When I am looking at other websites I often wonder about the people and the business behind it. Take our site for example, are we a one man band working from a kitchen table or a multi million pound business?
Well, we have rapidly grown into a very large business indeed. We avoid all the corporate stuff as much as possible and simply focus on enjoying on all the creative stuff we love so much. Everyday we send out around 1000 parcels.
We have a real jewellery shop in the historic quarter of Lincoln. This has given us a big advantage over our competitors since we have most items in stock and have first hand experience of what we are selling. Also, lots of people can come and visit us, try things on and have a chat.
Did you know that the electricity we use in our business is generated by a wind turbine and is carbon neutral!
But what about the website itself, what does it take to create and run one like this? Let me introduce the members of the band.....
Michael : Dispatch Floor manager
Luke, Christabel, Lewis, Sophie, Charlotte : Dispatches
Ine : Merchandising manager
Lingy : Deputy Dispatch Manager
Alex : Dispatch Supervisor
Cassie : Deputy Merchandising Manager
Jocelyn : Fashion Magazine & Blogs
Sarah, Rebecca, Karen, Sophie : Merchandisers
Emile : Customer Services Manager
Lauren & John B : Customer Service Advisors
Heather & Charlotte : Product uploading
Simon & Ben : Graphics & Design gurus
Adam : Photography
Emily : Brand advisor & purchasing
John D : Quality Assurance
Debra : Administration
Deborah : Accounts
Rebecca : Shop Manager
Claire, Lucy, Nathan, Kim, Tim & Sophie : Jewellery advisor specialists
Myself, John Greed, owner : Website design, graphics, functionality, business development and strategy.
Matt & Dom : Website building geeks
Dave : Search Engine Specialist
Who is John Greed?
John studied Product Design at the Central School of Art & Design in London. After graduating, he worked as a prototype model maker in London, Antibes and Ljubiana.
Returning to the UK he set up his own studio in Lincoln, UK to work as a sculptor using materials like carbon fibre and exotic resins. He was soon selling to The Conran Shop, Heals and Liberties and his work was regularly used in films and fashion shoots.
To supplement his income John had a small shop attached to his workshop selling interesting gadgets and jewellery. Eventually John smelt the coffee and moved entirely into jewellery retail.
His love of new materials and reinterpretations of the old ones has really been the driving force of the business. Always on the lookout for new possibilities and designs, John continues to push the boundaries of jewellery retail.
Today John still lives and works in the historic quarter of Lincoln and still loves his work as if everyday was his first. He is married and has 5 darling children!
