Our Team

Our Team Members

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  Nicole Junkin

  Job Title

  Designer

  Nicole has a multidisciplinary background spanning brand identity, paid social, digital learning design, and print, gained across agency and in-house roles. She has produced design work for the likes of NatWest Group, iOLLA, Schuh, Bladnoch Distillery, and Haleon, with a focus on crafting work that resonates with diverse audiences and delivers meaningful impact for brands.

  She brings a creative problem-solving mindset to every project, taking pride in tackling challenging briefs with bold thinking and a collaborative approach.

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  Carrie Little

  Job Title

  Senior Finance Assistant

  Carrie started her career as Accounts Admin Assistant and now has over 25 years of experience in finance.

  She has demonstrable expertise in maintaining accurate financial records, managing accounts payable and receivable, and is responsible for the crucial task of executing month-end procedures. Carrie provides diligent accountant support based on deep knowledge of related procedures and principles and is recognised for high attention to detail.

  Carrie has a love for running and cooking and is well-known for being the top cook in her family!

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  Paloma Pini-Reed

  Job Title

  Creative Director

  Paloma has two decades of experience in creative problem-solving for iconic brands across design and advertising.

  With a background in design, Paloma started out in inclusive design at IDEO before craft came calling in the form of M&C Saatchi.

  Over the years, Paloma has risen through the ranks of London’s award-winning agencies, honing her conceptual thinking to craft insight-driven, platform ideas.

  In her current role as Creative Director, Paloma leads by example, inspiring clients to take the leap and motivating the team to strive for ideas that turn up in new spaces, make others jealous, and give them something to talk about down the pub.

  Outside of the day job, Paloma is a proud Mama, Wife to a wife, and Mentor to women in advertising. She’s also been known to write the odd thought piece on some of the above.

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  Heather Devoy

  Job Title

  Account Manager

  Heather began her career in the media industry at national broadcaster STV, where she built a strong foundation in customer engagement, CRM, and relationship management.

  She’s inherently creative with a passion for performing arts, particularly dance. Having performed and competed across Scotland, she’s well-versed in show production, choreographing, and bringing that extra touch of flair and energy to everything she does.

  With a curious learning mindset, Heather is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and was selected for the first ever NABS Next Gen Board. She approaches every challenge with enthusiasm and loves immersing herself in new industries and environments.

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  Fiona Mclachlan

  Job Title

  Account Director

  Fiona is a marketing and communication specialist with over a decade of experience working in client-facing roles.

  She is at her best when juggling multiple challenges and loves nothing more than creating compelling content and bringing unstoppable ideas to life. Her wider-range experience spans brand creation, global campaigns, internal comms and PR.

  A meticulous organiser, Fiona joins the dots between MadeBrave and her clients, delivering projects on time, on budget, and with the right people.

  A firm believer of “work hard, play hard” – Fiona is also one of the masterminds behind MadeBrave’s unWINEd Fridays.

   

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  Fraser Ireland

  Job Title

  Senior Project Manager

  Fraser has 10 years of experience in managing branding, content, and digital projects across a diverse range of industries including retail, financial services, and transport. He specialises in complaining loudly at tight turnarounds and vague briefs, whilst secretly enjoying the challenge.

  Never more at home than when he’s pulling together a project timeline or breaking down a budget, Fraser has delivered projects for the likes of Diageo, VELUX and First Bus during his time at MadeBrave, but deep down his most complicated, challenging, and elusive client is himself.

  His Desert Island albums are Death Cab for Cutie’s Transatlaticism, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, and Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories.

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  Jamie Venters

  Job Title

  Senior Copywriter

  With over a decade in the industry, Jamie’s devised campaigns and wrangled words for a huge range of clients – from our multi-billion-pound global financial brands to local grassroots activist groups. The small collection of national-level awards he’s won prove both how effective his work is, and how infrequently he dusts his shelf. But he can 100% guarantee you’ve read something he’s written.

  Jamie has an MA in Psychology and Business, an MSc in Creative Advertising, and an M&M down the back of his couch. The actual proof of his academic achievement is now lost in his attic, which seems awfully convenient to be honest.

  In his spare time, he plays guitar, roams the hills, and always has a friendly ‘psspsspss’ for any cats he meets on his travels.

