Gallomanor produced I’m a Councillor, Get me out of Here! for eight years, and launched I’m a Scientist in 2008, then I’m an Engineer in 2012. We provide creative audience-led communication solutions and events to local government and other organisations. We are driven by a desire to increase citizens involvement in civil society with effective, innovative, and fun projects.
Shane McCracken | Executive Producer
Shane is the Director of Gallomanor Communications Ltd, which he set up in 2001. He’s an ex-advertising executive and later television executive, with a degree in business management. Creator of the ‘I’m a Councillor’ format, as well as LifeSwap and the award-winning CampaignCreator.
Emily Paget | Site Support
Emily is the newest recruit to the team and comes with little knowledge of science but a mass of cynical and critical thoughts on communication, technology and website management. Her background is creative, which makes her an asset when it comes to layouts, making things pretty and preaching about Macs.
Antony Poveda | Project Support
Antony joined Gallomanor in February 2014 and so is the actual newest member of the team. He studied neuroscience before completing a master’s in science communication, because those who can’t lab, blab. His current responsibilities include keeping various systems on the go in the office organised, supporting event management and working on project evaluation.
Josh Doyle | Teacher Support
Josh joined Gallomanor in 2013 after completing an apprenticeship as a moderator, and a degree in chemistry. He is responsible for the day-to-day running of the I’m a Scientist projects; sending emails, writing copy, and answering obscure questions on chemical elements.
Angela Monasor | Scientist Support
Angela joined Gallomanor at the end of 2013. After completing her PhD in molecular biology, she decided to move from the bench to the communication side of science. She is responsible for different bits and pieces of projects’ evaluation and development.
Declan Fleming | Teacher Consultant
Declan is a chemistry teacher at Pates School, Cheltenham. He has worked as a school teacher fellow for the Royal Society of Chemistry at the University of Bath and runs numerous outreach activities. Declan came up with the idea for I’m a Scientist, Decipher My Data and works on the school side of the project.
Sophia Collins | Editorial Advisor
Sophia is an ex-television producer of award-winning factual science shows. She has also worked for the Science Museum, and written for science magazines, from The Lancet to Focus. She studied a Masters in science communication at Imperial College on a Wellcome Trust-funded bursary (awarded by the ABSW) and has a BSc in Pharmacology from the University of Edinburgh. Sophia has also worked on I’m a Councillor, Get me out of Here! for four years and is a qualified TEFL teacher.
Andrew Beeken | Site Styling
Andrew takes the site skeleton that Mike builds and Gareth’s designs and magically makes the site look and feel how we want! He translates the technical specification and graphics into what you see now. Andrew is a website designer/develop who has extensive experience using WordPress, which is handy for Decipher My Data.
Ian Francis | Educational Consultant
Ian is a well-respected and experienced educationalist and science communicator. He has taught secondary science and physics across the whole age and ability range for the past 15 years, most recently in Hertfordshire. Aside from his ongoing classroom experience, Ian has an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College, is an examiner for Edexcel, and regular contributor and consultant for Planet Science as well as being a member of the Royal Society’s partnership grants for schools committee. His publishing credits include the Times Educational Supplement, New Scientist and The Lancet.
Web Builder: Zed1.com
Mike Little of zed1.com did an amazing job building our new site. It’s an incredibly complex site ‘doing things with WordPress that no-one has ever done before’. And Mike has never quailed. Or if he did, he didn’t show it. And he also made us laugh with his dummy text about Darth Vader.
Designer: Dot Design
Our creative guru has been designer Gareth Coxon, of Dot Design. Gareth has been our designer on the I’m a Scientist project since the beginnning and has designed everything from the logos and branding for the entire project, to the individual pages on the website. Also, he never complained, however contradictory, confusing, or downright stupid our briefs were.