{"id":1212,"date":"2023-09-08T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/?post_type=team&#038;p=1212"},"modified":"2024-03-26T08:33:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T08:33:52","slug":"karen-gwatkin","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/team\/karen-gwatkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Karen"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-block=\"Page Banner\" class=\"web-block page-banner full\" id=\"page-banner-block_64ddd90a8ec8f\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\" col-12 col-sm-12 col-md-8  web-block page-banner__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Meet Karen<span>_<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fixed-bg\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">#spacer-block_64ddd93f8ec90{height:50px;}<\/style>\n<section data-block=\"Spacer\" class=\"web-block spacer\" id=\"spacer-block_64ddd93f8ec90\" style=\"background-color:;\" data-color=\"none\"><\/section>\n\n<section data-block=\"Full Width Content\" class=\"web-block full-width-content\" id=\"full-width-content-block_64ddd9718ec91\" >\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-12 web-block full-width-content__content left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1> Meet Karen   <\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Hey Karen, what&#8217;s your role at Punch?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>K:<\/strong> Office &amp; Finance Manager<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did you want to be when you grew up? <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>K:<\/strong> I was set on being a show jumper &#8211; and I would have been a bloody good one too!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does being an Office &amp; Finance Manager entail? <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>K:<\/strong> I deal with the day to day administration and bookkeeping for the business. Basically, it\u2019s my job to keep the office in check!<\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s a great thing we have you then. What do you love about your job? <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>K:<\/strong> I love being organised, and making sure things run smoothly! I get my kicks from thinking of the little details that sometimes may otherwise be missed. Plus, I don\u2019t just work for Punch, we are friends as well as being a team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s lovely! What would you say you\u2019re best known for?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>K:<\/strong> Let\u2019s just say, there\u2019s a reason why the annual team BBQ is always at my farm! I am a massive people person and really enjoy bringing people together. I think this is really important as the stronger the team, the stronger our work.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section data-block=\"Quote Section\" class=\"web-block quote-section icon\" id=\"quote-section-block_64ddd9f58ec92\" >\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-holder\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/punch-creative\/dist\/images\/quote-icon.svg\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12  col-sm-9  web-block quote-section__quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I love working for Punch! Projects are varied and interesting and there is always the opportunity to develop and learn new skills.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\">#spacer-block_64dddc488ec94{height:px;}#spacer-block_64dddc488ec94{margin-top:50px;}<\/style>\n<section data-block=\"Spacer\" class=\"web-block spacer\" id=\"spacer-block_64dddc488ec94\" style=\"background-color:;\" data-color=\"none\"><\/section>\n\n<section data-block=\"Full Width Content\" class=\"web-block full-width-content\" id=\"full-width-content-block_64ddd9ff8ec93\" >\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-12 web-block full-width-content__content left\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What\u2019s been your favourite Punch project to work on?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>K:<\/strong> I couldn\u2019t choose &#8211; that\u2019s like asking me to choose my favourite chicken! I honestly love all the work each department creates, I&#8217;m Punch\u2019s biggest (and some would say longest) fan.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s completely fair, I won&#8217;t make you pick! Tell us, where\u2019s your favourite place?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>K:<\/strong> My Polytunnel. It\u2019s peaceful and a great place to relax.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sounds amazing. If you were going to be an animal, what would you be? <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>K:<\/strong> I\u2019d be one of my dogs, every time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What would you say your lifestyle is like?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>K:<\/strong> I live a very outdoor, rural life. I adore animals and gardening. My Husband and I live on a farm with horses, dogs, chickens, ducks and pigs.<\/p>\n<p>Most of my spare time is spent looking after the animals, riding, and tending to my fruit and veg (which I make into preserves to sell in the local corner shop).<\/p>\n<p><strong>One last question before we let you get back to your furry friends &#8211; Do you have a saying you love to live by?: <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>K:<\/strong> \u201cMake every day count.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section data-block=\"Vacancies Cta\" class=\"web-block vacancies-cta white-green\" id=\"vacancies-cta-block_64dddc6d8ec95\">\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row g-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-6 web-block vacancies-cta__left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-holder\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vacancies-canvas\" id=\"vacancies-canvas-1\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;right: 0;left: 0;bottom: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-sm-6 web-block vacancies-cta__right\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"web-block vacancies-cta__right__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>See our latest vacancies<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/services\/\">Find out more <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\t<script>\n        var animData1 = {\n            wrapper: document.getElementById('vacancies-canvas-1'),\n            animType: 'svg',\n            loop: true,\n            prerender: true,\n            autoplay: true,\n            path: 'https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/megaphone_man_json.json',\n\t\t\trendererSettings: {\n\t\t\t\tpreserveAspectRatio: 'xMidYMid meet'\n\t\t\t}\n        };\n\n        var anim1 = bodymovin.loadAnimation(animData1);\n    <\/script>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3450,"template":"","aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/1212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/1212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6420,"href":"https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/1212\/revisions\/6420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/punch-creative.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}