Laura Rowe

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About Laura Rowe

A creative and commercially savvy editor and content marketing expert with impressive results in growing audiences, deepening engagement, editorial innovation and driving profit. I’ve worked on regional and national brands, with freemium, consumer and customer business models, and across multiple platforms, from print and digital to experiential. As well as launching (and reviving) print titles, I’ve launched and hosted a podcast, grown websites, developed products for international markets, launched people (chef) and product (wine) awards, and I am a published author. I am a compassionate and inspiring leader, committed to nurturing and empowering talent, and have championed for truly inclusive practices within the industry. I’m also a proud mental health first aider and mentor for the Creative Mentor Network. As a respected and well-connected industry expert, I have been asked to present at numerous conferences, including FIPP in London, and the Digital Innovators Summit and IFRA World Publishing Expo in Berlin. I regularly judge national competitions including PPA’s 30 Under 30, the BSME and BSME Talent Awards, and The Great Taste Awards. Personal career highlights include: leading a brand partnership with Nigella Lawson at Ocado Retail; record profit contribution every year as editor of olive; being named FIPP’s Rising Star, and Food and Drink Editor of the Year by the BSME; being shortlisted twice for PPA Cover of the Year (for olive and Crumbs), and being nominated twice (by my peers) for the BSME’s Editor’s Editor award alongside Edward Enninful, Melissa Denes and Terri White.