Member Directory

Dare

0117 916 5450

www.thisisdare.com
recruitment@thisisdare.com

Membership Type: Turnover < £250k

Key Skills

Key Clients

Vodafone Sainsbury's Nestle The FA Playstation Becks BMW Barclaycard Barclays Sony Sony Ericsson ITV Standard Life Premier Inn New Look

Recently awarded Campaign Digital Agency of the Decade, Dare is a digital marketing agency founded on the core belief that strong ideas lead to better business results. We call this ideas that work.

Our expertise includes website development, online advertising, interactive content, email marketing, digital outdoor, iTV, mobile marketing, social media & SEO.

Dare works for UK and international clients including Sony, Vodafone, BMW, Beck's, ITV, Barclays and Sony Ericsson.

Dare West was established in February 2010 and exists in order to produce high quality online design and development services.

To find out more about us, please visit www.thisisdare.com

Key People

Tim Tribe: Head of Design
Tim joined Dare West in October 2009 as Head of Design and has over 16 years’ industry experience with previous companies Rufus Leonard, Wheel and AKQA before moving to the Bristol-based agency E3 and Carlson. Tim has worked on many high profile accounts throughout his career, such as Coca-cola, BMW, Orange, Nike, M&S, Toni&Guy, nPower, Nestle, Stella Artois, Guinness, Shell, Carlsberg, Mini and BT. As Head of Design Tim is responsible for ensuring the creative delivery of Dare West is on par with the output of Dare London.
Mark Cramphorn: Director of Operations
Mark joined Dare in July 2009 in the newly created role of Director of Operations. Mark’s role is to focus on the development of internal processes and external partnerships, in production and delivery, ensuring Dare consistently delivers the optimum creative product. Mark joined us from TBWA where he was General Manager for two years. At TBWA he spearheaded the company’s efforts to bring digital to the heart of the agency offering. Mark has spent over twenty years at agencies including BBH and WCRS, helping to make ‘creative and commercial’ a working business model.
Harry Scopes: Production Director
Harry joined Dare in 2006 as Resource Manager. She was responsible for resourcing the agency’s workload and implementating processes to ensure efficient project delivery. In 2007 Harry was promoted to Head of Creative Services where she expanded the role of production within Dare. More recently she became Production Director, a role that centres on delivery whether through Resource, Buying or Project Management. Harry’s role encompasses Dare West where she plays a longer term role in management and development with a specific focus on people and delivery. Harry has seven years’ experience in the industry having previously worked at Grey Interactive and Joshua Agency.
Alex Matthews: Head of Technology
Alex has been involved in digital technology since the tender age of nine when he got his hands on a Sinclair ZX81. After university Alex spent three years at the Met Office programming and processing data. At this point he discovered HTML - just as it was taking off. Seeing that the web had a lot more to offer than the weather, Alex moved into the commercial world through various digital agencies as a developer and subsequently team leader. Six years ago Alex helped to found the award-winning mobile agency Marvellous, creating its mobile delivery platform, and becoming Technical Director. Last year Alex joined Dare as Associate Technical Director, working on clients such as Vodafone, Standard Life, Sony Ericsson, Nescafe and Premier Inn, and has recently become Dare’s Head of Technology.
Kyra Ings: Head of Studio
Kyra joined Dare West as Head of Studio in 2010, having worked for Virgin Mobile, Comic Relief and HomeMade Digital in the past. In her 10 years' experience, Kyra has worked across a number of large not-for-profit and commercial clients, including Christian Aid, Red Nose Day, OC&C, the new economics forum, and the National Trust. As Head of Studio, Kyra is responsible for the operational running of the studio, including managing the timely delivery of all work completed by the designers, developers and artworkers based within Dare West and long-term planning.