About us
Proudly part of both McCann Worldgroup, the world’s largest advertising and communications network, and Bristol, Britain’s kindest city.
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Our senior management team brings a wealth of knowledge, insight and creativity to your brand. Our experience spans every conceivable sector, with a peerless track record in solving problems and creating fame for local heroes, national treasures and international giants.
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Andy Reid
Managing Director
Andy Reid
Managing Director
With a wealth of experience across many marketing disciplines, Andy has been instrumental in helping sustain category leaders such as Google, Shell, Budweiser, Stella Artois and the BBC. At McCann Bristol, Andy’s primary focus is to ensure that our clients succeed in their sector so that they can continue to drive their businesses forward with engaging, award-winning work. Andy is also known for his impressively large collection of trainers, and when he gets a new pair, he likes distracting everyone in the office with the squeaky sound they make.
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Sue Hendry
Managing Partner, Media
Sue Hendry
Managing Partner, Media
Sue is one of those lovely people who is both well-known and well-respected around the region, so naturally she’s not all that popular at work. Her expertise in planning, and negotiating effective media for large-scale national and regional brands is enviable and includes Specsavers Optical Group, The Army, Clipper Teas and Mitsubishi Motors. Sue is also well-known for enjoying outdoor pursuits, such as running away from the office.
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Claire Banks
Managing Partner, UX & Development
Claire Banks
Managing Partner, UX & Development
Claire has played a pivotal role at McCann Bristol since 2005 when she was brought in to lead our digital sector, which has built its reputation and awards stash on robust insight led user experience and development. Claire’s experience in digital marketing spans more than 20 years working on junior brands, automotive, financial services, health, utilities, retail, pharmaceuticals, FMCG and government clients. Claire is great in any situation except precipitation, which wreaks havoc with her hair (#frizzy).
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Rob Wescott
Managing Partner, Business Leadership
Rob Wescott
Managing Partner, Business Leadership
At Saatchi & Saatchi and RKCR/Y&R, Rob ‘BabyFace’ Wescott helped lead award-winning campaigns for many of the world’s superbrands, like Virgin, the BBC, Sony Europe, Lego, News International, Visit London, P&G, Powergen and E.ON. He then launched an investor-backed digital platform that won numerous Webby, content marketing and industry accolades. He brings this mix of brand and digital thinking to all of his projects at McCann Bristol. Rob plays jazz piano, which is admirable but unhelpful in a busy agency environment.
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Kathryn Ellis
Managing Partner, Strategy
Kathryn Ellis
Managing Partner, Strategy
Kat has over 10 years’ planning experience working in world-class agencies across a broad range of sectors and integrated accounts. Clients Kat has worked on include Plusnet broadband, Clydesdale Bank, Pilgrims Choice Cheese and more recently at McCann, Oasis Dental Care, OneFamily Finance and Motability. Kat is also our cat loving fanatic, so much so that even her clothes have cats on! Oh and she loves Unicorns!
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Zane Radcliffe
Executive Creative Director
Zane Radcliffe
Executive Creative Director
Zane brings over 25 years experience to McCann Bristol as Creative Director. He has created famous campaigns for Tango, Pot Noodle, McDonald’s, HBOS, John West, Gordon’s and Tennents (among others) from stints at Leo Burnett, HHCL, The Leith Agency and Newhaven, which he co-founded in Edinburgh. In recent years, he secured Bristol’s first Cannes Lion (for Refuge) and Bath’s first D&AD pencil (for Hornby). His debut novel – one of three published by Black Swan – won a WHSmith People’s Choice Award.
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Laura Lear
Managing Partner, PR & Social
Laura Lear
Managing Partner, PR & Social
Laura has over twenty years of experience in PR and communications working in the UK and globally, delivering reputation and brand awareness campaigns for a wide range of B2B and B2C fast growth and blue chip clients. Laura’s experience spans a wide range of sectors and clients including Microsoft, HP, Cisco, P&G, Kraft, and Wincanton logistics. She loves the beach and being in (and on) the water, preferably as far away from the muddy Bristol estuary as possible!
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We apply our fully integrated expertise across Media, Research, Strategy, Creative, Digital and PR. Our solutions can be as niche or as fully joined-up as your brand demands. Talk to us about how we can give you an unfair advantage.