Meet our specialists.

Emily Cleary

Stories move people. Everything we do starts there.

Emily is an experienced PR Director, journalist and Managing Editor at online luxury lifestyle magazine Belle About Town. With more than 20 years writing for the national media, she regularly contributes to The Sun, The Independent and The Mail. She was News Editor at Heat and contributing editor at More! and has written for dozens of consumer and specialist titles.

During her PR career Emily has directed campaigns for hospitality and leisure brands including Marylebone Leisure Group and Marmalade Pub Company (The Portobello Star, The Compton Cross, The Royal Windsor).

Paula Joof

Every brand has a unique story. We find it and tell it brilliantly.

Paula Joof is a senior publicist and Associate at Brave PR. Paula has a strong creative & strategic outlook and excellent media contacts. Paula has extensive experience working across a wide range of entertainment, consumer, travel, luxury, lifestyle and FMCG brands and has a unique skillset and insight into the PR industry.

Paula has worked at some of London's top PR agencies including Hope & Glory and Splendid and has worked on a wide range of food and drinks brands including FIJI Water, Yog Frozen yogurt, Biona, Vita Coco, Sainsbury's, IKEA, Etsy, The Royal Mint and start-up brand SimplyCook.

Paula has excellent media contacts on many of the UK's consumer and national titles and secures national coverage for her clients on a weekly basis.

Stephanie Cox

Great relationships are the foundation of great coverage.

Stephanie is one of Brave’s brilliant publicists and the driving force behind much of the hard-working media coverage we secure. With an enviable little black book spanning food, drink, beauty and lifestyle media, Stephanie is a tenacious, proactive and hugely creative publicist who turns great stories into standout coverage.

She has worked across an impressive portfolio including Sekonda, Lindt, Le Creuset, Maldon Salt, Mutti, Filippo Berio, Bake Off Box, Binary Botanical, Hilltop Honey, The Duppy Share, If You Care, Laylo, Bottled Baking Co, When in Rome, Otterbeck Distillery, Snow Globe Gin Liqueur and COOK.

Suzie Bartle

Purpose-driven storytelling changes hearts and minds.

Suzie is a PR powerhouse with decades of experience helping global household names and ambitious start-ups tell stories that matter. She has worked on iconic, award-winning campaigns including Dove’s Real Women and British Airways’ Don’t Fly campaign during the 2012 Olympics - plus Del Monte, Topshop, Jose Cuervo, Simple and Vita Coco.

Living with Crohn’s Disease herself, Suzie understands the power of storytelling to raise awareness and change lives. Her expertise lies in consumer lifestyle, health, wellness and business communications, built on authority, trust and purpose.

Katie Holmes

Impact comes from precision planning and relentless execution.

Katie brings a wealth of experience spanning automotive, corporate, charity and consumer communications - from headline-grabbing product launches to royal visits and international expeditions. She began at Citroën UK, later managing Yellow Pages and British Steel agency-side.

At youth development charity Raleigh International she led senior communications and worked closely on a landmark project involving HRH Prince William, hosted The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh in Brunei, and organised the renowned Kinabalu Challenge in Sabah. A natural organiser with exceptional attention to detail.

Gabbi Naylor

Strategy without creativity is just homework. We do both.

Gabbi is a strategic communications expert with more than 20 years of experience helping the world’s biggest brands create campaigns that cut through and get people talking. A specialist in communications strategy, creative ideation, brand positioning and integrated campaign delivery.

She has led award-winning work for Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola, BT, McDonald’s, Pernod Ricard, Boots, Britvic, Etsy, Nestlé and GSK. Combining big-picture strategic thinking with creative flair - smart, commercially minded and endlessly curious.

Alice Phillips

Strategic storytelling that nurtures connection and powers belief.

Alice Phillips is a creative and dynamic brand strategy and communications consultant with 20 years’ experience working with a range of organisations, from 30,000-person multi-national corporations to start-ups, social enterprises and non-profits. In recent years, her work has focused largely on purpose and values, helping businesses to drive cultural change, internal engagement and external positioning by leveraging the power of common narrative rooted in business and brand strategy. As a former journalist and author, Alice’s expertise lies in compelling strategic storytelling that nurtures enduring emotional connections and powers belief.

Alice’s clients span industries and continents, and cover technology, property, insurance, consumer goods, life science, construction, engineering, and professional services, as well as international development, community outreach and local government. As a result of her work, her clients have achieved stronger profiles in their markets, including status among the most recognisable brands in the world. They have also achieved greater leadership alignment; improved customer satisfaction scores; newly established positions on industry lists including Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies” and the Times “Best Companies to Work For”; and improved financial performance, better sales, and higher repeat business.

Outside of work, Alice is vice chair of governors for a federation of six inner-city primary schools. Alice is also co-host of the Work is Weird Now podcast. She lives with her husband and two daughters in southeast London.