Meet Your PR team

Described as vibrant, energised professionals, we are, Nathan Smith, Jane Smith, Alison Dwyer, Gemma Haddow, Neil Knighton, Fiona White and last, but by no means least, Buster. 

Established in 2002 and based in south Manchester,  we’ve worked hard to build our own great reputation as a North West-based B2B PR agency that boxes above its weight.  As much as this has been based on the delivery of high-quality, innovative and effective PR campaigns, it is also as a result of the interminable energy and passion of team Smith & Smith.  Creative, eclectic, disciplined, bright, astute, dedicated, funny...we bring so much to our clients’ organisations.  That’s why they see us as part of their team.  

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  Nathan Smith

  Nathan is our MD. With a Master’s degree in engineering and a background in international business, since leaving the engineering sector Nathan has changed a lot, having swapped Little Chefs and Danish pastries for wine bars and sashimi. Passionate about social media, Nathan is keen to bring his love of fried breakfasts to the Read more...

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  Jane Smith

  Jane is a director of the business with added responsibility for watering the office plants. She loves working, the seaside and animals - but not necessarily in that order. Jane’s dream PR client would be the Shetland Pony Fringe Trimming Society, if it existed. Jane’s love of grammar is an eccentricity bordering on affliction, Read more...

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  Alison Dwyer

  Even with twenty years' experience in PR under her belt, Alison still loves what she does. She's PR director and has worked internationally in four different countries across both b2b and b2c marketing communications and public relatons. She has an excellent reputation as a strategist and the person you need around when a crisis hits. Read more...

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  Gemma Haddow

  NCTJ trained, Gemma comes from a strong editorial background having dabbled in print, online news writing, radio and TV. Originally a French and History graduate, Gemma dragged herself back from a year in Paris in 2005 to pursue a career in the media. She joined Smith & Smith as an account executive at the start of 2010 and has found Read more...

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  Neil Knighton

  Holding a Master’s degree in public relations, Neil graduated with merit after completing his dissertation on the use of social media as a tool to evaluate PR campaigns. He spent his undergraduate years studying Journalism and English and is a self-confessed geek around all things technological and grammatical. Neil spent Read more...

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  Fiona White

  Fiona joined Smith & Smith from an editorial background, having pursued her two biggest passions in life with an NCTJ-accredited Journalism and French degree at Sheffield University. Fiona’s four-year course in the Steel City was interspersed with 11 months spent marvelling at the azure skies of southern France while attempting Read more...

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  Buster Smith

  Buster is our office dog, having come from Manchester Dogs’ Home who are a pro bono client of ours. Buster is proud to be a tenth-generation mongrel. His interests include couch-surfing, chasing pigeons and rolling in fox scent (“the Aramis of the dog world”). He dislikes sharp litter and anti-dog prejudice in the media. Read more...