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Hazel Crawford
Managing Director

Fearless and fabulous in equal measure, Hazel founded Connect PR with Rob Hampton in 1999. Cut to almost 20 years later and Hazel has shaped that business into the forward-thinking, full-service agency you’ll find today. Widely considered one of the Midlands’ leading young business women, Hazel was also the driving force behind making Aspley Farm the headquarters of 8848.

James Garrison
Account Director

When it comes to knowing what makes clients smile and the media tick, few are more skilled than James. Joining us in 2011, like everyone else in the 8848 team James is committed to creating engaging and effective campaigns for clients and securing the best possible outcome across all channels.

Adrian Wilde
Creative Director

Always questioning, always challenging and always first to roll up his sleeves, 8848 snapped up Adrian at the start of 2018. His brief? To lead a fresh creative direction and drive the agency’s creative output. While his results already speak for themselves, it’s his collaborative nature and ego-free approach that clients and colleagues appreciate most.

Liz Collingridge
Business Development Director

Never shy to ask difficult questions, Liz is renowned for her boundless energy and insightful interpretation of business and customer needs, supporting her clients’ strategic thinking and accurately communicating those needs to the wider agency team.

Darral Lambert
New Business Manager

A calm and considered sounding board for the clients we are yet to meet. Easy to talk to, Darral has over 30 years of agency experience; plenty to help businesses begin new steps towards improving their marketing communications and effectiveness. Or, maybe it’s the need to help them venture into new video or digital channels as a pathway for growth. For the sake of a few minutes to talk ideas over, it’s worth giving Darral a call.

Charlotte Penn
Account Director

Charlotte is our data expert. And our GDPR expert. Not to mentioned one of the most knowledgeable marketers on the farm thanks to her 20+ years of B2B and B2C experience. However, it’s Charlotte’s love for data that ensures our creative campaigns don’t just target the right people, but consistently hit the mark.

Caroline Garbett
Account Director

Caroline’s clients benefit from skilfully executed creative campaigns, engaging social media programmes and authoritative crisis handling. Although she majors in PR, her wealth of journalism and in-house experience is also widely employed by the 8848 marketing team. Be foolish not to really.

Sue Foster
Account Director

One of our most versatile and commercially minded team members, Sue uses her organisational skills and endless creativity to deliver explosive strategic campaigns across all channels.

Nicky Hind
Account Director

Whether it’s a small charity or a FTSE 100 company, Nicky’s deliberate and calm approach is used to develop measurable creative solutions that change perceptions and cement relationships. And like all the 8848 team, Nicky specialises in tailoring campaigns to suit the practical needs and aspirations of every client.

Sam Taylor
Senior Account Manager

Our resident wordsmith, proofreader and editor supremo, Sam’s our good grammar guru when we’re unsure whether we need a preposition or conjunction. As a former newspaper editor of 20 years, it’s fair to say Sam has an eye for a story and is highly adept at switching between copy styles.

Sean Wozencroft
Account Manager

Sean has eight years of media experience having started out as a journalist with a leading regional newspaper before joining 8848 in 2014. With a degree in journalism, he has a passion for engaging press releases and in bringing brands to the forefront in the trade press.

Sarah Dutton
Account Manager

For 25 years, Sarah has brought hunger and energy to the industry. Always looking for the next challenge, Sarah pushes the team at 8848 to continually strive for perfection and embrace new working practices. After all, that’s what keeps things interesting.

Natalie Moore
Social and Content Head

Cool, calm and classy, Natalie delivers knockout content for social media and traditional marketing channels. Her first in English Language makes her a team go-to for copywriting, and an insightful, considered approach promises positive professional results for a range of consumer and trade clients. Also has a killer shoe collection.

Charlotte Greenhalgh
Paid Social & Campaign Head

In a team of confident communicators, Charlotte’s unique narrative voice is impossible to miss. With experience in social media strategy, campaign management, lead generation and reporting, Charlotte’s creative-led approach and cross-platform content always delivers killer results.

Charlotte Lem
Digital Account Executive

One of our latest graduate recruits, Charlotte has already proved an asset, impressing colleagues and clients with her unflappable good nature and work ethic. No surprise really – she left uni with a first class honours degree in multi-media journalism and scooped the Express & Star Award for Excellence in Journalism and The Nicholas Jones Media Prize for Outstanding Final Year Project. Definitely one to watch.

Jackie Winfield
Finance and Operations Director

With more than 20 years’ agency support experience, Jackie is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of 8848’s accounts, purchasing and invoicing. In what is often a bustling work environment, her composed and exhaustive approach is invaluable in maintaining effective day-to-day operations.

Chris Shein
Video News Executive

With more than a decade of industry experience shooting corporate films and primetime TV shows, Chris brings more than just a touch of star quality to the 8848 team. He brings levelheadedness. And an ability to react to ever-changing situations to squeeze the most from every shoot.

John Woodrow
Head of IT Solutions

Building databases. Optimising platforms. Delivering best practice marketing strategies. It’s fair to say Jon puts his 20 years (ish) of IT expertise to brilliantly effective use on a daily basis for our clients. And not only does he laugh in the face of tight deadlines, he genuinely knows what all those random buttons in Excel do.

Kay Reeves
Client Services Co-ordinator

Calm. Considered. Pragmatic. That’s our Kay. With a wealth of retail sector experience spanning over 15 years, Kay’s meticulous management approach ensures many of our key contact centre accounts are run with military precision day in, day out.

Faye Jacques
Customer Management Specialist

In her former life, Faye worked in management and customer service for several heavyweight retailers. The result? Faye understands the importance of smashing client expectations and ensures we never fall into the trap of overpromising only to underdeliver. As a busy mum of three, Faye’s also perfected the art of project juggling.

Steve Bishop
Customer Management Specialist

Steve loves to talk, whether with business owners, tradespeople or titans of finance. Hardly surprising then that he’s our leading outbound specialist. In fact, we don’t know anyone who gets more out of a phone call than Steve, whether that’s customer research, lead generation or just a good old-fashioned data cleanse.

Teresa Middleton
Customer Management Specialist

Teresa’s relaxed and calming nature makes her a natural on the phone. Which is lucky, as she’s always on the blower helping our clients with their inbound call handling, outbound telemarketing and pretty much everything in between. And did we mention her silky smooth voice?

Olivia Moreton
Customer Management Specialist

8848’s queen of multitasking. Whether it’s balancing inbound enquiries with outbound telemarketing, or juggling time sensitive marketing with essential admin, Olivia’s can-do attitude is infectious. And it’s been that way since she first joined the business over 13 years ago.