August's staff Q&A profile is on Managing Director and Digital Marketer, Paul Wood.
Job Title
Managing Director (UK)
Location
Oxfordshire
I've been working at Indulge for...
Well, originally I joined in 2010 as Digital Marketing Executive, until 2012. I then travelled for a while, worked in some other roles before returning to open Indulge UK in April 2016!
The best thing about my job is...
I get the daily rush of excitement, adrenaline, anxiety, blind panic and sheer joy that only comes with launching the business into a new market. It's more varied than I could even have hoped for and it's exactly what I signed up for.
When not in the office, you can usually find me...
Cycling around the countryside near home, walking around the grounds of a National Trust property or reading a good book at home. Either that or having my personal space invaded at a Prodigy gig!
One thing you may not know about me is...
I used to work in a mailroom. Lots of mailrooms infact. When studying at university my summer job involved being posted (pun intended) to different offices around London to take mail to people's desks. It was perhaps the best way to get unrestricted access to some of the capital's most brilliant buildings - I've certainly never felt the need to pay to see the view at the top of the London Eye because of it.
Three things I would struggle to live without are...
My partner, Christelle, my cat, Buzz and my budgies, Oscar and Milo. If the cat had its own way, I might have to live without the budgies, but we have measures in place to ensure that doesn't happen.
If I could jump on a plane and go anywhere tomorrow, it would be...
I wish I could say something more profound, but I'd get straight on a plane to Orlando, Florida and head to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios, it's undiluted capitalist fun.
My Favourite hot drink is...
Coffee, prepared in an espresso maker (the one where the steam comes through the spout), a dash of milk. Shaken, not stirred.
