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Meet the team behind the paper.
Heading up the Kaizen Print Team, Connor has helped thousands of clients all across the country grow their businesses to greater heights. Through his passion for sales and marketing, he advises clients both on print and digital opportunities and is always happy to chat through business plans. Outside of the office, Connor is a keen skier, gardener and if he went on Mastermind, his specialist subject would be Trance Classics 1999-2004.
As a partner in Kaizen Print, Martin has a wealth of knowledge of various printing techniques and is always willing to go that extra mile for all his clients. Thanks to his high levels of customer service, since being at Kaizen, Martin has developed a plethora of regular print clients across various industries. Focused on developing and maintaining strong relationships with customers, there isn’t a print enquiry that Martin can’t answer! When he isn’t busy with his family, Martin enjoys watching the football with a nice cold beer.
We're always on the lookout for the best and brightest here at Kaizen, who can constantly improve our team.
If you think a career at Kaizen is for you and you can see yourself becoming part of our family, email your CV to:
jobs@kaizenprint.co.uk
We can't wait to hear from you!
With over 5 years of experience in publishing, marketing and print, account manager Glenda works alongside the rest of the sales teams and with a variety of Kaizen Print clients, new and established, to advise on all things design and print related. Glenda prides herself on her ability to identify clients design needs and the most effective methods of print for them. Glenda is the Kaizen Print resident Foodie, if she isn’t out eating, you can catch the places she goes and food she eats all on her colourful Instagram.
Travis joins Kaizen Print as a digital print sales executive, he has eight years of sales under his belt in a number of industries such as the building industry and online business set up. He joins kaizen with the ambition of furthering his already vast skill set and hopes to thrive within the print industry. Travis understands print sales is a difficult sector to master but Travis loves a challenge and believes Kaizen Print offers the perfect platform to grow. When Travis isn’t pampering his current clients with the best deals you can find him training in long distance running all over Northern Ireland or carrying on his competitive nature by playing off against other players in online games.
Daniel has been part of Kaizen for over a year, completing his Apprenticeship in Digital Marketing as well as helping out wherever he could from Reception to hands-on with the Printing, but has now set his sights on a new challenge by becoming a part of our Sales Team. Daniel is aiming to bring his knowledge and experience from his first year at Kaizen Print to the Sales Team, helping them to bring in new clients as well as managing current ones and hitting his own personal targets. In his downtime, Daniel can be often found cheering on his 2nd love and watching any Liverpool FC match he can or chilling out with a bit of gaming.
Lynne brings a vast amount of client service experience to the Kaizen team (and a great share of the craic too!). Lynne takes pride in assisting our loyal customers with their day by day needs and goes above and beyond to ensure they receive the highest level of service possible. Outside of work, Lynne loves spending time with her children and using her creativity to up-cycle household items and make pictures! Despite being gutted that Game of Thrones has ended, Lynne admits she is filling that void with her ‘guilty pleasure’ – Love Island.
Eileen has been in sales and sales management for over 25 years mainly working in the advertising industry. She has worked across various media platforms, radio, magazines and newspapers, working closely with local, regional and national brands. One of Eileen’s key strengths is her extremely high levels of customer service meaning that she has developed and retained a plethora of regular clients across a wide range of industries ensuring that her clients get the best job at the best price. She is very focused on maintaining and growing strong relationships with her customers and is always willing to go that extra mile! Outside of work Eileen enjoys an odd gin with her friends at the weekend.
Jasmine joins Kaizen as our in house Admin Accounts Representative. She has been working in this industry from 2011, first starting off as an Accounts Junior Representative from 2011 - 2016 and moving quickly onto completing her Senior qualification from 2016-2018. Throughout her day to day in Kaizen Jasmine will be looking after all the comings and goings in terms of finances within the company, making sure that everything is looking the way it should be. In her spare time, she often likes to take her German Shepard out for hikes and exploring or else relax with a bit of Gaming or Model building.
Jackie has recently joined us as Receptionist for the Kaizen Team. Throughout her career she always worked within the Customer Service Industry and brings a great deal of experience and problem solving expertise. She is a real ‘people person’ and prides herself on meeting Customer expectations and being very organised. In her spare time Jackie likes nothing better than a spot of Retail Therapy and having performed in a number of musicals, she can be found in many a theatre supporting the local Musical Societies all across Northern Ireland.
