Credit Simple
Kalai (full name Kalaivani) is our QA ninja here at Credit Simple. She’s got a strategic desk next to the office fridge, makes a science out of taking naps (in her free time, of course), and can dubsmash like a pro. What does a day in the life of you at Credit Simple look like? Lots of QA (quality assurance), great laughs with my team and plenty of food. (Perks of being seated next to the office fridge!) What do…
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“The day my Dad closed the bank of Mum and Dad when I was in my twenties. If things got tight, I’d just go to him and ask for a loan. Finally he said, “you’ve got to do this on your own”, and of course he was right.” – David Slack, Content & Social Media Manager “I racked up a pretty nasty credit card debt when I was 19-20. I realised I needed to pay it off and just not…
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Vitaliy is our Systems Developer and he’s a total dev ninja. Vitaliy enjoys DIY, reading, and top-notch snacks, but draws the line at eating one of his team members. (Thanks, Vitaliy.) What does a day in the life of you at Credit Simple look like? Wake up at 6.15am. Catch a train at 7.05am. Arrive at 8am, have a coffee and a biscuit. Programme until lunch, have a lunch and a bit of walk. Programme till finish work at 5pm. What do…
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David is our boss of everything. He knows lots of stuff about digital and websites, he surfs more than he should but not as much as he would like, and due to heavy use of Oil of Olay wrinkle-reducing eye cream in his teens, he still gets ID’ed when he’s trying to buy wine. What does a day in the life of you at Credit Simple look like for you? Usually a plane trip, meeting a bank or finance company…
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Elinna, aka Elle, is our iteration manager and senior business analyst. She can whip stuff into shape faster than you can say ‘whip this into shape, Elle’. She aspires to one day being able to whip her boss Dorian into shape. Dreams are free. What does a day in the life of you at Credit Simple look like? Typically I’ll make sure the team has enough work to do in our daily standup each morning, figure out what else we…
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Dorian is our head of tech. That means he spends a good chunk of his day helping people when they say ‘Dorian, how do I …’ Dorian likes hiking and scuba diving, and has been voted most likely to be eaten by his coworkers if the whole team was stuck on a desert island. Congratulations Dorian! What does a day in the life of you at Credit Simple look like? I’m mean to people until they do what I tell them…
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Hazel sorts out everything relating to PR, comms and content, and disciplines the apostrophes if they misbehave. She’s happiest when she has skis on her feet rather than shoes, and she takes a no-tolerance approach to spiders, particularly when they are lurking in the shower. In fact, she killed one this morning. What does a day in the life of you at Credit Simple look like? I write stuff, edit stuff and help other people write and edit stuff. I come…
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Emma is known as Em2, because our other Em is Emily, aka Em1. Em2 is our senior digital designer, and is a rare species: she can also code. (Rumour also has it that she can spell, too.) Em2 is a Total Design Ninja and is an absolute whizz at making things look ship shape. What does a day in the life of you at Credit Simple look like? I’m the designer so when I’m not glued to Photoshop designing our interfaces…
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