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WHO WE ARE

Embrace a Small Giant.

A creative marketing agency for global B2B businesses, balancing smaller agency flexibility with the scalable resource to rival bigger agencies.

<h3>Independent by nature</h3> <p>Over three decades of award-winning independence. The objectivity to challenge assumptions, with the agility, flexibility and collaborative energy that thrives on hands-on problem solving.</p>

Independent by nature

Over three decades of award-winning independence. The objectivity to challenge assumptions, with the agility, flexibility and collaborative energy that thrives on hands-on problem solving.

<h3>Smarter by design</h3> <p>Our teams bring together actionable strategy, impactful creativity and innovative technology to achieve outcomes that matter for global B2B clients.</p>

Smarter by design

Our teams bring together actionable strategy, impactful creativity and innovative technology to achieve outcomes that matter for global B2B clients.

Our team

Portrait of Simon Davies, Team Member
Managing director
Simon Davies

As an agency founder and partner, Simon has over 25 years in the industry delivering brand and marketing strategy for an international client base. Simon acts as the client on the inside of the agency, ensuring that overall objectives never slip focus.​

Portrait of Paul Wreford-Brown, Team Member
Digital Director
Paul Wreford-Brown

As an agency founder, Paul heads up our digital team. He brings decades of experience developing marketing and digital strategies for our clients, through a variety of channels to achieve smarter and measurable outcomes.

Portrait of Paul Turner, Team Member
Creative Director
Paul Turner

Agency founder and partner, Paul heads up the creative team at Embrace. He has decades of experience in developing engaging and relevant propositions and campaigns for our clients and is an expert in strategy and creative concepts.

Portrait of Katy Chadwick, Team Member
Business director
Katy Chadwick

Katy leads the account management team, with 5 years experience client side she makes sure our clients are happy, that we solve their problems and reach their goals. She is passionate about inspiring us to work effectively together and do our best work.​

Portrait of Matt Bliss, Team Member
Technical Director
Matt Bliss

As our Technical Director Matt is the driving force behind our Umbraco service offering.​ Matt has been part of the Umbraco community and ecosystem for 16 years, and he currently sits on the Umbraco CMS advisory board as well as the Umbraco Cloud advisory board.

Portrait of Chris Couchman, Team Member
Digital Media Strategy Director
Chris Couchman

Chris supports our clients by ensuring they are getting the most out of digital media. Whether it’s paid via social and PPC channels, or ​earned via SEO, CRO, or AI visibility, he will ensure ​your website can be found and ​is optimised to drive ​desired results.

Portrait of Hayley Ziepe, Team Member
Digital Project Director
Hayley Ziepe

As our Digital Project Director, Hayley ensures that projects are planned to perfection and managed through the various stages. ​Hayley is a perfectionist when ​it comes to project plans, ​status sheets, statement of works, cost and time management. ​

Portrait of Laura Dodson, Team Member
Account Director
Laura Dodson

Diligent project management is Laura’s sharpest skill. Working across different projects within the agency, she is an expert at managing schedules, budgets, responsibilities and expectations to ensure a smooth project process and delivery.

Portrait of Luca Minetti, Team Member
Senior Product Manager
Luca Minetti

Luca has a wealth of experience both client and agency side in digital production, and ensures our client websites excel at what they need to do. As the conduit for the development team, he knows the Umbraco back office inside and out.

Portrait of Dawn Chilvers, Team Member
Senior Conceptual Designer
Dawn Chilvers

Dawn doesn’t just make things look good. She makes them mean something. She has a wealth of experience as a designer in creating things with purpose, coupled with a strong creative instinct that enriches our work for our clients.

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Senior Designer
Juliet Maycock

Juliet has a vast range of​ knowledge and a wealth of design experience across websites, animation and digital media. She works with the​ design team in developing the creative approach, ​assets, user-interface and user-experience.

Portrait of Betsy Uchendu, Team Member
Account Manager
Betsy Uchendu

As an experienced Account Manager, Betsy provides reliable daily support to both our team and clients with her skilled project management, attention to detail and steady approach that ensures nothing falls through the cracks.

Portrait of Jack Nichol, Team Member
Communications & Marketing Manager
Jack Nichol

Jack runs all things brand management and marketing agency-side to grow our presence and network. With his strengths spanning media, digital, social, and advertising, he speaks our language and gets our message out there.

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