WE ARE SNOOK - Key Persons


Abigail Blunt

Job Titles:
  • User Researcher
Abigail is a User Researcher at Snook, joining the team in June 2022.

Ananda Maryon

Job Titles:
  • Senior Interaction Designer
Ananda's thoughtful approach to designing technology brings people together to create better solutions.

Anna Horton

Job Titles:
  • Senior User Researcher
Anna brings together research methods from her range of experiences working as a socially engaged artist using games and play to work with communities.

Antoine Le Falher

Job Titles:
  • Service Designer
Antoine focuses on delivering simple and innovative solutions to complex problems.

Anu Samaraweera

Job Titles:
  • Research Operations Associate
Passionate about social justice and equality, Anu believes that communities can thrive if they are given the tools to do so.

Becky Kuang

Job Titles:
  • Senior Service Designer
Becky believes that design brings people together to solve the right problems, co-creates solutions in the right context and drives positive change in people's lives.

Becky Mallaband

Job Titles:
  • Head of Learning Design
With a background in academia and research, Becky is passionate about UCD, and sharing the techniques with others.

Cameron Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Associate User Researcher
Cameron joins the User Research team at Snook with a background in using service design, user research and co-design to deliver innovations within frontline social services.

Caroline McBride

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager

Chandni Patel

Job Titles:
  • Senior Service Designer
Chandni has a passion for designing delightful end-to-end experiences and services by translating meaningful research insights into sustainable outputs.

Charlotte Smith

Job Titles:
  • Service Designer

Emeric Francis

Job Titles:
  • Senior Interaction Designer
Emeric is a Senior Interaction designer who has spent the last 5 years working in the public sector. He is motivated by solving real world problems that combine his interest in people, and passion for technology.

Emily Mary Barnett

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager
Emily is passionate about making exciting things happen - therefore she is a natural fit as Snook's Operations Manager.

Erin McKenna

Job Titles:
  • Operations Assistant
Erin has a background in providing administrative support to large teams, covering a range of areas including B2B marketing and sales, events management and budget tracking and billing.

Gavin Maguire

Job Titles:
  • Head of Design Practice
Gavin's work in the field of service design extends back over 16 years, during which he's had the opportunity to contribute to the practice's development and apply it across most sectors.

Gillian Lochhead

Job Titles:
  • Associate Delivery Manager
Gillian is an Associate Delivery Manager based in the Glasgow studio.

Gordon Tait

Job Titles:
  • User Researcher
Gordon joined Snook as a User Researcher after working in local government whil e completing his PhD in English at the University of Hull.

Henry Naylor-Stead

Job Titles:
  • User Researcher

Hollie Collins

Job Titles:
  • Service Designer
Hollie loves to us e co-de si gn to ge t to th e he ar t of an y de si gn pr ob le m, sh e believes all good design has research weaved throughout, to en su re in cl us iv e se rv ic es an d pr od uc ts are created.

Isobel Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Senior Content Designer
Isobel is driven by a curiosity about people and a commitment to clear communication. She believes in taking a user-centred approach to creating content journeys that help people take action - whether through an online service, learning product or in-person experience.

Jake McCann

Job Titles:
  • Principal User Researcher
Jake has years of experience running research projects that help teams build user-centred products and services. Originally from Plymouth, Jake studied psychology at the University of Exeter.

Jane Leggat

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Associate User Researcher
Jane is an associate user researcher with a background in sociology and documentary filmmaking.

Jaspar Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Associate Service Designer
Jaspar loves untangling complex problems and focuses on understanding them in a holistic way by listening to people and empathising with their experiences.

Jenny Lewis

Job Titles:
  • Principal User Researcher

Julie Watts

Job Titles:
  • Accessibility Specialist

Kat Dixon

Job Titles:
  • Third Sector Lead
Kat looks after Snook's third sector clients, helping them improve what they do and make an even bigger difference in people's lives. She's passionate about tech for good, digital services and tackling digital poverty.

Keara Drumm

Job Titles:
  • Senior Interaction Designer
Keara is competitive in her nature and proudly boasts that she has never lost a game of Articulate. Lastly, she is a strong believer that pineapple does, in fact, belong on pizza.

Kirstie McLean

Job Titles:
  • Research Operations Associate
Kirstie strongly believes that people and communities should be able to influence and shape the services that affect their lives and is interested in how processes can be put in place to ensure this happens in practice, underpinned by inclusive and ethical research.

Leigh Donnelly

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager
Leigh has 12 years' experience in operational management, through various different industries from retail and gallery management to ecommerce (B2B & B2C) and design.

Leigh Mytton

Job Titles:
  • Senior Content Designer
Leigh is fascinated by the power of language and how we communicate as human beings. She is committed to making things easy to understand, so the widest possible group of people know what is happening and what they need to do. Complexity can confuse users and compromise organisations. By keeping things as simple as possible, everyone has the best chance of success.

Liam Dargan

Job Titles:
  • Service Designer
Liam uses his skills to increase understanding and people-centred design capacity across organisations, communities and local government. Since then, Liam has worked with organisations across the UK and Europe on a series of place related projects, from co-creating Hubs of Innovation, prototyping a new Environmental Impact Assessment process, and designing, delivering and maintaining platforms which reward citizens for their ‘green' behaviours. Outside of the studio, Liam also works with a charity which helps to raise the aspirations and employability of disadvantaged young people. He can often be found exploring the outdoors with his dog, friends and family between London, Lancashire and beyond. From DIY at home, to his local community, he never stops thinking about how to improve the world around him.

Liam Hinshelwood

Job Titles:
  • Head of Service Design
Liam is a strong believer in design's ability to help people and organisations shape a future that we all want to live and participate in.

Lydia McClay

Job Titles:
  • Head of Operations
Lydia has 20 years' experience in a variety of operational roles in both the public and private sectors.

Marytn Dawson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Interaction Designer

Naomi Pattem

Job Titles:
  • Senior Content Designer
Naomi is passionate about inclusive design and ensures content is accessible for all.

Natalia Riley

Job Titles:
  • Anglo - Italo - Americano Service Designer
  • Service Designer
Natalia is an Anglo-Italo-Americano service designer who is passionate about making things better.

Natalie Harney

Job Titles:
  • Senior Service Designer
Natalie uses visual storytelling, co-design and a range of research methodologies to develop and transform services to ensure they are inclusive and impactful.

Natalie McFadyen

Job Titles:
  • Head of New Business Development

Nick Allen

Job Titles:
  • Head of Research

Nicola Graham-Marti

Job Titles:
  • Principal User Researcher ( Design )

Olivia Holbrook

Job Titles:
  • Senior Service Designer

Paul King

Job Titles:
  • Head of Delivery

Phee Kinnear - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Rachel Hardy

Job Titles:
  • Senior User Researcher

Rachel Norris

Job Titles:
  • Account and Delivery Manager

Raquel Rivera

Job Titles:
  • Senior User Researcher

Rebecca Partridge

Job Titles:
  • Senior User Researcher

Rowan Spear

Job Titles:
  • Senior Service Designer

Ruth Grindley

Job Titles:
  • User Researcher

Samantha Penman

Job Titles:
  • Communications & Marketing Manager

Sarah Willingham

Job Titles:
  • Finance & Delivery Assistant

Tom White

Job Titles:
  • Principal Service Designer

Val Mitchell

Job Titles:
  • Academic Lead for Learning Design

Will Newton

Job Titles:
  • User Researcher