Brian Stapleton

Marketing and design
Brian Stapleton
What did you do before joining Impact Media?

I studied graphic design in Athlone IT for four years and underwent a Masters in Dublin IT. Before I moved back to Galway to work for Impact Media, I had been working for Capiche in Dublin and worked on various freelance jobs for other design companies and clients.

Where are you from?

A small parish, a few miles outside of Loughrea, County Galway, called Leitrim (I know).

What exactly do you do? 

I’m a web designer but I also work on brand development and print design. Viral marketing, animation, and general brainstorming also tend to pop up on my list of daily tasks.

What’s the best buzz about your job?

Cleona’s Cartman impression.

What are your career highlights so far?

I continue to upstage myself everyday.

What are your spare time passions?

Music, films, books, comics, basically anything that involves me sitting on the couch and exerting myself as little as possible.

Your one secret (but non-work related) talent.

The ability to forget everything my girlfriend tells me.

What’s your favourite ad of all time?

Skittles’ Taste The Rainbow series - consistently bizarre.

People say I look like…

Kevin Arnold from The Wonder Years

What’s your idea of perfect happiness?

A cuppa tea and a Tim Tam

What’s your dream vehicle?

The Jaguar E-Type

If I wasn’t working for Impact Media, I would be…

That guy who selects music for movie soundtracks