The Brilliant Noise
team

Antony leads our vision, values and strategy. He focuses on attracting great talent and developing our people and culture. Antony is a frequent speaker at conferences on digital strategy, marketing and business and is the author of the best-selling book on how to manage personal reputation online, Me and My Web Shadow. Prior to co-founding Brilliant Noise, Antony founded the content and social media teams – among the first in the industry – at iCrossing. He was also a journalist and worked in corporate communications, most recently as a director in the Bell Pottinger Group.

Away from Brilliant Noise, Antony can be found running with an array of wearable devices or walking on the South Downs with his wife, son, daughter and dog, Basil.

Maddy leads our commercial growth and our sales and marketing teams. She’s responsible for our position in the market, the experience of potential clients, and for growing our relationships with current clients. Formerly, Maddy was chief client officer at iCrossing UK, overseeing the development of its UK and international client base. She has an MBA from the University of Sussex, which focused on the agency M&A landscape. Maddy is a frequent speaker and panellist at industry events.

Outside of work, Maddy is a qualified yoga teacher and occasionally can be found in our sunny Brighton office providing lessons for the Brilliant Noise team.

Jason leads our service areas, driving fast and lasting change for our clients. He steers our research and design practice, oversees the services we take to market and the strategic programmes we deliver to clients. He makes sure we are increasing productivity through innovation and by managing knowledge and developing our tools, models and products. Previously, Jason led the strategy, insight and planning teams at iCrossing UK.

When not at work Jason enjoys cycling and red wine – not always at the same time.

Richard leads our client experiences, loyalty and growth by managing projects for global brands like Universal and adidas. He builds lasting relationships with our clients and delivers the strategies they need to improve their business performance. Before joining us, Richard worked as client services director for iCrossing UK, leading the account management team.

In his downtime, Richard is a keen runner and watches more movies than everyone else in the office combined.

Rachael leads our production team to ensure that we create brilliant client experiences. She is an expert in delivering large-scale digital branding, content and customer experience projects on time and on budget. Prior to joining us, she was the production director at Cogapp, overseeing global user experience, design and branding projects.

In her spare time, Rachael does long-distance renovation and belly dances.

Arjo advises our board, supports the whole team and guides the leadership of Brilliant Noise. He’s been working in disruptive digital technology since 2001 and was an early pioneer in search and digital marketing, founding the firm Spannerworks, which later became part of iCrossing.

Away from Brilliant Noise, Arjo is Vice-Chair of the University of Sussex and board advisor at Will Taylor Ltd accountants. He is also an enthusiastic but luckless motor racer.

Kristin builds lasting relationships with new clients to create real business impact. Prior to joining Brilliant Noise, Kristin was business development director in a corporate communications agency where she won fantastic clients including Bupa, Majestic Wines and Lloyds Banking Group. She is the founder of Women in Communications, a peer-to-peer networking group for senior level women in corporate comms. Prior to that, she was an entertainment agent and creative events producer.

Outside of work, Kristin enjoys sea swimming and reading and is a qualified cycling coach.

Belinda helps organisations to change behaviours and develop the skills required to thrive in the digital age. She helps to build culture programmes that drive positive change for our clients and their customers. Prior to joining Brilliant Noise, Belinda had her own consultancy, and has worked with a range of clients including Barclays, Cisco, FirstGroup and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

Outside of work she loves hanging out in campervans, boats and kayaks.

Gareth ensures that creativity is weaved throughout everything we do. He delivers brilliant creative-led strategy to transform culture and communications for global brands including Diageo, Jaguar Land Rover, Universal Pictures and Tata Communications. He was previously Creative Partner at Aqueduct London, where he lead the branding, design and UX of creative technology initiatives.

When not working or tinkering with IoT stuff he can be sighted at skateparks around the world trying to prove he’s not too old to hurt himself for fun.

Tim builds brilliant, lasting partnerships with our clients. He understands our clients’ needs and finds the best way to create digital programmes that surpass their expectations. He’s a trusted business advisor to clients like EDF Energy and Tata Communications and has
a passion for customer-first marketing. Tim joined us from Isobar (formerly Glue London), where he was head of account management. Prior to that he worked in account roles at Agency.com and McCann Erikson.

