Meet Kirianna, The Sample Queen

When you walk through the offices at Adventa, you can’t help but be impressed by the bright, airy space: The clean white walls, the floor-to-ceiling glass, and the open-plan office is everything you’d expect from a forward-thinking and creative company. Team members can join webinars in the Zoom Room, get their creative juices flowing in Base Camp (think fake grass for carpet and industrial-cool lighting), or pop up to the Sky Suite where breathtaking views of the Welsh countryside can be enjoyed around the boardroom table. 
 
But head into the building a little deeper, and you’ll find a very different type of space, one that’s just as creative and innovative but that couldn’t be further from the modern office vibe – and that’s where you’ll find Kirianna.
 
The Sample Room is hidden away up a set of narrow stairs which opens to a small, dark landing, which leads to another step up into the Sample Room itself. The lights are always off until triggered by movement, and the sudden illumination of the room only serves to add to the magic of the place. The light reveals row upon row of carefully organised boxes that fill all the walls and two further corridors. Everything is carefully labelled, with not an inch of space unused. 
 
There are plastic tubs filled with Snow Domes and Snowflake Magnets, others with Baubles and Keyrings, Jute Bags and Coasters and Notepads and Candles and Clocks, shelves with canvases and frames – the whole symphony that is the Adventa product range…This is Kirianna’s domain. When customers request samples of products, it is Kirianna who is in charge of making them up, and getting them posted out quickly, and in perfect condition.
 
Kirianna has only been with the company since January 2023, something which surprised Rachel McKenna when she joined the company recently as Marketing Lead. “She has a calmness which exudes being in control, and a maturity which is in contradiction to her age,” says Rachel, “I knew immediately that I was going to love working with her”. And she’s not the only one. “Kirianna is a great support to the Sales Office,” says Mel Davies, Key Account Manager, “She’s so calm and professional, and I know my clients will receive their samples in good time.”
 
Shaun Lee, also in the Sales Team is very impressed by Kirianna’s attention to detail. “When she brings samples for approval, she’ll be the first to point out minor imperfections that I wouldn’t have noticed myself, so I know my customers are always going to receive the very best quality samples.”
 
Glenda Hobbs, Finance & Compliance Assistant, is one of Kirianna’s work buddies, they can often be found at lunchtime taking a walk in the fresh air and chatting away conspiratorially. So it doesn’t come as much of a surprise when Glenda tells me that Kirianna is fond of strenuous walks up Snowdon, and exercising in the great outdoors. A little birdy even tells me she won medals for sprinting at school, “So she’s fast,” says Glenda, “Probably why she’s so fast at making those samples” she laughs.
 
But speed is nothing without quality, and Kirianna has got that down too. “I had an email from a customer not so long ago,” says Ronan Paynter, Key Account Manager, “and it said they’d received the samples and that they were the best they’d ever received!” High praise indeed.
 
So, let’s hear from Kirianna herself, what does she love about working at Adventa? “I love sitting down and brainstorming new, creative ideas for marketing and samples,” she says, “And I enjoy knowing I’ve sent samples out to customers that are perfect – they are amazing products, and I want to make sure I do them justice.” And in your spare time, Kirianna, what do you enjoy doing? “Ahh, now you’re asking! Probably having friends round, or going out for hikes in Wales!”
 
The last word to Rachel then, Kirianna’s Line Manager; “Kirianna is a pleasure to work with. She’s creative, takes great pride in her work, nothing is ever too much trouble, and, above all, she is always looking for ways to improve the experience our customers have. She is, for me, the perfect choice for the first staff spotlight in our ‘Proud of Our People’ campaign.”

So, if you’d like a sample, email [email protected], we’ll let Kirianna know, and you can expect your perfect samples to be dispatched in no time at all.