Creative Director

With a huge ambition to set up her own agency since the age of 18, Creative Director Louise founded EDGE Creative in 2004. Louise has been driven by her creative flair from the beginning, with a passion for building brands from the ground up.

Louise loves developing relationships with people and understanding the driving forces behind the clients we engage with. Marketing never loses its excitement for Louise, and she is proud to have developed such an excellent company culture. Fuelled by creative ideas and very strong cups of coffee, Louise’s life is enriched by music, her puppy Luna and getting outside for hiking, photography, and travelling to her favourite place in the world – Montenegro!

Managing Director

Mark is Managing Director at EDGE Creative, and a a true people person, has exceptional talent for forging collaborative relationships, which are a key driver for our exclusive networking events with client sponsors. With an extensive background in print, Mark has been thriving in the industry for several decades.

Mark’s rich and diverse years of experience have allowed him to support the EDGE team in developing many additional skills over the years. As well as being the chair of various strategic partner groups, Mark is also an investor within businesses across a wide range of sectors, using his extensive network to drive collaborative business success.

Client Services Director

As Client Services Director, Karen is hugely passionate about delivering top-tier marketing ideas that make an impact. From assisting with the seed of an idea to watching it grow and succeed, Karen is always identifying and seizing opportunities for our clients to add value and achieve more. Simply put – business and marketing is part of Karen’s DNA.

It’s in Karen’s nature to challenge, ask questions and dig deeper into analytics in order to get a true understanding of a clients’ objectives and deliver outstanding results. Karen’s best memories at EDGE are from our many team nights out – even when she was beaten by Kelly at bowling.

HR & Finance Manager

As Finance & HR Manager at EDGE Creative, Liane is responsible for the management of the finance department as well as all aspects of HR. Liane’s skills, experience and qualifications in accounts and finance allow her to juggle multiple roles within the business, many of which sound awfully complicated to the rest of us…

In addition to her role, Liane is also responsible for making sure our EDGE team have everything they need to work comfortably and to the best of their ability. Liane adds a twist to this, incorporating her passion for shopping for all the quirky knick-knacks you’ll find in the office.

Account & Production Manager

As Head of Production & Account Manager, some may say Kelly lives a double life, balancing the noble title of EDGE’s resident “print genius” with her Wonder Woman-esque ability to just get stuff done. Some others, however, may say that she ransacks the EDGE office playlist with dated pop music, but we’ll let that slide.

On top of her aforementioned shapeshifting ability, Kelly knows print inside and out, having extensive print experience stemming all the way from her days as an apprentice. Outside of work, you’ll find Kelly at the gym, spending time with her five children, or relaxing on a much-needed spa day.

Account Director

Pete has over 25 years of experience in sales and marketing, with skills gained from a number of industries ranging from insurance to engineering. Pete has a talent for building long-term business partnerships, with many of these strong partnerships spanning decades.

Pete works closely with SME’s across a huge range of industries, and also manages our exclusive networking events in collaboration with our clients. When Pete isn’t in the office, he’s  supporting Birmingham City Football Club or spoiling his first grandson.

Account Manager

Kyri joined the EDGE team after 3 month’s work experience, where he demonstrated his impressive passion for market research. Kyri’s role as Account Manager means he is able to get involved in many different areas of marketing, which he’s – luckily – a big fan of, demonstrating his extensive skills in email marketing, data reporting and UX.

At EDGE, Kyri enjoys digging deep into website performance and analytics, but also applies his talent across creative projects, such as presenting our networking videos alongside Content Creator Jess. When he’s not enthralling us all in the office with his endless updates about football, Kyri spends his time at the gym, seeing friends and playing guitar.

Digital Media Strategist

Lydia is involved in managing and monitoring clients’ SEO and advertising efforts, squeezing every last bit of success out of each campaign. Lydia takes no prisoners when it comes to PPC. After joining the team as a digital marketing apprentice, Lydia developed a keen eye for analytics and a passion for achieving results. Lydia’s loves watching projects grow from start to finish, and seeing tangible results from the campaigns she watches over so diligently.

When she’s not tapping away at her desk, challenging Facebook for answers or tweaking every last inch of an ad campaign to perfection, Lydia is learning to play the guitar. Lydia is a big fan of American Football, reading Shakespeare and generally being an all-round clever clogs.

Head of Design

Graphic Designer Ryan applies his extensive design skills and eye for creativity to a huge variety of client projects. Ryan is especially passionate about brand development, as well as working on projects that require his talent for illustration – drawing on inspiration from his many creative influences. As a graphic designer at EDGE Creative, Ryan has been able to develop his skills and create interesting and thought-provoking designs that stand out from the crowd.

Outside of being EDGE’s design wizard, Ryan participates in Mixed Martial Arts, and further develops his talent (not that he needs to!) through drawing as a hobby.

Senior Graphic Designer

As Senior Graphic Designer, James enjoys the variety of projects that he gets to work on here at EDGE Creative. He loves creating new brands, taking rough sketches and developing them into a fully-fledged identity that can transform a company and make a real difference to their business. James is passionate about problem solving through design – taking something and improving the way it works through creativity.

In his downtime, James likes to play guitar, coach kids’ football and spend time with his friends and family.

Web Developer

Charlie is a Web Developer at EDGE Creative, and enjoys nothing more than bringing an initial concept to life through code. Charlie loves seeing a development project through from start to finish, but mostly, he just likes to gloat about being the one that built it.

Charlie’s skills and experience means he can help our clients to show off their hard work, highlighting the best parts of their business to the world. When he’s not in the studio, Charlie enjoys playing video games and thinking about football.

Content Strategy Manager

Jess’s passion for storytelling, blogs and being an all-round bookworm has meant she’s perfected her killer content writing skills to suit the digital world. Jess likes letting everyone know how much she loves content, and expresses this through typing at a volume to rival that of a pneumatic drill.

Jess loves nothing more than watching her carefully crafted scripture being shared across the digital realm. She’s also a big fan of a good pub quiz, and regularly shares her incorrect answers with the team. Jess is most often seen with a notepad, but if you’re looking for her, you’ll probably find her and her unmistakable cackle at The Old Crown in Digbeth.

Social Media Account Manager

Jo first joined the EDGE Creative team as a Digital Marketing Assistant. Several years and hundreds (if not thousands) of bottles of Pepsi Max later, she now makes up part of our office’s “Content Corner” as a Social Media Account Manager, bringing together her social media knowledge combined with her writing skills.

With her impressive level of music knowledge, Jo can regularly name a song and tell you an unnecessary music fact in less than 3 seconds from a song starting. This often takes all the fun out of listening to the radio in the office, but it’s certainly a talent, nonetheless.