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Alex Myers
Founder + Group CEO
Founder and Group CEO, Alex has been the creative strategy lead at the agency since its inception in 2009.
Founder + Group CEO
Ali Maynard
Managing Partner, UK & Ireland
Ali is our longest standing member of the team. She’s in charge of building Manifest’s global network and running global campaigns.
Managing Partner, UK & Ireland
Jessica Becker
Managing Partner, US & Canada
Jess moved to New York to head up our American operation in 2017 – leading the agency from the front as our strategic lead in the region.
Managing Partner, US & Canada
Anna Karlsson
Managing Partner, Nordics
Anna is a co-founder of the Manifest Stockholm office, driving the agency’s operational performance and leading our Frame brand strategy team there.
Managing Partner, Nordics
Josefine Hedlund
Creative Production Director & Partner
A founding member of Manifest Stockholm, Josefine has a sharp eye for details, creativity and the visual aspect of our brand and campaign work in the Nordics.
Creative Production Director & Partner
Bec Chelin
Managing Director
Bec heads up our Manchester team, bringing a decade of top notch client service experience and leading on strategic internal comms projects. She’s also responsible for bringing all the Mancunian creative industries have to offer to the party.
Managing Director, Manchester
Isabel Thomson-Officer
Managing Director, Melbourne
A Melbourne OG, Isabel first joined us in NYC before heading back to her hometown to open Manifest’s first Australian office. Having worked as a journalist and a publicist with early-stage startups through to $billion valuation companies in virtually every industry, Isabel is our jack of all comms trades.
Managing Director, Melbourne
Jessie Bowers Jr
Creative Director, Melbourne
Melbourne’s resident New Yorker, Jessie oversees all things creative Down Under. An original graffiti kid turned painter, when he’s not busy designing and dreaming up big campaign ideas, you can find him tattooing himself, literally.
Creative Director, Melbourne
Martin Farrar-Smith
Chief Design Officer
Martin oversees brand creation within our Branding & Design team, but also ensures we use design thinking processes across the entire business.
Chief Design Officer
Kostas Karanikolas
Executive Creative Director
Kostas is a proven creative, marketing and brand leader with a diverse background and experience of twenty years in the industry. He is a seasoned creative leader who has held global leadership roles at top agencies in the USA and the UK, such as WPP, Saatchi & Saatchi, BBDO & others.
Executive Creative Director
Helen Kenny
Group Special Operations Director
Helen’s bold and daring approach is the driving force behind Manifest’s Global team. A strong team leader; she knows how to make just about any idea happen.
Group Special Operations Director
Tom Winterton
Director
D&AD Pencil winner and Cannes Lions speaker, Tom is partial to any brand that sends us a brief asking for big, creative ideas. Fun Fact: Tom used to be a client and liked Manifest so much he came to work here.
Director
Julian Obubo
Brand Strategy Director
One of the Manifest originals, and part of PR Week’s Top 30 Under 30. Jules knows how to make an idea fly. And with a voice like velvet, he also runs and records our Fresh Meet podcast.
Brand Strategy Director
Anna Kuoljok
Associate Director
Manifest Stockholm wouldn’t work without our PR queen and Associate Director Anna.
Associate Director
Kellie Smith
Chief of Staff
A global citizen and former resident of the Big Apple, Kels is our gatekeeper across each of our studios. Our no-nonsense WPP alum has a strong moral compass, knows her rabble-rousers from her apathetic anarchists and she’s a dab hand in the kitchen to boot.
Chief of Staff
Emma Seddon
Associate Director
With her unparalleled tech know-how, Emma runs the show across some of our brands who are using data to shape the world. She is ruthless in delivering exceptional service, constantly driving new process to better serve clients and the team.
Associate Director
Claudia Davies
Associate Director
Claudia is a top-notch PR and integrated communications expert with 15 year’s PR and Ad agency experience under her belt. Applying creativity, passion and unified strategy to high profile UK and global consumer brands, helping them to tell powerfully crafted stories that resonate in wider culture.
Associate Director
Daisy Phillips
Associate Creative Director
Passionate about people and wordplay, Daisy is part of our crack team of creatives and has delivered award-winning creative campaigns for some of the world’s leading brands. With a background in consumer PR, she builds ideas that earn attention.
Associate Creative Director
Lucy Peacock
People and Operations Director
Custodian of culture in our London studio, Lucy makes sure Manifest is one of London’s best places to work. Her second in command, Mabel the mini Jack Russell, also keeps the office topped up with cuddles and the occasional lick.
People and Operations Director
Mark Swainson
Financial Director
Our FD is on a mission to prove that numbers are big and clever and that spreadsheets have a place in the real world after all. Long-suffering QPR supporter; he knows his sh*t.
