ABOUT

Based in Swansea, South Wales, GYRRU’s founder, James Pack has over 20 years of hands on marketing and communications experience. Having worked with teams on Research & Enterprise grant-funded projects within Welsh Higher Education Institutions over the last decade (including Aberystwyth University, Bangor University, Cardiff University, Swansea University, University of South Wales and University of Wales Trinity St David), James has an in-depth understanding of the challenges of recruiting and deploying marketing resources at speed on a short-term basis.

James Pack, GYRRU Founder, presenting at an ION Leadership celebration event. Funded by the Welsh European Funding Office, via the Welsh Government.

GYRRU is addressing these challenges with a service offering that ensures projects can hit the ground running; with effective marketing strategies and ‘on-tap’ marketing resource to ensure projects can effectively deliver on the targets outlined within grant proposals.

Our flexible and affordable service offering ranges from comprehensive end-to-end project lifecycle support through to customised assistance in specific areas such as marketing strategy, branding, web design, content creation, event management, social media management, copywriting, engagement, and customer relationship management.

There is currently over £5bn of public, private and third sector Research & Enterprise funding that is available to UK based organisations. GYRRU’s founder has direct experience working with projects that have secured grants from major funding bodies.

HEFCW Higher Education Council of Wales Research and Innovation Funding
UK Government Research and Enterprise Funding
UK Research and Innovation UKRI Funding
European Research Council Research Funding
European Commission Research Funding
Welsh Government Research and Enterprise Funding
Innovate UK Research Funding
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Funding
Arts and Humanities Research Council
Economic and Social Research Council
Medical Research Council Funding

VISION

to simplify and speed up the process of sourcing and deploying marketing & communications resource.to deliver on project activity.

PASSION

to work with the brightest academic minds to generate opportunities for research and enterprise collaboration and knowledge exchange.

DRIVE

to have an immediate and lasting impact on project delivery, implementing innovative marketing strategies that maximise reach and ROI.

  • ★★★★★

    “James was a key member of my research and innovation directorate at Swansea University for nearly a decade. His professionalism and eye for detail is only bettered by his enormous capacity for creativity. I would re-employ James again in a heartbeat.”

    Ceri Jones
    Director of Research and Enterprise University of Wolverhampton

  • ★★★★★

    "James supported the launch of the Rare Disease Research Platform at Swansea University.

    He did a splendid job with excellent photography and video production."

    Professor William Griffiths, Swansea University

  • ★★★★★

    "I called upon Gyrru to undertake a complete review of our content, as a result we are refocussing and redesigning our public facing image and messaging with the recommendations made."

    Jill Burgess, Vice Chairman, The Gower Society

  • Dr Gwennan Higham

    ★★★★★

    "I worked with James this past year who supported the photography and video production for my workshop. I was impressed with his professionalism and would definitely recommend."

    Dr Gwennan Higham, Swansea University

  • ★★★★★

    I worked with James for many years at Swansea University. I can highly recommend his strengths as a marketing professional. He has significant experience and knowledge, is friendly, approachable and pays attention to the finer details.

    Jess hughes, Little Bird Consultancy Ltd

  • ★★★★★

    "Whilst I was working with the University of South Wales, we exchanged many ideas on ways to enhance the impact of marketing campaigns.

    James certainly knows his stuff within the higher education sector."

    Daniel Emberson

  • ★★★★★

    "When launching my new landscaping business, James quickly created a new website, promotional videos and helped advertise the business. Within a few months we were booked up with work and have been ever since. Thanks!"

    Richard Pack Landscaping

  • ★★★★★

    "James was a tremendous asset to our recent research collaboration through the European Commission funded CutCancer project, providing fantastic event marketing services, including photography, interviews with our partner and extensive publicity and social media services."

    Professor Shareen Doak, Swansea University