Meet our Heads of Department

Gemma O'Hara

Specialisms

  • Brand identity & development

  • Creative concept and development strategy

  • Campaign planning and management

  • Vision, mission & strategic frameworks

  • Employee engagement

  • Employer branding

  • Marketing & BD – B2B, B2C

Some of the brands I’ve worked with:

Guardian Newspapers, The Co-operative Group, Scotland Yard (Met police), Kellogg’s, Mercedes Benz, GTR( Gatwick express, Thames Link, Southern Railways), Cadburys, Frenkel Topping.

Gemma O’Hara

Head of Marketing, Branding & Employee Engagement

Gemma is a communications professional whose specialism is in the world of branding, marketing, employee engagement and internal communications. Working with clients and agencies up to director level and providing support as and when they need it, Gemma helps leaders define their vision, mission and brand positioning and guides them in how to communicate their business and change strategy.

Gemma puts together end-to-end marketing plans and leads high-performing creative and marketing teams. She knows no two projects are ever the same – sometimes it’s intense hand-holding for junior teams with potential or it’s an arm’s length consultative relationship to get a big project over the finish line - but her approach is always based on gaining an in-depth understanding of each client’s specific requirements and then delivering engaging and tailored solutions that create results. Gemma brings energy, ideas and a can-do attitude and loves nothing more than rolling up her sleeves and getting the job done. 

Specialisms

  • Public relations

  • Reputation Management

  • Crisis comms

  • Content strategy & creation

  • Stakeholder relations

  • Client communications

  • Thought Leadership

Some of the brands I’ve worked with:

UKFast, BBC, Entrepreneur Magazine, Manchester Evening News, Kids Allowed, Frenkel Topping.

Liz Donevan

Head of Communications, Content & PR

Liz is a journalist by trade, working for ten years across business and consumer media in TV, radio, print and online before moving into Communications for private sector firms in sectors including tech, financial services, retail and e-commerce, insurance, transport, higher education and childcare.

A ‘reporter’ first and foremost, Liz specialises in content creation – be it written articles, podcasts or film – and repurposing content for different channels and different audiences (traditional and social media, web, internal and external). 

With a strong understanding of the media and years of experience in media relations, Liz has advised individuals, businesses and large institutions on potential and live ‘crisis’ situations including media responses, as well as reputation management with the other key stakeholders – customers and employees.