Experience

Talk Education

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO - Talk Education

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Talk Education is a new concept in independent schools advice which comprises a dynamic, digital schools guide, a parent advisory service and an educational events company. Our aim is to provide parents with properly informed guidance on their schools choices, and to give schools a new, effective and quantifiable marketing resource.Our team spent almost ten years researching, writing and editing a schools guide for a glossy magazine, building an unparalleled network of contacts, access and experience. We loved our jobs, but came to realise that there was so much more we could do with this experience: write more detailed reviews and features; update our content more regularly; use our team’s knowledge to give parents bespoke advice on their schools choices, particular to their children and their family circumstances; run more, bigger, better events on a wider range of topics, in different formats – digital as well as face-to-face. Talk Education is the result of a two-year, rollercoaster journey, involving many meetings, countless ‘lightbulb moments’, a vast network of wise counsellors, huge amounts of mildly hysterical laughter, the odd 3am blind panic and much coffee. We are very proud of the result.



NORTON ALEXANDER

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • 2018 - 2019

  Our London-based consultancy was founded to provide the very best advice to families using our decades of experience in education. Our school, university and support services will rapidly become an important part of your application process. At Norton Alexander we value our relationships with the very best institutions in the country and we use these to help your child take the next important step in their education.Established by professionals who live and breathe education, we are unique in our approach. Our guidance is based on actual knowledge and real life experiences. We listen to your needs and offer guidance honestly using our unparalleled knowledge of the leading British schools and universities to help families from around the world gain the very best UK education. We look after all aspects of your child’s education from cradle to workplace.This is what makes Norton Alexander unique– our approach is personal, objective and bespoke, and we have a record of achieving significant results. We help children gain the confidence, courage and spirit to achieve their very best in education and beyond.



Muddy Stilettos

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor

  • 2015 - 2019

  Editor of Muddy Stilettos, the UK's biggest digital lifestyle platform across 24 counties talking directly to smart, urbane, fun-loving women who live *outside* London. Muddy Stilettos helps these women make the most of their precious free time, with a national journalist in each county providing the inside line on the quirky, brilliant and unmissable things in the local area - everything from eating out, beauty and fashion to spas and travel to under-the-radar pop-ups. All our reviews are personal recommendations that our readers know and trust, and come with the guarantee that we only ever recommend something we’d personally spend our own money on.With over 225,000 subscribers, we are perfect for premium brands looking to connect with affluent women outside London.



Families Magazine

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Editor

  • 2005 - 2015

  Families Magazine is an established magazine franchise with 35 local franchised editions throughout the UK. It circulates more than 4.2 million copies a year and has around 8 million readers. Each local edition publishes a minimum of 6 issues a year.Families Magazine local editions target parents and carers of children ages 0 to 12, with information about events, activities, classes, clubs and workshops in the local area, as well as intelligent, considered articles on education, childcare and parenting.Families Magazine has a 25 year history and is the premium free parenting magazine in the market. Websitehttp://www.familiesonline.co.uk/families-magazine



Freelance, self-employed

• Education consultant and journalist

  • 2004 - 2015

  Working with families in the UK and overseas to find and secure a place at the best school for their child. Helping relocating parents with school and college placements in the United States. Delivering features, columns and copy editing for a number of global parenting and travel titles. Working with families in the UK and overseas to find and secure a place at the best school for their child. Helping relocating parents with school and college placements in the United States. Delivering features, columns and copy editing for a number of global parenting and travel titles.



Julian Belfrage Associates Limited

• United Kingdom
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Theatrical Agent

  • May 1998 - Aug 2005