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	Jill Franklin	email me
	Overseeing all areas of Franklin Rae’s activities, Jill develops strategy and provides direction across the business. Her work focuses on profile raising and positioning, and she manages Franklin Rae’s growing client list of corporate clients. Jill has 15 years’ experience as a communications specialist. After a range of in-house positions – first at Railtrack and then in arts and broadcasting – she went on to handle a wide range of high-profile accounts and projects including developing the communications strategy for the relaunch of BBC Radio 4 and leading the launch of the BBC’s first digital radio station 6 Music. She currently manages the press campaigns for a number of leading organisations.

	Sean Harris	email me
	Sean has over nine years experience in PR, working with a range of blue chip companies in the broadcast, entertainment and technology industries. His exceptional campaign handling skills have seen him handle a wide range of high-profile clients and projects, including campaigns for Columbia Tri Star and Universal, programme publicity for Flextech TV, corporate and B2B work for Manchester United TV and successfully launching the Hallmark Channel in the UK. Sean also has considerable experience in the technology sector with a variety of consumer and trade-orientated campaigns for Orange plc, Cable & Wireless and Microsoft.

	Belinda Thomas	email me
	Belinda has over nine years experience working on a range of corporate, trade and consumer communications campaigns. Her experience includes working with start up and established companies in interactive television, new media, broadcast technology, post production, distribution, cross-platform content creation and kids’ properties. By creating campaigns to complement business strategies she has developed company profiles across target media and amongst key opinion influencers. Belinda’s clients have included Somethin’ Else, Magic Lantern Productions, Off the Fence, The NewsMarket, UNIT, Underground Ernie and more.

	Alexandra Heybourne	email me
	With over seven years experience working in the film, television and radio sectors, Alexandra understands how the media industry operates, what clients expect and how to deliver outstanding coverage. Starting her PR career by launching Screen West Midlands internationally, she moved to Chrysalis Radio to manage the PR for Galaxy Radio Midlands, Heart FM and LBC Radio. Her agency experience includes campaigns for Global Radio, The National Television Awards, The National Movie Awards and personal publicity for Chris Tarrant and Paul Martin.

	Teresa Hunt	email me
	Teresa has over five years experience in the entertainment sector, delivering high profile campaigns for clients including Universal Pictures and Disney Channel, corporate work for GCap Media and Jetix Europe and event publicity for the Sony Eriksson Empire Film Awards and BAFTA Kids Awards. With a track record of delivering great coverage for her clients, her enthusiasm has allowed her to forge strong contacts across all sectors of the media.

	Caroline Higgins	email me
	Caroline's expertise spans technology and content delivery, established production and the wider broadcasting industry. A graduate from the University of Bath with a BSc (Hons) in International Management and Modern Languages, her PR background is in-house for a leading french defence company, working on many high-profile and sensitive government procurement projects. Caroline speaks fluent French, is passionate about the media industry, and brings great energy to her work.

	Richard Ware	email me
	Richard's experience gives him a broad knowledge of the PR industry. At the BBC, he worked across several flagship shows and, whilst working at a top fashion PR agency, was involved in a major campaign at London Fashion Week. At Franklin Rae, Richard has brought enthusiasm and drive to a wide range of projects – from gaming, cross-platform and TV production to a wide range of very successful consumer campaigns.

	Kathryn Meadmore	email me
	With experience in the broadcast, corporate and consumer sectors, Kathryn is passionate about both traditional and new media. At UKTV, she assisted in network launches, high-profile talent programming and promotional activities across a broad portfolio of entertainment, lifestyle and factual programming. Her work in Australia for the Foster’s Group saw her organising promotional activities and major corporate events, whilst at Franklin Rae she brings creativity to a wide range of trade and consumer campaigns.

	Cassie Chandler	email me
	After graduating with a literary degree from Manchester University, Cassie started her PR career in New York where she worked as a Research Associate for an executive search firm specialising in PR/Corporate Communications and Governmental Relations. On returning to the UK she continued her PR interest working at a creative agency in B2B PR before joining Franklin Rae Communications, where she works on programme publicity and corporate PR.