Account Marketing
Meet The Essential Team - Account Marketing
Meet the Account Marketing Team responsible for strategic and tactical marketing and PR planning, creative thinking, campaign development and implementation.
Sarah Chidgey
Head of PR
What do I do
I head up the PR team and work closely with our clients to develop PR campaigns that meet their business communication requirements. Increasingly our clients take advantage of our ability to offer integrated PR and marketing campaigns, so I work closely with our Account Managers to make sure we are all singing the same song. It’s an exciting time with the need to ensure that PR activity encompasses all of the growing social media tools.
What do I like about EC
The whole team is fun to work with, and oh so importantly, our clients are too.
About me
I am a farmer’s daughter and so my roots are, and always will be, firmly entrenched in the countryside. When brave enough I still ride but more often I fly fish. Essentially, I’m happy doing most things as long as I am laughing.
Hannah Curtis
Senior Account Manager
What do you do for Essential?
I am the day to day contact for a number of Essential’s clients and am responsible for the overall running of their marketing campaigns whether they involve direct mail, Email marketing, website design, telemarketing or elements of each.
What do you like about Essential?
Without a doubt the thing that makes Essential is the people. Everyone within the team is so enthusiastic about every project that we undertake and really want to deliver 110%. As well as our people another thing that I like about Essential is the almost unique opportunity provided by our clients of not just being classed as the “marketing agency” but becoming a part of the client’s own team and driving their marketing initiatives forward.
Tell us something about you....
Something that not a lot of people know about me is that I’m a classically trained singer. Music and particularly singing has always been my greatest passion, sadly at the moment my main stage is my Ford Fiesta, however I have previously sung in the Berkshire Youth Choir and in a jazz band and hope that I will get an opportunity to sing for a real audience again soon.
Natalie Bruins
Senior Account Manager
What do you do for Essential?
At Essential, I manage and drive a number of client accounts. I steer the more serious strategy stuff as well as rolling my sleeves up to get into the nitty-gritty.
What do you like about Essential?
There is the team and then there are the clients - and a good mixture too. I like to keep on the edge of the technology and at the cusp of the developing and evolving media world. The variety and interesting array of clients and projects we work on allows me to do this.
Tell us something about you....
Originally from the sunny coasts of South Africa, I am still very much an outdoors person, nature lover and of course, a spirited rugby fan. My true passions, apart from art and design, are my daughter, family, friends and being on the water... sailing my dream catamaran.
Magda Skorek
Account Manager
What do you do?
I work alongside the Account Marketing Team on various marketing and PR campaigns for hardware manufacturers, distributors, resellers and solutions providers mainly operating within the Auto ID industry.
What do you like about Essential?
The vibrant atmosphere and passionate team. When working on a project we always aim to exceed the clients’ expectations. Providing marketing services for a very specific industry gives us the advantage of knowing it well and being able deliver what we promise.
Tell us something about you...
I’m originally from Poland and, although I have lived in the UK for some time now I don’t think I will ever get enough of Yorkshire puddings and good battered fish & chips! Luckily, every day on the way to work I drive past the gym and always manage to fit in a session before or after work. I love outdoor activities and always look forward to a sunny weekend so I can pack my wetsuit and hit the sandy beaches of Cornwall or Wales where I love to surf.
Jon Warren
Business Development Executive
What do you do for Essential?
As part of the Account Marketing Team I am responsible for delivery of campaigns for customers. I work closely with the Account Managers in order to provide successful telephone based campaigns, either standalone or as part of larger integrated projects and support new business development work for Essential.
What do you like about Essential?
The working environment is a great place to be. Since day one, I have felt part of the team and everyone has made me feel very welcome. Being technologically minded, I enjoy working with our various clients and their associated technology. It’s the perfect mixture of fun and work which I believe can be seen in our results and the repeat business we get.
Tell us something about you…
I’m greyhound mad. I have a 4 year old retired greyhound called Star Royale who I spoil something rotten. He has had a hard life but is now happy to curl up on a bean bag and sleep all day. Some might say he has the perfect life…
Lynne Hughes
Co-op Project Manager
What do you do for Essential?
I manage the co-op funds on behalf of Essential clients to ensure money is spent on qualifying activities, that funds accrued from vendor sales to be used for marketing are not lost and that claims meet the strict auditing requirements.
I also work closely with the Account Marketing Team on various campaigns and events.
What do you like about Essential?
The people and the atmosphere.
Tell us something about you....
My interests include exercise, travelling, reading and motorcycling. I used to go to the TT races in the Isle of Man with my husband each year, and although I eventually got bored with the place, doing speeds of 150 mph on the back of a motorcycle was always a kick. The problem is the only place to travel at 150 mph legally is the Isle of Man! We have motorcycled through much of Europe but I always like a ‘do nothing’ holiday somewhere hot every year.