+44 (0)1274 532 573
+44 (0)113 200 6891
stick@gluemarketing.co.uk
Glue Office
Bakery House,
48 Northgate,
Baildon,
Shipley,
BD17 6LB
Glue Studio
15 Queen Square,
Leeds,
LS2 8AJ
Intelligent and effective marketing magic.
Glue Marketing & Promotion was formed as result of many years working with a range of different ‘marketing’ suppliers, who were generally very capable designers, in some cases staggeringly talented, but knew little about marketing.
The end results were often highly impressive but not overly effective.
We ensure that any promotional work we develop underlines and strengthens your brand whilst creating to correct level of impact to provoke the desired action.
We are committed to doing things right and to doing them the right way. Where possible we support local
businesses and only use ethical suppliers, we guarantee to never subcontract any work to overseas sweatshops and work hard to take a sustainable approach to business.
The Glue team all have a wealth of commercial knowledge in their fields of expertise, we are all professionally qualified and have practical experience that enables us to create what we trust you'll agree is little short of intelligent and effective marketing magic.
Jonathan Smith
Managing Director
Born and bred in Bradford, Jonathan first worked in the travel industry, which saw him working in places as exotic as London, Mallorca and Carlisle.
In his late 20’s, he moved into education and enjoyed many happy years leading the highly acclaimed Travel & Tourism department of Park Lane College Leeds.
This saw him return to study at post graduate level at Leeds University. During this time leading in Marketing he also developed and wrote National and European qualifications, presented at both the NEC in Birmingham and to MEP’s at The European Parliament in Brussels and has worked with the BBC.
Deciding it time to stop ‘talking the talk’ and to start ‘walking the walk’, Jonathan spent three years heading the marketing development side of an established marketing and design company in Leeds.
An 18-month stint as a self employed marketing consultant led him to realise the opportunities that pulling a dynamic creative team together would bring; after much searching and networking he found who he was looking for and Glue got stuck together.
Jonathan is currently working hard to stay stopped smoking and getting stuck into the gym, to ensure he doesn’t overcompensate by eating, or that if he does it doesn't show!
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Adam Robinson
Operations Director
Another local lad, from Huddersfield this time, Adam has always had a passion and talent for design and has followed this from a young age.
After studying an undergraduate design degree at the University of Leeds, he briefly moved to Canada to study Industrial Design and Sustainability at Carleton University Ottawa, before returning to Leeds to complete a Masters in Product Design.
Following graduation Adam established the product design consultancy Plus Minus Design with two other directors and fellow Glue associates Tom and Henry. He has worked with companies of all size from pre-start to multinationals in Europe and North America, and in both the private and public sectors.
After significant interest in the company from clients looking for branding and marketing, the decision was made to branch out and establish a sister company offering specalised marketing services. Finding Jonathan, an experienced marketing consultant the two joined forces and Glue was created.
Adam is currently working hard to promote and launch The Solar Pebble, a solar powered LED lantern to replace current kerosene burning lanterns (which kill one person every 20 seconds) in Rural African countries, and is staggered by the success of his blogging!
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Drew Howell
Head of Events
After 3 years studying Environmental Management at Leeds University, Drew took a somewhat different direction into advertising, marketing and events.
Whilst always keeping one eye on sustainability and the environmental impact of promotional activity, Drew's infectious 'can do' approach brings a great deal of energy and enthusiasm to all clients and the work he produces. No one is ever short of ideas when Drew is in the room.
Drew is always busy promoting and organising a wide range of events across Leeds. Whilst much of his work is student focused, he is also currently masterminding and developing Fashion North, set to launch shortly.
When Drew isn't dashing around with promotional flyers he can be found at the riverside casting his rod.
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Henry James
Head of Design
Having started life as a Cornish Pasty, Henry has now finally taken root here in Leeds and is well on his way to being confirmed as a Yorkshire Pudding - All be it a very trim one.
Henry can usually be found pencil, pen or graphics tablet in hand at the design studio creating fabulous freehand design work.
Growing up in Germany he was surrounded by effective design that met real commercial needs from a very young age.
In particular, a love of all things Bauhaus has shaped his passion for design that stands out, gets noticed and looks to the future.
When Henry isn’t dreaming of snowboarding in the mountains he's often found being creative in the kitchen.
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Thomas Eales
Head of New Technology
Born in London, Tom moved to Wales at a young age. Although his roots suggest otherwise however, Tom insists that he is Welsh; he even has the rugby shirt to prove it – despite sailing being his primary sporting passion.
Throughout his studies at school and university Tom’s passion for all design and photography grew and grew. An excitement and enthusiasm in his approach to design has seen Tom work across a wide range of design disciplines; whilst studying for his Masters at Leeds University, Tom worked as a freelance graphic designer to both private and public sector clients, including the likes of Nokia, the Fairtrade Foundation and a range of local councils throughout South Wales.
On graduating Tom set up Plus Minus Design, an eco-product design consultancy with fellow Glue colleagues Adam and Henry, and within Glue, Tom oversees all the technical build and design based aspects of marketing, in terms of developing websites and anything else beginning with an ‘e-‘.
In his spare time Tom is building himself a bike piece by piece and hopes to get back in shape for the summer, as he’s still landlocked in Leeds so cant get back to competitive sailing.
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