Our Team

Jimmy is founder and Managing Director of Dara Creative. Establishing the company in 1994, he has since then managed its development into one of Ireland’s leading Graphic Design consultancies. Jimmy holds a B. Comm. degree from NUIG and is a graduate of the Marketing Institute of Ireland. An active member of Dublin Chamber of Commerce, and former Treasurer of Design Business Ireland.

He has twenty five years experience in marketing, client development and project management and has been involved in numerous branding projects which have delivered significant results for clients and helped them to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Brian has a Marketing Degree and is a CIM Diploma graduate with fifteen years experience in a wide range of marketing disciplines. He has been a full member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing for twelve years and sits on the CIM Ireland Board. Brian joined Dara Creative in 2002, developing the internal quality systems, managing production and planning/ project managing various marketing and brand identity campaigns for a wide range of clients.

Brian has worked on hundreds of branding programmes, marketing campaigns and bid support projects for a wide range of clients. He manages the design and production of large marketing projects and oversees the design team in the Dublin office.

Ruth holds a BA (Hons) in Business Studies from Dublin Business School (DBS) and diploma in Graphic Design from Vilnius College of Build & Design (Lithuania). Since coming to Ireland in 2002, she has gained broad sales and customer service experience in consumer goods sector. She joined the client service team at Dara Creative in early 2007 and has worked closely with the design team to deliver a number of successful projects.

Brian achieved a 1st Honours Degree in Visual Communications at the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and has also been a member of the International Society of Typographic Designers. His work focuses on both print and web design, with particular interest in Branding and Illustration.

Brian joined Dara Creative in 2002 as part of the design team and quickly developed the existing multimedia division and introduced a strong illustrative approach to print design. Brian’s illustration work has been chosen by American Illustration to appear on distribute, their prestigious web gallery. Brian has delivered effective and award winning branding and design projects over the last nine years. He has been awarded or nominated for more than 14 individual design and web awards in this time.

Laura graduated from the Limerick School of Art and Design (LIT) in 2004 with a 1st Class Honours Degree in Visual Communications and has also been a member of the International Society of Typographic Designers.  

Laura joined the Dara Creative design team in 2007 and to date has been the lead designer on numerous branding and website projects due to her flair for website interface design combined with a fresh and dynamic branding style.

She has a particularly keen eye for colour and a strong eye for detail. Her typographic skills brings a distinctive visual element to the projects she works on.

Treasa is a graduate of Visual Communications from the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) in 1993.  She joined Dara Creative in 2000 as a key member of the design team with a particular focus on developing  Dara Creative  design quality systems, overseeing print production quality and introducing project management systems for the creative team.

With her eighteen years experience she has substantial insight in a broad range of project types, with a particular focus on brand identity and its effective implementation. By introducing traditional research methology to the process of graphic design, has insured Dara Creative achieves the best results for our clients.

Sarah graduated from the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) in 2007 with an Honours degree in Visual Communications and has also been a member of the International Society of Typographic Designers.

Sarah joined the Dara Creative design team in 2008 and to date has worked on a number of branding and design projects. She has a particularly keen eye for consistency as well as a vast knowledge of the limitations and possibilities of web design including best practice dimensions and grids, use of dynamic galleries, sliding menus,  tooltip, web-safe fonts and colours.

Therese received a 1st Honours Masters in  Professional Design Practice from Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) in 2008. As well as BSc in Multimedia from Dublin City University (DCU) in 2004.

Therese has recently joined the Dara Creative team bringing a passion for branding and expertise designing for all media from screen to print.

Ruth graduated from the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology (DLIADT) in 2006 with a 1st Class Honors Degree in Interactive Design and New Media and in 2005 from DLIADT with a 1st Class Honors Degree in Visual Communications.

Ruth has a particular interest in typography and specilaises in both branding and interactive design with extensive web design and flash experience.

Since qualifying from GMIT with a Diploma in Art and Design (Hons), Oriana has ten years experience in leading graphic design studios in both Australia and Ireland.

With her vast experience corporate branding comes as second nature to her, whether it be printed collateral, bespoke illustration or web design.

