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.

Finance & HR 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.

Head of Production & Account 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.

Development Project Manager

Kyri’s role as Development Project Manager means that he oversees our website development projects right from the beginning, working closely with clients to deliver great websites for them. He also gets stuck in to various other areas of the company, 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.

PPC Manager

Chris manages and monitors our PPC campaigns, adapting and adjusting as appropriate to maximise results for our clients. Not only this, but Chris is also an expert in customer acquisition, affiliate and brand management and e-commerce marketing. You could say he’s an all round superstar.

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.

Junior Designer

Andrew joined the EDGE team after graduating from a HND Graphic Design course. He especially enjoys working on brand design, using his skills to create striking identities, and is passionate about both video editing and animation (exciting stuff!).

Andrew has previously had his photography work purchased by the National Library of Wales for their collection and has had a documentary about his work made by BBC Wales. In his spare time he enjoys cooking, seeing live comedy, listening to podcasts and also volunteers at a local community radio station.

Web Developer

Jamie started working at EDGE in January 2021, and absolutely loves what he does (which is great news for us!). He enjoys taking on new projects and the challenges that come with them.

A master at writing code and getting his head stuck into complex queries, Jamie has a keen eye for design and takes immense pride in his work. When he’s not making other developers jealous with his engaging animations and creations, he collects rate 50p coins and you can usually find him in the gym.

Web Developer

As one of our established web development team, Jon loves front-end developing and gets excited about working with WordPress (don’t we all!). From an early age, Jon has always had a passion for design, the Internet and technology, and believe it or not, he originally began his career in design!

In his spare time, Jon loves spending time with his kids, following the football (he supports Everton), playing golf and socialising with friends.

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

Shenell is one of our Social Media Account Managers, and she started working at EDGE after deciding to peruse her passion for writing and creativity. One of her favourite aspects about her role is that it allows her to craft strategic and valuable content for businesses across various sectors. Plus, of course, she gets to use her favourite social media sites whilst at work.

As everyone in the office knows, Shenell enjoys takeaways and eating at restaurants. She also enjoys playing tennis with her friends – not that she’s any good – and going to the cinema.

Social Media Account Manager

Sarah joined the EDGE team after finishing her Marketing masters at Durham University earlier this year. She’s been obsessed with social media for a while now, and as Social Media Account Manager, Sarah brings together her social media knowledge, writing skills and creativity to create killer social campaigns.

Sarah loves going to National Trust properties as she enjoys walking around the houses and gardens and learning about the history. Bonus points if there are book shops and tea rooms too!

PR & Media Relations Consultant

Gina has been working in PR for more than two decades, after completing her National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) in 1998. She entered the PR arena and worked her way up through the ranks at three prominent Midlands’ PR agencies – and she really knows her stuff!

Experience has been gained across a diverse range of organisations in the B2B and consumer fields, from areas such as FMCG, financial services, accountancy, recruitment… the list goes on!

Digital Marketing Apprentice

Ellena started working at EDGE in March 2021, after deciding to pursue her passion for the written word. After studying Fine Art & Art History, she wanted to retrain and becoming an apprentice has offered her the chance to do so. Ellena hopes to develop a rewarding career in digital marketing, specifically content writing, and is very excited to grow as part of the EDGE team. She loves to learn new skills, as well as apply her creativity and writing abilities to the digital world.

When she isn’t writing blog posts or creating images for social media, Ellena enjoys socialising with friends, visiting new places and seeing live music.

Digital Marketing Apprentice

Sophie’s apprenticeship has led her to EDGE, and we’re excited to have her onboard!

She loves what some people would say is the boring stuff – the analytics, the charts, the graphs and the reports, but that’s because she’s passionate about CRO. She ensures our client’s campaigns, whether that’s PPC or social media, are running as effectively as possible.

Sophie enjoys spending time with family and friends, and she spends most of her time (and money) in coffee shops on the weekend.