Wildwood Team

All our team will be blogging – find out more about them here!

Tanya Houston: Managing Director

Tanya is the founder and driving force behind Wildwood.  Beginning first with The Rowland Company, she progressed through various senior agency and account director roles to realize that Wildwood could offer clients significant advantages, beyond the scope of ordinary PR agencies in the B2B sector.  She continues to work closely with all agency clients to ensure that campaigns exceed client expectations

Jeff Hayward: Commercial Director

With 20 years’ agency and event management experience, Jeff joined Wildwood in 1996.  He has unrivalled knowledge of the building services and industrial equipment market sectors, having worked on a diverse range of clients and marketing projects during this time. From PR and advertising campaigns with a real cutting-edge to creative brochure designs, direct mail and loyalty programs, Jeff has the track record to deliver campaigns that are proven to succeed.

John Houston: Account Director

As a former trade press Editor, John has first-hand knowledge of the ‘nuts and bolts’ needed to create a credible, professionally run press relations campaign.   He knows what makes a good story and how to create one. Then keep things bright, fresh and punchy for each subsequent press release in the campaign.  With John’s invaluable media experience, a client’s press relations are always in expert hands.

Shereen Russell: Account Manager

Shereen has been with Wildwood for almost four years and plays a key role across ten clients.  Joining the team as an Account Executive, Shereen has worked her way up in the company and is now a valued Account Manager. Maintaining a determined and professional attitude, she has built up fantastic relationships with her clients and enjoys delivering great results, which have been achieved through the rapport she has built with journalists. She has also taken on the role of managing and mentoring the Account Executives at Wildwood, introducing them to the world of PR and ensuring they are able to grow within the company.

Alexandra Azrak: Account Manager

A goal-oriented, self-motivated PR professional with a personable team player approach. Alexandra (also known as Ally) has over three years experience in the industry and thrives in challenging environment with proven expertise in project execution and relationship development. Extremely capable, Ally juggles a considerable workload fronting seven clients.

 

Ruth Chrisp: Senior Account Executive Ruth is an experienced Account Executive, with expertise in the B2B fields.  She has a great writing style, and is a quietly efficient member of the team.  Dedicated and hard-working, Ruth works closely with Jeff on a number of HVAC related clients and with Tanya and John on pan-European activities.

Ash Balachandran: Account Executive

Ash has proved to be an enthusiastic member of the Wildwood team.  A graduate from Falmouth University with a degree in Journalism, he is proving adept at switching from handling a deluge of advertising calls to penning in-depth analyses on a wide variety of subjects from highways maintenance during harsh winters to the most sumptuous chaise lounges to grace the ultimate contemporary and heritage homes.  With impressive writing skills and an enthusiasm, Ashley is proving to be a natural.

Lauren Rees: Junior Account Executive

A sign of commitment (or madness?) Lauren is currently training for the Lifestyle Renault Tunbridge Wells Half Marathon – and is part of a team of 5 from Wildwood taking part in this client-sponsored event.  Its an example of Lauren’s fabulous attitude to life at Wildwood, fully committed and with a lovely writing style, Lauren works closely with Shereen and John on a number of B2B clients, as well as working with Jeff and Ally on the multi-faceted PR & Marketing Campaign for the BIID British Institute of Interior Designers.

Leah Eser: Intern

Single-handedly proving the value of internships in PR,

Leah is with Wildwood for a year’s industrial placement as part of her degree course at Leeds Metropolitan University.  Stunning in her drive for success, Leah has enormous creativity and an unbridled appetite for PR.  We are delighted to have Leah with us for a year and we are working hard to make sure we keep up with her insatiable appetite to learn all there is about the Wildwood way of doing things!

Valerie Peach: PA / Finance Assistant

Valerie works three days a week at Wildwood PR, supporting Tanya in all financial matters.  She takes the mountain of calls from accounts departments and deals with the very important task of collecting money in from our clients.

Becky Taylor: Junior Account Executive

With a passion for words as well as pictures, Becky is forging a career in PR at Wildwood.

Her ability to write press releases and to take great photographs on her own fab camera is proving a great asset to the company.  Becky keeps busy by juggling press release drafting, liaising with editors and journalists as well as playing a very active role on the various social media activities for clients.