Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Kent based Director operating in the Advertising space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Jon Jackson
Creative Director of NowSourcing
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About NowSourcing: We make ideas simple, visual, and influential.
Jon Jackson
Creative Director of NowSourcing
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About NowSourcing: We make ideas simple, visual, and influential.
Dan Foreman
Chair Of The Board Of Directors of Zappi
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About Borderless Access, Course5i, Dalia Research, ESOMAR, MindProber, Veylinx, Zappi: Zappi helps global brands make faster and better decisions to drive business growth.
Heath Clarke
Board of Directors of Local Corporation
Heath Clarke is the Founder & Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Local Corporation. Heath joined the company as President and Chairman in March 1999 and has served as CEO since January 2001. From 1998 to 1999, Heath was Vice President of eCommerce for LanguageForce, Inc., a language translation software company. Prior to this he served as Marketing Manager for Starnet, a Canadian internet company. From 1995 to 1998, he was Special Projects Director for the Berg Group of Companies (Australia). From 1988 to 1995, he was founder and CEO of Australian Fibre Packaging. Heath is a frequent guest speaker at local search and online advertising industry events. Also a guest lecturer for online advertising at Pepperdine’s Executive MBA program, he was a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. He also won TechAmerica’s Innovator Award and was named Outstanding CEO at TechAmerica’s 2010 Annual Orange County High-Tech Innovation Awards. Heath co-chaired events on the global economy and counter-terrorism as a member of Young Presidents’ Organization, and is a Patron Councilor of the Atlantic Council, a Patron of the American Enterprise Institute, a President’s Club Member of the Heritage Foundation, a President’s Council Member of the Foundation for Economic Education, and a Member of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.
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About : Local Corporation is a national online media company offering technology plaforms that connect merchants with consumers.
Philip Sywash
Program Director & Partner of Oryx Agency
Philip Sywash is Program Director & Partner at Oryx Agency.
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About Oryx Agency: Leading advertising and marketing agency with offices in Toronto, Miami and San Jose.
Rachel Cornish
Managing Director of ExtraDigital
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About ExtraDigital, ExtraDigital, Mynurva: Internet Marketing & Development Agency
Tracy Kelly
Senior Vice President & Director of Finance of Seed Strategy
Touching virtually every facet of the agency from technology to forecasting, Tracy directs and reports Seed’s financial operations, as well as working to develop, optimize and maintain the mechanics of day-to-day workflow. “My favorite part of the work is seeing everything run smoothly. I spend a lot of time making sure everything is in place so that Seed can fire on all cylinders, and it’s great to step back and see the impact of that work.” “I’ve had the opportunity to continue developing my self-taught video editing skills and it makes me proud to see each project be better than the last. Bringing insights and research to life with music, images and movement—and having the client react positively—is hugely rewarding and always brings a smile to my face.”
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About Seed Strategy: Seed Strategy grows big ideas for brands around the globe.
Steven Lloyd-Barlow
Co-Founder | Director of vidbuild
vidbuild is the brainchild of Film & Media Production Director, Steven Lloyd-Barlow. After a career in managing film and TV shoots on a large scale, Steven recognised the cost and budget constraints that small businesses face in video production. The cost and expertise required to develop media in-house, or the cost involved to outsource the work simply outpriced most small to medium sized enterprises. As video content is the number one performer in global marketing, SME’s were suffering hugely in being locked out of this game. Steven sought VC funding through now parent-company Car Cloud Ventures, and partnered successfully with some of the worlds largest stock video providers (Getty, iStock & Storyblocks). With 5 years of development work completed within six months, and beta launch in early 2018, vidbuild was born.
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About : Online Video Maker – Make Your Own Professional Videos in Minutes
Crystal Richard
Director of Public Relations of Onboardly
As Director of Public Relations at Onboardly, Crystal always has a great story to tell. She has helped her clients appear in publications such as Forbes, Entrepreneur, The Atlantic, Fast Company, The Huffington Post, TechCrunch, and Wired (to name a few). Prior to Onboardly, Crystal worked in experiential marketing delivering word-of-mouth campaigns across Canada (and a short-term stint in Las Vegas as a promoter), before moving back to the East Coast to take on a (boring) day job while simultaneously managing a hectic freelance #StartupPR schedule on the side. In 2012, she quit both for a full-time position with Onboardly. Rarely caught without her iPhone in one hand and a Starbucks latte in the other – Crystal is a pop-culture junkie and the go to source for any perfect animated gif, anytime.
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About Onboardly: Onboardly offers public relations and content marketing services to startups.
Jason Lark
Founder & Managing Director of Celerity
Jason Lark is the Founder and Managing Director of Celerity.
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About Celerity: Celerity is a data-driven marketing agency specializing in helping brands to maximize value from marketing technology and customer data.
Jason Lark
Founder & Managing Director of Celerity
Jason Lark is the Founder and Managing Director of Celerity.
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About Celerity: Celerity is a data-driven marketing agency specializing in helping brands to maximize value from marketing technology and customer data.
Russel Goldsmith
Director of TRACE Creative Agency Ltd
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About TRACE Creative Agency Ltd: Creative Agency based in Margate, basically we do web design, print, marketing and photography.
Dan Thornton
Founder/Managing Director of TheWayoftheWeb
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About Hot Mod Media, TheWayoftheWeb: Content and Marketing Agency, Resources and Tools
