Sarah Milward
…There is nothing she can’t fix
With an ability to get straight to heart of the matter and see through the chaos, Sarah is Flagship’s ‘Chief Engineer’. She has a wealth of experience in corporate PR, marketing, offshore banking and shipping. As well as handling her own clients, she also manages all aspects of Flagship’s administration. She is the guardian of Flagship’s vision and values – our untiring and constant source of wise counsel.
Sarah’s client experience includes QVC, Electrocomponents and Sumitomo Chemical.
- Education: Language Tuition Centre
- Hobbies: Gardening, cooking, baking
- Favourite books: The Times Saturday Magazine, P G Wodehouse
- Favourite film: A tie between Some Like it Hot and High Society
- Favourite TV: Gareth Malone on anything!
- Proudest moment: Tracking graduates throughout their PR career at Flagship and beyond and seeing how successful they have become, a reflection on Flagship’s graduate training
- Favourite media coup: after months of persuading a reluctant client that she should talk to the media, and securing a Marketing Week feature, the client has now realised she can do it!
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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