17 December 2007
Morning friends,Just a quick note to wish you all a Merry Christmas, let you know our holiday plans here at Semantic... and deliver some BIG NEWS for 2008. We break up for Christmas this Friday, December 21st, and are back in the office on January 2nd... full of our usual vim and vigour.
If there is anything you need before the New Year, that we don't already know about, please let Chris or I know as soon as you can... we tend to get less productive as the final week goes on... and by Friday we'll be getting our families into the office and playing with toys :-)
And.. now some Big News for 2008...
CHRIS GETS PROMOTED!
As you'll be aware Chris has been dealing with an increasing amount of your day-to-day needs. I know, because I sit next to him and because many of you have told me, what a great job he has been doing... and consequently we've decided promote the fella!
From January Chris will be your first point of contact at, and will be looking after your day-to-day needs. If you want to congratulate him drop him a line at chris@semantic.co.uk or call him on 023 8076 3819.
It goes without saying (although I am saying it) that I'll be working very closely with Chris through the hand-over period and beyond, and am available if you need me... although on the evidence of the last few months I doubt that you will. Well done Chris, you thoroughly deserve this!
AND SEMANTIC GROWS...
To help Chris out Semantic will itself grow from January, as we add a fourth person to our team. We are pleased to welcome Neil (Lewin), who will be beginning a month's trial with us on the 2nd, having already survived two days! Neil will be supporting Chris in his new role, as well as allowing Mike to focus more on his amazing design work, which is great news for all of us.
AND NICK SAILS OFF TO...
And what about me you may ask... is it the Mediterranean or the Caribbean?
Perhaps one day... but in the meantime the good news is that with Chris dealing with day-to-day needs I will be going back to my roots on the strategic/consultative side of the business. I'll be out and about much more, and I hope to be speaking to more of you about your medium to long-term plans, and the opportunities that exist to support them.
Semantic began life as a strategic agency, and it's exciting for me to be able to re-focus on my original area of expertise. Plus I'll also continue to be the lead on new projects, web sites and development :-)
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If you have any questions arising from this note, or last minute jobs... do let us know. Otherwise that's all for now, apart from wishing a very Merry Christmas to you all :-)
Nick, Mike & Chris
P.S. I hope you'll forgive the lack of Christmas cards. Our charities this Christmas will be Shelter, The Starlight Children's Foundation, Cancer Research & the Marfans Association.
Posted by Nick Warren at 10:40 AM
