30 | Aycliffe Today Business
Bringing Aycliffe Business Park Together | 31
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Coffee
BREAK
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WE TAKE A BREAK AND SIT DOWN WITH A DIFFERENT
EMPLOYEE OR BUSINESS OWNER TO ASK THEM 20 QUESTIONS
ABOUT A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS...
In this issue, we sit down with Thrive Marketing
creative director Johnny Woods...
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What do you do?
Creative Director for Thrive Marketing or
as some people describe it as colouring
in, making sure no one goes over the
lines!
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Who have you worked
for in the past?
Various creative orginisations in
Newcastle and a couple of stints
working behind bars when I was
younger.
What was the best part of your job?
The best part of the job has to be
having the opportunity to create on a
daily basis. It’s a great feeling when
we have completed a project that we
are proud of: something that we have
worked on from the ground up and that
will have a direct positive impact on
the orginisation we are working with.
The creative process is one element
that I really enjoy being involved in
and it allows every day to be different
and supplies new challenges and
opportunities.
Was there anything about your job
that you really didn’t like?
There is nothing I really don’t like but
the financial side of the business is
something that I have really had to
work at. Numbers and figures are not
my strength, it’s just not how my mind
works. In the past I would shy away
from, or put off, those types of tasks,
but as a business owner that is just not
possible. I made the conscious decision
to try and tackle those elements head
on and I am getting better but ‘every
day is still a school day’.
Favourite thing about working on
Aycliffe Business Park?
I have worked on a couple of business
parks in the past and none have the
community ethos that ABP has. The
only way you would have a relationship
with a business on these other parks is
if you had a direct working relationship
together. The community ethos around
ABP allows you to build relationships
with business and and individuals
without working together first. This
provides some fantastic opportunities,
not only from a sales point of view, but
gives a great opportunity to understand
what businesses and skills are on the
park and build a referral network around
this knowledge. I actually feel like we
are part of a community instead of just
a resident.
Which company/individual on the
park do you do the most work with?
This would have to be Stiller
Warehousing and Distribution. We have
worked with Stiller for several years
now, long before we were situated on
the park. The team at Stiller is fantastic
to work with and appreciates the
services we supply, which makes for
a strong client/provider relationship,
something we value very highly when
working with an orginisation. When
both parties get on well and have a
me they never have. I am not really
materialistic at all! If I had to, I would
always go for function over form,
maybe a good, solid, well looked after
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