Financial Director
Lee Benecke
Digital Content Strategy Director
A Yorkshireman in the Manchester ranks. Lee heads up our content division – AKA the O Collective – across the group and brings a decade of content, social and digital expertise across publisher, brand, and agency.
Digital Content Strategy Director
Annie Gordon
Happiness & Operations Officer
Annie hails from Canada and brings the cheerfulness the True White North is known for. She got her start in the London office and now resides in NYC. She is always there for a hug, life advice, work advice and most importantly a glass of wine.
Happiness & Operations Officer
Neil Carr
Account Director
A true Mancunian, Neil brings a wealth of earned experience to the Manifest team. From international airlines to fast-food chains, he’s worked on it all. And, he always aims to deliver creative campaigns that capture the media’s attention.
Account Director
Rosanna Bhanji
Associate Creative Director
Rosanna is taking Manifest Stockholm to another creative level by being 100% limitless and allergic to the words “that won’t work”, always on point to the brand and KPI´s ofc.
Associate Creative Director
Shaun Beaumont
VP of Brand
Shaun is in charge of all things brand across the Manifest Group. His northern British accent has been known to save the day more than once.
VP of Brand
Victoria Newlands
Director of Growth
Vic is our driving force for creative unification and business growth, ensuring we continue to evolve, innovate and deliver truly integrated campaigns that change the world.
Director of Growth
James Thomson
Head of Production
Original skater boy and second Aussie in residence, James heads up NYC’s O Collective, making awesome content for anyone who will allow him near a camera.
Head of Production
Myfanwy Kramer
Senior Campaign Manager
Having first cut her teeth working fashion PR, Myfanwy has a wealth of experience in luxury lifestyle, having worked in Paris, London and now Manchester. A media hound with an impressive little black book, she enjoys storytelling, creating campaigns and collaborative thinking.
Senior Campaign Manager
Aaron Maughan
Insights Manager
Manifest’s global heart-throb, Aaron is a font of knowledge working across clients to bring them the 411. With a passion for gaming, he’s run some of our most exciting events for the likes of Playstation and Kaspersky.
Insights Manager
Elsa Druiett
Senior Account Manager
Ambitious and enthusiastic, Elsa is a driving force behind press office. She knows the media landscape like the back of her hand and secures the most coveted coverage spots.
Senior Account Manager
Lauren Kaufman
Senior Account Executive
Lauren mingles with media and noses around for new business. She is the queen of calm and never breaks a sweat, not matter what is hurled at her.
Senior Account Executive
Holly Atterton
Senior Campaign Executive
Full of creative energy, Holly is the driving force behind keeping our accounts running like clockwork. Her background in performing arts brings stories to life in new and imaginative ways, ensuring she is the first to spot clever newsjacking opportunities for her clients.
Senior Campaign Executive
Thom Myers
Content Editor
Thom turns raw footage into works of art. A proud Yorkshireman and key member of our content division, The O Collective, he is our go-to guy for all things video editing, digital animation and tea making.
Content Editor
Jessica Jarrett
Junior Strategist
JJ is a MI transplant and proudly suffocates NYC with her unsolicited politeness. She dabbles in press office, branding and digital strategy. She has strong moral obligations to living a pro-gluten lifestyle and will never be caught without some form of caffeine on her person.
Junior Strategist
Daryl Ho
Senior Account Executive
Hailing from sunny Singapore, Daryl brings the heat from across the world to secure shit-hot coverage spots for his clients. With a keen eye for compelling narratives, he harnesses the power of insight to drive bold, beautiful and brilliant storytelling.
Senior Account Executive
Ayesha Hamilton
Senior Account Executive
Originally from Sydney, Ayesha brings knowledge and enthusiasm surrounding client relations, as well as a strong passion for all things food, beverage and lifestyle.
Senior Account Executive
Ebba Åkerlund
Social Media Strategist
Ebba is our Digital wizard who’s not just keeping all of our social media accounts running like clockwork, but also has a crazy eye for detail and is absolutely fearless when it comes to new challenges.
Social Media Strategist
Oli Kirk
Senior Campaign Executive
The first Mancunian of the Manifam and now an NYC resident, Oli brings a wealth of strategic expertise to the team after launching startups in the UK, US and China. A sports fanatic, he’s most likely counting down the days to the next ‘Olimpics’.
Senior Campaign Executive
Zac Sienna
Campaign Executive
Born in Chicago and brought up in London, Zac has definitely kept his American twang but can speak a whopping five other languages. He smashes coverage across the board, and as a gaming guru is always on hand to answer all our tricky tech questions.
Campaign Executive
Son Pham
Campaign Executive
Hailing all the way from Vietnam with a Distinction in MA PR and Strategic Comms in the UK, Son prides himself on his intercultural insights. Son not only keeps up with the Kardashians but also with Sir David Attenborough so he understands what makes it tick, tick, boom.
Campaign Executive
