“I have worked with Kazoo for a number of years on various projects and have always found them a pleasure to deal with. They are very creative and develop ideas that work well with our readers and publication. They are very professional and also very quick to respond to any queries.”
James Hurley, Business, Telegraph
Jessica Owen (née Newsome), Managing Partner, head of client services
Jessica has over 12 years PR experience working at some of the UK’s top PR agencies. Her expertise spans consumer and business as well as sports and music sponsorship, lifestyle PR and consumer technology. Jessica offers senior counsel across a range of clients offering both strategic and creative advice. Her media contacts are second to none, she has spent the past years building up solid and valuable relationships across the national print and broadcast media and is often brought into work with account teams to help them deliver hard-hitting results in the nationals and consumer media. Jessica heads up client services, ensuring excellence across the agency and she is also instrumental in staff development and training initiatives.
Lydia Hoye, Managing Partner, head of business development and digital
With 12 years experience working in consumer PR, Lydia has headed up the youth and brand strategy for gaming, celebrity, fashion and charity clients such as SEGA, Disney Interactive Media, World Vision and Avon. Lydia is also responsible for defining and leading the agency’s digital and social media proposition as well as heading up the ‘creativity’ team, formulating creative brainstorm sessions across agency clients and the Kazoo team. Responsible for new business development, one of her focuses is researching future trends within the industry to ensure Kazoo keeps its finger on the pulse and continues to engage existing clients and new brands with intelligent insights and forward thinking.
Lena O’Shea, Managing Partner, head of strategy and planning
Lena has been at Kazoo for over seven years, in which time she has worked across a broad range of consumer brands. After running the public relations for her students union, she went on to learn her trade at Cohn & Wolfe, looking after youth campaigns for Orange, Topman and Sky Digital. At Kazoo she has helped take the agency to the top 10 of the PR Week consumer agency listings with flagship accounts including Samsung, Disney and Wagamama. Taking on the role of joint managing director in 2010 she is responsible for strategic planning, new business as well as being the agency’s consultant on media trends and ensures best practice across client processes and campaign evaluation.
