Our Great People

What makes us different? People. We believe customers like a friendly face whether they’re SME-sized or enterprise-scale. You’ll find our team skilled, diverse, passionate, and a lot of other buzzwords – but most of all friendly. And ready to talk when you are.

Adriana Zaharieva

Front End WordPress Developer

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My study background includes Computer Graphics and Computing Technologies that lead me to what I enjoy doing the most and boosted my curiosity for Web Development. What makes me happy about my job is the opportunity to learn every day with every project on the line.

Adriana Zaharieva

Front End WordPress Developer

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Animals, books and inspiring places

Favourite place

Majorca

Favourite artist

Aaron Blais

Sunday film

The Revenant

Super power

Flying

Becky Keyworth

Front End WordPress Developer

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I’m relatively new to coding with my previous professional experience being in secondary school teaching! My past experience means I value learning and continue to learn from my colleagues everyday. I love the creative side of development and the way technology is constantly evolving. It’s exciting to be a part of such a fast-paced industry!

Becky Keyworth

Front End WordPress Developer

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Literature, games, classical music, physics and anything you’re passionate about!

Favourite place

Japan

Favourite artist

Angela Carter

Sunday film

Howl’s Moving Castle

Super power

To read and remember all the books in the world

Ben Fyfe

Back End WordPress Developer

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I’m Ben, a back-end developer here at SoBold since 2024. I love the challenge of solving problems daily and tackling complex issues that require collaboration with the team! Outside of work I enjoy staying fit (trying to at least), hiking is one of my favourite ways to explore and unwind.

Ben Fyfe

Back End WordPress Developer

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Gaming, Motorsport and Hiking

Favourite place

Roy’s Peak

Favourite artist

Hidetaka Miyazaki / Radiohead

Sunday film

Alien

Super power

Shapeshifting

Candice Viljoen

Senior Project Manager

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I am an experienced Digital Project Manager who has worked on a variety of projects across multiple industries and countries. I am passionate about Project Management and building lasting relationships with my clients and colleagues, ensuring that the projects I deliver are of the highest quality. I love working in this industry as it is forever changing and allows for endless opportunities.

Candice Viljoen

Senior Project Manager

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Disney, Children and South Africa

Favourite place

Paris

Favourite artist

Pink

Sunday film

The Proposal

Super power

Teleportation

Craig Birch

Front End WordPress Developer

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I joined SoBold in early 2023 and have been building web applications in WordPress for over 10 years! I enjoy doing creative work in digital and get a real buzz when my work is pushed live to the public. In my spare time I like to spend it with family, watching football, going to the gym and gaming.

Craig Birch

Front End WordPress Developer

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Football, Charlton Athletic, gaming and new technologies.

Favourite place

Greek Islands

Favourite artist

Anything from the 80’s

Sunday film

Step brothers

Super power

Teleportation

Ed Johnson

Front End WordPress Developer

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Am new to the team here at SoBold, but not new to web development or WordPress. I’ve been working with WordPress for the past 6 years with a variety of different projects and clients. I enjoy bringing designs to life especially when it’s a challenging design. My passions are all forms of Motorsport and Arsenal FC.

Ed Johnson

Front End WordPress Developer

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F1, Arsenal, WRC

Favourite place

Norway

Favourite artist

IDLES

Sunday film

The Waterboy

Super power

Teleportation

Fenella Astley

UX/UI Designer

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Hi there! I’m Fenella, one of the UX/UI designers at SoBold. As a designer, I thrive on creatively solving problems to craft meaningful experiences and I’m excited about new challenges!

Having gained a certification with NN/G in UX design, i’m always eager to explore ways to develop my skill set even further. I love to keep up to date with UX research and UI trends.

Fenella Astley

UX/UI Designer

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Horses, travel and musicals

Favourite place

Italy

Favourite artist

London Grammar/Harry Styles

Sunday film

The Parent Trap

Super power

Super-speed

Hollie Shaw

Senior Project Manager

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Organising stuff is in my DNA and I think I was always destined to be a Project Manager… Moving from non-digital project management to digital project management 6 years ago, I’ve been helping companies across a range of industries build great websites. As a project manager, I juggle all the moving parts, from understanding what clients need to seeing their website come to life. I try to speak both “tech” and “human,” so I can translate between designers, developers and marketing teams to make sure everything clicks. I love the concept of lifelong learning and I’m always open to new ways of doing things (especially if they make life easier and less stressful!).

Hollie Shaw

Senior Project Manager

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Greyhounds (just dogs in general), swing dancing, BBC Radio 6 and Australia

Favourite place

Seville

Favourite artist

Amedeo Modigliani

Sunday film

The Motorcycle Diaries

Super power

Mind Reading

Laura Gray

Head of Design

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I am passionate about telling human-focused narratives through creative design backed up with user trends and strategies.

Other passions of mine are acrylic painting on a large scale, which is not easy in London, animation and Experimenting with cooking and am a house plant enthusiast! I now have two plant-destroying cats.

“Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated.”
Paul Rand, Graphic Designer

Laura Gray

Head of Design

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Cats, animation, science and technology

Favourite place

Finland

Favourite artist

Katsushika Hokusai

Sunday film

Any Star Wars

Super power

CMD + Z

Leonardo Esposito

Senior Back End WordPress Developer

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I am an inventive Web Developer helping the Team to achieve great results. What I crave the most is to learn new skills every day, to experiment with new ways and technologies, focused on the future.
My passions are Sports, Music and Video games, whether it’s playing the piano, playing video games or working out, if I’m not at work I’m doing one of these things.

Leonardo Esposito

Senior Back End WordPress Developer

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Space

Favourite place

Sharm El-Sheikh

Favourite artist

Chopin

Sunday film

The Social Network

Super power

Time travel

Martina Gabrielli

Front End WordPress Developer

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I’m a passionate web developer with a background study in Foreign Languages and Software / Web Localisation. I enjoy making website come to life, writing code and find creative solutions to problems. It’s always rewarding to build a website from scratch and releasing it into the web where thousand of people can access it anytime, anywhere.

Martina Gabrielli

Front End WordPress Developer

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Rollerskating

Favourite place

Patagonia

Favourite artist

Larry David

Sunday film

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Super power

Foresight

Matthew Mellows

Back End WordPress Developer

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My name is Matthew, an 8+ year vet of Web Development and someone who loves putting ideas onto the World Wide Web. I have worked on a plethora of projects over my 8 years, working in multiple sectors. Outside my development career I love Boxing, MMA and losing hundreds of balls on a golf course.

Matthew Mellows

Back End WordPress Developer

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UFC/Boxing and Gaming

Favourite place

Madeira or Canary Islands

Favourite artist

Very tricky question for me, likely Tribe Called Quest or The Pharcyde and tbh any oldschool hiphop

Sunday film

Black hawk down

Super power

No brainer, flying

Patrick Schräder-Bidwell

Quality Assurance

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A keen eye for detail and an explorative mindset drew me away from Medieval History and into the world of Software QA, where I painstakingly pore over everything that comes my way, striving to spot the tiniest details – not unlike my days hunched over dusty old tomes in a library!

Patrick Schräder-Bidwell

Quality Assurance

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Board Games, Video Games and American Football

Favourite place

Berlin

Favourite artist

GUNSHIP

Sunday film

The DUFF

Super power

Flight

Sam Phillips

Technical Director

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As SoBold’s Technical Director I’m responsible for managing both our Front End and Back End development teams, making sure all of our development projects run smoothly.

Sam Phillips

Technical Director

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F1, Watford FC or my 100 mile hike across Scotland

Favourite place

Reykjavik, Iceland

Favourite artist

Bastille

Sam Buckingham

SEO Manager

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Upon completion of my Masters in International Marketing, I entered the digital marketing industry as an SEO Executive before moving into an SEO Manager role in December 2021.

I joined SoBold in March 2024 and enjoy working on all things SEO; technical, on-page, off-page and link building.

Sam Buckingham

SEO Manager

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Leicester City, the NFL and College Football.

Favourite place

New Orleans

Favourite artist

Talking Heads

Sunday film

Lord of the Rings (take your pick)

Super power

stop time

Santosh Gejera

Back End WordPress Developer

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After earning my Masters in Computer Science, I joined SoBold in April 2022 as BackEnd Developer  to explore my passion for Web Development and Backend Development.

About me I would say experienced developer with a passion for developing innovative programs that expedite the efficiency and effectiveness of organisational success. Confident communicator, strategic thinker, and innovative creator to develop website that is customised to meet a company’s organisational needs, highlight their core competencies, and further their success.

Santosh Gejera

Back End WordPress Developer

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Computer Science, Maths and Cricket

Favourite place

Kedarnath temple, India

Favourite artist

I would say sports person Indian skipper Virat Kohli.

Sunday film

Sherlock Holmes

Super power

God of Mathematics

Will Newland

Managing Director

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I am an enthusiastic individual at the forefront of all projects at SoBold. I manage the day-to-day running of the company, as well as new business and project management.

Will Newland

Managing Director

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Sport.. literally any sport.

Favourite place

It’s gotta be Cape Town

Favourite artist

Everyone at SoBold!

Sunday film

Cast Away.. Wilsonnnnnn

Super power

To be able to stay awake during films…

As a team we are…

Want to join the team?

We are always on the look out for enthusiastic digital marketers with experience in website design and development.
Innovative
Innovative
Always pushing ourselves to innovate and achieve the impossible
Diverse
Diverse
A business with employees from 8 different countries, creating our own culture mosaic
United
United
We are all one and integrate with our clients to get the best end result
Creative
Creative
Creativity is at the heart of what we do! Be it designing assets or thinking our way out of a problem – it’s what we do!

Want to join the team?

We are always on the look out for enthusiastic digital marketers with experience in website design and development.