform our digital offering, before stepping down in 2023 because of family commitments. Today, Ed serves as a Senior Digital Consultant at IE.

Outside of work, Ed’s dedicated to spending time with his young family, and enjoys pursuing his interests in home automation, DIY, astronomy, photography and playing the occasional video game with friends.

Senior Digital Consultant, James earned a BA in Interior Architecture and an MA in Design Management and brought his varied experience to IE in 2012 to a diverse group of clients.

Due to his expertise in user experience, he tends to specialise in projects that require a detailed understanding of audience.

For over 20 years, James has designed, built and managed mobile platforms, intranets and websites. He worked in some of the UK’s most well-known FTSE companies, before bringing that experience to bear in the charity, health and education sectors, as well as many of IE's membership association clients.

When not at work, James drives a VW Camper, bakes bread and volunteers as a Governor at one of Birmingham’s top primary schools.

Joel’s been working agency side since 2012 and brings a wealth of digital marketing experience to IE. With a strong track record of successfully securing and delivering transformative digital projects for world-leading brands, Joel’s expertise lies in developing client partnerships, digital strategy, consultancy and multi-channel campaign delivery.

Joel has delivered signature projects for clients like Crisis UK, Cancer Research, Santander, Microsoft Surface UK and The Wall Street Journal. His skills set includes digital platforms, channels and projects, CRMs, content management systems, email marketing platforms, version control, cloud services and project management.

Driven by a passion for innovation and a commitment to excellence, Joel is dedicated to delivering outstanding results for clients, driving business growth, and inspiring teams to reach their full potential in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

Outside of work, Joel dabbles in the world of stand up comedy (with varying levels of success). He also loves taking road trips and trekking the peaks across the world. And the next hobby on his to do list is to learn how to fly a helicopter!

Sophie is an experienced digital project manager with over 12 years' experience in the industry.

She has worked on 100s of projects across multiple sectors, from food and finance to charities and construction. She has extensive experience across the whole agency spectrum, working on projects from brand and creative work through to producing websites, apps and custom platforms.  

With a passion for processes and a keen eye for detail, Sophie takes pride in delivering high quality work. She loves making a difference for her clients, by bettering their online offerings, making best practice recommendations, and offering advice to improve the user experience for service users. 

Sophie’s background is in film and media. She graduated with a 1st class BA Hons and has successfully transferred the skills she learnt in her degree into her project management and production roles.

A self-confessed crazy animal lady, Sophie loves spending time with the furbabies in her life. She also loves to sing, bake, take photographs and go on adventures with family and friends.

Jeff is an experienced full stack developer. He has over 13 years' experience working with Drupal and actively participates in the Drupal open source community.

His other specialisms include WordPress, HTML, CSS, PHP and MySQL. Jeff has honed these skills while working for various digital design agencies, delivering bespoke solutions for numerous blue chip clients. He also holds Acquia's Drupal 10 certifications: Acquia Certified Developer, Certified Front End Specialist and Certified Back End Specialist, making him one of the UK's first triple certified Drupal 10 Experts. 

In his free time Jeff enjoys watching Formula 1, listening to music and, most importantly, spending time with his family.

Josie is passionate about telling stories through beautifully crafted designs that inspire an emotional response. 

She has a first in Graphic Design from Falmouth University, plus over four years experience at a top London agency, before joining IE in 2018. She's worked in charity, health and the arts, as well as with blue chips, luxury hotels and digital startups. 

Josie is as skilled at designing visual identities and design for print – her first love – as she is turning wireframes into user-friendly digital designs. She was named the Creative Young Contender 2021 at the Transform Awards Europe, recognising her versatile skill set and love of supporting upcoming design talent.

She's interested in fitness, enjoying running, yoga, and teaching kids to swim. She also experiments creatively outside of the studio, experimenting with colour concrete plant pots, which she hopes will one day be good enough to sell. 

Amber joined IE Brand after graduating from Birmingham City University (BCU) with a degree in Graphic Communication. Her practice is very explorative, trying ambitious ideas and processes and them simplifying them to create innovative, sophisticated design solutions.

Before IE, Amber has gained experience on freelance projects with local businesses, working on employability and alumni initiatives at BCU, and supporting the Birmingham 2022 Festival. She’s no stranger to the not-for-profit sector, having volunteered at Ronald McDonald House Charities Birmingham. As creative leader, Amber worked on creating a welcoming experience for families through environmental design.

In her free time, Amber still taps into her fine art background with painting and collaging, as well as getting involved in the local design community. In her spare time you’ll find Amber teaching herself creative coding, watching drag shows, looking after her two rescue dogs, or planning her next travel destination.

Having dabbled in a bit of self-taught Java and Ruby from a young age, Dan jumped at the chance to take up an apprenticeship with a local web development agency.

In his 4.5 years there he delivered bespoke WordPress sites and custom Laravel applications for a range of clients, from a nationwide childcare company, to the McDonalds Maintenance & Repair Department.

A life-long member of the Scouting community, first as a Scout and now as a leader, IE’s focus on values-driven organisations appealed to Dan, so in 2019 he joined us a Web Developer. 

Dan has since become a triple-certified Drupal 10 expert, with Certified Developer, Front End Specialist and Back End Specialist certifications. This makes him one of the UK's first triple certified Drupal 10 Experts. He has also mastered CiviCRM and SOAP integration, and continues to work on our WordPress sites.

When not coding, Dan can usually be found hanging off the nearest climbing wall, strumming his guitar, or exploring a good open world RPG.

Kat joined IE as a Helpdesk Analyst to put her varied educational background to good use. 

Her undergraduate degree at was a multimedia BSc that covered a little bit of everything, from photography, filmography and design to programming and industry knowledge. Her interest in web design and development came from using creative forums and making them pretty and user-friendly. For her dissertation, she built a prototype for a web app that creatively displayed story data for authors. She then completed an MA in Creative Writing.

