About us

Our leadership team

BLOK is led by a group of senior specialists who have worked together for more than a decade across photography, colour, retouching, design and operations.

Hands-on leaders, working closely with our teams and our client partners

Between us, we have shaped image programmes for the world’s leading brands across fine art and luxury. We are hands-on leaders, working closely with our teams as well as our client partners to deliver world-class outcomes in real time.

James Graves — Blok Design Group
Managing Director

James Graves

With over 35 years in the publishing, luxury and content industry, with specialisms in procurement, business transformation, strategy and global digital supply chain optimisation, James leads Blok Design Group in providing unrivalled image production services.

His career expertise encompasses artisan book binding, multi modal shipping, fine art printing alongside extensive high-end photography and retouching. He is expert in building multi geographical teams and setting up cost reduction initiatives.

Hayley Thompson — Blok Design Group
Head of Client Services

Hayley Thompson

Hayley’s specialisms span client services, production, operations and photography to deliver world-class solutions to our clients. Working with partnership, transparency and communication as foundational principles, she architects large multi-disciplined international teams.

Hayley brings 30+ years industry experience to the Blok Design Group leadership team.

Read Hayley’s interview with The Artisan Anthology
Melvin Deepak — Blok Design Group
Head of Innovation & Offshore Operations

Melvin Deepak

Melvin brings over 25 years of industry expertise across media production and content delivery for a range of sectors. A certified Six Sigma Black Belt, he leads our offshore capability development, process optimisation, quality governance and business solutioning.

Ensuring we deliver uncompromising quality and speed through industry-leading innovation and strategic adoption of AI.

Ross Gregory — Blok Design Group
Head of Operations

Ross Gregory

Ross leads operations with deep specialism in high-end creative image retouching, colour management and production. With over 30 years industry experience across media production and content delivery for brands and publishers.

He leads a global team in guaranteeing imagery is perfected and delivered to optimum output quality with guaranteed colour accuracy.

We would be delighted to discuss how we can help with your fine art and luxury image production needs

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