In his spare time, Tim pretends to play football and studies military strategy.

Sarah helps our clients achieve brilliance through long-lasting partnerships. She finds the best way to develop programmes that drive change in complex global organisations like Diageo and American Express. Before joining the team, Sarah was a Brilliant Noise client leading the global digital content programme for American Express. Prior to that, she worked with us in her role at EDF Energy. With over 10 years combined digital startup and corporate background Sarah has deep experience of the strategic and operational challenges of global brands from the inside.

In her spare time she continually talks about completing a triathlon and searches Etsy for neon coloured jewellery (sometimes simultaneously).

Allison is an experienced digital marketer who ensures that our clients receive nothing less than exceptional service. She works with brands including adidas and Universal Pictures to transform marketing and communications. Allison has held senior roles with some of the UK’s top brands, including M&S, Post Office Ltd and Virgin Atlantic where she drove change and delivered award winning digital customer experiences.

In her spare time she runs Child Friendly Brighton – a listings website for kid and parent friendly activities, classes and events. She enjoys family camping, festivals and Bikram yoga.

Wendy translates business challenges into sustainable strategies and programmes that deliver commercial success for our clients. She has a 20 year track record of leading teams in large complex organisations including Southern Water and EDF Energy. Wendy has extensive expertise in brand, communication and culture change.

Since hanging up her marathon running shoes, Wendy has become addicted to early morning spin classes. She loves searching Pinterest to plan anything from holiday destinations to interior design concepts.

David leads the strategy team and specialises in planning transformative digital programmes. He develops and executes strategies that help brands increase sales, loyalty and advocacy. He has experience in content, social media and search, and was previously the head of content at digital agencies Content and Motion, and Beyond.

Outside of work, Dave is an amateur meteorologist and pizza enthusiast.

Lindsay joins the dots between creative campaigns, branding and effective content to improve business performance. She creates strategies that enable brands to evolve their content and earn advocacy from their audiences. Before joining us, Lindsay spent ten years in marketing and digital at EE, where she was senior digital manager.

In her spare time, Lindsay loves the great outdoors, especially walking, cycling, and skiing.

Louise develops compelling strategic narratives that join the dots between audience and business needs. She generates creative branded campaigns, technical optimisation and effective content to improve business performance. Before joining us, Louise spent 6 years in digital across a number of acquisition-focused roles at TUI, Kuoni and Time Inc (NME), building an extensive knowledge of data, tools and platforms.

In her spare time, Louise reads graphic novels, plays roller derby, builds LEGO sets and goes to gigs.

Simon curates effective strategies to bring our work to life for our audiences and clients. His core skills are in innovation, content creation, behaviour change and user experience. With seven years’ experience in strategic communications at a London agency, Simon has deep digital knowledge having previously led a digital agency and produced groundbreaking BBC websites.

In the past, Simon has been part of a innovation programme for Save the Children – funded by Sainsbury’s – to improve child literacy through consumer products designed to change behaviour. Outside of work Simon tries to make the most of my small urban garden, spends time with his two girls and frequents the gym.

Mike designs content that engages audiences. He makes visual content and creative assets that connects the brand, their message and the audience, helping our clients to tell their story across all channels. Mike was one of the team at Endless Studios, the agency Brilliant Noise acquired in 2014.

In his spare time, Mike finds doppelgängers on Instagram and designs tupperware for fruit.

As senior designer Hugo ensures our client work has industry leading quality. He works across a wide range of disciplines such as visual identity, editorial, digital communication and art direction. This enables us to deliver beautiful, robust design – driven by thought-provoking ideas.

Hugo studied Graphic Design at Brighton and never looked back. In his spare time he build old road bikes, dreams of one day being good at skateboarding and spends way too much time on imgur.

As part of the creative team Javier helps brands connect with their customers using beautiful design. Originally from Spain, he studied Graphic Design in Madrid before moving to Brighton. He has worked freelance for companies including the Culture Ministry of Spain where he worked on projects in branding, editorial and identity design.

