About Us

At Soak we believe that an in-depth understanding of your business and target audience are the first steps to achieving success.
Technology and creativity are simply the tools we use to achieve the best results.

Soak is made up of a group of highly skilled, motivated individuals, who work closely together across a broad spectrum of digital disciplines to deliver commercially successful solutions that are as unique as our clients businesses.

Our gauge of success is to consistently deliver the highest levels of service, by combining our technical and creative expertise with a detailed understanding of your business.  This approach ensures we deliver cost effective digital solutions that meet the expectations of your customers, and support the core objectives of your organisation.

Our reputation for outstanding work is based on a number of key principles that encapsulate exactly what we do and how we do it:

Experience:
Our team have years of experience, and a proven track record delivering award winning work for some of the UK’s biggest brands including; Nissan, Proton, Fujifilm, Sony Ericsson and Norwich Union.

Flexibility:
We pride ourselves on our flexible approach to business. Our dedicated in house team are used to working to tight deadlines and never compromise on quality or creativity.

Delivery:
Every project we undertake is delivered to the very highest standards, technically and creatively. We have a reputation to build and are fully aware that real success is achieved by delivering above and beyond the original brief.

Transparency:
Everything we do is fully accountable and we work closely with our clients to ensure we deliver against the success metrics agreed at the start of each project.

Value for Money:
Experienced and passionate about what we do, we provide our clients with the very best resources and talent for sensible day rates.

Do you have a project in mind? Send us your brief and find out how Soak can help your business.

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  • Jim Havers

    Jim Havers

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    Jim has worked in digital marketing for over 10 years, producing a number of award winning projects for clients including: Nissan, Proton, Fujifilm, ntl, Swinton Insurance and Morley Fund Management.

    One of Soak's founding partners, Jim takes a hands-on approach to project delivery. He works closely with our client services team on business development and integrated marketing strategies for both new and existing clients.

    Likes:

    Learning to play squash and skiing

    Dislikes:

    The day after

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  • Jake Hithersay

    Jake Hithersay

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    One of Soak's co-founders, Jake has been involved with design, digital and marketing since the mid 90s.

    Jake heads up our client services team and has extensive experience in project management, producing commercially successful solutions across a broad range of market sectors including: Financial Services, Leisure & Tourism, Automotive, FMCG and Telecoms.

    More recently, Jake's digital expertise was called upon as a judge in the 'online category' of the national newspaper awards.

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    Da Vinci, fine food and good times

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    Washing up, mushrooms and bad times

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  • James Thomson

    James Thomson

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    With over 12 years programming experience, James started his career coding EDI systems in C back in the 90s, paving a natural course into Web development during the Internet boom years. His focus today is on producing class-leading CMS solutions and driving forward Soak's overall server-side offering.

    James also has a keen interest in A/B and multi-variate testing which has proven key in evolving the way that Soak develops applications. As a developer he's worked with brands and agencies such as Nissan, AXA, Shop Direct Group, Norwich Union, Aviva, Lotus Cars, Ideal Standard International, EMC Conchango, Archant, Arqiva, Morley.

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    Structural elegance and beating Jim at squash

    Dislikes:

    Uncommented code and IE6

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  • Adam Collison

    Adam Collison

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    Adam is one of Soak's client-side specialists with over 8 years of commercial experience working mainly with front-end technologies like XHTML, CSS and JavaScript.

    Previously a director of another digital agency before starting Soak, his skills extend beyond those of just a client-side developer.

    Likes:

    Fast cars, fast bikes and CSS2 compliant Browsers

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    IE6, speed cameras and sunday drivers

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  • Ronan Sprake

    Ronan Sprake

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    Ronan is one of our dedicated client-side specialists with an exceptional eye for detail and a confidence inspiring approach to development. He's been responsible for implementing many Web 2.0 features from AJAX-driven postcode lookups to Google map-driven route plotting and image galleries.

    Ronan has experience working on an array of different projects and, to boot, has extremely valuable server-side experience making him an ideal candidate for HTML to CMS integration work.

    Likes:

    Miyagi (our bonsai tree), music and Firefox.

    Dislikes:

    Animals dressed as humans, making tea and IE6.

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  • Alan Offord

    Alan Offord

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    Alan is one of our creative team working hard to push creative boundries continuously. He has a passion for illustration and a keen eye for design.

    Graduating with a First from the BA Graphic Design course at the University for the Creative Arts in Maidstone, Kent. Alan is a skilled designer and a solid member of the team.

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    Classical typography, the possibilites of social networking and a nice cup of tea

    Dislikes:

    Being made to wait, angry people, leaving my nice cup of tea on my desk for an hour until it gets cold then accidently drinking it.

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  • Steve Perfect

    Steve Perfect

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    With over 14 years of IT and Internet experience, Steve is Soak's software and hardware oracle. Steve's primary role is the development of server-side systems though he's often found administering Linux installations and hardening our web platforms. Steve has particular experience in software benchmarking and profiling which means our code is always running in tip-top condition!

    Likes:

    Pad kra pow gai, Alan Partridge and Super Mario Kart

    Dislikes:

    Football and Denzel Washington

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  • Steve Thornbers

    Steve Thornber

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    Steve has been working in corporate sales and business development for over 20 years, helping a number of high-profile UK companies improve their return on investment by implementing innovative, commercially-driven marketing strategies.

    After recently returning from working in the Far East, Steve is already an integral member of Soak's client services team and is focusing on expansion into new business sectors in both the UK and overseas.

    Likes:

    Japanese cuisine including the potentially deadly puffer fish - Fugu

    Dislikes:

    Trainee chefs

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