Our Account Director, Ellie

Ellie Aries stepped into her role as Account Director at Medialab with enthusiasm and expertise, 9 months ago. With a wealth of knowledge in the media industry, having worked in marketing and media for just shy of 5 years, Ellie is no stranger to the dynamic landscape of digital strategy. Her time so far at […]

Our Head of Planning, Jess

Jess Talbot joined Medialab as Head of Planning in October 2023. With over 10 years’ experience in the media industry, Jess is an experienced comms planner with strong knowledge of the multimedia landscape. Her role is to lead the agency’s media planning output, driving creative, efficient, and integrated cross-channels plans that deliver on client objectives. […]

Our Analytics Manager, Ju

PRE-MORNING   Before work, I head to Pret; got to maximise on the subscription. Then I hop on the overground into work. I have the Blinkist subscription, which is a service Medialab pays for. It’s an app which holds a huge collection of non-fiction books which are condensed down to 15-minute summaries, so I’ll listen to some […]

Our Senior AV Executive, Ollie

Ollie is Medialab’s Senior AV Executive, having joined back in August straight from his A-Levels. Ollie had previously been with Medialab in 2021 completing some work experience. Here he takes us through what a typical Thursday looks like at one of the UK’s leading independent media agencies. PRE-MORNING I am a big morning person, I’m […]

A Week in the Life of a Work Experience Student

The lovely Erin joined Medialab for a week whilst she completed her work experience during the first year of her GCSEs. We ran her through all aspects of the business, while she also worked on a mini project to present back to the team. Read on to hear what she got up to! MONDAY I […]

Our Account Director, Imogen

WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO MEDIALAB? I previously worked at a much larger agency, working with luxury fashion brands as their PPC lead. PPC, for those who may not know, is Pay-Per-Click, this is when you see an ad at the top of a Google search, it has usually been set up by someone like me. […]

Our Managing Director, Alex

PRE-MORNING When I’m in the office it’s a 6 am wake-up call and with four children, I have become very used to early morning rises. However, there are two things I highly recommend that make sure I wake up well; a Lumie Lamp, which replicates a sunrise even in the darkest of winter mornings (and […]

Our Bootcampers, Adelphi, Beth, Hannah and Molly

In this edition, we chatted with four of our nine 2022 Bootcamp cohort, Hannah, Adelphi, Molly and Beth, as they’ve just completed their final week of training and have become fully-fledged Account Executives. We explore what brought them to Medialab, the training programme they’ve undertaken, and their highlights over the last six weeks. MORNINGS We […]

Our Chief Executive Officer, Marcus

Marcus, Medialab’s Chief Executive Officer, shares what a typical day looks like for an independent media agency’s CEO. PRE-MORNING I have an early start today, waking up at 6 am to drive my son to school. It’s roughly a 2-hour round trip, so it’s quality time to catch up, where I hope to get a […]

Our Account Manager, Sharmin

Sharmin joined Medialab over a year ago and has been the main contact for all things PPC. She is responsible for the making sure campaigns involving PPC are running smoothly and are optimised. PRE-MORNING I wake up between 7.30 and 8am, then get my little brother ready for school before getting the Victoria line into […]