Members of our Sales and Marketing teams recently headed to a local country park to use their paid CSR day, a perk Ellison offers to all employees. Tŷ Mawr Country Park lies on the banks of the River Dee in the Vale of Llangollen, part of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty – near to our UK office in Wrexham, North Wales. The park relies on volunteers to help carry out maintenance work and care for the animals. Unfortunately, during and since COVID they have been … [Read more...]

Today we sat down with Olivia Rose (or Rose as she goes by day to day!) to learn more about how she got into the creative world and where she takes inspiration from. You might recognize her from her extensive collection of amazing Sizzix dies featuring cute, pretty and nature inspiration designs. What do you do?I design dies, stamps and multi-level embossing folders for Sizzix, as well as writing blog content, researching current trends and planning future, exciting product releases. What … [Read more...]

Today we've joined one of our longstanding Creative Designers, Pete Hughes for a quick Q&A! You may recognize him from magazines, TV appearances, our Sizzix social media videos, trade and consumers shows and more... showcasing his artistic talents and unique ways of utilising Sizzix products. Name: Pete HughesJob title: Senior Creative Designer What do you do?Wow! Small question, big answer… I could be creating makes for photography, social media, Create & Craft TV shows, magazines … [Read more...]

Today we will be learning all about one of our wonderful Creative Designers Jess Slack! You may recognise Jess from the wonderfully creative Sizzix YouTube videos, from her TV appearances on Create & Craft, or from the Ellison Virtual Events. Keep on reading to learn more about Jess… Name: Jess SlackJob title: Creative Designer What do you do?I am creative designer for Sizzix and create projects and inspiring content on a daily basis to be showcased across our different social media … [Read more...]

Here are Ellison Europe we have been busy refurbishing our building, providing fresh and modern functional spaces ensuring our teams enjoy their working environment. We have expanded our office spaces to allow for more desks to be installed and for more breakout spaces to be created including sofa areas, beanbag zones and even a social space complete with a book swap area. An extra canteen has been constructed allowing more space for our teams to enjoy their lunch breaks. We have … [Read more...]