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  Stuart Lonsdale

  Job Title

  Art Director

  Stuart’s rap sheet is as unconventional as his approach to the role of creating unstoppable ideas as an Art Director. Meat packer, car assembler, lifeguard, stuntman and handyman are all jobs that you won’t find listed on his Linkedin, but it’s all true. Stuart also has nearly two decades of experience in the creative industry but doesn’t really want to trouble you with all that and would prefer you spent this time imagining what kind of stunts he used to do.
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  Andrew Dobbie

  Job Title

  Founder / CEO

  A true creative at heart, Andrew began his career as a designer and photographer. Since launching MadeBrave on a shoestring budget of just £1000 in 2012, Andrew has grown the agency into a 60-strong, multi-million-pound business — creating award-winning work for many of the world’s leading brands, including Nestle, Diageo and KPMG.

  Andrew’s philosophy, that exceptional work is created through positive workplace culture, has led to numerous award wins for MadeBrave, including Campaign’s Best Places to Work award and a ranking in The Sunday Times’ 100 Best Companies to Work For list.

  Andrew also presents the monthly podcast, ‘Just A Chat With’, which celebrates best-in-class creativity from around the world.

  When he’s not helping brands find their brave, Andrew can be found at home with his family or honing his electric guitar skills with his French bulldog, Astro, by his side.

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  Steven Hadden

  Job Title

  Executive Creative Director

  Having worked in the creative industry for over 20 years across agency and in-house roles, Steven’s well and truly experienced in all aspects of branding, creativity, design and communication. 

  Leading our team of talented creatives, Steven ensures all MadeBrave’s creative output inspires bravery and delivers growth for our clients through big platform ideas, bold storytelling and exceptional craft. 

  An expert workshop facilitator and speaker, Steven has hosted brand and creative workshops for BBC, VELUX, Tomatin, Interpath, Kandou and Nestlé. He also ran brand sessions for Google’s Digital Garage. 

  Steven is especially passionate about building purpose-led and value-based brands from the inside-out by energising people and culture. He makes sure our creative power feeds into all our marketing, strategic, creative, tech and content services to drive our ultimate goal of making brands bigger, bolder and stronger — by finding their brave. 

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  Raymond McStay

  Job Title

  Head of New Business

  Raymond has worked in the creative industry for over 15 years, across various roles ranging from account management to new business. Raymond is our first point of contact for all new business enquiries at MadeBrave. He’s also the one who makes sure every introduction to our agency is as warm a welcome as possible!

  Leaving school to live out his dream of being a professional footballer, he fully understands the importance of teamwork and knows that we achieve great things when we work in partnership together. And as he’s such a dab hand on the pitch, Raymond is also the custodian of our pitching process, overseeing every tender from start to finish. You’ll often find him working in tandem with our client services team to strengthen our relationships with our clients.

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  Stephen Weir

  Job Title

  Chief Operations Officer

  As co-owner of the business, Stephen sits on the Board of Directors and acts as our Chief Operating Officer (COO).

  Stephen leads our operational, financial, and HR teams in delivering on the board’s strategic, commercial and growth objectives, across our multiple locations in the UK.

  Stephen joined us in 2013 from the Prudential and M&G’s European marketing division, with more than 20 years’ experience in various leadership roles across finance, operations, and production, both client-side and in-agency.

  A fierce advocate of the ‘keep it simple’ mantra, Stephen aspires to simplify our business processes to maximise our efficiency and provide increasing ROI for our global client list.

  Stephen is highly driven and competitive (the serious one in the office), but he is also famous for his moves on the dance floor and for playing just as hard as he works.

  Challenge him at the next office party… If you dare!

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  Robbie Hurst

  Job Title

  Senior Strategist

  Once a hopeful footballer (let down by talent, not injuries), Robbie now channels that drive into cracking brand challenges.

  An IPA member with a BSc in Marketing, he brings over a decade of experience navigating client and agency-side roles. From brand strategy to behaviour change, he’s worked across finance, energy, drinks, and the public sector—always keeping a human and cultural perspective at the heart of solving business challenges.

  Outside of work, his dog is his main claim to fame—and, if we’re honest, the main reason anyone talks to him.

