Welcome to Gorilla Marketing

A Digital Agency, Done Different

Mission Our Values Reviews

To provide a comprehensive, all-in-one digital marketing and design solution to businesses of all sizes. We strive to ensure that every campaign we deliver on will measurably help our clients impact their industries and grow their business.

We hope that the pursuit of this mission helps us grow alongside our clients.

  • Unquestionable integrity
  • Communication and accountability
  • Stay ahead of every industry update
  • Excellence in everything we do
  • Teamwork to make the dream work
We take immense pride in the quality of our service and reputation. As a result, we have dozens of 5 star reviews over a multitude of platforms, for an average of 4.7 out of 5.
Google Premier Partner
Bing Accredited Professionals
4.9 Stars on TrustPilot
5 Star Google SEO Revies
Fiverr SEO Pro Verified
Made In Manchester

Meet The Team

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Daniel Travis-Brown

Managing Director
Previously the head of SEO at the largest car buying company in the UK, Daniel joined Gorilla in 2017. Since then he has helped Gorilla Marketing solidify its position as one of the top agencies in the UK
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Rob Cannon

Head of Business Development
With over 15 years of experience in digital media and business development, Rob is usually the first friendly face new clients at Gorilla will become familiar with!
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Kyle Clifford

Founder, Operations Director
Kyle founded Gorilla Marketing in 2013 with the aim of providing a creative digital solution for businesses of all sizes. Kyle oversees the operations and deliverables to our clients
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Dave Anderson

Head of SEO
Dave joined Gorilla Marketing in early 2020 with over a decade of experience working at the highest levels of SEO. His insight and skillset has helped transform our SEO strategies to the next level
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Shaz Mitchell

SEO Manager
Shaz is an SEO expert with 12 years of experience in agencies & freelance. Drinks all of the coffee in the building. Works in a kitchen in his free time.
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Lauren Mattinson

Social Media Manager / Accounts
Lauren joined Gorilla part-time in 2019 with a background in finance. Her saviness with social media, however, has allowed us to offer the service to market - with excepetional results
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Sophie Mattinson

Digital PR & Social Media
Sophie is an expert in Social Media & PR strategy. Working closely with each of our Social Media clients, Sophie devises and creates strategies that yield huge increases in brand recognition and engagement - essential for any business looking to build their online presence!
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Emma Irwin

Digital Marketing Executive
Emma joined Gorilla Marketing in 2021 as Digital Marketing Executive. She is a nerd for all things social media, and works closely with clients to implement strategies, and create content that’s specifically tailored to their brand.
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CJ Hamand

Head of SEO Content
Curtis-Jade (CJ the DJ) has been with Gorilla since early 2019. Qualified as a Master of Arts in creative writing means all content is in pristine hands. CJ also manages our content freelancers
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Tracy Mitchell

SEO Content Writer
Tracy joined Gorilla in 2020 to work alongside CJ on the SEO content team. Probably the fastest typist in Manchester, Tracy can write an impressive 95 words a minute!

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The History of Gorilla

Humble beginnings in a bedroom in Fallowfield, Gorilla Marketing now have a proud reputation as one of the UK’s top digital marketing agencies.

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22nd Mar, 2013

Gorilla Marketing has a live website! It's going to be a lot of work to rank for 'SEO Manchester' but Kyle is up to the challenge.

18th Aug, 2013

Gorilla Marketing has top 3 rankings for the keyword 'SEO Manchester' and is number 1 in the Map Results!

19th Aug, 2015

Kyle slowly build the client base, outsourcing surplus work to Daniel (who is the current head of SEO at the largest car buying company in the UK)

8th Jul, 2017

Unfortunately, Michael Gray leaves Gorilla Marketing for personal reasons.

22nd Apr, 2019

Lauren joins Gorilla Marketing to help us keep on top of office administration and run a tighter ship.

22nd Sep, 2019

We start offering social media management after Lauren displays unique insight and an amazing proficiency

1st Apr, 2020

Amid the COV-19 pandemic, Gorilla Marketing move into larger new offices at WeWork on John Dalton Street - at the same moment the country is asked to work from home!

4th November, 2020

Robert Cannon joins Gorilla Marketing. His business development skills shine through - signing 3 new clients in his first month!

4th February, 2021

It's double trouble! Both Emma and Shaz join Gorilla Marketing!

11th Mar, 2013

With a lot of advice and assistance from Daniel Travis-Brown and other friends, Kyle founded Gorilla Marketing from his bedroom.

8th May, 2013

Gorilla Marketing has their first client! An accounting company in Stockport that still ranks #1 to this day!

21st Jul, 2015

Gorilla Marketing moves to 8 Bridgewater Street.

27th Feb, 2016

Michael Gray joins Gorilla Marketing as a partner, providing valuable advice and direction to the agency.

2nd Dec, 2017

Daniel takes the plunge and leaves his job as head of SEO and becomes a director at Gorilla Marketing.

4th Feb, 2019

CJ joins Gorilla Marketing as a content writer, but shows her mettle and is soon handling all SEO content

20th Feb, 2020

Dave joins Gorilla Marketing. He brings a wealth of experience in ecommerce and international SEO, which allows us to drastically improve our service.

30 September, 2020

The first Gorilla baby is born! Alice Sally Clifford comes into the world. Her WordPress and SEO training begins shortly after

1st December, 2020

Tracy joins Gorilla Marketing as an SEO content writer.

1st February, 2021

Our time at WeWork has come to an end and we have moved into much larger offices in the Northern Quarter of Manchester.
The History of Gorilla Marketing