Sarah Catterick
…Body in London, Mind in PR, Soul in Yorkshire
Sarah joined Flagship in May 2011 having been working in PR for three years. Her background is in the professional services sector, particularly undertaking communications campaigns on behalf of lawyers. She has managed PR programmes for national and regional law firms and barristers’ chambers.
Sarah enjoys nothing better than a night at the theatre, whether it is Shakespeare at the Globe, a musical in the west end or the latest offering at the Donmar. Sarah also enjoys jetting off around the world for holidays, most recently going to Japan, Bali and NYC and currently planning a trip to South America.
Sarah works on clients such as QVC, ADP, OPP and CashCase.
- Education: B.A. (Hons) Business and Marketing – Newcastle Business School
- Hobbies: Theatre, travel, socialising, netball, photography
- Favourite book: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis de Bernières
- Favourite film: Father of the Bride, Pride & Prejudice
- Favourite TV: The Good Wife, Mad Men and Glee
- Proudest moment: Volunteering and helping to increase the circulation of the talking newspapers for the blind throughout Yorkshire, a valued and essential service which is run by an incredibly dedicated group of volunteers (and more recently winning the Stylist travel photo competition!)
- Biggest Media Coup: Biggest coups include clients on Sky News talking about pre-nuptial agreements, articles in City AM on working in the Middle East and coverage in the national and regional papers offering employment advice throughout the snow and volcanic ash incidents.
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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