People
Julie Aparicio
Senior Designer
Julie is a multi-disciplinary senior designer at Effusion with a background in branding and spatial design. Her design philosophy: If you never try, you'll never know. When she isn't busy designing responsive websites, or crafting visual identities, Julie likes to learn new things, going to the cinema and sometimes goes kickboxing.
Áine Cassidy
Lead Designer
Áine leads the design process at Effusion and approaches each project with careful consideration of it’s conceptual and practical requirements. The result is creative work that is both functional and beautifully executed. When she’s not at work, Áine enjoys printmaking, watching films and yoga.
Richard Dickinson
Managing Director & Partner
Richard has led Effusion for the past 15 years. His design principles; love of typography and approach to expressive and clear communication are felt throughout our projects.
Emile Hamshaw-Jones
Front End Developer
Emile bridges design and development at Effusion, working to realise our designs on the web, meticulously crafting the front end of our websites, and delivering beautiful outcomes that work smoothly on all devices. Emile loves music and dancing, learning new things and furthering his mission to become multilingual.
Megan Kirby
Senior Designer
Megan has spent her career designing for non-profits and is right at home with the unique creative challenges of the third sector. With a background in book design, she loves getting stuck into typographic detailing and finding beautiful, clear solutions to complex design problems.
Willie Upritchard
Lead Developer
Willie has years of experience building more websites than we can count. With a dedication to usability and UX, he is always finding ways to make website management easier. Willie loves problem solving, especially to provide the solutions needed for complex systems. In his spare time Willie enjoys taking things apart to build new technological contraptions, and making kimchee with his sister.
Tomas White
Producer Developer
Working closely with Willie and Emile on our web projects, Tomas is always building and testing components, and exploring new possibilities, as well as liasing with our clients throughout the development process. In his spare time, Tomas enjoys learning Salsa dancing and getting lost in science fiction.