Our team
Society Media delivers because we really believe in what we are doing. Our staff are recruited for their passion for our work as well as their skills and experience to make things happen.
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Henry co-founded Society Media following a successful career breaking stories to the national media about social issues, regeneration and community development.
Working with some of the country's most innovative organisations, he uses his experience to enable Society Media's clients to develop communications tools that build strong brands and raise profile among key stakeholders. Henry has directed Society Media's work with CCLA, the Adventure Capital Fund and the Royal Bank of Scotland's community banking team.
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Since co-founding Society Media, Tim has worked with a wide range of businesses and third sector organisations to help promote their impact through effective communications.
He leads Society Media's work on Good Deals, the UK social investment conference, as well as the RBS SE100 - the UK index of top social businesses. Increasingly, he works at board and CEO level on strategic communications and branding, and has directed high profile contract publishing projects for clients such as the Cabinet Office.
Trained as a journalist on local newspapers, Tim held a series of senior editorial roles in the national trade media before launching Social Enterprise magazine in 2002, which he continues to edit. He is also on the steering group of the government's Social Enterprise Ambassadors, and is a trustee on the board of Ealing Community Transport.
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Carsten is Society Media's art director. He started his career in advertising and art directing various magazines before founding design agency, Glock, our sister company.
Carsten oversees much of Society Media's printed and online designs and ensures everything we create looks fresh and and exciting and lives up to our high production standards.
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Julie has launched and edited several highly successful voluntary sector magazines. A former editor of Third Sector magazine and the Fostering Network's magazine, Foster Care, Julie has a reputation for building loyal readerships by developing energetic, informative and practical publications.
She has contributed as a voluntary sector expert to publications including the Guardian, Museums Journal and the Observer, as well as working as a consultant for many charities.
Julie is currently editor of CTA and is responsible for Society Media's editorial processes and output.
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Lisa joined Society Media in 2004 as an associate director responsible for taking clients through a thought-provoking and inspiring process designed to identify how communications can be used to support their business development and build brands.
A highly knowledgeable communications consultant for the voluntary and social business sectors, Lisa has extensive experience in managing high profile media campaigns and developing communications strategies.
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Anna has built a reputation for securing big hits in national, regional and trade media. She has delivered successful PR campaigns for NESTA's Big Green Challenge, the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, and Metropolitan Home Ownership. She project manages Good Deals, our UK social investment conference, and leads on delivering full service communications to Look Ahead Housing and Care.
With several years' media relations experience in the housing and voluntary sector, Anna joined Society Media from RNID, where she was responsible for maximising the profile of campaigns across the UK.
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Helen is a well-connected account manager, adept at building strong relationships with editors and journalists hungry for the captivating stories many of our clients would like to tell. She has achieved significant placements in national, regional and trade media for clients including CCLA, One Housing Group, the Adventure Capital Fund and Metropolitan Home Ownership.
Helen previously worked as a programme manager for an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Cameroon and has had two enriching stints as a volunteer for Build Africa and the Ugandan Aids Action Fund. She has a degree in politics and international relations and a masters degree in rural development.
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Jessica is an account manager at Society Media, focusing on social investment clients such as CCLA, the charity investment manager, and RBS NatWest community banking. She works to promote awareness of these organisations and the financial services they provide among the third sector, internal audiences and relevant public policy players.
Jessica was previously at Citigate Dewe Rogerson where she managed PR campaigns for both retail and institutional asset management clients. She holds the FSA approved Investment Management Certificate.
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Chrisanthi has a wealth of newspaper experience, starting in Australia, where she worked at the Sydney Morning Herald. She also worked as a radio journalist and producer at the national Special Broadcasting Service.
More recently, she was a journalism tutor at the University of Technology, Sydney and assistant manager at the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism.
In 2007, Chrisanthi moved to England and joined Society Media, where her passion and energy make a vital contribution to her role as assistant editor of Social Enterprise magazine and a range of related publications, including the Good Deals Social Investment Almanack 2010 where she has the responsibility of editor.
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Gemma is an experienced journalist and joined Society Media from one of the UK's largest weekly titles, where she led a team of five reporters. Her news nose and talent for human interest stories mean she's a valuable reporter for Social Enterprise and copywriter for a number of our clients
Gemma joined Society Media in 2007 and is assistant editor of Social Enterprise Live, the online arm of the magazine, and CTA Journal. Adept at writing for consumer audiences, Gemma is also an established music journalist who regularly interviews musicians, writes features and reviews albums and gigs for Clash magazine and other publications.
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William is a well-travelled journalist, photographer and sub-editor, who has worked in the Middle East and London. He has written on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict for several print and online news organisations.
He has been published in UK broadsheets and various magazines and journals on a range of issues. In July, he launched his first book, Against the Wall: the art of resistance in Palestine (Pluto Press), at Amnesty International.
He has also written for, designed and produced documents and reports for a number of other organisations including the Society of Biology and Medical Aid for Palestinians.
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Ilona is responsible for the smooth operation of Society Media HQ. A highly organised manager, Ilona not only looks after the administrative side of the business, but also ensures our beautiful converted print works is a great place to be for the numerous communication and creative professionals who work here.
Ilona, who is also studying to be a chartered accountant, was previously a finance officer for a retailer in Romania.
She is currently on maternity leave after giving birth to a son.
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Birgit became Society Media's office manager in 2010. With her highly developed organisational skills, ability to prioritise a busy and diverse workload and positive attitude, she quickly became a valuable member of the team.
Birgit moved to the UK from Germany almost 15 years ago as an au pair, originally for just one year, but she fell in love with vibrant London and never left!
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Canadian born Liverpudlian Matt is passionate about social business and has worked with some of the leading social enterprises in the UK and South Africa. With a wealth of experience developing commercial partnerships between social enterprises, corporate organisations and charities, Matt joined Society Media in 2010 to drive subscriptions and advertising for Social Enterprise magazine.
His claim to fame is cooking dinner for Winnie Mandela, despite barely being able to operate a tin opener.
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Tom joined Society Media in 2009 to promote the RBS SE100 Index for Social Enterprise magazine. His commitment and interest in social enterprise saw his role develop to subscriptions executive, responsible for organising and increasing subscriptions to the magazine as well as assisting with online, email and print advertising.
Tom is also studying for a masters in the history of art.
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Pamela joined Society Media in July 2010 to help organise and promote our Good Deals social investment conference. She's made for the role, with a background in project co-ordination and an expertise in customer service. Her last job was with translation company TransPerfect and she joins us thanks to the Future Jobs Fund, which part funds six-month placements to help young people gain valuable skills and experience.
Pamela moved to London from Colombia eight years ago and has a degree in business from the University of Greenwich. She hopes her time with Society Media will help her become an events project manager.
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Liban joined the team in August 2010 to help promote the RBS SE100 index for Social Enterprise magazine. He has a degree in politics and has worked in politics since graduating in the UK and Africa, including the 2008 local and mayoral elections. He was part of an energetic campaign that brought Navin Shah into office for the Brent and Harrow constituency. His interests include in third world politics and, in particular, emerging democracies.
Liban is looking to gain valuable experience in the social enterprise sector before commencing his masters study in 2011.