Javier is an antiques enthusiast, and a Pinterest whizz.

Todd delivers editorial programmes and develops content operations for global brands. He works across multiple content formats, specialising in audio. Before joining us, Todd led marketing at One Inch Badge, where he was part of a senior team that grew the company to be one of the UK’s biggest independent promotion firms.

On weekends, Todd writes music and studies Italian.

Chris is an award-winning content consultant. He’s able to flex his creative and strategic skills to solve thorny content problems for our clients. He loves putting together top-level content strategy, tone of voice guides, messaging frameworks and microcopy. But he’s most at home when running workshops and training sessions, or speaking at events.

In the past he’s worked client side, and on web projects in: financial services, retail, entertainment, travel, sport, charity, international development, the arts and publishing.

Out of work he’s a devoted father and husband, rides mountain bikes (pretty badly), cooks, bakes bread and likes going to gigs. He’s also a British Institute of Innkeepers licensee who has never sold any alcohol.

Natalie creates compelling digital content with creativity and precision for clients such as Heathrow Airport, Tetra Pak and adidas. She helps clients tell stories that resonate with, and engage their audience across a range of formats and channels. Before joining Brilliant Noise, Natalie completed an MA at the University of Sussex in Critical Writing.

Natalie loves walking with her dogs, hiking and reading.

Stephanie creates high-quality, original content that delivers long-term value for our clients. She brings expertise in marketing and communications to the content and creative team. Stephanie previously worked as an influencer outreach manager, and was EU head of communications and marketing for American Apparel.

She has a degree in english literature, and when she’s not at work enjoys yoga, live music and record collecting.

David is our data and analytics specialist. He uses data and analytics to ensure our clients understand their customers. David works with web analytics as well as helping to uncover areas of opportunity for new keywords and mapping user journeys. Working within our data team David delivers valuable business and customer insights for our clients including Tata Communications and EDF Energy.

In his spare time, David is a passionate supporter of Watford FC, has a penchant for Reggae and Roots music and is an avid eater of cheese.

Darren specialises in data visualisation and statistical modelling. Using programming languages like Python and R, he finds valuable insights within complex datasets and communicates them in simple and beautiful reports and visualisations. He was previously our sales and marketing assistant and recently completed his PhD in visual neuroscience.

Darren loves 70’s disco, recently started knitting and tries to get outdoors when he can.

As an SEO analyst, Phoebe is passionate about helping brands reach their online potential, through carrying out SEO audits and looking at on-site technical and content factors.

Phoebe loves travelling, chocolate and going on regular cinema trips with her Picturehouse membership and is also in love with old Hollywood movies.

Ed is a business analyst who specialises in conversion rate optimisation techniques and UX strategy and research. His work for global brands like Tata Communications and Porsche ensures that clients have a granular understanding of their customers. He is fully immersed in the digital world; his previous work involved managing mobile apps and other digital products.

In his spare time he plays the trombone in several jazz and funk bands and he has a regular pub quiz team.

Sam has a passion for programming. He builds the assets brands need to connect with their audiences and develops creative technical solutions for global organisations. Sam didn’t start out as a developer, before he joined us he trained to be a journalist and a digital marketer.

When not writing code, Sam aspires to be Ron Swanson whilst writing excellent puns.

Chris keeps our projects moving on time and on budget. He is an expert at simultaneously running large scale digital projects and making sure all our clients get the best possible service. Chris has many years experience in production in a digital marketing environment. Before joining Brilliant Noise he was a content and project manager for Hays.

In his spare time, Chris is an avid cyclist (he’s cycled coast to coast across the country) and plays in a band that are huge in Brazil.

Becky works on project management and production for global brands including Tata Communications and Tetra Pak. She ensures that the team get the support they need to communicate, collaborate, and innovate on complex projects. Becky has many years experience as a project manager, gained working in publishing and account management.

Outside of the office, Becky sings in a jazz band and knits zoo animals of all shapes and sizes.

