Press Assistant

David graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in Music in 2021. While working in customer service and retail alongside their degree, they became part of the University’s Independent Music Society’s committee, gaining experience in booking and promoting concerts and liaising with artists. When not at work, David is more often than not found at either a sporting event or a gig – attending upwards of 100 concerts each year, including ones promoted as part of their own company!

Press Assistant

Chloe graduated from the University of Stirling with a BA (Hons) in English Studies in 2020 where she specialised in Victorian supernatural fiction. Over the past decade, Chloe has worked in a numerous customer service roles within the retail industry. She has a range of experience both volunteering and working within literary and arts organisations around Glasgow. When not working, Chloe can be found reading, and writing her own novel.

Press Officer

Orla graduated from Queen Margaret University with a degree in PR, Marketing & Events in 2022. After a number of marketing and PR internships, working both in-house and agency side, she worked as a freelance copywriter whilst completing her degree. Orla also has a background in music management, and has worked on various PR campaigns for emerging local musicians in Edinburgh. A musician herself, when she is not at work Orla can be found attending and playing gigs and festivals!

Head of Operations

Sally hails from Wales, but settled in Scotland nearly 20 years ago. She’s worked at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe at EA to the Chief Executive and after winning Scottish PA of the Year in 2016 branched out into operations and strategy. She joined the team in 2021 as Head of Operations.

Publicist

Joseph graduated from the University of Aberdeen with an MA in Politics in 2011, followed by an MA in Journalism from Edinburgh Napier University in 2013. He has spent the last ten years working in PR and communications for some of Scotland’s leading cultural organisations, including The Arches, the Glasgow Film Festival, and the National Theatre of Scotland, as well as a range of artists and companies across film, theatre, dance, and live music. He also sits on the Board of Trustees for Take One Action, Scotland’s global cinema action project.

Digital Campaigns Manager

Abbie Dobson graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art, where she specialised in photography and film. She has a range of experience working on social media campaigns and communication strategies, and has worked in marketing roles at Puppet Animation Scotland, Filmhouse and Edinburgh International Film Festival, where she developed a love for independent film and the visual arts.

Managing Director

Susie Gray has worked in events, arts marketing and PR for over 15 years. As Head of Communications she ran the media and strategic communications of the Edinburgh International Festival over the last 10 years, prior to which she worked at the Traverse Theatre and in events for clients including Kellogg’s and the SRU at the Rugby World Cup. She is also a Communcations Consultant for the European Union. In 2015 Susie joined The Corner Shop to open its new office based in Scotland.

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Director

With background in languages and cultural management, Magdalena Paduch graduated from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh with a MA in Festival Management. For the past three years she has been gaining experience in various PR and marketing roles working for some of the biggest Edinburgh festivals: Edinburgh International Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival and Edinburgh International Science Festival.

Senior Publicist

Sarah grew up in Scotland and France and joined the International PR team at VisitScotland in 2013. During her time there she looked after the Southern European, Emerging, Australasian and Northern European markets.  After travelling the world, she retired her suitcase in 2017 and moved to the Scottish countryside to take up the role of Head of PR & Marketing for The Mhor Collection. Sarah has a BA in Culture, Society and Communication (in Europe) from the University of Birmingham and speaks English, French and German.

Senior Publicist

Chris studied journalism at The University of Sheffield and has been actively involved in independent film, comedy and music for over ten years. He has worked in the press teams for HarperCollins publishers, Titan Books, Metrodome Film Distribution, Curzon Artificial Eye and Organic Publicity. He has led press for streamers MUBI, Shudder, Youtube Originals and Britbox as well as campaigns including David Byrne’s American Utopia, First Reformed, The True History of the Kelly Gang, award-winning Minari and documentaries Hail Satan and I Am Greta.

Publicist

Hannah Knox has worked at The Corner Shop PR since 2018, after graduating from the University of Edinburgh with an MA (Hons) in History. She has previous experience in digital communications, video production and event production through work with Edinburgh International Festival, BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals and several charities. She also previously volunteered with Edinburgh International Film Festival and Edinburgh International Children’s Festival.

Press Officer

Ewan Shand graduated from the University of Glasgow in 2019 with an LLB (Hons) degree in Law. After completing his studies, he joined the team at Gaby Jerrard PR, working with a number of clients during the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Following this, Ewan joined the press team at Glasgow Film Festival for its 2020 and 2021 festival editions. Ewan is an experienced video producer and content creator and is a recipient of a National Student Television Award for on-screen presenting.

Top Dog

Nevi has been with The Corner Shop PR for over a year and in that time has starred deliberately, and occasionally spontaneously, in photocalls. Her favourite was getting to wear a shark fin on the beach at South Queensferry for Edinburgh International Film Festival’s showing of Jaws. Other duties include looking after the health and wellbeing of the team.