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.

Carole Osborne

Founder & Managing Director

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Carole Osborne

Founder & Managing Director

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.

Sophie Polak

Senior Community & Influencer Manager

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Sophie Polak

Senior Community & Influencer Manager

Sophie leads social and influencer at borne, and has been the driving force behind our most successful and effective collaborations – be it student influencers for UEA, studytubers for FutureMade, or community management for CITB. After a degree in fashion communication Sophie began her career in PR before moving into social and influencer. She joined borne from Shorthose Russell, where she ran campaigns and social accounts for Hoseasons and the Royal Norfolk Show.

Lizzi Snow

Junior Strategist

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Lizzi Snow

Junior Strategist

After graduating with a degree in Marketing, Communications and Advertising, Lizzi joined global beauty and nutrition powerhouse The Hut Group, managing affiliate relationships and campaigns across Europe for Lookfantastic. She’s been a camp councillor in Maine, launched a candle start-up from her bedroom during the pandemic, and joined borne as a Junior Strategist in 2021.

Jacob Norton

Junior Designer

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Jacob Norton

Junior 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.

Chris Wilson

Agency Operations

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Chris Wilson

Agency 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.

Jimmy Gascoigne

Account Manager

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Jimmy Gascoigne

Account Manager

Jimmy has a background in brand experience and events, having honed his skills through a decade at award-winning experiential shop TRO, a short stint at Brandex, then finally joining borne in 2021. Throughout his career he’s led activity on a range of household names including Volvo, BMW, Molson Coors, Nike, T-Mobile and Pimm’s, not just in experiential but brand launches, social media campaigns and website builds, in the UK and across Europe.

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.

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.

Julia Patrick

Creative Lead

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Julia Patrick

Creative 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.

Nadine Huseyin

Designer

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Nadine Huseyin

Designer

Nadine is another rising star we recruited straight from NUA. Her work blends strong concept with an incredible talent for the hand drawn and handmade, and her illustration has graced a series of campaigns for MSF, as well as work for UEA, Savills and Norfolk County Council.

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.

Bibiana Farenzena

Senior Designer

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Bibiana Farenzena

Senior Designer

Bibiana joined borne from Upcircle, a sustainable design studio she founded in 2017 with a focus on interior, graphic and digital design, with clients mainly in the property sector. Bibi trained in her native Brazil before landing in London to work both in-house and agency-side for brands including Asos, Matches Fashion, Marks & Spencer, Harrods and the Daily Mail – where she was part of the team who first reimagined the tabloid for tablet users. She brings a strong background in digital design to our creative team, working across our portfolio of clients. Seja bem-vinda!

Alice Pruce

Community & Content Executive

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Alice Pruce

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.

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.

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.

Chloe Patterson

Digital Project Manager

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Chloe Patterson

Digital Project Manager

Chloe is a psychology graduate and qualified agile PM who started in agency-land at Jacob Bailey, working across clients like Ryvita, Red Tractor and Otis before joining borne in 2021. She heads up our digital production capability, leading projects through from design into fully realised tools. And as a mum of a toddler, that’s not even the hardest thing she does.

Kevin Doutzenberg

Senior Account Manager

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Kevin Doutzenberg

Senior Account Manager

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

Chris Murphy

Chairman

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Chris Murphy

Chairman

Chris has spent over 30 years in the creative industries as a founder, owner and leader. He led a management buyout of his first agency in 1990, then the merger and creation of FoxMurphy in 1997. FoxMurphy grew to 100 people, was listed in the Times top places to work, and made famous and award-winning work for Barclays, Norwich Union, Adnams and Pret A Manger. Chris sold and exited the agency in 2011 and, after running a charity for three years, now works as an advisor, coach, trustee and investor – including his role as Chairman with us. Chris gave Carole her first job at the tender age of 17 – and his input is as valuable now as it was then.

Emilie Rayner

Brand Lead

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Emilie Rayner

Brand Lead

Emilie has been with us 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. At borne she has led campaigns for MSF, Aspall, UK Active and La Tasca, and oversees borne’s own brand and culture. Emilie is certified by the Chartered Institute of Marketing and French by birth, donc travailler dans une autre langue n’est pas un problème.

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.

Chris Tracey

Financial Controller

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Chris Tracey

Financial Controller

Chris has 30+ years of experience working with both corporations and individual clients as a commercial and in-practice accountant. At borne Chris advises and handles all areas of agency finances – as well as provide a steady stream of Yorkshire dialect. (Insert northern fiscal stereotype here.)

Joe Manning

Account Executive

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Joe Manning

Account Executive

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.