Chloe Bennet

Senior Digital PR Client Manager

Digitaloft

I am currently a Senior Digital PR manager at Digitaloft and I have been part of the Digitaloft team for over 2 years now having worked my way up from a strategist. I first got started in PR back in 2019 and since the I have worked at numerous agencies gaining a breadth of experience in a range of different industries.

Sophie Brannon

Director of SEO

Printfly

I have worked in the SEO industry agency-side for the past 7 years, most recently as Client Services Director. I have led SEO campaigns for a range of businesses from small start ups to multinationals in highly competitive industries including finance and health. My focus isn’t on rankings. It’s on delivering ROI and showcasing the value of SEO as a digital channel – helping businesses to better attract, engage and convert their site visitors.

James Brockbank

Director & Founder

Digitaloft

Harrison Brocklehurst

Senior Pop Culture Writer

The Tab UK

Surena Chande

Freelance Journalist

Rebecca Cooley

Digital PR Strategist

Digitaloft

Olivia Day

SEO Lead

Digitaloft

As SEO Lead at Digitaloft, Liv is responsible for leading on SEO strategy across some of the agency's largest clients. Her knowledge and expertise lie in having an in-depth understanding of how SEO can connect to other marketing channels to become even more effective and amplify growth for businesses. Liv's role is pivotal in driving growth to push the agency forward, and she leads her team by example; always ready to guide our clients and lead them to success.

Akash Hashmi

SEO Lead

Repeat Digital

Akash is Repeat Digital’s Search Engine Optimisation Lead. Before joining Repeat as a Senior Account Manager back in March 2023, he worked across the international edu-tech sector as an Organic Marketing expert for just under three years. Akash then worked his way up to SEO team leader while also working freelance as a print and broadcast journalist for national and regional outlets such as the BBC.

Amy Irvine

Associate Digital PR Director

Digitaloft

Amy has experience in digital and traditional PR and is the Associate Digital PR Director at Digitaloft. She was recently named The Drum's PR Leader of the Year for 2023.

Amy leads the Digital PR offering at the agency and oversees the team of 45+ Digital PR & Content specialists, bringing her traditional and digital PR expertise to the table. She champions the impact of Digital PR and how it is so much more than just links.

Stephen Kenwright

Co-founder

Ex-Rise at Seven

I founded SEARCH-FIRST creative agency Rise at Seven in 2019, initially serving as Chief Operating Officer, then Chief Commercial Officer, before exiting via MBO in 2022. During my 3 year tenure, the agency grew revenues from nothing to more than £7m; hired 110 people and opened offices in Sheffield, London, Manchester and New York; and won more than 70 awards - about one every two weeks. Previously Head of Digital at £4.7bn automotive retailer Pendragon PLC, leading performance marketing; product; PR and social media. Before that, strategy director at performance marketing agency Branded3, helping to lead its merge and rebrand to Kin + Carta PLC. I also founded SearchLeeds; a conference that welcomed almost 3,000 marketers to the first direct arena in its most recent iteration.

Katarzyna Majchrzak

UX Researcher

Prowly

Katarzyna is a UX researcher and psychologist, dedicated to helping businesses understand their clients on a deeper level and empowering women to lead compassionate lives. For the last 2 years, she has spent countless hours talking with PR professionals to understand their unique challenges whilst working at Prowly.

Bettie Moran

Digital PR Manager

Digitaloft

I’m Bettie Moran, a Digital PR Manager at Digitaloft. I have over six years of experience in Digital PR, SEO, and Outreach. I’ve worked both in-house for a corporate company and agency-side for two Northern-based agencies. I have a genuine passion for the Digital PR industry and the creativity it fosters.

Megan Tarsuslugil

Senior Campaign Specialist

Journey Further

Meg has over six years' experience in campaign ideation, planning, and execution for a number of different clients spanning across both digital PR and social media, examples of which fall within retail, lifestyle, insurance, and tech sectors.

Jess Percival

Digital Marketing Specialist

Exposure Ninja

Jess is a Digital Marketing Specialist at Exposure Ninja. She splits her time between video production, content marketing and trying (and failing) to be funny in Slack.

Sanjay Purewal

SEO Manager

Cavu

I’m an SEO Manager with over 7 years of experience both agency-side and in-house I have spent years working on brands on a local SEO scale to international sites. My background involves being able to identity solutions to highly technical issues and providing clear/concise recommendations to improving on-page performance.

Ray Saddiq

SEO & Social Media Strategist

Monzo

Ray is an experienced organic Digital Marketing Manager with a background in both in-house and agency environments. Specialising in SEO content strategy and digital PR, Ray brings a wealth of knowledge and practical experience to the table. Additionally, he has strong expertise in organic social media, with a particular focus on short form content with platforms like TikTok and Instagram.

Laura Silverman

Deputy Editor

Country Living

Laura Silverman is deputy editor of Country Living, the UK’s biggest-selling homes title. She has 20 years of experience in magazines and newspapers, from the Daily Mail to the Daily Telegraph, where she helped launch the weekend app. A versatile writer and editor, Laura has commissioned big-name columnists and interviewed dozens of celebrities. She also teaches print and digital journalism part-time.

Hannah Smith

Content Strategist

Worderist

With over 15 years agency-side experience, Hannah's creative work has won multiple awards, and she’s worked with an array of brands including the BBC, Dyson, Expedia, GoCompare, MailChimp, and Zoopla. She’s also spoken at numerous conferences across Europe and the US, including MozCon, BrightonSEO, SearchLove, & WTSEO Fest.

In 2019 Hannah founded Worderist, offering consultancy, coaching, and training to help grow and develop agency-side and in-house Creative and Digital PR teams.

Harriet Stanger

Senior SEO Manager & Digital PR

Lottie

Harriet Stanger is the SEO + Digital PR Lead for Lottie, a later-living start-up on a mission to improve elderly care. She has been with Lottie for 18 months and, prior to this, worked in the corporate world of Bupa for over 6 years. Her favourite part of her job is working with care home residents across the country and sharing their wonderful pieces of advice for the younger generations.

Beth Turner

Head of PR

ILK Agency

Beth has been working in the SEO and PR industry for six years. After working her way up in digital marketing agencies across Leeds, Beth made the move to ilk Agency in 2022 to head up the PR team. Her role involves overseeing strategies and campaigns for clients, new business proposals, assisting with day-to-day work and of course, managing the PR team.

Ellie Wraith

Content Lead

Digitaloft

Ellie is Digitaloft's all-singing, all-dancing* Content Lead. She manages the agency's team of SEO writers to deliver on-page content strategies that work harder, rank higher and win bigger than the competition's. Ellie leans on close to a decade of hands-on writing experience, gained whilst working both in-house and agency-side, to coach her team on all the copywriting best practices that ensure the content they create talks the talk and walks the walk. Alongside this, Ellie pushes the mission-critical importance of recognising how written content is so much more than just words on a page. Championing content design and UX as key determinants in how effective a piece of writing is, Ellie supports her team to embrace a more holistic approach to content quality.

*Ellie can neither sing nor dance. Please don't ask her to do either; no one needs to experience that.