About

After gaining his MBA from Cass Business School, Simon first worked in scientific publishing for Reed Elsevier on the launch of one of the world’s first online magazines.

With a new found taste for digital media, he then worked in strategic marketing for interactive TV pioneer Online Media, before joining BT where he managed the marketing and PR of BT’s first business internet and broadband services, regularly speaking at conferences.

Following Marketing Director roles at online payments processor WorldPay and e-documents specialist Equisys, Simon acquired a stake in cybersecurity specialist Metadigm in 2007, exiting in 2009.

He then moved agency-side as joint founder and director of C4B Media.

Key skills
Marketing management, campaign management, social media, digital marketing

Prior to founding C4B Media with Sharon and Simon, Julia ran her own management development consultancy during which time she also gained her MBA. Julia’s passion is to help businesses develop their sales and marketing strategy to compete and grow successfully. Her original idea was to provide affordable marketing services to business owners who needed marketing, but who were not in a position (yet) to hire full time in-house marketing staff.

Currently Julia is Chairperson of Royston Chamber of Commerce, a role she has held for over 3 years.

Key skills
Creative design, branding, print media campaigns

Sharon has a real knack for understanding what sort of branded design and artwork each client really needs. She gained extensive commercial experience at Mothercare Head Office, and then as a European Sales Executive for Asahi Seiko (Europe) and has put this to work in managing the creation of beautiful brand design, bespoke illustration, signage and print products for clients.

Key Skills
Creative design, branding design, web design & development

Sarah specialises in developing the initial creative ideas for projects and has in depth experience in the full design process from creative concept to pre-print artwork. Sarah has always had a love of design and following internships at Drexel University USA and University of Northampton went on to work as a designer for a number of London agencies. This passion soon saw Sarah starting up her own business Zen Creative Ltd and six years later joining forces with C4B Media to offer a full Marketing and Design service.

Key skills
Creative design, web design & development, branding design

Richard has more years creative design experience than he wants to admit, working both client and agency side with large Corporates and SMEs. He has designed for national and local clients across all media and has experience of the full design process; from initial brief through concept to digital and pre-print artwork.

Key skills
PR & communications, content, social media, campaign management

Jane provides marketing and social media campaign management for C4B Media clients. With a keen eye for detail, Jane ensures that all the key elements are in place for every marketing project, putting all the pieces together so that deadlines are met and campaigns are successful.

Using her experience with print publications at Cambridge Newspapers, Jane understands the sorts of content and stories that journalists are looking for. Accordingly she helps C4B Media clients with writing incisive media articles and press releases and distributing them to media.

An entrepreneurial executive with more than 17 years of experience in sales and marketing, Jane has worked in a variety of sectors, including advertising, print, manufacturing and construction.

Outside C4B Media, Jane also runs a small business of her own, and so understands the importance of identifying and meeting the needs of her clients.

Key skills
Digital marketing & SEO, paid media, Google Analytics, social media marketing, websites, copy & content creation

After obtaining a first class degree in English Language & Linguistics in 2015 and completing a marketing internship whilst at university, Hannah has been a key marketing executive, working on digital campaigns for several market-leading names. Hannah joined C4B Media in 2018 in a move back to agency-side and to focus more heavily on digital marketing.

She develops and delivers digital marketing strategies, social media campaigns, content and has worked on big brands such as Dyson, Unilever, Boots and Silver Cross.

During her career, Hannah has built up expertise in digital marketing & SEO, paid media campaigns, Google products, website content development, and copy & content creation.

At C4B Media, Hannah is responsible for developing and executing effective digital marketing strategies and plans, and using data to make informed marketing decisions for our clients.

Steph has recently joined the C4B Media team; providing social media management, graphic design and digital marketing services for our customers.

Steph previously ran her own social media & design start-up, and has extensive experience in the retail/food & beverage sectors. Steph previously managed the marketing for The Chesterford Group and Chop’d.

Graduating in 2013 from Leeds University with a 1^st Class degree in Art & Design, Steph had her collaborative photography project work featured by the BBC.

Out of work, Steph loves Irish Dancing, photography & spending time with family & friends.

Key skills

Front-end development, WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, interaction and experience design

After obtaining a first class degree in Computer Science with Games Programming from Kingston University in 2011, Alastair has been a key developer at several Cambridge-based technology companies and agencies.

Alastair has worked on several high profile projects including games for 5 Seconds of Summer, Justin Bieber and Madame Tussauds. At C4B Media he helps to create and maintain our bespoke client websites and keeps the team up-to-date on the latest web technology and trends. In his free time, he works on his own apps and games when he’s not too busy playing them!

Chris brings a wealth of creativity and experience having worked in agencies for over 25 years for a wide variety of sectors. Specialising in brand design and strategy, brochure design and exhibition graphics. Chris loves the creative process – from discussing the initial project brief, to the ‘reveal’ moment when presenting concepts – and ultimately seeing the results working for our clients.

Key skills
Technical SEO, keyword research and optimisation, website performance, Pay Per Click

Wil joined C4B Media as our SEO Manager in 2017, and is the real deal when it comes to getting our clients’ websites performing to their full potential.

Earlier in his career, Wil started out as a Web Developer, gaining valuable knowledge and skills in front end  development (HTML, CSS, PHP and Javascript), but quickly  found himself drawn towards the dark arts of SEO, though (of course) always wearing a “white hat”.

Today he specialises in the more technical elements of SEO including website performance, structure and coding, and keyword optimisation. Wil also manages our client PPC campaigns and enjoys keeping up with (and second guessing!) the constantly changing algorithms of Google’s search engine.

When not in the office, Wil can be found walking his dogs or riding his bike down mountains and bike parks across the UK, the Alps and the Pyrenees.

Key Skills

Graphic design, illustration, product design visuals, illustrations for packaging and publishing, concept visualisation sketches, CGI illustrations, vector art

Ross has been hooked on drawing since he picked up his first crayon.

Having graduated from Newcastle college in 1997, Ross moved to London and began his freelance illustration career. Since then, he has created work for some of the world’s largest advertising agencies. In addition, he regularly creates illustrations for packaging and publishing, and also provides highly finished visuals for a number of product design companies.

Offering a diverse range of styles and skills to suit a huge spectrum of illustration briefs, Ross will take a project from general concept visualisation, to detailed sketch, to final CGI illustration artwork. And, although he now mainly works with digital media these days, he’s still happy to pick up a pencil (or crayon) when required.

Having returned to his native North East in 2004, Ross is always on the lookout for new and exciting projects to get involved in. If that sounds like yours, get in touch.

Key Skills: Digital marketing, social media, website management

Alice is our Digital Marketing Apprentice. She also is the office affairs organiser and the proud founder of C4B Media’s first stationary cupboard.

Alice formally completed a two-week work experience placement three years ago at C4B Media, after attending a presentation about the company and a career path in marketing lead by Julia in 2015. She loved her time with us so much and made such a good impression that she joined us to start her apprenticeship in June 2019.

This is Alice’s first job within marketing – she hopes to build her skills and knowledge, while also taking her first steps towards her future career goals of being part of creative marketing team as a designer or illustrator.

When Alice isn’t in the office, she can be found in the nearest pub with a gin in her hand…no matter the time of the day.

Key skills
Eating, sleeping, snoring

Amber is a typical English Springer. In the fields, she’s constantly busy, picking up every scent and sound and chasing anything that moves; inside, she sleeps and dreams blissfully, always managing to find the warmest spot in the room. She’s quite happy coming into the office and is utterly useless as a guard dog. So when you visit you’ll be sure of a warm welcome!