About Us

US3 Media is run by a team of three creatives, Gavin Stoker, Doug Harman and Michael O'Connell. Their profiles can be found below.

 
Gavin Stoker

gavin.jpgA senior editor, journalist and copywriter with a wealth of experience and contacts across a broad range of successful national publications; Gavin is an enthusiastic, innovative professional with strong writing, editing and inter-personal skills, a commitment to team achievement and market-leading, high quality solutions. He has a proven 14-year record in generating ideas, writing and commissioning features, meeting deadlines, controlling budgets, working productively with clients and publishers, and managing industrious team of writers and designers.

Publications which Gavin has edited or contributed to include: Total Digital Photography, Which Digital Camera, What Digital Camera, Digital Photography User, Digital Photography Magazine, Photography Monthly, MacWorld, BPI News, Rough Guide Books, Empire, NME, Blast! And the Radio Times.

As a copywriter he has written campaigns for Marks & Spencer, Sony, Fujifilm and Prism Leisure.

Gavin has also appeared as an expert on BBC Radio 4 & BBC World Service and as a judge at national photographic competitions.

 
Doug Harman

doug.jpgA senior technical technology editor, with specialties in imaging technology, including photography and web based content. Doug has contacts across a broad range of national publications and the photographic industry. Professional and trusted, he has strong writing skills and is very organised; his teamwork and communication skills are core to his success. He has a proven 14-year record in generating ideas, writing and commissioning features, meeting deadlines, controlling budgets, working productively with clients and publishers, and managing industrious team of writers and designers.

National consumer publication and other titles Doug has written or contributed to include: Total Digital Photography, Which Camera Digital, What Digital Camera, Amateur Photographer, Boots Magazine, Camping Magazine, Pixel, Professional Photographer, Photo Monthly and the founding issue of Better Digital Photography.

Doug has also appeared as an expert on radio and television including BBC Radio, BBC World with a 256-million audience world wide and contributed to the BBC’s Click Online web-based technology show.

 
Michael O'Connell

mike.jpgA graphic designer with a wealth of experience and contacts within the print and production business, Michael has worked for numerous clients across a broad spectrum of brands and industries. His secret to success has been to approach a job in an enthusiastic yet professional manner, not sacrificing quality for speed, providing a client with a high quality solution. Michael’s work has ranged from jobs as small as stationery design to full national campaigns, Direct Marketing and Point of Sale.

Michael believes in keeping a project organized and streamlined to minimize the possibility of error, and considers communication between the client and himself at all stages of a job key to providing the desired finished result.

Michael has designed, art directed and managed teams for various clients and blue-chip accounts including:

Larchlap/Forest Garden, The Labour Party, HH Associates, IPC, Archant Specialist, Homebase, Total Digital Photography magazine, Fujifilm, Local Discount Pages, Kyocera Yashica, Cash Converters, OneClick HR, Wates Construction, Pizza Express, Ultrasun and the Surrey Magistrates Courts Committee.