Gavan Duffy

A graduate of The College of Marketing and Design, Gavan worked in BFK Strategic Design before becoming a partner at Dcoy Design where he worked for 12yrs. Clients included EBS, Dr Oetker, IRFU, Musgrave, Special Olympics Ireland, Centric Health, HB (Unilever) across outdoor, press, in-store, print and POS.

Gavan has extensive below the line experience in design for retail brands in a shopper environment but also throughout the shopper path to purchase from direct mail, to shopper-lites to retail POS and large format graphics and environments.

His proactive approach employs a methodology that simplifies the process, develops stronger communication and creates memorable design for clients.

Denise Doyle

Denise has worked in advertising and marketing for 20 years. She started her career in advertising as Client Service Manager on Burger King, Nissan and Universal Music before moving client side to work as Trade Marketing Manager for Unilever, Nestle, C&C, Meteor Retail, Eir. She has worked on well-known global and local brands like Lyons Tea, Knorr Soups, Club Orange, Pepsi, Kit Kat, Gold Blend as well as broadband, TV, phone for Meteor and Eir products. Denise has extensive experience working directly with Tesco, Dunnes Stores, Super Value, Independents and Wholesale as well as Teleco Retailers like Eir, Meteor, Carphone Warehouse, Curry’s/PC World.

Her passion lies in understanding consumer needs throughout the path to purchase and she has a vast knowledge of the role of packaging, retail POS and in-store activation within the overall sales function.