With a Bachelor's Degree in Design and over 2 years working as a pre-press co-ordinator, Jackie is the perfect fit to be our pre-press specialist. He is joining our team at a very exciting time but also an important time, and his hope is that he can help Kaizen Print to grow and keep the jobs that go to our printers perfect, ensuring no mishaps or hiccups along the way. If Jackie isn’t helping to keep the Kaizen Print ship steady, you can often find him spending most of his free time either at the gym or chilling out at home with his children. He is also a massive music fan and loves to go out and catch up with his mates.
Based in the production room with a wealth of experience in design and print, Steffi works closely with all departments within the company, including the sales, design and production team, to ensure all jobs in the print room run as smoothly as possible. Need a job rushed through or want to ensure that artwork is set up for print correctly - Steffi is our go-to for these sorts of tasks. When Steffi isn’t setting up artwork for print or ensuring that the Kaizen Print jobs are all printed in time, you’ll either find her fawning over dogs (she is a huge dog lover!) or shaking up a cocktail or two with a keen interest in mixology.
With over 15 years experience within litho and digital print, Peter oversees all our digital printing and checks your artwork before it goes to print. Peter is customer focused and prides himself on ensuring that the print team meets all our clients' deadlines and is meticulous in checking all artwork before it goes to print. Watch out pubs of Belfast, Peter loves a good pub quiz and in his free time enjoys drawing illustrations.
Ralph is part of the production department and works closely with the print production coordinator and finishing team specialising in printing all of our digital print jobs coming through. If we need to check how something is going to print or what’s the most effective way to print something, Ralph is our go-to guy. With over 15 years experience in the print trade, Ralph has a sharp eye over all of our digital print and prides himself on his attention to detail with every job he prints. When Ralph isn’t working in the print room, he enjoys nothing more than a jam on his bass guitar and creating some nice illustrations!
Need a job finished to perfection? Fear not, Darrin is here! With a wealth of experience in the print trade, Darrin’s expertise lies in the finishing of our printed products. Once all your items are printed and on flat sheets, Darrin is the member of the team that brings the print into its final stages by folding, stitching, trimming and laminating them to name a few processes. Outside of the print room, you’ll find Darrin watching his beloved football team the gunners and listening to a bit of Kasabian.
As part of the production team, Valentine works as a finisher putting the final touches to both small and large format jobs when they are printed. On a day-to-day basis, you’ll find Valentine wiro-binding books, laying vinyl onto foamex boards and stapling booklets, to name a few things! Valentine is our go-to man for any tricky finishing or DIY projects and is the king of practical solutions! When Valentine isn’t helping us in Kaizen, he is extremely talented at woodwork and has made several beautiful creations for presents for some of the Kaizen Team.
Pearse a graduate in mathematics at Queens Belfast joins Kaizen as an apprentice print finisher. He will be learning from one of kaizens' best, Carlos hoping to learn all there is to know about print finishing. Pearse jumped at the chance to work with kaizen and has already shown himself as a great asset using his passion for numbers to ensure all the work he puts out is precise. When not learning the tricks of the trade Pearse likes to keep his mind sharp by regularly playing sudoku and reading fiction. Other than this you can find Pearse out socialising with his mates at local gigs and bars.
After working with a clothing line for five and a half years Aiden joined Kaizen as an apprentice print finisher to expand his knowledge on all things print. Aiden will be shadowing James, our large format specialist and relishes the opportunity to learn such a delicate and precise skill, Luckily he’s learning from one of the best in the business. Aiden has already shown great knowledge when it comes to colour and design, easily pointing out any errors ensuring all print going out is flawless. Outside of work, Aiden loves learning about other cultures, languages and politics. He jumps at any opportunity to travel so he can expand his knowledge of other cultures.
As our full-time driver, Stevie is the guy you will see out and about in our Kaizen van. Steve joins us with a wealth of experience in the delivery service industry. Stevie knows the in's and out's of Belfast like the back of his hand. Stevie is our go-to guy helping us deliver proofs, samples and full deliveries to all our clients, both on time and most importantly to the right person! When he’s not busy delivering to all our clients, Stevie loves getting out on the golf course on a Wednesday afternoon.