Meet the Founder
I’ve spent over a decade leading and implementing strategic marketing at Deloitte and EY, managing Global campaigns across multiple markets, navigating complex stakeholder landscapes and translating business ambition into makreting that actually works. Somewhere along the way I’ve realised something that's stayed with me: real progress starts with understanding people.
My journey into strategic marketing wasn’t linear. From dance and personal training to event management and professional services, I’ve always been drawn to places where connection, interpretation and movement come together. In dance, I learned that the same instruction can be understood and expressed in many different ways. That insight now informs how I help businesses translate strategy into clarity and action.
I call myself a Marketing Translator™ - because that's what I do. I sit between vision and execution, between who you are as a business and what the world sees. I help you make sense of the complexity, clarify what matters, and build marketing that connects with the people it's meant for.
At Connect Studio™, we take time to listen, really listen, to your ambitions, challenges, and stories so we can connect strategy with people in ways that actually land.
Outside this work, I spend my days with my (wild) young family, going on fun adventures, tasting delicious ice creams, and hunting down a really great cup of coffee.
I look forward to connecting with you.
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How we work
At Connect Studio™ we partner with purpose-led founders to make sense of complexity, translate and take action with confidence. Everything we do is grounded in three pillars:
Clarity
We uncover what your business truly needs and simplify your priorities, messaging and marketing strategy. With clarity, decisions are easier and marketing becomes purposeful not overwhelming.
Connection
Marketing works best when it's human-to-human. We help you connect with your audience, stakeholders and teams in ways that resonates. Creating relationships that drive results.
Intention
Every action we recommend or take is intentional. From strategy sessions to implementation, we make sure your marketing is focused, aligned and designed to deliver real outcomes.
What people are saying
Bee Focused Photography
Laura is fantastic! She took the time to truly understand my business, asking insightful questions that helped clarify my brand direction. The marketing strategy she provided was thorough, well-researched, and beautifully presented, making it easy to implement. Her competitor research, SWOT analysis, and key messaging framework have been invaluable. She also guided me through website planning, ensuring my site reflected my brand voice and key messages perfectly. Thanks to Laura, I feel more confident and focused in my marketing efforts. Highly recommend!
Danielle Fowler, Founder
Francis Newall | Video Editor
Laura was fantastic in helping me with the design and content of my new website: able to understand what I needed, whilst also translating that into actionable steps and explaining what was missing, such as certain design faults on my part and giving ideas for additional webpages. All advice which I promptly took! Laura is a fantastic marketing strategist whom I can highly recommend.
FrancisNewall
No1 Health Coach
Laura carried out a wonderful holistic business audit for me at a time when I was feeling overwhelmed with my messaging, my erratic posting on socials and how I was spending time on my business. We met and she asked me some detailed questions to drill down into who I was helping, my passions, my client wins and re-appraising where I could find energy and direction instead of wheel-spinning! Following on from this she produced a comprehensive marketing strategy/swot analysis that I often refer back to. I can’t tell you how helpful this tool is as a north star to keep me moving forward and clear on my mission. It’s easy to get lost in the mire sometimes! Laura is a great listener and seeks to understand her clients values and how business weaves into life and vice versa. Her recommendations were entirely bespoke to me. As a business owner herself Laura displays empathy and professionalism and with a friendly approach. I no longer feel like my marketing is a hope and pray strategy.
Steph McCann, Founder
SB Counselling
In the process Laura helped me to really reflect on my values and interests and has given me a real direction for my business in focusing on helping parents. Laura obviously really knows what she's doing and is so easy, relatable and warm to work with. Suzie Booth, Counsellor, Psychotherapist, Couples Therapist.
SB Counselling & The Parent Therapist