The Team
Mark Smith - Media Director
Mark is a qualified lawyer who was born and grew up in Tasmania before leaving for London. Trained in PR, he has worked as a make-up artist, is a published author and freelance journalist for Spa Secrets and On Makeup and even spent 5 years lecturing in PR along the way. Renowned for being one of the top beauty, health and lifestyle PRs in London, Mark has a phenomenal relationship with both the consumer and trade press alike.
Ali Milner – PR Director
Ali trained as a magazine editor, working predominantly in the B2B sector of the beauty, health and spa industries. She launched Nails Plus, Warpaint and Spa Ireland magazines as well as becoming Managing Editor for the Professional Beauty Group, not once but twice over her 16 year career. Throughout most of this time however, she has built MRA up to be one of the leading specialist agencies in London, as being a journalist herself helps in building PR relations with others.
Emma Rutherford – PR Director
With a degree in English and a background in teaching, Emma’s organisational skills are exceptional. She began her PR experience working in the professional beauty sector with German nailcare specialist, Allesandro, before founding MRA. Emma has created campaigns for Creative Nails, Fantasy Tan, IMAN and consumer vitamin giant HealthAid to name but a few.
Stefania Shaw – Account Manager
During her time at university, Stefania worked as part of the editorial team for the Professional Beauty Group which gave her an insight into the world of beauty. After graduating in Marketing Management and keen to continue working in the industry, Stenfania began at MRA PR as a PR Executive. Now our SAE, she directs her considerable talents to looking after a broad range of accounts including make-up, skincare and hair products.
Bridget Roulston – Senior Account Exective and Office Manager
Bridget hails from South Africa where she qualified and worked mainly in the retail sector as a HR administrator before moving into the world of health and beauty retraining as a beauty therapist in top-end hotel spas. Upon relocating to London she joined the team as Administrator, but before too long her love of beauty allowed her to employ her skills to the business of PR too.
Scott Wright – Account Executive
Scott hails from a 13 year sales management career where he worked for some of the largest UK blue-chip organizations. His degree in Business and International Relations set him in good stead for the wide ranging demands of both sales and more recently Public Relations. This career change has meant he brings a completely different approach to the art of PR
Jo Maitland-Robinson – Junior Account Executive
Jo joined MRA straight from Leeds University where she gained at 2:1 in History of Art. With a passion for fashion and beauty and an extremely creative person, Jo is full of initiative and flair for the job at hand, so Public Relations seemed to be the perfect career choice. Her role within the agency is to support the senior team across a wide selection of clients and sectors.
