Who Are Blaze Media

Paul Webley

Managing Director

Paul’s our founder and Managing Director. After spending 10 years working in digital marketing and consultancy around the UK, he decided to take a jump out of the big corporate safety bubble and start his own business back in December 2017.

”I felt like I could open an agency with a fresh perspective. Taking on board everything I had learned dealing with large corporates and applying the tech and know-how to SME’s. Since opening Blaze, I have further respect for the small business owner/director as I have now been through the same trials and tribulations that they have! Owning a business of any size is hard and I know that we try to make our clients lives easier by taking the marketing head-ache away so they can concentrate on growing their business”

Outside of growing the agency, Paul loves riding his motorbike, spending time with his kids and dog (Lola) as well as running and cycling to stay young and fit!

Rebecca

Director of Operations and Client Services

Rebecca trained as a broadcast journalist at Uni and got her first job in radio at 19, going on present and producing a number of mainstream radio shows. She was coached in producing authentic, engaging content by Bill McMahon, the man responsible for training some of radio’s leading hosts including Howard Stern.

She spent 25 years in the radio industry, launched a number of Heart FM stations and only hung up her headphones for good in 2022. After the pandemic forced the closure of her event management business, she took her knowledge of writing and marketing and joined Blaze in summer 2020.

Bec became a company director and took the position of Director of Operations and Client Services in December 2022 with the responsibility of ensuring our team and our clients are happy and successful.

She also dabbles in stand up, wishes it was Christmas every day and loves holidaying in Jamaica!

Georgia

Marketing Coordinator

After completing a degree in Psychology at university, having always been fascinated by human behaviour and why people act the way they do - Georgia discovered an interest in marketing!
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She previously lived and worked in Bristol for an independent hotel company, honing her skills in business development and project management.

Georgia first joined Blaze as Client Services Manager overseeing projects on a day to day basis, and moved into a more creative role as marketing coordinator in April 2023.
Her role allows her to support the whole team with key research and analysis as well as overseeing our own in-house marketing strategy.

In her spare time, Georgia enjoys painting nails, outdoor activities and dancing to her favourite bands at local gigs!

Emma

Graphic Designer

Emma began her career in graphic design in 2014, honing her skills as a print-based designer before embracing digital graphic design at Blaze Media in 2021.

She plays a vital role in the business, overseeing all graphic design, web design and branding projects. She designs and creates bespoke branding packages, eye-catching paid social posts and works closely with our web development team to craft stunning websites.

When Emma’s not working on exciting projects at Blaze, you’ll find her at a P!NK concert, watching the F1 or designing awesome motorsport inspired art for her own business, Pit Lane Prints!

Dan

SEO Manager

Dan stumbled into a career in SEO after uni when his friend got a job at a digital agency, this inspired him to try and get into the industry.

He set up a basic website, spent $20 on Facebook ads targeting people who worked at agencies and within a couple of weeks he had two interviews.

12 years later, having worked on countless successful local, national and international SEO campaigns, he’s still at it! In his day to day role at Blaze he helps direct and oversee our client’s SEO strategies as well as doing a bit of SEO training.

Outside of work his hobbies include CrossFit and church, beyond that he spends most of his time trying to navigate the chaos of dealing with three boys all under 6 years old along with two excitable dogs and a cat!

Alexis

Back End Web Developer

Alexis is a self taught web developer who started off tinkering with code back in high school and ended up focusing on websites.

At Blaze, they mainly focus on backend web development, working on the various APIs that we use in-house, as well as any custom features that our clients need for their sites.

Outside of work, Alexis spends most of their time around the tabletop, and on the computer with friends playing a wide range of games, as well as out at Oulton Park or other circuits watching some motorsport.

Javier

Front End Web Designer

Javier started programming and web design in 2019, just before moving to the UK from Valencia. For several years, he freelanced and studied to improve his skills in both web design and SEO. Finally in June 2022, he joined the Blaze Media family.

Javier specialises in front-end web design and loves getting his teeth into a new project. He enjoys the opportunity to build a website from scratch, analysing and strategising to determine the most effective approach.

As for his hobbies, he loves F1, traveling, and if he can do it on his motorcycle, even better!

Jonny

Motion Graphic Designer

Jonny’s always dreamed of being a concept artist for video games and has a passion for illustration and gaming.⁠

After attending The Studio Liverpool College where he studied creative media, Jonny began his career in graphic design and motion graphics.

Soon he became an expert at designing marketing content, video editing, creating motion graphics and animating quirky 2D characters. Jonny helps the paid media team design eye-catching ads for our clients as well as animated explainer videos.

Away from work, Jonny enjoys playing video games, watching Japanese animated films and long walks in nature!

Holly

Paid Social Executive

In 2020, Holly set up her own online business designing and selling phone cases, where she relied on organic social media and Facebook ads to bring in sales. This creativity and entrepreneurship led her to join Blaze as a digital marketing apprentice in 2021.

During her apprenticeship, Holly got stuck in and spent time with each department at Blaze Media, including creative marketing strategy, analytics, and sales.
After graduating from her apprenticeship with flying colours, Holly earned a perminiment role on the paid social team and has smashed it ever since!
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When she’s not at work, Holly enjoys pole fitness classes, spending quality time with friends and family or researching the latest social media trends!

Mustafa

PPC Executive

Mustafa’s first experience in marketing came during a university trip to Germany where he collaborated with other university students. They developed a marketing strategy for a global recruitment firm and the results were praised by a top marketing director.⁠
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Since then, he’s made it his mission to break into the industry, and after finishing university, completed a couple of internships in different businesses before deciding that PPC was his passion.
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Mustafa joined Blaze Media in 2022 as a PPC Executive where he looks after of all our Google Ads clients.⁠ He enjoys the constant learning as platforms update frequently and is motivated by watching the positive impact his work has on our clients’ success.⁠

When Mustafa’s not playing pranks at Blaze, he’s at Nandos, gaming, keeping fit at the gym or watching football!

Liam

Social Media Executive

Liam has always had a passion for photography and design and began his career in social media marketing in-house at a fashion brand 3 years ago.

Liam is our newest team member and joined Blaze Media in early 2023 as a Social Media Executive. He looks after our clients’ organic social media platforms and ensures that posts are on-brand and engaging.

His favourite thing about the role is having creative freedom and finds it really rewarding to help grow his clients’ businesses.

Outside of work, Liam makes his own music, plays the drums and has a keen interest in sports including basketball, football and Formula1.

Josh

SEO Executive

While studying graphic design at university, Josh gained experience in web development and eventually discovered SEO which he quickly became fascinated with.

After travelling Australia and dabbling as a Abalone Farmer for a time, Josh returned home and did in-house SEO for a well-known holiday letting agent.

He joined Blaze Media and jumped straight in at the deep end, devising some amazing content plans and technical strategies for our clients and ourselves!

Outside of “getting to the top of Google”, Josh loves the outdoors, playing friendly games of cricket and cooking.

Conor

Copywriter

Conor graduated university studying product design and found it interesting but no real love for it. During university he started a blog and found that he had a real passion for writing.

After graduating, he got a job in engineering but soon realised that he had zero passion for it which is when he began to seek freelance writing opportunities. He juggled the two for a few years and finally left engineering behind to pursue his passion for writing at Blaze as a full time copywriter.

Conor loves that our clientele is so diverse and that the writing requirements for each of them varies. It keeps things fresh and exciting.

Outside of work, he keeps fit by playing football and going to the gym. When he’s not running around a pitch he loves to travel and experience new cultures.