Who we are
A diverse team, we blend a mix of skills, backgrounds and expertise to create a rounded and varied client offering.
If you’ve browsed some of our competitors’ sites, you’re probably expecting to see pictures of us jumping from benches, telling you our earliest childhood memories and discussing the virtues of Marmite. Instead, read on to find out where we’ve come from, what we do and what interests us specifically. We thought that might be more relevant - especially if you’re thinking of working with us.
Key personnel
Dave Gibb - Managing Director
With more than twenty years’ experience in marketing, sales and business operations, Dave has held senior marketing and general management positions with companies such as Spider Systems Limited, Adobe Systems, Spider Software Limited and Orbital Software (now Sopheon Corp).
Within these SME and large organisations, Dave has gained many years experience of the full marketing mix including marketing communications, PR, product marketing, product management, engineering management and general management. He was instrumental in the acquisition of the Spider Software business back from Shiva Corporation where he was a director and general manager. He helped grow Spider Software to approximately 40 people with a turnover of $3m and was a member of the Orbital management team, successfully floating the company on the London Stock Exchange.
As Managing Director, Dave is responsible for all Moriarti’s operations including sales, marketing and business development. He also brings his significant client side marketing experience to all projects and acts as a project manager for larger projects.
Socially, Dave likes to fish and play golf - both non competitively, to relax after an intensive week in the office!
Mike Neill - Creative Director
Mike is a graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone, with almost twenty years of industry experience - gained with Dean Park Associates, James Gardiner Associates and, currently, Moriarti where he has worked on a variety of national and international accounts across a diverse range of industry sectors. Larger clients over the years include: Adobe Systems Europe; Belhaven Brewery; Carlsberg Tetley Alloa; Forestry Commission; Wm Low, Historic Scotland; National Archives for Scotland; and Scottish Water, amongst many others.
He has great breadth of experience in all aspects of print and digital communication design including corporate identity and literature, promotional material, exhibition and packaging design, annual reports, multimedia and corporate websites.
From briefings, costings and proposals, through to artwork and print management, Mike is totally committed to quality design solutions and has an unnerving attention to detail. As Creative Director, Mike oversees all design work in the studio and works closely with the team to ensure client satisfaction on each and every project, large or small.
Outside of the studio, Mike is a keen football fan - generally (perhaps sulkily) reminiscing over his glory days, pre-injury, as a ‘could’ve been’ striker.
Simon Willox - Director of Digital
A design graduate (OND, HNC, HND, ISP Dip) with over 14 years professional experience in design for print, new media and web, in agency environments ranging from pure design agencies, to worldwide below the line and advertising groups. Simon has a strong background in traditional design for print, web and new media design as well as extensive experience in other areas such as animation and motion graphics.
In his early career Simon cut his teeth in McCann-Erickson, Edmonds Advertising and Tayburn McIllroy Coates, where he worked on prestigious accounts with United Distillers, Highland Distilleries, Scottish & Newcastle, Scottish Power and Shimano, amongst others.
In 1997, Simon moved to KLP Euro RSCG (part of the wordwide Havas advertising group) as Senior Designer, and latterly Head of Interactive Design. Simon’s primary role at KLP involved designing and managing diverse communication items in both traditional and new media for various blue chip clients including Guinness, Smirnoff, Kimberly Clark, Pepsi, Yahoo!, British Airways, The Guardian, Orange and Abbey National.
In 2004, Simon moved to Laveron in Glasgow as Senior Designer where he worked on brand development and management, web, motion and new media projects, corporate guidelines, and packaging for clients such as the Kingfisher Group, B&Q, Pfeiser, National Museums of Scotland, Rocket Fuel Vodka.
In 2006, Simon was headhunted by Moriarti to strengthen their creative team. His vast cross-sector and multi-disciplinary experience makes his strategy and design contribution to all projects invaluable.
A short sabbatical in 2008 resulted in Simon working for WeeWorld as Senior Lead Designer, responsible for user interface and user experience design, working with worldwide partners like AOL, MSN and Skype. WeeMees are the fastest growing online identity experience in the world. So far more than 11 million WeeMees have been created globally, and a new one is created every few seconds!
Simon returned to Moriarti in early 2009 as Director of Digital, principally responsible for spearheading Moriarti's digital offering, but also with an involvement in Moriarti's core design expertise.
Steve Thomas - Senior Web Designer
Steve has over thirteen years professional experience designing and producing work for print, exhibition and display and for web. In 1999 Steve joined NEC Graph-fix and before to long was managing the print studio for the large Birmingham based exhibition design company. Steve was responsible for design and production of exhibition and retail display material for clients such as Harvey Nichols, Orange and BMW.
During this time, Steve also developed a set of creative clients for a freelance web design business which included bands, production studios and exhibition design companies. In 2004, this had grown to such size that he decided to turn his attention to this completely and for the next two years developed this business.
Moving to Scotland in 2006, Steve joined Moriarti as lead web designer. His technical web knowledge allied to his strong design background make him ideally suited to the multidisciplinary nature of Moriarti’s work.
