As part of our ongoing 10 years’ celebrations we thought it would be fun to find out what our Happies were up to a decade ago.
Karen Lambert, Managing Director and “Chief Happy”
“I was laying the foundations in place for the happiest creative agency on the planet! It was the first few days for Happy Creative and we had exciting plans!”
Simon Brooke, Director
“Sounds strange but I was trying to be sociable with thousands of people I didn’t really know and couldn’t find a platform to do it on. Now I have!”
James Chantler, Creative Director
“I’d just started a new job….. Creative Director at Happy Creative.”
Morag Dumbarton, Account Manager
“I was working for one of the biggest advertising agencies in the world, J Walter Thompson and travelling between Manchester and London every week for client meetings.”
Marilia Spindler, Account Manager
“I had just arrived in Blackpool from Brazil and started a job as an Account Executive at the CMYK group.”
John Filmer, Account Manager
“I was on a year’s work placement as Business Development Project Manager for Smith Group Ltd, as part of my degree. It was the first time I came across Karen and Happy Creative and a decade later I’m working here!”
Nick Hyde, PR and Content Manager
“I had just been made Business Writer at The Gazette in Blackpool. One of my first stories was meeting Karen at Happy HQ and her plans. Thrilled to be part of it now.”
Hakim Shujaee, Graphic Designer
“I was in my first year of college doing a BTEC National Diploma in Graphic Design. 2005 was a good year, I got my first job, my first time driving a car and bought my first ever laptop.”
Damian Budny, Web Developer
“I was holding down three jobs, hotel kitchen porter in the morning, pot washing in the afternoon and working in a Jamaican restaurant in the evening. I was also running a small business and was often working at a bar during the night. All in Blackpool, very busy times!”
Sylwia Lukjanowska, Web Developer
“I was studying Sociology at university in Poland, I was in my second year.”
Estelle Guerineaux, Office Administrator
“I was 15! I was partying with my friends most weekends and had pink stripes in my hair. I was also preparing for my baccalaureat.”
