James Cheverton

James is a highly creative designer with more than 20 years experience in identity and branding, print, digital, infographic design and art direction. He has worked with a large number of multinational companies such as Barclays, Coca Cola, Lilly and IBM and small start ups alike to deliver engaging, impactful design from concept to completion. With a core belief that simplicity is a powerful design tool James works closely with clients and brands to understand their objectives in order to deliver bold creative that reflects their personality and enhances their brand.

Amy Carmann

Amy is a graphic designer with over eight years’ experience in the creative industry, and a drive to collaborate with environmentally and socially conscious organisations.

She has worked with change-makers locally and internationally on projects such as brand identity design, social media content, digital publications and reports, and event materials for fundraisers.

Brand identity and logo design has always been Amy’s main passion, as it allows companies and organisations to communicate their unique stories with their audiences in a visual way.

Ellie Weehuizen

Ellie has extensive experience with organisations in the private and public sector, often running or as part of a small in-house team, delivering communications campaigns on tight budgets. From briefing designers, to running events, advising on content and managing brand reputation, Ellie applies meticulous project management skills to bring her creative ideas to life seamlessly.

She is adept at briefing spokespeople on key messages, experienced working with broadcast media and has a cool head when dealing with crisis communications. She has a particular passion for food businesses, social enterprises and sustainable, ethical organisations with a beating heart and strong purpose.

Jenny Rose

Jenny has been devising and delivering effective creative PR campaigns for people, brands, products and NGOs for over 20 years. With a specialism in storytelling and a nose for a good story, Jenny helps establish clients as thought leaders in their field with game-changing PR and media relations.

Jenny led our work for the Aids Healthcare Foundation calling on the UK and European governments to share vaccines with low income countries and lift patents on vaccines. She has helped to significantly increase profile, revenue and funding for clients such as charities mothers2mothers and Women for Women International. She was also part of the global maternal health advocacy team The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood which helped secure pledges of over $70 Billon for Maternal Health by world leaders.

Jenny also works with legendary film director Julien Temple and his production team at Nitrate on press for film projects when she can.

Luke Peraux

Luke is a multi discipline freelance graphic designer from London. Since graduating with a First Class BA and MA in Graphic Arts and Design, he’s racked up twelve years of in-house and agency experience tackling anything from bespoke start up identities, to world renowned brands.

Working across print, web and social media, Luke loves the conceptual side of the designer’s job, and has worked with some of the biggest UK charities on some incredible campaigns and fundraising events. 

Luke enjoys collaborating with other designers, developers, copywriters and print specialists, so the chances are if you have a creative problem, he can solve it.  

Katie Raby

Katie’s expertise spans traditional, online and broadcast media across a variety of sectors including travel & tourism, homes & gardens, charity, finance and consumer lifestyle. She is used to delivering large-scale award-winning consumer campaigns and managing busy press offices for clients including blue chip brands.

At Barley Katie applies her superb relationships with journalist to deliver fantastic media coverage for charities including Hubbub and Borough Market. She is adept at developing research questions to create fact-driven stories and bringing client messaging to life through photography and video.

When she is not at work Katie enjoys an active, outdoors lifestyle including running, hiking, skiing and water sports.

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Gwilym Morris

Gwilym has a 20-year track record of delivering transformation programmes in the public, private and third sectors. He can leverage this considerable practical experience to develop truly effective stakeholder management strategies. Gwilym has expertise in ensuring complex engagement strategies are both effective and meet legislative and public policy requirements.

Gwilym is based in Wales and has supported a wide range of Welsh organisations including Sports Wales, the Older People Commissioner for Wales, Carers Wales and Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust. He has also worked with more than 30 councils and 20 NHS organisations in both England and Wales as well as advising multinational companies such as NTT DATA, DXC and TCS.

Gwilym has held a number of non-executive roles as well as advising the board of several ESRC funded Research Centres based at UCL.

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James McCollum

James brings to Barley an unshakeable commitment to devising and delivering the highest quality integrated communications strategies across campaigns, stakeholder engagement and public consultation. His swift assimilation of complex issues has seen him deliver standout campaigns for clients in healthcare, sustainability, infrastructure and public sector.

James is a firm believer in staying connected with ‘the coal face’ to provide the best advice and deliver the most effective campaigns for his clients. His natural curiosity helps him keep pace with rapid changes in how people access and consume content across digital and social channels.

James Ford

James established Barley Communications with Sam Williams in 2016 after working in charities, the public sector and for large agencies.

He has over 20 years’ experience in public policy, communications and public engagement. James has led major communication and consultation programmes for government, the rail industry and the NHS. James advises client teams, Board members and other senior leaders, and involves Barley’s team of experts to provide clients with the skill sets and services required.

James’s work includes UK and international programmes for charities and not for profit organisations, professional associations, public bodies and commercial enterprises.

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Phoebe Campbell

Phoebe specialises in consumer and third sector communications. She brings to Barley a wealth of experience from supporting big brands to working in-house at a national charity. Phoebe’s experience has seen her raise the profile of national cancer charity Maggie’s, London’s Borough Market and environmental charity Hubbub.

Phoebe is passionate about giving a voice to PR campaigns that benefit people and help to change public attitude for the better. She is expert at creating relatable stories for media, drafting copy for editorial, blogs and social media as well as producing videos for social media and online.

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Nicola Ennis

Nicola has over 14 years’ in-house and agency experience spanning big brands, smaller businesses and start-ups.  Nicola’s expertise bridges consumer and corporate and she is adept at both devising campaigns to generate consumer buzz and advising on corporate strategy.  She is a firm believer in delivering results that have a real impact on a business or organisation’s objectives – coverage that not only gets people talking but acting – whether that’s signing up to a service, purchasing a product or engaging with a community.

At Barley has worked on the World Obesity Federation’s campaign to end weight stigma and helped to publicise environmental charity Hubbub’s food waste and recycling awareness programmes. Nicola is currently overseeing the revamp of NAAFI’s website in line with a new strategic direction for the organisation.

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David Black

David has over three decades of experience conducting research, analysis and consultancy for a wide range of organisations. He has a knack for being able to grasp complex issues and then explain them in such a way that they can easily be understood.

In his time as an insight analyst he became one of the ‘go-to’ sources in his area of expertise for journalists which led to him quickly straddling the line between being an analyst and a PR. This schooled him in having a real grasp of issues, challenges and implications on the one hand, and what the media wants – as well as how to generate and craft the ideas and angles that will appeal to them – on the other.