The Secret Sauce: How M&S Food Scales and Manages Exponential Social Growth 

In an era where digital relevance changes by the minute, how can you maintain the status of a premium, culturally dominant brand like M&S? Striking the balance between creative bravery and operational precision isn’t easy, and we’ll deep dive into how to maintain that balance in this session. This isn’t just social media management, this […]

Jessica Jolee

Jess is a highly experienced social media leader with nine years of experience in social media and PR, specialising in brand-led social-first campaigns that drive engagement and performance. As Social Media Lead at M&S Food, Jess leads the brand’s content strategy, shaping audience-first storytelling and delivering highly successful social campaigns across platforms. From culturally relevant […]

Laura Crosby

Laura is the International Field Marketing Manager at Sprout Social, with over 10 years of experience in B2B marketing. She loves building communities and bringing the human element of B2B marketing to the forefront of every campaign and initiative.

Unlocking Growth on Spotify: Best Practices & What’s Next

With millions of fans discovering new content on Spotify every day, the opportunity for creators has never been bigger. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to level up, this workshop will give you best practices to help your content perform its best. Hear directly from Spotify Partner Managers Rachel Simpson and Evie Chiles as […]

Evie Chiles

Evie is a Creator Partner Manager at Spotify, supporting the next wave of podcast creators to find and grow their audiences on the platform. She leads creator education on discoverability and growth, and partners with mainstream podcast networks to drive Gen Z engagement and cultural relevance through social and marketing. Previously, Evie was a Partnerships […]

Rachel Simpson

Rachel joined Spotify in 2020 as Creative Lead, before moving into a partnership role where she works with creators to grow their audiences and unlock new revenue opportunities. Before Spotify, she spent more than a decade at the BBC, building a career across production, and podcast commissioning at BBC Sounds. As an executive producer there, […]

Your Influencer Strategy Is Broken. Stop Choosing Between Brand and Performance.

Most brands are still treating influencer marketing as a binary choice: invest in brand building or chase performance. That thinking is outdated and it’s costing real revenue. A few years ago, the playbook was simple: hire a big name, get exposure, hope it converts. That era is over. Audiences are smarter, trust is harder to […]

Niklas Schwake

Niklas is Co-CEO of Metapic, Europe’s leading creator commerce platform operating across 18+ markets. Before Metapic, he founded zezam, a social commerce platform he scaled to acquisition. Earlier in his career he held roles across venture capital and international business development at Earlybird VC, Rocket Internet, and HelloFresh.  He works at the intersection of creator […]

Will Cooke

Will Cooke is a curiously minded strategist with a deep respect for audience attention and an irrational love of condiments. Over the last 15 years, he has partnered with some of the world’s biggest and best-loved brands, balancing global scale with local insight to help them find relevant voices that resonate in culture. His experience […]

Millie Gooch

Millie Gooch is the founder of the Sober Girl Society and one of the leading voices in the UK sobriety movement. She holds a master’s degree in Addiction and Mental Health and is a journalist and author, writing for publications including Elle and Stylist, with features across the BBC and British Vogue. Her debut book, […]