26 Jan 2024

January Newbies: Welcome Isabelle, Jens and Lydia

We’re super excited to welcome a few new faces to Catch this month!

Isabelle Derbyshire in front of Brick Wall

Firstly we have Isabelle joining us as Office Manager. After working on offline marketing campaigns for retailers at our sister agency More2 for around seven years, it was time for a new challenge. Having just had a wonderful, but tiring, maternity leave, it was the perfect opportunity to join Catch to learn something new!

It's been great to work with such a lovely bunch of people at Catch so far to help make the office run smoothly. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone a little better and ensuring Catch continues to be a great place to work. 

Isabelle, Office Manager

Lydia Wood on a Hike

Lydia has joined us as a Front End Developer after a career change in 2020. At Catch she’s looking forward to working with a great team on a wide variety of projects.

In her spare time, you’ll find Lydia huffing and puffing her way up the Lake District Fells or dreaming about thru-hikes whilst drinking hot chocolate.

Jens Janson Headshot

Also joining our Front End team after many years working with us as a freelancer is Jens, a former graphic designer and front-end developer with many years of freelancing experience.

He started making websites in the 90s in his native Sweden and later went on to study graphic design, typography and animation in London where he still lives.

These days he’s passionate about combining his experience by making interesting and accessible interactive work as a Senior Front End Developer.

05 Mar 2020

Mental health first aid 

Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year*. With this in mind, it is important for all individuals in the workplace to be aware of potential contributing factors to mental health issues and strategies to maintain a positive pathway to mental health and encourage early reporting of symptoms.

To facilitate this and in order to support our staff, our Office Manager is now a qualified Mental Health First Aider.

As a qualified MHFA, Polyana's role includes:

  • Being able to recognise the early signs and symptoms of common workplace mental health illnesses
  • Having the necessary skills to have a supportive, non-judgmental conversation with those who need it
  • Possessing the knowledge and confidence to guide colleagues to the appropriate professional support if they require it
  • Promoting greater awareness of mental health in the workplace and reducing stigma

Catch also has a Health Scheme which incorporates a Wellbeing cover and a Health & Wellness incentive through the company Perks Scheme.

We believe that providing resources that promote awareness can help create an accessible and positive workplace and address issues before they become debilitating.

This is part of our ongoing efforts to make Catch a most happy, healthy and supportive working environment. If you're interested in applying for a role at Catch, check out our careers here.

* Mental Health Taskforce NE. The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health. 2016 [cited 2017 May 23]; Available from: England.nhs.uk

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