Our Team
We keep our team small, and focused on our key specialisms. It means our clients work one-on-one with familiar faces that all share the same philosophy and passion for what we do.
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Greg Smuk
Technical & Sales DirectorView BioBegrudging Halifax town supporter and enthusiastic jam sandwich eater.
Greg co-founded Splitpixel in 2008 with honest values in mind. Being fair, open and offering value for money were top of the list, never wanting to see clients get ripped off.
As sales and technical director, Greg oversees the quoting and specification side of our web projects – he’ll figure out what you need and make sure you get it.
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Charlie Herke
Studio DirectorView BioNitpicker, bag hoarder, film forgetter.
Charlie co-founded Splitpixel in 2008 out of a desire to offer something more. Something exciting and creative, but also something that would put customers first.
That original inspiration is still an essential part of who we are. As studio director, Charlie oversees operations, keeping things on track, and making sure our clients are always getting the best from us.
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Jon Kidger
Development DirectorView BioFormer non-league superstar for Dalton Dynamoes AFC.
Jon is Splitpixel employee number one – he’s been with us since 2010 as our lead developer. Originally a custom-coding proponent, Jon has embraced WordPress like no other.
Since taking it on, Jon’s led the charge on developing our in-house WordPress CMS, Battenberg, which pushes the boundaries of what we can do for our clients.
His football days behind him, he has given himself over wholly to a life of code.
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Rob Marshall
Creative DirectorView BioA big deal on the Yorkshire pub folk jam session scene.
Rob joined Splitpixel back in 2011 as our lead designer, bringing more than a decade of experience with him, and specialising in digital brand development.
As our creative director, he’s responsible for… the creative direction of the business. You know, the way stuff looks – both for Spitpixel, and for our clients.
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Rob Evans
Head of Content
& Web Project ManagerView BioHas heard of more bands than you but doesn’t realise no one cares about that.
Rob is a content writer, editor and strategist who has created web content on everything from manufacturing to music, stoves to sex toys, architecture to asbestosis… you get the idea.
Rob also clearly thrives under pressure so is our web project manager, too; planning sitemaps and user journeys, and co-ordinating the many moving parts that make a website actually happen.
A client that described us as “kind” proving that Rob is nice – HOME Slough
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Carlos Pinheiro
Head of MarketingView BioThe search king of Portugal.
Carlos is in charge of all things search as our resident SEO specialist, as well as co-ordinating the wider marketing team. His head for spreadsheets and numbers is unrivalled. His smile is infectious. His briefcase is very stylish.
As a forward-thinking strategist, he’s always on the lookout for opportunities for our clients.
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Ash Kwil
Senior DeveloperView BioPug owner, woodworker, gamer, fixer.
Ash is our specialist full stack developer, building and managing huge networks and databases for our clients. Integrations, booking systems and databases are his specialities.
As our resident tech nerd, he also spends a lot of time supporting our clients with server and maintenance issues, as well as building and fixing all of our PCs for us.
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Amy Waldren
Senior DesignerView BioWorld traveller, coffee lover, enigma.
Amy is a creative designer specialising in marketing assets and promotional literature, and takes the lead on many of our web design projects too.
Amy brings her skills as an illustrator to our design team, greatly improving the creative scope of what we can offer to our clients.
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Emily Aspinall
Senior Digital Content CreatorView BioRelentlessly positive camera operator.
Emily is all over all things creative. Social media scheduler, video director, copywriter, photographer – you name it.
Overflowing with ideas and cheeriness to the point that it’s almost annoying, Em’s also ridiculously organised, with a colour-coded calendar that gives everyone else a headache.
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Ash Beardsall
Digital Marketing ExecutiveView BioFantasy football fanatic, king of keywords, great with graphs.
Ash joined us in 2020 and plays a key role in our marketing team. Ash specialises in SEO and PPC, helping clients grow their online visibility and improve conversions.
Ash is results driven and channels his unrivalled statistical skills into his work (and his fantasy football team). When not knee-deep in data, you’ll find him at the gym or kicking a ball about.
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Gonçalo Braz
Web DeveloperView BioGamer, cat daddy, potentially a vampire.
Our web developer across the sea, we all pine for Gonçalo. Hired during lockdown, he’s still planning his big move from Portugal to Yorkshire with his two cats as soon as he can.
Gonçalo specialises in custom WordPress development, integrations, and theme building. After working as a freelancer for several years, he made the move to join us here at our agency where he’s got stuck into our projects.
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Ell Powell
Digital Content CreatorView BioHyperactive movie nerd, connoisseur of the GIF, can write word good.
Ell’s favourite website is Thesaurus.com. Ell can write about pretty much anything; rumour has it, Ell wrote the universe into existence.
Ell joined the team in 2020 after completing an apprenticeship in Digital Marketing, passing with Distinction. Ell specialises in creative copywriting for websites and social media, dabbles in video marketing, and is a passionate advocate for accessibility in all forms.
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Max Brierley
Web DeveloperView BioBaby of the house, back for good.
Wunderkind Max did work experience with us way back in the day, and we’ve been trying to get him to come home ever since.
A lover of niche indie rock, a builder of websites, a cheerful little chap. But most of all, a great sport when we take our insecurities re: growing older out on him.
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Beth Woodcock
Digital Marketing ExecutiveView BioNotorious vegan, Animal Crossing islander.
Beth’s the newest addition to the team, joining us after holding elected positions over at Huddersfield Students’ Union for two years, so she must be pretty likeable and/or popular.
A vegan of many talents, combining SEO, creative content marketing and stylish knitwear makes her something of a triple threat.