Kat went first into a developer role, designing and building email templates, before moving into the marketing department as the company’s dedicated copywriter. This combination of tech and writing experience (as well as her love of a good chat) make her well-suited to a being the face of IE Digital's client support desk.

In her spare time she enjoys entertaining her young son, playing video games, watching terrible TV, crying over her novels-in-progress and intimately discussing people’s star signs.

Jordan is an experienced web developer with 10 years' experience in e-commerce and the digital industry.

Jordan initially studied art and design, with a placement as a Junior Web Designer. He quickly realised that he wanted to take on the technical build on projects and bring his designs to life. He went on to study Web Development at Staffordshire University, achieving a first class BSc honours degree.

He went on to work both client-side and within agencies as a web developer. This has given Jordan experience of working with multiple CMS platforms, including WordPress, Magento, Shopify and Shopware, as well as experimenting with headless sites. He's now as a Senior Front End Developer at IE. 

Away from the screen, Jordan enjoys going to the gym, travelling, photography and watching motorsports.

Sara earned an MBA from the University of Warwick and is also PRINCE2 qualified.

She brings expert support on research, planning projects and marketing strategy to IE. She thrives when given the challenge of developing key marketing strategies to allow clients to shine, often discovering new paths to maximise potential and growth.

Her track record of delivering high-quality projects in both the charity and commercial sectors is nothing short of impressive, having worked with organisations such as the Amateur Swimming Association, CSH Surrey and CMI Strategy.

Committed to inspiring insight, Sara is passionate about crafting and delivering research that truly makes a difference, whether it be e-surveys, interviews and focus groups or analysing data. As an accomplished facilitator, she also works with clients and their in-house teams, running scenario-planning workshops, coaching sessions, problem-solving, team meetings and more.

Sheri is a designer and illustrator working from the wild West Coast of Scotland.

Before taking the freelance plunge she worked for agencies in London and Bath on a diverse range of branding projects, from Scouts to Ben & Jerry’s.

She's a Falmouth graduate with an idea-first approach and a keen eye for craft.

A multi-award-winning designer, Dan worked in IE for eighteen years before going solo.

He originally earned a BA Honours degree in Design for Communication Media, graduating from Manchester University. Dan’s talent and dedication is evident in his consistency to produce industry-leading work. This has been recognised time and again as he’s been featured in magazines, online galleries and a book.

As Senior Designer, Dan often takes the lead in the design process whilst collaborating with IE's consultants, using his experience and expertise to convert feedback and research into a stunning visual design.

In his free time, Dan enjoys astronomy, photography, drawing and loves playing ping pong. He lives and works remotely from his home studio in Brighton, regularly attending industry-related conferences.

With over 25 years’ experience in marketing across a number of sectors, Denise is IE’s content marketing specialist.

Denise enjoys nothing more than working with talented experts and promoting that expertise to clients, be it through brand messaging, thought leadership, social media or events. She creates clean and engaging copy for our clients as well as for IE.

She's trained with Content Design London and takes a keen interest in user-driven content and accessibility. She’s also our go-to PowerPoint whizz, adapting the work of our design team into brilliant branded templates that make creating on-brand presentations a breeze for our clients’ teams. 

Denise is as passionate as we are about working with values-driven clients, particularly anything to do with animals, the environment or the arts.  Outside work, she is a keen amateur photographer and appreciates a wide range of entertainment and culture.

Tim holds a degree in Graphic Communication from Bath School of Art and Design and began his design career working for a micro-brewery.

He has since spent time both within agencies and as a freelancer, passionately crafting brands for various intriguing clients, pleasing to the eye, while remembering to serve their purpose.

As an avid illustrator and a real 'ideas person', Tim's design process will always start with a strong concept and a pageful of sketches, many of them worth holding on to. 

When not at work, Tim enjoys illustrating for pleasure and has written and illustrated a children’s book. He also loves mountain climbing, brewing his own beer and playing drums, much to the frustration of his wife and daughter.

Having worked with IE for many years as a full time member of the team, Tim now works with us as an Associate Designer, and we continue to make great use of his talents on a regular basis. 

Jamie supports IE's clients with marketing, behaviour change and income generation projects. He has a consistent track record of delivering impact for not-for-profits for over 15 years and has spent much of his career client-side.

Jamie has delivered projects for arts and culture clients, international development charities and environmental organisations, and has brokered a number of commercial agreements between the private and charitable sectors.

In the past few years, Jamie has worked with The UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Acorns Children’s Hospice, Proctor and Gamble, Unilever, The Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, The V&A, The Natural History Museum and Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust.

Jamie dedicates 50% of his time to a newly formed CIC that delivers cutting-edge projects to empower people across the UK to unlock their own human potential.

Katie is an experienced fundraising leader who is passionate about supporter experience.

She believes that the way a donor feels about their chosen charity is crucial to the future of the charitable sector, and that long-term fundraising growth can only be achieved by building a great experience for supporters.

During her career, Katie has led fundraising teams to deliver year on year growth and has a proven track record working with both local and national charities. She loves to create a compelling case for support and has worked with organisations to find the right fundraising strategies for both their ambitions and their values.

While Head of Fundraising at John Taylor Hospice, Katie studied for her Master’s in Business Administration MBA). Katie’s background in community and supporter-led fundraising at Cancer Research UK and Muscular Dystrophy UK encouraged her to focus her research on how fundraisers can use business strategies to co-create an excellent supporter experience, and her research was accepted as a conference paper for the Academy of Marketing Conference in 2019.

As well as her consultancy work, Katie is interim Head of Supporter Engagement at Mind, and a member of Rogare’s Critical Fundraising Network.