A new way to play

After establishing a PR career in the TV, film and entertainment industries in the noughties, Rowan moved into the world of fast-growing startups during the 2010s, a boom time for challengers. Following stints within an eclectic range of fintech, retail and streaming services, he founded PLAY in 2020 with the mindset of fusing the methods and knowledge from big brands and agile challengers. A constant advocate of modern PR, but with a die hard love of nostalgia and pop culture. PLAY won New Consultancy of the Year at the PR Week Awards in 2021.

Career highlight: Creating the Patch Plants Hotel.

A wealth of experience across PR, social media and digital marketing; both client and agency side; both strategically and creatively, Emily is skilled in ideation and client relations. Managing the creative process from brief to production to activation, she understands culture, content and how to create eye-catching campaigns that get cut through in the media. With experience spanning multiple marketing and creative roles. Emily understands the full media landscape. Having held previous roles at Sky, Wavemaker and Search Laboratory, she has a rounded and unique perspective.   

Career highlight: sharing a fag with Daniel Radcliffe

Nina has been working in consumer comms for over four years, starting in-house at the IKEA press office. Following this, she’s worked with clients and projects across social media, influencer, consumer and corporate PR. Clients include Vauxhall, Plusnet, NCS and LV Insurance.l

Conor is a seasoned publicist with broad experience in media relations, securing coverage in a plethora of titles across a number of sectors. These include national press, consumer titles, trade press and radio. He’s gained exposure for a number of clients such as Sky, Volkswagen, Duracell and Farfetch.

Named Drum’s’Rising Star of the Year’ in 2021, Julien started his career as an apprentice and worked his way up in the ranks – proving to be the go-to person for creative ideas and campaign logistics. He’s worked on many successful campaigns for a range of clients, including Sony Pictures, Netflix, Paramount+ and Moonpig.

Career highlight: Having a tip-toe off with Ellie Diamond to see who was taller. I won. 

Amy started her career in PR a year ago after graduating from her Fashion Marketing degree, and started working with global technology clients such as Kaspersky and Blue Prism and has now taken her steps into consumer PR. 

Ijeoma is a law graduate who turned her back on property law to take the reigns of the press office. Offering support across a variety of accounts, activations and campaigns, Ijeoma continues to find her footing in the PR industry.