Contributors

Miles Lewis

Senior Vice President, Shazam for Brands. International • Shazam

Miles has been at the forefront of the unprecedented digital shift since 2001 having held positions at AOL, Yahoo! and fm. He Joined Shazam in 2012. The further change sweeping the world as consumers shift their lives to mobile has been extraordinary and Shazam having recently passed it’s billionth download is at the centre of...

Albert Hogan

Marketing Director • Penguin Random House

Holding senior roles at Penguin Random House and Universal, Albert as worked on some of the most recognisable publishing, film and music properties of recent years – engaging audiences in the hundreds of millions.

Lisa De Bonis

Executive Digital Director • Havas

Lisa De Bonis was born in the US, raised in Italy, and educated in the UK. In 2007 she took the plunge and joined digital creative start up Work Club as Strategy Partner. Over the following 8 years, Lisa was instrumental in driving the agency’s growth and creative reputation by working closely with clients ranging from...

Jessica Stephens

Chief Marketing Officer • SmartFocus

Jess brings an invaluable breadth of marketing and leadership experience to SmartFocus. With an unashamedly enthusiastic approach to data, she knows all about the huge impact disruptive technology has in bringing brands closer to their consumers. As the Chief Marketing Officer, Jess is responsible for bringing SmartFocus’ brand to life and telling our unique story...

Dave Ward

Creative Director • Private: CreateFuture

Dave has made it snow in Disneyland, raced with the Stig, beamed up Trekkies and built fighting robots. He has made the incredibly complex, incredibly simple for the biggest financial brands in the world. Brought tens of thousands of people together to watch the game, to the cinema, to travel across America and to their...

Jacolyn Daly

Strategy Director • Yes&Pepper

Jacolyn Daly is the Strategy Director at Yes&Pepper, where ideas are built collaboratively with clients. Jacolyn is an experienced client and agency-side marketing strategist and has won global awards for her thinking on consumer brands. She has been published in The Guardian and in trade press and has created and facilitated workshops and creative training seminars...

Nathan Fulwood

Strategy Director • Private: CreateFuture

Nathan’s 18-year career in digital started with the Press Association & Orange, developing new products and campaigns for the nascent digital economy. After nearly 10 years as Business Development & Marketing Technology Director with digital agency Realise, he joined brand agency Tayburn as Innovation Director, before co-founding CreateFuture in 2016. CreateFuture is a strategic, creative consultancy,...

Sam Roberts

Digital Marketing Consultant

Sam is a Digital Marketing Consultant and Lead Trainer at Cardiff based Liberty Marketing.  Sam splits his time between providing consultancy to SMEs on the Welsh Government’s Accelerated Growth Program, running cutting edge training courses and managing analytics aspects of Liberty’s core client base.

Brían Taylor

Managing Director

Brían has over 15 years experience in digital, working across a wide variety of sectors including travel, leisure and FMCG, with business start-ups and established brands alike. His digital experience extends across user experience, design and build, online marketing, search marketing and social media strategy for the likes of PepsiCo, Merlin Entertainments, Sky and 3M....

Justin Barrett

Strategic Account Director

Justin is a Strategic Account Director for Brightcove in the Digital Marketing business unit in London. He has a background in e-commerce and customer experience and has helped key brands improve their customer digital experience to improve conversion. He has been with Brightcove for several years and manages key enterprise accounts in EMEA and specialises...

Jane Stiller

Head of Brand and Marketing – Fresh, Health, Brand Events, Digital & International • M&S

Jane has worked in the food industry for nearly 10 years, across brands such as Dolmio, Galaxy Chocolate, innocent and most recently M&S where she is a Head of Brand. Having developed the M&S ‘Adventures in Food’ brand positioning across all channels, Jane is now focused on evaluating and improving the inspiring content created by...

Joshna Patel

Head of eCommerce & Digital Marketing • Red Letter Days

Joshna joined Red Letter Days in 2007 and immediately made an impact by bringing a string of digital successes to the Dragon-owned gift experience company.  By 2011, her growth and development of Red Letter Days’ small affiliate programme had resulted in an industry-wide recognition for its ongoing excellence. She’d significantly increased the company’s high-street presence,...

Kate Owen

VP, Northern Europe • Digital Element

Kate Owen serves as Digital Element’s Vice President, Northern Europe bringing over 10 years of online advertising and technology solutions experience to her role. Prior to Digital Element, Kate spent 12 years living and working in Germany, initially in product management roles for digital publishing brands, and later heading up Business Development for the advertising network ad...

Seb Villien

Head Of E-Commerce • Joe Browns

Seb heads up the e-Commerce team at clothing retailer Joe Browns. His remit covers traffic acquisition, CRM, international expansion, social and PR but here he will focus on site conversion. Having recently implemented an MVT platform to the site, Seb will share the successes he has seen across different channels and devices.

Nicola Tatum

Marketing Controller • HiPP Organic

Nicola has worked in FMCG marketing for over 15 years on hot beverages and now in baby, and has witnessed the ever-increasing importance of digital to food and drinks brands.  Given the depth of mums’ additions to their smartphones, digital is vital for success in the FMCG baby market.