About

Emma Lever

Emma is a creative communications professional, with a decades’ worth of experience in PR, marketing, copywriting and events, honed both in-house and agency side in London and Scotland.

Emma has worked in PR and marketing roles at organisations including M&C Saatchi to RSSB (Rail Safety & Standards Board) and TBR Global Chauffeuring, and has managed communications agency side for a diverse portfolio of B2B clients and consumer-facing brands.

Emma is passionate about the world of communications and thrives on working closely with clients to bring their stories to life, to engage audiences in fresh and creatively captivating ways.

Amelia Spanton

After interning for Hey Me whilst studying History and Politics at the University of York, Amelia officially joined the team as a Social Media & Communications Executive in June 2021. She has previous experience volunteering in social media marketing roles and working in customer service.

In this role, she maintains social media schedules, generates content for Hey Me and clients, monitors and tracks client social media engagement, creates monthly reports and supports the agency’s team on all other aspects of the day-to-day, from copywriting to PR.

Gemma Colley

Gemma has worked in the communications industry for almost 20 years, specialising in public relations for both the rail sector and various household FMCG clients, both in house and agency side in Manchester.

Working most recently with large rail clients in York such as Northern and Grand Central, Gemma has a wealth of experience within the communications side of the industry. Previous clients include the airline bmi, Boddingtons, Wickes, Rotary Watches and Aga Rayburn to name a few.

Gemma has a keen eye for detail and enjoys working closely with clients, feeling like part of the team.

Jen Derrick

Jen is a seasoned copywriter who brings valuable content marketing skills to the team.

Her background in SEO content creation means she knows how to produce content that gets your website found by Google. She has over 10 years’ experience writing content for a variety of industry sectors both in-house and agency side. Jen is extremely passionate about translating complex information into compelling copy that speaks to the consumer in a way they understand.

Katie Browne

With over 15 years’ experience in education, training and development, as well as the employability skills sector, she has a strong track record of delivering revenue growth, as well as the ability to develop market opportunities overseas.

Katie has effective communication, planning, sales, marketing, negotiation, facilitation and business networking skills. She has worked with a broad range of companies (in the education, public, private and NFP sectors) and their directors/senior management team to engage employers and employees with the skills agenda and to communicate, and demonstrate, the benefits a better understanding and application of transferable and language skills can have to both the individual and the team that they work within.

Over the past 10 years Katie has successfully led on overseas student recruitment for English Language and Academic full-time programmes in the UK (meeting and exceeding targets), with a particular focus on Greater China, Japan and South Korea. In the last 5 years, her roles have had an increased emphasis on global business development and the relationship management of key stakeholders, as well as operational business management and support.

Whether in an operational role within a team or with a client, she is passionate about supporting people to achieve their goals, deliver a product or service, and develop their skills.

Izabela Sobczyk

Izabela is a graphic designer with experience in web design, print and offline/online advertisement. She started her journey at University in 2012, moving to UK in 2015 to further develop her design skills.

She is a strategic thinker, capable of solving design challenges by analysing, reflecting and enhancing ideas.

Dr Stephanie Fitzgerald

Dr Stephanie Fitzgerald is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, keynote speaker and published author. Stephanie has partnered with Hey Me to bring valuable health & wellbeing expertise to our toolkits.

She has worked as a Health and Wellbeing Consultant to many companies across multiple industries and believes health issues are safety issues and will often talk of health as safety not health and safety. Stephanie specialises in delivering practical, evidence-based interventions, focusing on sustainable improvement.

Stephanie is passionate about ensuring people are happy, healthy, safe and engaged in the workplace, and believes everyone can and should enjoy work.

Marie Davies

Marie is an experienced Human Resources Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the human resources industry. She is a director of Doodle HR who specialise in practical HR advice covering all aspects of managing people. Marie has partnered with Hey Me to help give our toolkits a HR and people focus.
Marie applies a calm and common-sense approach when working with management to find solutions to their HR-related issues. The aim of the support and guidance she provides is to empower and support management for their future business needs, helping them to manage, develop, and empower their own people.