GLOW Creative rubbed elbows with none other than snooker legend and six-time world champion Steve Davis OBE, when graphic designer and snooker mega-fan Hallam was seated beside him at one of our client’s annual charity dinners.
After a hard day’s work capturing video content and undertaking operations for the industry leading event planned and managed by GLOW, Hallam and the rest of the team were expecting nothing more than to enjoy the evening’s celebrations. Little did they know that not only would entertainment come from an inspiring speech from one of the greatest snooker players in the world, but that he’d be joining them at their table for the rest of the event!
Steve Davis began playing professionally back in 1978, and over the course of his 38 year career he’d rise through the ranks to become the 5th best player ever, the first player to make a maximum break in an official competition, and, in 1988, the only snooker player to have been awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Of course, sport fanatic Hallam already knew all of this. What’s lesser known, however, is Steve Davis’ new profession. While Hallam partakes in cue sports between making creative branded content for GLOW’s clients across the UK, Steve has used his creative hobbies to wind down from his days dominating the green baize. Since his retirement in 2016, Davis has been making waves of the sonic variety as a member of the experimental electronica outfit The Utopia Strong. In this time, he’s graced stages up and down the UK – including that of perhaps the country’s best-known festival, Glastonbury! Talk about being multi-talented.
It isn’t every day that you meet your sporting hero, but at GLOW Creative every day has the potential to bring exciting opportunities and new connections – even with some of the biggest names in the business!
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