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  Nic McCrossan

  Job Title

  Creative Services / Traffic Manager

  Lover of Nike, direct chat, and a bullet point brief, Nic has an extensive background spanning print production, creative project management, IT, workflow scheduling, TV, radio, photography, broadcast production and more.

  In short, Nic is our creative and client liaison and all-around problem solver. If it needs organising, Nic is behind the scenes tying up the loose ends and getting everything over the line, on-brief, and on time.

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  Jude Kerrigan

  Job Title

  Group Account Director

  Jude has over 15 years senior-level agency experience, which was preceded with a 10-year background in client side education marketing.

  An experienced and senior player in our client services team, Jude has been instrumental in developing a multitude of national and international brands; delivering strategic brand projects for companies such as Jacobs, IBM, the world’s leading medical device manufacturer, as well as DBA effectiveness award-winning projects for King’s College London and Peak Scientific.

  Jude is responsible for overseeing the account relationship and major projects from a strategic perspective.

  Experienced in complex, multi-stakeholder relationships; Jude’s commercial acumen, proactive and creative approach to problem-solving, strong budget management, and unwavering project management skills will ensure you are fully supported through out your journey with us.

  Jude loves interiors and has an addiction to collecting and rehoming old furniture, especially chairs!

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  Euan Brown

  Job Title

  Senior Project Manager

  We’ve all heard of the rockstar Designers and the visionary Marketers, but lurking in the shadows, like Batman without the cool gadgets, are the unsung heroes of the industry: Project Managers. Euan is the secret sauce that keeps the whole operation running smoothly.

  Picture this: while the Creatives are brainstorming unstoppable ideas and the Copywriters are crafting witty taglines, Project Managers are meticulously orchestrating the creative chaos. Euan weaves his organisational magic, coordinating teams, resources, and deadlines, all without hogging the limelight. Like the puppeteers behind the scenes, pulling the strings that make the magic happen.

  Drawing on over a decade of agency experience in project delivery and client-handling allows Euan to nurture and build strong and enduring relationships through the course of day-to-day project delivery.

  Away from the laptop, you’ll often find Euan floating around on a stand-up paddleboard or teeing up at his local golf courses.

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  Keenan Erwin

  Job Title

  Brand Manager

  With over a decade of in-house and agency experience, Keenan has an extensive background in e-commerce growth marketing and content strategy for luxury and drinks brands.

  Keenan has been at the helm of the MadeBrave brand for years and has been integral to building it into one that is respected and admired across the UK and beyond, ensuring our best work, brand thinking, and every newsworthy moment keep us front-of-mind for clients, potential clients, partners, and stakeholders.

  He’s also a big proponent of our culture and the driving force behind our award-winning employer brand which attracts many of the most talented people in the industry.

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  Emma Stewart

  Job Title

  Senior Designer

  Emma is a designer, photographer, and all-round visual style expert and has over 15 years’ of industry experience gained at some of the most established design and marketing agencies in Scotland.

  Emma has produced design pieces for the likes of BAFTA Scotland, Scottish Football Association (SFA), The Royal Horticultural Society, and Whyte & Mackay. Branding, product photography, and art direction have all helped her become an excellent all-rounder, able to develop brands from scratch or enhance already established ones.

  In her day-to-day, Emma is involved in all manner of branding and design, and as part of the creative team, Emma reports to the Design Director, while working alongside the rest of the design team.

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  Mark Cullen

  Job Title

  Head of Strategy

  As with many in our team, Mark’s journey didn’t start in marketing; it began in journalism. Thankfully for us, he found his way into the creative industries — first to PR and media training, and then onward to advertising. It was in brand consultancy where he found his calling; specialising in brand strategy, portfolio architecture, audience research and using strategic positioning to transform clients’ growth and culture, worldwide.

  In the 15 years since, he’s worked at the top level across global brands like Ford, Unilever, KPMG, Nestle, Electrolux, Centrica, Cargill and Honeywell. Not to mention more premium drinks brands than he can count, for the likes of Diageo, Edrington and Bacardi. If he went on Mastermind, his specialist subjects would be shit-hot stakeholder engagement, brilliant brand values and frighteningly bad karaoke. Rising to the Head of Strategy at MadeBrave in 2020, he now leads our growing team of brave thinkers across the UK.