From university, I went straight into the creative sector working on brand and marketing campaigns. Firstly doing event management (the fancy corporate kind!), then secondly to an agency which specialised in driving change initiatives within the public sector (so lots of filming in hospitals and delivering focus groups in prisons!). Then thirdly, to here - Verve - where I started in 2017 when it was just a tiny team in Para-Sols and tasked with the unenviable challenge of bringing Cathi's vision for world domination to life...
I'm Chief Engagement Officer which basically means I'm responsible for how people engage with us as a company. Externally, that means with clients (existing and new!) - so think all things brand and marketing and then internally with our team too (existing and new!) - so the company culture we cultivate and the experience you have with us as part of the team! This means I'm a bit of an anomoly and span two departments - Marketing and People
It's no surprise (being the creative marketeer that I am!) that I love any creative activities - could be crafts or it could be video editing TikToks with my daughter. That said, I get my biggest kick out of singing - I can't do it particularly well but I'm part of an adult choir and that one hour a week is all the therapy I need!
I could keep it easy and tell you that I've skydived, or swam with Great Whites (whilst in a cage!), or that I hate novelty socks (I have a draw of black ones) so instead I'll tell you that with my choir in the last couple of months, I've sang a bride down the aisle and have recorded a song that's been released to promote the benefits of singing!
You're genuinely among friends from day one - everyone has been the 'newbie' once so we've walked in those shoes and only want to see you thrive! Also, I'd say don't be afraid to get involved - dive straight into the team socials and get amongst the chat. You get out what you put in and there's lots of fun to be had, things to learn and new friends to be made!
We're huge advocates of bringing your authentic self, so my pearl of wisdom would be to be yourself! Yes, we obviously need to maintain a level of professionalism but that doesn't mean you need to hold back on being true to yourself, there's so much strength that comes from diversity of thought, experience and even humour.
