Personnel

Sue Gregory - Director

Sue began her career in 1987 working in a number of advertising agencies in Manchester, beginning with a production role (back in the days of flat artwork, galley proofs and three day turnaround for film from the repro house) and moving on to an account handling role working with clients as diverse as Vymura Wallcoverings, Ferodo Brake Linings, Simon Engineering and Biwater Treatement.

Switching over to the client side, Sue held a number of positions as brand or marketing manager for a range of blue chip companies and plcs, including Boddington Pubs (a tough job, but someone had to do it), Prestige (cookware), Rufflette (soft furnishings) and Fenner Dunlop Worldwide (industrial polymers). 

Sue set up Zenith Marketing Services in 2003.

Key Skills: Copywriting for web and marketing materials, Market Research, Brand Development, PR. Specialist knowledge of industrial markets.

Simon Howarth - Director

Simon began his career working in direct marketing and conference organisation and soon moved on to join Bath based magazine publisher Future Publishing with responsibilities for subscriptions and database marketing across a portfolio of 16 titles.

Moving from client to service side, Simon spent the next five years working as a key account manager for a database company managing large projects for Tiscali, EMAP and Canon.  Joining Dennis owned Customer Interface in 2003 Simon became Client Service Director responsible for key accounts, marketing database and e-marketing service development.

In a move “back to the country” in 2005 Simon headed up subscriptions and mail order marketing for Yorkshire Based Country Publications before leaving to set-up Edge Marketing Management in 2007, which merged with Zenith Marketing Services in April 2009.  Country Publications is still a valued client.

Key Skills: Magazine Marketing, Mail Order Marketing, Direct Marketing & Database Development.