- otto brown
- roger wilsher
- tim lloyd
- lesley churchill
- andreu machancoses
- sam villas
- joel o'connor
- anja linke
- bill spurdens
managing director
Roger is an award-winning editor. A former Insight investigations editor on The Sunday Times, he has also edited both the Scottish and Irish Sunday Express, been Time Out's news editor, and launched numerous customer magazines for clients as diverse as BMW, the Conservative Party, and London City Airport.
He has run his own businesses since 1996, and in 2005 launched Aspect Media to open up the benefits of contract publishing to a much wider audience than were previously taking advantage of the UK's most dynamic marketing medium.
It is one of Roger's central principles that although design attracts attention, it is words that generate response. This is why Aspect Media not only produces magazines that are fabulous to look at, it always employs the best editors and writers to work on all its projects.
His passions: walking his chocolate Labrador Otto, social and landscape history, and screenplay writing
account director
Tim masterminds the development of Aspect Media's titles in concert with our clients. As Account Director he oversees the expansion of our client-base into all the sectors we specialise in, and possesses a core strategic knowledge and understanding of how different customer and membership communities function.
Since joining Aspect Media via Addax and Russell Publishing he has overseen many launches and re-launches of titles from initial concept through to production, delivery and response gathering.He has published the highest quality periodicals and successfully managed the balance between delivering real value for the readerships we service and our clients' strategic aims.
Ensuring Aspect Media is performing with absolute effectiveness, creativity, integrity and accountability, while putting the client first underpins his approach to all projects undertaken.
Tim is also a keen believer in developing fresh talent, and takes a hands-on approach to training editorial, design, account-handling and publishing team members.
His passions: classic cars, good food and the great outdoors
new business and sales director
Lesley is one of the sharpest commercial minds working in contract publishing today. Classically trained at JWT as a media planner, Lesley has worked with some of today’s most innovative media-buying talent, and forged links with key media owners.
Lesley believes it’s an exciting time for contract publishing, with so much hard-fought campaigning and investment from the Association of Publishing Agencies and its members, the need for, and understanding of the value of contract publishing has come of age and is on the brink of truly allowing commercial free thinkers to drive business forward.
Before moving to Aspect Media Lesley ran her own sales agencies and held senior positions at IPC, The Observer, OK! magazine, and Mollin Publishing. The common thread that runs through all Lesley’s work is the drive to break new ground and to examine the commercial potential of a product as a whole, while not mixing up conflicting sectors.
Her passions: helping people achieve their potential and create opportunities for themselves
senior editorial manager
When it comes to incisive, engaging and entertaining copy and providing robust editorial structures for publications, Andreu is Aspect Media's team leader.
As Editorial Manager, Andreu takes pride in masterminding research of the subject matter for new publications, developing existing ones and making sure projects run to time, to budget and are finely honed to deliver the response our clients deserve, want and expect. Working across all titles, Andreu takes a firm grip of the editorial needs of each publication. He loves working with clients to help them achieve their marketing aims. When not writing or editing, Andreu co-ordinates Aspect Media's network of freelance writers, editors, photographers and illustrators, ensuring a wealth of fresh talent is channelled into each and every publication. Andreu also drives the work-experience and editorial training programme, giving gifted individuals the opportunity to exercise their skills in a creative environment. His passions: Food's basic flavours, the social impact of sport and sport reporting and the way animals behave in their natural habitatseditorial assistant
Annie Jennings has joined Aspect's growing in-house editorial team, to work on a number of projects, including all the projects we mastermind for Leukaemia CARE and the Institute of Revenues, Rating & Valuation. Annie has recently graduated from Kingston University with a BA(Hons) in Journalism.
art director
Joel's considerable talent brings a vast range to the designs produced by Aspect Media. He believes there is such a thing as love at first sight - that first impressions do count. And obviously he is acutely aware that design does attract attention.
In customer publishing terms great design also signifies our clients' successes, demonstrates care for their reputation, and presents them as reliable and attractive. But, as far as Joel and his team are concerned, design is much more than just a package into which content is poured. Joel makes sure that design plays a fundamental role in modifying a publication's pace, density and has an important influence on the impact and character of a magazine's content. He ensures that our designers work hand-in-glove with the editor on each publication. This is because working as a designer at Aspect Media is as much about being a journalist as it is about art. He inspires designers and editors to come up with the best way to bring a story alive, while always having a clear vision of the reader. His passions: Collecting junk, playing guitar, listening to vinyldesigner
Anja is a talented and enthusiastic young designer with masses of creativity and ideas. Having studied Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins and at Ensad in Paris, she arrived at Aspect Media eager to dive in at the deep end.
Since then she has been heavily involved in all design sides of Aspect working on the titles we produce for the IRRV, designing Aspire magazine for UCE, Birmingham, Cardiff University Magazine and The Bridge for Sunderland University.Her passions: books, food - eating it, cooking it, talking about it - and snowboarding.
production manager
Celia is Aspect’s Production Editor, overseeing the workflow
of every title from client to final proof. As well as writing, subbing
and management, Celia works with the senior team to develop new business
ideas.
Celia was editor of Financial Woman and has also written for the Financial
Times and Financial News.
Prior to this, Celia was director, editorial services, at Incisive
Media where she managed various departments including sub editing,
design, commercial editorial and print production. Titles that Celia
managed/relaunched at Incisive Media include STPforum, Credit, various
journals and special reports across the risk management division.
Her passions: horses, keeping fit and travel