Sarah graduated from the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) in 2008 with a BA (Hons) in Art Education and Graphic Design. After two years in the teaching profession she took up a professional practice-based postgraduate course in graphic design at the London College of Communication. There, she developed her skills in typography, photography, printmaking, design software and other aspects of visual communication.

Sarah has recently joined the Dara Creative team and has a particular interest in typography and creating identities.

Gareth is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer and has nine years experience in a wide range of Internet technologies and distributed application development. Gareth joined Dara Creative in 2007 as Web Services Manager, developing n-tier software and bespoke database driven web applications while building the web division.

Gareth has extensive experience in the latest web technologies including HTML, CSS, XHTML, XML SQL, PHP (both scripted and OOP), JavaScript, AJAX, JavaScript libraries such as MooTools, ExtJS and jQuery particularlly the jQuery UI. He builds PHP / MySQL applications using MVC frameworks like CodeIgniter, CakePHP and Zend, as well as building bespoke standalone applications using Object Orientated PHP.

Kamil graduated from Opole Institute of Technology, Poland in 2007 with a Master of Science in Computer Engineering and in 2001 a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from International School of Business, Design and Technology in Bielsko-Biala, Poland.

Kamil joined Dara Creative in 2008 to work with Gareth in the web division, developing, testing, deploying and maintaining websites. Templating complex websites in standards compliant XHTML/HTML, CSS 2 & 3. As well as client side scripting using Javascript, JQuery and AJAX. Using technologies such as JSON, XML, SOAP, AJAX, RSS, Flash as required.

Setting up of sites in PHP based Content Management Systems including MODx, Wordpress, Joomla, and Drupal. Database design and development using MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server.
Deploying sites to Apache or IIS servers, domain repointing and email setup / management. Training clients in CMS systems and document custom applications Website content management, technical update and search engine optimisation.

Martin grauduated from University of Manchester, United Kingdom in 1990 with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Computing and Information Systems.

With eighteen years experience in the IT industry at a senior level and eight years experience of web application development Martin’s experience is very broad. He has experience across multiple languages, databases and platforms, PHP, ASP.NET, C#, XHTML, HTML, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, Ajax, Flash, XML, MySQL, MS SQL. Fully versed in all current web technologies and open source CMS systems such as MODx, Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal etc.  As well as having an excellent knowledge of MS IIS and Apache server configuration and email / DNS management.

Robin graudated from Dublin City University (DCU) with a first class honours B.Sc. in Multimedia, specialising in programming and web design.

Robin has recently joined the Dara Creative team. He is highly skilled in Object Orientated PHP, JavaScript and SQL particularly MySQL as well experienced using XML, HTML5 and CSS3.

With his forward thinking approach to web standards Robin develops cutting edge websites designed with the user's needs in mind.

Glen is passionate about the Digital World and everything related to Online Marketing. With a particular interest in SEO & SEM on the Google Network.

"For any business Online Marketing, Promotion and Activity on an on-going basis is vital. Increased visibility on the web will have many benefits. Being part of the online community will help grow your business in terms of SEO and Organic Results on the main Search Engines. It's vital for any businesses success in the future that a company is able to maintain online presence, brand awareness and visibility to it's consumers."

He has experience setting up and running Google Adwords Campaigns. Working with various Google Applications such as Adwords, Analytics, Keyword Tools, Google Places, WebMaster Tools & AdSense. Familiar with SEO Practices to maintain Search Engine Friendly websites.

He is Certified by the Advertising Association of Ireland.

Rob has a Business Diploma with National College of Ireland (NCI), a Higher Diploma in Online Marketing and is presently up skilling with a Post Graduate Diploma with the Digital Marketing Institute. Rob works alongside Glen developing and implementing a range of Social & Online Marketing strategies for Dara Creative and their Clients. He also has a wide range of experience using Google Apps, Mod x, Word Press, Dream Weaver, Photoshop and all the social networking tools and sites.

"The online climate is changing at rapid rate. Increased visibility on the web is vital for every serious business now. SEO and Online Marketing is key to progression.’’

Sian is our ‘ORACLE’.
You need to know something, she’s the woman to talk to!!