A good idea can come from anywhere – but a great idea comes from a team.

Our People

A small but perfectly formed team of experts you’d be happy to be stuck in a lift with.

Emilie Rayner

Culture & Wellbeing Lead

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Emilie Rayner

Culture & Wellbeing Lead

Emilie is our guardian angel, responsible for agency culture and the wellbeing of our team. She has been with borne from day one (or at least day two or three), joining the agency in 2012 having started her career client side at the NHS and RAC. Emilie is certified by the Chartered Institute of Marketing and French by birth, donc travailler dans une autre langue n’est pas un problème.

Peter Ballard

Non-Executive Chair

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Peter Ballard

Non-Executive Chair

With a 25-year career working in marketing, Peter brings a wealth of experience to borne. After working client-side as Marketing Director of Virgin Money first, he co-founded Foolproof, which grew to become one of the UK’s leading Product and Service Design agencies. Peter now spends his time as an Advisor and Non-Executive Director to a small number of businesses and chairs the board here at borne.

Sherilee Dellar-Witt

Artworker

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Sherilee Dellar-Witt

Artworker

Sherilee graduated from NUA armed with a Graphic Design degree (with photography). Starting off designing good-old newspaper and magazine ads, she’s built up over 12 years of experience working on creative campaigns for several local companies such as Aldiss, Richardson’s and SLM before joining us as an Artwork Wizard.

Holly Bamford

Head of Client Services

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Holly Bamford

Head of Client Services

Holly started her 13- year-career in the big smoke with M&C Saatchi, working across Macleans, Ribena, Direct Line and Daily Mail. After a quick trip around the world, the prodigal Norwich native returned home and joined borne, first as a business lead and then as Head of Client Services. She brings her considerable experience in brand building, marketing and comms to bear as a senior partner for our clients, as well as acting as a first port of call for new relationships and overseeing our Client Services team.

Lena Brewster

Junior Designer

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Lena Brewster

Junior Designer

From the Bay Area to Norwich – Lena joined borne following spells at London agencies such as Pearlfisher, Here Design, and WMH&I. Another NUA graduate in our squad, Lena has a passion for typography, branding, and packaging design. With work featured in Fedrigoni 365, this hedgehog lover and former competitive swimmer brings great ideas to life.

Craig Cutting

Design Lead

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Craig Cutting

Design Lead

Craig is a true home-grown talent. Since graduating from NUA ten years ago he has plied his trade with a range of clients including Warner Bros, Savills and AST group, across branding, packaging, integrated advertising and digital projects. At borne Craig oversees design for the agency, bringing ideas to life in the best ways possible and guiding the team to deliver the highest standards of work. He’s also a craft brewer and founder of Norwich Craft Beer Week – which is as good as you’re imagining.

Jacob Norton

Designer

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Jacob Norton

Designer

After leaving NUA Jacob headed to London, interning at renowned studios Futurebrand and pearlfisher before returning to his native Norfolk. His work places a huge focus on brand experience and integrated design, exploring ideas across every surface.

Julia Jourdan

Account Director

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Julia Jourdan

Account Director

Julia graduated from the ESC Troyes business school in her native France before moving to London to join adland. She started media-side, first as a Planner/Buyer at MediaCom, before moving to Carat to manage clients including Tesco Bank, Eurostar, Philips and Sky. She joins borne from in-housing pioneer The&Partnership, having spent four years at Toyota before leaving the city and discovering the countryside during the pandemic.

Julia Patrick

Design Lead

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Julia Patrick

Design Lead

Julia’s background is fashion. Before joining the team she was in-house at ASOS and freelance for Selfridges, working as a creative and art director on major campaigns – but her book includes work for Chanel, Estée Lauder, Clinique, Rimmel, Benefit, Matches Fashion, Citröen and Philips.

Carole Osborne

Founder

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Carole Osborne

Founder

Carole’s spent two decades in the creative industry. Starting in an apprenticeship at a local agency she worked her way up into client services, looking after accounts such as Barclays and Aviva to finally running her own department at FoxMurphy. As Founder and Managing Director of borne, Carole has led and delivered countless projects for a huge variety of national and international clients. Always adaptable, fiercely loyal and caring for both staff and clients, Carole is passionate about creativity and fosters an environment where it can flourish.

Chris Wilson

Head of Operations

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Chris Wilson

Head of Operations

Chris started his career client-side almost a decade ago, implementing integrated and digital campaigns in the charity and education sectors before making the leap to agency life / joining the dark side. After a stint at Foolproof where he led delivery on UX design and development projects for Porsche, Suzuki, Shell and Aviva, Chris now leads internal operations at borne – making sure we deliver for our clients in the most efficient and effective way possible.

Kevin Doutzenberg

Junior Strategist

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Kevin Doutzenberg

Junior Strategist

Kevin came to the UK having worked client-side in his native Holland, to undertake the renowned Brand Leadership MSc programme at UEA. He joins borne from Krow East where he worked with a range of B2C and B2B clients including Barclays, Disney On Ice and Sabre. And he is an avid Arsenal supporter – which is proof that nobody is perfect.

Alice Pruce

Senior Community & Content Executive

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Alice Pruce

Senior Community & Content Executive

Alice left NUA with a first-class degree in Fashion Communication and Promotion, starting client-side at luxury jeweller Monica Vinader before joining the borne social team. She brings a huge passion for digital creativity, and helps us to inject trends, innovation and culture to our creative output.

Fay Harris

Account Director

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Fay Harris

Account Director

Over the last decade Fay has moved across both creative and account management roles both in-house and now agency-side with borne. She cut her marketing teeth at NUA for eight years, but has also managed festivals and art initiatives including the historic Norfolk and Norwich Festival, been a copywriter and editor for organisations like the Collection Gallery – and was an assistant-director for Babycow on Alan Partridge. Ah Ha.

Steve Wisker

Business Lead

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Steve Wisker

Business Lead

Steve has been developing brands and running campaigns for 15 years. He has considerable experience in both residential and commercial property marketing, returning to his native Norfolk after delivering campaigns across Asia-Pacific for clients like Knight Frank, CBRE and Savills. He’s also a third-generation printer, so what he doesn’t know about print isn’t worth the paper it’s pressed on.

Eve McDonald

Senior Integrated Producer

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Eve McDonald

Senior Integrated Producer

Eve studied Fine Art in Dublin before heading to London to start her career at global network agency TBWA\London, joining the account management team across brands like Aquafresh, Nissan, Harrods and the International Rescue Committee. She made the leap into production, running integrated productions for Lidl, Harvey Nichols and Pampers, and, after a brief stint freelancing, joined Saatchi & Saatchi as a TV Producer. Eve brings her considerable production experience to all of our clients at borne –  as well as a penchant for strange beer and the occasional glimpse of her baby boy on Zoom calls.

 

 

Joe Manning

Production Manager

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Joe Manning

Production Manager

Joe started out with print experts Page Bros as a commercial and customer services executive, managing traditional print projects and assisting in the production of personalised products for various clients including Norwich City Football Club. At borne Joe brings his rigour and attention to detail to bear across all channels – but still loves a print job now and then.

Chris Bosher

Head of Strategy

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Chris Bosher

Head of Strategy

Chris started his career at global agency TBWA/London, where he cut his strategic teeth delivering work for the likes of Nissan, Pernod Ricard and Adidas. He joined borne from Mother, the UK’s largest independent agency, where he led strategy on award-winning campaigns for Diageo, Boots, Stella Artois and the United Nations, and picked up a coveted APG award for his strategic work on Baileys. At borne Chris acts as a senior consult for our clients and oversees the effectiveness of our work.