Laetitia Redbond
…slinging ink and tennis balls
Laetitia joined Flagship in September 2010 as a new graduate with work experience from two highly regarded consumer PR agencies, Halpern and Borkowski. She attended St Paul’s Girls’ School, London, before studying at the University of Exeter. With a sustained interest in – and talent for – journalism, her copywriting for the University’s paper Exposé was nominated for a Guardian Student Media Award.
Laetitia works on clients such as QVC, Nexans and Merlin Entertainments.
- Education: B.A. (Hons) English (University of Exeter)
- Hobbies: Socialising, sport (particularly tennis) and cooking
- Favourite book: Vanity Fair by William Thackeray
- Favourite film: Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’
- Favourite TV: Spooks, The Apprentice, Come Dine With Me
- Proudest moment: Taking on Ille Nastase and Henri Leconte in the Marsh Classic tennis tournament when she was only meant to be the ball-girl…
- Biggest Media Coup: gaining third party competition endorsement for a client within her second week at Flagship
Pressure Chamber
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Guest post: The Last Laugh: Women and Work
I work for a company (Flagship’s US partner, Peppercom) that is known as much for its hard work as it is for its hard play. From Kangoo lessons at work to relentless e-mail banter to jovial pranks (not sure if co-founder Ed Moed, who was photo shopped onto David Beckham’s underwear ad, would call his
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Should we be forced to hire British?
Imagine! You are at the race course, the pressure is on, the horses are in the ring and the ground is in top form. Now it is up to you. Based on all the information you have – performance, track record, appearance, training and attitude – you have to choose which one you think will
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Snap to it with Instagram
Suddenly, everyone’s a photographer. Retro inspired shots of door handles and street scenes litter my twitter, and Facebook’s just a mélange of sepia snaps. Instagram fever is sweeping the nation, as users take and share photos with their smart phone, using filters to add vintage effects. Originally exclusive to iPhone users, the Android app launched
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#craphashtags
Only three years ago the hash sign suffered a meagre existence. Its purpose unknown to the upcoming generations, hash’s humble façade was seen only as part of an emoticon or on a sheet of music. And then came Twitter. Twitter did for the hash sign what Charlie Sheen did for addiction. Hash (in the tag,
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Conversation – a dying art?
Recently I have been prompted to reflect on the meaning of ‘conversation’ in this digital world, when everyone seems glued to their smart phones and tablets. An example is a recent ‘conversation’ (yes, we did converse face-to-face) with my daughter where I asked if she had spoken to a friend; she responded saying yes, they
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