Colin Mandell

Co-Founder & CEO

SkillBridge CEO Colin Mandell has worked in Marketing, Education and Behaviour Change for the past 30 years via his Education NGO, YouthLink, 14 years as Group Strategist for Exp Marketing. Colin developed campaigns, events, Toolkits for international brands Coca-Cola, SABMiller, ABSA Bank, Unilever, P&G, Tiger Brands, MTN, Nigerian Breweries, Vodacom, Toyota, Shell, Nestle & Safaricom. Mandell has developed content co-creation for training and behaviour change, including Brand Theatre, virtual radio, online gamification-based training.

Colin is in charge of Brand Theatre and SkillBridge Virtual Studio Strategist and Choreographer

Ian McGuckin

Co-Founder & Creative Director

I have a passion for visual identities and digital technologies, I strive to provide both relevant and creative solutions to meet the needs and objectives of our clients.

I imagine, design and develop unique brand identities, experiences and tailor-made digital solutions for all types of projects from advertising through to corporate needs.

I am about building productive business relationships based on trust and work ethic excellence.

Tamie Hobbs

Agency Production

Tamie has a background in film having graduated with a BA Honours: Motion Picture Medium in 2016, winning multiple awards for her honours graduation projects. She has experience in the film industry in wardrobe and makeup and brings her on-set experience to the team.

Tamie works on digital media projects ranging from video editing to animations and content creation.

Terri Taylor

Head of Administration and Traffic

Terri is a specialist in all things administrative and an expert coordinator/manager. She headed the Event Planning and coordination role for Corporate Finance at Rand Merchant Bank for 10 years.

She is also a founder and owner of the Dance Café, one of Johannesburg’s premier dance, events, and rehearsal venues which has been in operation for the past 14 years.

Richard Knight

Brand Activist

Richard has extensive marketing skills and experience into the major African markets as a CEO, Creative strategist and Experiential marketer. He has excelled across the spectrum of Creative Resources and disciplines in providing strategically competitive and successful solutions for major blue-chip Brands and Companies like Unilever, Heineken, Nestle, P&G, Friesland Dairies, Reckitt Benckiser, Airtel, Gillette, Ambev and Coca-Cola.

Zaid Majam

Associate Designer

During the past 2 decades Zaid has had the honour of seeing businesses grow from merely an idea to being market leaders. Along with passion, he uses his artistic, creative and design skills to enhance and propel brands. His commitment, pride and passion no matter the size of the brief has seen his project list range from corporate ID, brochures, catalogues, media advertisements, posters, packaging, point of sale, digital and print.

This, across all the different business sectors; from Automotive and Heavy Duty Transport to Medical, Fashion, Entertainment and  Hospitality.

Edward McGuckin

Associate Digital Agent

Edward has a rich background in various fields pertaining to online design and marketing. For the last 4 years, he has developed and grown a skills portfolio, with a special focus on WordPress Website Design, Search Engine Optimisation, and Social Media Management. Over the same period, he has moved from his employment as an SEO specialist to founding a digital agency.

During his time, he has had the privilege of working with such names as Roots Group, Sierra Hotel Group, Tyre Africa, Zwingo Sports UK, and more.