Lyndsay makes our client projects run like clockwork. She works with the client teams to deliver complex projects for global brands including Diageo and Jaguar Land Rover. She has over 10 years production and project management experience across all aspects of marketing, internal communications and e-learning.

Outside of work she’s a keen seamstress, loves to travel and once made a cameo in a Bollywood movie.

Sarah works on project management and production for global brands, including Universal and adidas. She has 15 years project management experience, having worked on everything from large-scale qualitative research projects to career frameworks and focus groups with kids.

In her spare time Sarah obsessively knits, takes picture of her cat Schrödinger and binge-watches Netflix, usually at the same time.

As a producer, Russ makes sure that projects for global brands like Tetra Pak and Jaguar Land Rover run as smoothly as possible. He ensures that everyone has the support they need at every stage of a project, keeping it on time and on budget. He previously worked as a producer at a creative technology agency.

Outside of work he enjoys cycle touring, swimming and discovering new music. He was also once involved in the longest penalty shoot-out in FA cup history.

Tanya works as a project manager for our global brands. Specialising in agile, fast-moving projects ensuring they run smoothly and efficiently. With a background in digital marketing, Tanya uses this experience to help our clients and work shine.

Tanya fuels her workday with copious amounts of tea. She also enjoys yoga, paddle boarding and is a budding photographer.

Rachel supports the whole team across a variety of internal and client projects. She holds a degree in Media and Communications and has previously interned as a marketing & production assistant at a music management company and digital agency.

In her spare time, she enjoys exploring new cities and binging on real crime documentaries.

Jade supports the whole team across a variety of client and internal projects.

Jade has a degree in Marketing & Management and has previously interned as a social media assistant for an events company in Brighton as well as business support executive at an app development company.

In her spare time, she enjoys pursuing travel opportunities alongside photography and wildlife documentaries.

Josh works with the team to make our brilliant work famous and start conversations with exciting new clients. He produces the agency’s content and events and integrates the latest research and case studies from inside and outside Brilliant Noise to keep our team informed. Josh has a background in music marketing and live events management at local music promotions company One Inch Badge, and has worked on over 1750+ events.

He is an avid cook, forever searching for the best vegan food around and a keen runner hoping to complete all 6 major marathons.

Alice is committed to making Brilliant Noise a great place to work. She oversees our recruitment, training, people development, employee engagement and staff culture, ensuring that Brilliant Noise is a great place to work and that people are enabled to do their best. Previously our office manager, Alice has also worked for Hel’s Angels, a brand engagement company, and managed an American Apparel store.

Alice is CIPD qualified, near-fluent in Spanish and can teach you a lot about K-Pop, the early films of Jeff Goldblum, British birds and bitter Italian cocktails.

As our resource manager Simon oversees our teams to ensure they’re working as efficiently as possible. By co-ordinating the skills and resources the teams need across all clients and projects Simon is vital in maintaining a smooth workflow. Simons background lies in the Sussex Police HQ where he was the managing supervisor. Here he supported and developed staff, whilst managing resources to cover a number of work-streams, including emergency and non-emergency calls.

Outside of work Simon enjoys cooking, listening to music, playing poker, and is a Brighton and Hove Albion season ticket holder.

Laura takes care of our finances and our revenue forecasting, reporting to our board on a monthly basis. She has a Bsc Hon degree from Oxford Brookes University and has been a qualified accountant for a number of years; she also teaches AAT at a local accountancy firm.

Outside of work, Laura reads piles of trashy romance novels, spends time with her husband and two lovely kids and is currently challenging herself by participating in a number of triathalons.

Holly keeps track of our finances. She’s a part qualified accountant who works with our head of finance to make sure everyone gets paid. Before joining Brilliant Noise she looked after the finances of a range of arts organisations.

Outside of work she enjoys country walks, crafting and being near the beach (all whilst running around after her children).

Zara looks after the office as well as assisting our executive team. She works with the people and culture team to ensure the office is well stocked and all our people are happy as well as being the first point of contact for visitors. With a background in office administration and childcare, Zara is adept at anticipating people’s needs.

Out of work Zara attends vintage and craft fairs, binges on Netflix and explores all that Brighton has to offer.