Experience

Mr B & Friends

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Strategy Director

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Mr B & Friends is one of the UK’s leading independent brand agencies. We deliver brand expertise to ambitious businesses across the world and help them to transform, grow, engage and build advocacy with their customers and employees. But it’s how we work that really marks us out. With 'no added nonsense'. It means that we get to what matters most, and remove the bullshit, complexity, and faff that plagues our industry. Clients love it. We love it. And the results speak for themselves. Mr B & Friends is one of the UK’s leading independent brand agencies. We deliver brand expertise to ambitious businesses across the world and help them to transform, grow, engage and build advocacy with their customers and employees. But it’s how we work that really marks us out. With 'no added nonsense'. It means that we get to what matters most, and remove the bullshit, complexity, and faff that plagues our industry. Clients love it. We love it. And the results speak for themselves.


The DO Lectures
• United Kingdom
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Head Of Digital Strategy

  • Nov 2020 - Oct 2021
• Strategy Lead

  • Nov 2018 - Oct 2020

• Senior Strategist

  • Feb 2018 - Nov 2018



GillFoxJames

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategist

  • Jun 2017 - Feb 2018

  Providing strategic business consultancy for the specific needs and challenges facing ambitious and growing SMEs. We have three core competencies across marketing, sales and technology, and work directly with business owners and senior management to answer three key questions: Where do you want to get to? Where are you now? How are you going to get there? Providing strategic business consultancy for the specific needs and challenges facing ambitious and growing SMEs. We have three core competencies across marketing, sales and technology, and work directly with business owners and senior management to answer three key questions: Where do you want to get to? Where are you now? How are you going to get there?



The Yorkshire Meatball Co.

• United Kingdom
• Food and Beverage Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Dec 2013 - May 2017

  At 24 years old, I launched the UK's first premium meatball brand, focused on the food-service and FMCG markets. Our unique 'Meatball and Craft Beer Bar' concept was launched in March 2014, and named "Best New Restaurant 2014" by Startups.co.uk. It also achieved a listing in their "100 to watch" list from 2015-2017, and was shortlisted for a further 7 awards over its first two years, including "Independent Casual Dining Restaurant of the Year 2016". Following a successful £130k crowdfunding campaign, the business pivoted its model in October 2016 to focus on the launch of its premium-branded meatball products for retail. Following this move, the business retained its listing in the Startups.co.uk "100 to watch" list for 2017. Our range of meatballs were listed in over 220 stores in ASDA, Morrisons and Tesco, across the North and South of England. My varied role included the development and creative direction of the brand, the planning, management and analysis of all marketing activity, and all design work across web, point-of-sale, packaging, photography and video - in addition to overseeing the day-to-day operation of multiple restaurants and even running the kitchen as Head Chef for three months. Show less

• Planner

  • Oct 2012 - Dec 2013

  Working directly with the Strategy Partner across all aspects of the marketing ecosystem, delivering pragmatic strategies that bring a profit to our clients within a sustainable roadmap. Key projects included strategic growth roadmaps, CRM planning and delivery, content strategy and social media audits. Working directly with the Strategy Partner across all aspects of the marketing ecosystem, delivering pragmatic strategies that bring a profit to our clients within a sustainable roadmap. Key projects included strategic growth roadmaps, CRM planning and delivery, content strategy and social media audits.



TDA - the direct and digital CRM specialists

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Exec > Jnr Planner

  • Sep 2007 - Oct 2012

  Delivering digital comms planning and execution across a wide range of blue chip and not-for-profit organisations including; The Cooperative, Woodland Trust, Zurich and The Wall Street Journal. Delivering digital comms planning and execution across a wide range of blue chip and not-for-profit organisations including; The Cooperative, Woodland Trust, Zurich and The Wall Street Journal.