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Joanna Anthony
Advisor
“Objectivity is hard when you’re on the inside and success rarely happens in isolation. I bring that objectivity along with years of experience, tried & tested ideas, wise words and a coaching-based approach to advising. Together, we will accelerate you towards your goals. And we’ll have fun doing it!”
Joanna Anthony
Experience
Joanna has spent her entire career leading and transforming client services teams and operations both at top-tier creative agencies as well as boutique specialist outfits, working on everything from innovative start-ups to renownded global brands.
As Board Director at Brown Inc, Joanna re-organised the team and operations to prepare them for sale, firstly to Enterprise IG, then to Brand Union, and has since participated in two further sales.
As business partner at The Team, she built the Internal Comms offer, delivering a £2.5m Passenger Comms programme for BAA Airports.
At BrandMe Joanna built up the Branding side of the business with a high performing team and transformed their operational tools and reporting.
At Design Bridge she led the global rebrand for Lipton and the Cadbury portfolio re-design for Mondelez; while at Emperor she led the Employee Engagement team, doubling their growth in year two.
Joanna is definitely BLINK’s client services guru. But her 35 years on the front line have actually given her an incredibly rounded experience of agency life; of what it takes to professionalise your team, to drive growth and safeguard profitability.
She is a DBA Expert and a mentor, has published two books, runs a CSD community on LinkedIn and is the brains behind our ‘Road to CSD’ Masterclass series for account directors and above.
Sweetspots
Her strategic lens on everything allows her to help agency managers to plot a sure-footed path to transformational change
Her natural instincts for efficiency means she gets straight to the heart of an issue and is adept at identifying quick wins
Her passion for people and culture - as well as her hands-on Employee Engagement experience - enable her to bring people on the journey.
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What Joanna’s clients say
Joanna knows how to navigate difficult challenges; always pragmatic and a true business partner. As both a safe pair of hands and a catalyst for ideas she's a great person to have on your team.
Candice Short
Account Director, BrandMe
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