OUR TEAM
We’re an award-winning Bristol PR agency. A collaborative business partner. Results driven. And, as you’d expect, AMBITIOUS. We’re also a curious bunch, always working to find new and innovative ways of communicating.
Our approach is built on the understanding that your business is our business. We call that ‘skin in the game’. Every client works with a member of our senior team This means a highly motivated leader will manage your team, with hands-on senior counsel as standard.
We’re proud to boast a team made up of quality talent, united by a shared purpose to do great work; including former national journalists, certified LinkedIn trainers, award winning bloggers, digital pros from the likes of Which?, a Fellow of the CIPR and PR professionals who earned their stripes at leading international PR agencies.
AMBITIOUS is 25-strong, owned and managed by two hands-on Directors – Lis Anderson and Sarah Woodhouse – who are passionate about what they do and the team they do it with.
Lis Anderson FCIPR
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations with an agency career spanning over 25 years, Lis is founder and Director of AMBITIOUS. She leads team development alongside working with clients to provide senior counsel.
Sarah Woodhouse
A seasoned consultant with over 20 years PR experience, Sarah is co-owner and Director. Her focus is on strategic direction, senior client counsel and business development; driving the creation of new products and working with clients to develop PR strategies and programmes.
Helen Embleton
Helen has been working the world of comms for 20 years. With time spent agency side and working in senior corporate in-house roles, client service is her thing. Helen looks after the client service team, ensuring we deliver a top notch service across the board.
Dani Andres
Dani has been part of the Bristol PR and marketing scene for over 15 years. With a specialism in devising integrated campaigns for consumer, not-for-profit and culture clients she brings a wealth of knowledge, creative nous and an enviable little black book. She is the go-to if you ever need to know what’s going on in this fine city we call home.
Greg Halse
With over 13 years’ PR agency experience working with a broad range of clients, from fledgling start-ups to multinationals across sectors including technology, entertainment and professional services, Greg is passionate about achieving the best possible results.
Izzy Bryant
Responsible for visual client content across the agency, from editing images to video creation, Izzy is passionate about creating engaging content for digital channels. She’s also a mentor as part of our agency’s internship programme.
Liam Britnell
Liam is an established senior PR consultant and has built up extensive knowledge working on award-winning integrated campaigns for household brands such as Booking.com, American Express and Qantas, as well as tech start-ups and fintech organisations.
Claire Snook
With more than 20 years’ experience under her belt in the media and PR, Claire brings together digital insights and traditional PR skills. She has worked with top global brands to local start-ups, and everything in between, for agencies and in-house.
Ernestine Allen
Following a decade of freelance PR working across sectors such as property, law and hospitality, Ernestine is using her experience across a range of clients. Her specialisms include media relations, stakeholder communications and social media management.
Zoe Bagnall
Zoe has over 4 years experience in B2B and B2C PR both in agencies and in-house. A seasoned professional in communications and campaign strategy, branding development and content planning, she also has strong media relationships across trade, national and local press.
Will Reid
Will works across a range of clients supporting with research, media relations and content creation. He is skilled in media research and journalist relations and has good knowledge of a range of media verticals.
Joe Wright
Joe honed his skills in two of London’s premier strategic communications firms, working on international corporate mandates. Now he leads our digital communications offer; leveraging data-driven insights, online reputation management techniques and creative content campaigns.
Katy Barney
Katy is an ESG comms specialist, who has worked in the communications team of an agency of the European Union and at a strategic PR firm in London. Katy takes this knowledge and applies it across all of our sectors, helping clients navigate their ESG & sustainability comms.
Simon Boddy
Simon is an experienced PR professional, with nearly a decade of agency experience working across a wide range of B2C and B2B clients, ranging from events and festivals to leisure and hospitality, local authority, and leading outdoor brands.
Chloe Tonkin
Chloe has joined AMBITIOUS as a Senior PR Consultant and copywriter with over ten years working agency-side across B2C and B2B-focused sectors, in both the UK and New Zealand. Her experience spans technology, FMCG, travel, and more. Her primary area of expertise is in traditional earned PR and media relations, for which she’s received industry recognition.
Lisa Boustead
Lisa’s expertise is in account direction and team management. In her 20-plus years in PR and communications, she has delivered award-winning B2B and corporate campaigns, both agency and freelance side, in London and Bristol.
Rob Stewart
Rob is a media relations specialist, with extensive experience thanks to a ten-year spell as a national and regional journalist. In addition to his focus on delivering quality national press coverage, Rob also leads our media training offer for clients.
Eleanor Robinson
Bringing experience in charity communications and a flair for the written word, Eleanor is responsible for assisting our ESG and Sustainability projects: both internal and external. Eleanor supports a range of clients, providing press office support, research and content creation.
May Mower
A certified digital marketing professional, May uses her creative content background to support AMBITIOUS’ digital communications. With experience in social media, marketing and copywriting across a wealth of live client briefs, May is utilising these skills within the agency’s own activity.
Sandra Hodgson
As the Finance Director, Sandra helps steer AMBITIOUS PR’s financial strategy. Her ability to optimise finance processes, strategic planning and her data-driven approach enables the team to make informed decisions that drive growth and profitability.
Joanne Wilson
Looking after the smooth running of agency operations including IT to HR, Joanne has many years’ experience as a PA, executive assistant and team manager. She ensures everything runs smoothly day to day.
Nat Ackbar
With a background of five years in journalism and 14 in PR, Nat is a strong copywriter and B2B media relations pro. She is particularly experienced in the property and education sectors and also has a solid grounding in stakeholder communications.
Louise Rolfe
Louise has planned, implemented, and managed communications strategies across b2b and b2c. Working cross sector from tech and telecoms to finance and education, her tenacious approach delivers exceptional results.
Tom Selway
Tom is our stakeholder engagement specialist, with an excellent reputation for delivering consultation programmes, building relationships with local communities and providing strategic advice for large-scale or contentious planning applications.
