Our team
01
Mark Manville Director
As a Director at both Character Creates and Character Mailing Services, Mark brings over 20 years of experience in the Direct Mail business to our team. He's worked his way up from the shop floor to Director level, gaining valuable experience along the way.
With several years as Area Director managing multiple print and fulfilment sites, Mark has vast experience in machine fulfilment and various printing methods, including Lithographic, digital, and large format print.
Mark's vision for Character Creates is an extension of the services that Character Mailing provides, including creative print and online services. He understands the importance of digital marketing in today's landscape and aims to incorporate it into any clients' marketing mix.
We're fortunate to have Mark's expertise and leadership, and we're confident that his contributions will help us continue to exceed our clients' expectations.
- Favourite Movie/TV Series? - Toy Story 1
- Desert Island Disc? - The best rock ballads in the world ever
- Death Row Meal? - Bacon Butty
02
Chris Mills Director / Graphic Designer
As a Director, Chris leads our Creative Services and Marketing Team with passion and expertise. With previous experience as the owner and Director of a design agency, Chris has an extensive wealth of knowledge and experience in the creative and print industry, including graphic design, website design, digital marketing, print buying, and management.
Chris is devoted to creative research and spends a considerable amount of time exploring new ideas. One of his favourite haunts is Pinterest. In addition to providing our clients with exceptional design services, Chris and his team also manage the design and creation of all marketing materials and digital assets for Character Mailing and Character Fulfilment.
With his creativity and attention to detail, Chris is an valuable asset to our team, and we're proud to have him onboard.
- Favourite Movie/TV
- Desert Island Disc? - Appetite for Destruction Gn'R
- Death Row Meal? - Anything from the conveyor belt at YO! SUSHI
- Favourite Font? - Brandon Grotesque
- Years in the industry? - 30
03
Jo Brennan Graphic Designer & Content Producer
Despite her young age, she has already gained valuable industry experience in branding and print design. Jo's focus is on client work for print and branding, as well as content production for our three Character Brands: Character Mailing, Character Creates, and Character Fulfilment.
Along the way, Jo is also eager to expand her skills in digital design, including web design and email marketing. We're thrilled to have her onboard and can't wait to see how her fresh perspective will help elevate our services.
- Favourite Movie/TV Series? - Stranger Things
- Desert Island Disc? - Starboy, The Weeknd
- Death Row Meal? - Five Guys Bacon Double Cheeseburger
- Favourite Font? - Alternative Gothic No3 D
- Years in the industry? - 5
04
Eve colfarContent Creator & digital marketer
As a valuable addition to our team, she brings her expertise to focus on client work for Social Media and Branding, as well as content production for our 3 Character Brands: Character Mailing, Character Creates, and Character Fulfilment.
In addition to this, she's also looking forward to developing her skills in digital design, including web design and email marketing. We're excited to see how her talents will enhance our services and contribute to our clients' success.
- Favourite Movie/TV Series? - Vampire Diaries
- Desert Island Disc? - Summer Walker, Over It
- Death Row Meal? - An expensive steak
04
Paul Fitzgerald Copywriter
Paul is an excellent wordsmith. From Brochure and SEO copywriting to Google Ads and Social Media content writing – depending on your brief, Paul always finds the right words for any scenario. Paul's writing skills are unparalleled, making him an excellent wordsmith. Whether it's brochure and SEO copywriting or creating content for Google Ads and social media, he always finds the right words to fit any scenario, no matter how challenging the brief. We're proud to have him on our team and confident that his talents will help take our clients' projects to the next level.
- Favourite Movie/Tv Series? - The Italian Job but it's got to be the original 1969 one, I'm afraid. I don't do remakes.
- Desert Island Disc? - Easy. Pacific Street by The Pale Fountains. My favourite album of them all, by Liverpool legends.
- Death Row Meal? - Freshly made pasta with homemade pesto and black pepper. Pint of quality real ale.
- Favourite Font? - I'm a bit of a mod, so Impact gets my vote.
