Who Are We?
Welcome to Connected PR, an independent agency with creative flair, honest values and big personality.
Innovative and multi-disciplined, we design brand communication that engage with customers and achieve results. We specialize in smart execution, employing only the best resources for our clients and skillfully combining PR, event management, brand promotion, sponsorship and media relations to create a memorable and impactful campaign. We execute on a truly global scale and manage a number of pan-European clients, who range from large to small and are dotted around the world.
With ground presence in the UK, France and US, we run an international operation for those who, like us, are not limited by borders and expect only the best.
Meet our team:
Paris Welton, UK/EMEA
- Founding Partner of Connected PR
- Over 12 years PR experience, from UK campaigns to mother global operations spanning consumer to BtoB and everything in between
- Keeps an open mind and likes to push the boundaries, “Out of the Box” thinking – I have not seen the box in years, maybe someone can send me one?
- Likes to guess the country a person is from, only by looking at their shoes
- Enjoys the sound of horses eating
- Finds happiness in discovering new friends
- Loves dancing to Old Skool in the dark
- Can’t sit in the middle on an airplane
- Routinely smiles at people when they least expect it (anyone on the Tube, traffic wardens, people looking super stressed or sad)
Email: paris(at)connectedpr.eu
Phone: +44 7920 474 383
Skype: pariswelton
Jodie Welton, United Kingdom
- Founding Partner of Connected PR
- Over 10 years industry experience, including UK outreach and EMEA & Global management
- Is convinced that her dog Ruby is half super dog and half human
- Becomes uncharacteristically competitive on the Scrabble board
- Cant seem to get enough of travelling which is weird because boats, cars, trains and planes all make her go green
- Thinks the power of food is totally misunderstood
- Consistently has ‘schedule in some time’ on her ‘to do’ list and is regularly amused by the irony of this
- Believes the power of the mind and spirituality is underestimated
Email: jodie@connectedpr.eu
Phone: +44 7887 780 464
Skype: jodiewelton
Cindy Young, United States
- Over 6 years PR and marketing experience, specializing in US media relations for global accounts, with clients varying in size (from startups to Fortune 100 companies) and industry (from consumer lifestyle to enterprise software)
- Owns more pairs of shoes than she would ever truly admit
- Has a serious addiction to diet coke and is considering forming a support group, if she ever decides to give it up that is
- Loves to travel, anytime to anywhere, but still manages to somehow always overpack
- Struggles with being a total perfectionist, although it definitely has its advantages, especially in PR
- Ultimately dreams of finding a way to marry her two major passions in life: good food and great fashion (although not edible clothing if thats what you were thinking!)
Email: cindy@connectedpr.eu
Phone: +1 512 243 8198
Skype: cindyyoung11
Elisa Eschylle, France
- Considers herself a modern woman and is addicted to fashion
- A bit of a geek when it comes to consumer and lifestyle high-tech products
- Is a total movie addict and regularly frequents the cinema
- Adores traveling across the world and thinks meeting new people is the best
- Loves to organize professional and personal events, like any proper lady in the communications field
- Has an eye for spotting good bargains, which is why her friends called her ‘Miss Good Bargains’
- Gets excited when the new issues of her favorite female magazines are released, a bit like a teenager
- Cant stop smiling, because she enjoys every second of her life
- Takes staying on top of trends very seriously
Email: elisa@connectedpr.eu
Phone: +33 6 15 02 62 80
Skype: elisa.eschylle
Laura Nuttall, UK/France
- Over 7 years global PR and marketing communications experience, including in-house roles at audio experts Dolby Laboratories and software company Corel
- Has a passion for languages and speaks English, German and Spanish fluently and is on a mission to become fluent in French before New Year 2010!
- Loves swimming and goes crazy without a trip to the pool at least twice a week
- Is so organized that even her lists are organized into lists!
- Believes the 3 most important English products she cannot live without are: PG Tips, Cadburys and Marmite ,and the 3 most important French ones: YSL Touche Eclat, pain au chocolat and champagne (of course!)
Email: laura@connectedpr.eu
Phone: +33 (0)6 80 84 95 43
Skype: lauranuttall
Georgina Firth, United Kingdom
- More than ten years in tech and business PR, spanning across Europe and beyond
- Was using ‘Online PR’ tactics about six years before it became fashionable (cool or sad…you decide)
- Worships gadgets and only works in tech to get hold of the next best new thing before anyone else
- Can talk about anything from semiconductors to the latest mobile phone app, and practically everything in between
- Is old enough now to not be embarrassed by her love of classical music (nothing post 1940 please)
- Needs at least two Dalmatians in her life
- Loves the smell of rain
Email: georgina(at)connectedpr.eu
Mick Thorburn, United Kingdom
- Over 24 years working within the PR & publishing industries
- Former Publishing Director at Dennis Publishing (Computer Shopper & Computer Buyer) & ex MD at Mesh Computers PLC.
- Extensive top-level & journalist contact network within publishing houses
- Appears to possess a strange magnetic force which attracts brown stray dogs
- Once sang with his band at the London Palladium, as he likes to remind everybody
- Is a secret twitcher, and is particularly fond of hoopoes as they make a noise like a lorry in reverse
- Will find and/or make any excuse to mix a large celebratory cocktail
Email: mick(at)connectedpr.eu
John Welton, United Kingdom
- Most senior member of the team (in age), most junior (in mentality)
- Manages the exciting side of the business… Clerical, Accounts and Record Keeping
- Finds great pleasure in working with spreadsheets
- Enjoys good food and wine
- Also thinks Jodie’s dog is part human and is planning to introduce her to good food and wine
- Has a passion for two sports only: Motor Racing and Lawn Bowling
- Enjoys colour coordinating his outfits and likes to dress to impress!
Email: john(at)connectedpr.eu
Destine Frape, United Kingdom
- Office management super star for Connected PR
- Experienced in all aspects of business administration
- Helps keep Paris and Jodie organized
- Has a 2.5 yr old daughter who is far too much like her mother!
- Is always on a diet, even though she’s not sure they really work
- Feels like a true nomad at heart and can’t wait to try out the new caravan
Email: destine(at)connectedpr.eu