Corrie McLeod – Managing Director

Posted by admin on Apr 14, 2011 in Our Team | Comments Off Corrie McLeod is Managing Director of Espresso Communications, a company she established in 2004 after her son was born. Initially planning to do some freelance work whilst navigating the inevitable parenting/work balance challenges – Espresso was established. The small freelance jobs got bigger, and long term clients signed up, all through word of mouth and positive referrals.  Fast...
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Laura Fireman – Account Director

Posted by admin on Apr 14, 2011 in Our Team | 34 comments With over 15 years’ London agency experience working across an incredibly broad client and media spectrum, Laura is a highly creative PR and events professional who really brings campaigns alive. She began her career heading up the entertainment-based youth offering at highly-respected music PR agency, Coalition. Within her initial eight years there, she was the Senior Account Manager for HMV...
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Amanda Conroy – Senior Account Manager

Posted by Felicity on Apr 14, 2011 in Our Team | 4 comments With more than 14 years’ experience as an editor and journalist in both consumer and business-to-business media, Amanda Conroy has worked extensively across print and online environments before making the move into PR.  During her time as editorial director for IDG’s Consumer Division, Amanda was instrumental in the brand’s evolution into one of Australia’s largest and...
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Grace Gabriel – Account Manager

Posted by admin on Mar 16, 2011 in Our Team | Comments Off As Account Manager, Grace is responsible for the day to day management of Espresso’s accounts. She has been the key consultant on a number of high quality campaigns that have been successful across Australia and New Zealand. Grace has been instrumental in raising the profile of Espresso’s clients including the recent Health Informatics Conference where she secured coverage in a wide range of...
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Felicity Threadgate – Consultant

Posted by admin on Mar 16, 2011 in Our Team | Comments Off This is Felicity’s first career stint in public relations having joined the Espresso team after graduating from the University of Newcastle.  Felicity is responsible for the tactical execution of PR campaigns and supports the team in its day-to-day client activities.  At Espresso, Felicity has played a key role in the successful launch of Commute, a distributor and retailer of electric and...
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Anthia Crosby – Account Executive

Posted by admin on Mar 16, 2011 in Our Team | 3 comments Anthia joined Espresso in December 2010 and has been heavily involved in both administrative and client work across Espresso’s business and consumer technology accounts.  At Espresso, Anthia can be found writing media releases, developing case studies, researching events, media monitoring, updating media lists and supporting the team across all its client activities.   She has two years...
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Aaron Percival – Account Executive

Posted by admin on Mar 16, 2011 in Our Team | 10 comments After a two week internship in March 2011, Aaron has joined Espresso’s burgeoning team as the newest Account Executive.  PR is a new direction for Aaron whose previous work includes founding and promoting the online advocacy group ‘Grow Up Australia’ in a bid to better represent gamers in the ongoing debate about Australia’s need for an R18+ classification for video and computer...
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