In our weekly What I've Learnt features, we quiz senior industry leaders on their illustrious careers. In these pieces, you'll discover both pearls of wisdom and hidden secrets from the careers of the North's key figures.
Mike Smith is Managing Director of OPEN Media, an OOH media owner based in Liverpool, which owns a region-wide portfolio of static and digital advertising sites.
The company's UK Digital Test Hubs provide on-demand remote testing services for businesses in eCommerce, enterprise, apps, digital entertainment and the Internet of Things.
At Zeal, Stewart personally oversees all creative development work. He and business partner Robert White founded Zeal in 2014 in Manchester, and have gone on to work with some of the world's biggest brands.
James Holloway is the founder of Gooey, a white-label coding agency specialising in WordPress, Magento and HTML development based right on the edge of Manchester's Northern Quarter.
