5 minutes with Kath Cashion - SCT’s Accounts Manager

We managed to grab Kath long enough between phone calls with clients and meetings with the team to find out a little more about her..

By Holly

We managed to grab Kath long enough between phone calls with clients and meetings with the team to find out a little more about her..

What do you do at SCT?

Herd cats.

Project management, quality assurance, client happiness management, web analytics advocate and search engine optimiser.  Basically I try to keep work coming in and going out with maximum efficiency and all round satisfaction.

Describe an average day?

Is there any such thing?

Ride before work, then chew the fat on the challenges building software with my technical cycling buddies over breakfast.  Cringe at SCT’s shower - who decided to put it in a cupboard?  (There are generally at least 5 bicycles in the office - surely a good shower is in order?)

3 mornings a week we have a stand up meeting to check how everyone is tracking against the schedule for the week.

And the rest of the time - scoping new projects, reviewing work and discussing directions for current projects.

What was your previous job?

I was on the founding team for a start-up (redbubble.com) launching an online art gallery and community site - learning 1st hand the challenges of social media as we went from 0 to 30,000 members in 12 months!  Talk about herding cats.

What’s your passion?

Bikes and traveling.  Everything from a 24 hr mountain bike race to some of the European alp’s highest mountain passes. I’ve worked in Canada, studied in Milan, ridden my bike around New Delhi, and walked along the Andes.

What’s your best work moment?

The best moments are working on a project when the client is wanting to push the boundaries a bit.  Either the design something really special, or perhaps challenging from a usability perspective.

Coffee or tea?

I save coffee for really serious moments - like when I’ve ridden a long way from home and need to get back somehow.  So day to day it’s definitely tea - at the moment I’m drinking Ceylon, strong, with a large dash of full cream milk.

Favorite website?

Etsy.com   - like Ebay for handmade things.  It’s got lots of great ways to browse, like by colour.