BeesBuzz Team
Bees Buzz was founded in 2015 by MD Stuart Hillis. Now working globally with some of the biggest names in the industry – including Kramer, Datapath, Philips Professional Displays and the largest AV Alliance in the world – PSNI. Bees Buzz retains its commitment to serve its customers as if ‘surrogate staff’. In Michael Garwood, Bees Buzz have one of the best content creators in the business. Emma brings her energy and commitment to everything she does, from award entries to admin.
Bees Buzz clients regularly achieve dominating ‘share of voice’ against their competitors Michael Garwood achieved over 1,800 articles of coverage for Philips Professional Displays in 2023. All through unique Bees Buzz content and connections. All clients have expanded their remit with Bees Buzz, including new territories and duties, since working with us. Simply because this team produces staggering results.
BenQ’s Alex Taylor-Boyle
With a 1st Class BA Hons in Business and Marketing, Alex joined BenQ in 2021 as Marketing Executive at 26 years old. Since then, she has been a fundamental figure in supporting the growth of the UK marketing team which has seen her career progress and earned her several promotions. Alex now looks after PR/social media marketing activities across the entire portfolio of consumer, education, and business products. Her dedication and hard work have strengthened the BenQ brand within key the media by securing highly regarded product reviews and elevating our social media presence to connect with customers and partners.
Alex has played a pivotal role in significantly enhancing BenQ’s brand visibility, successfully navigating both B2B and B2C landscapes. Through strategic efforts, she has elevated the company’s presence within esteemed publications, establishing a strong foothold in the AV and consumer tech sectors. Alex’s adeptness at developing and nurturing meaningful relationships with key media outlets has resulted in a substantial increase in overall coverage throughout 2023. Her proactive approach to media engagement has yielded noteworthy results, including the successful distribution of new p of new product press releases, comprehensive product reviews, impactful thought leadership pieces, accolades, and awards coverage, seamless event promotion, and commentary on the latest industry trends. This multifaceted strategy has solidified BenQ’s standing as a key player within the AV and consumer tech space.
Alex successfully helped to launch and implement the infamous BenQ Roadshow back in 2021 which saw BenQ take its products and solutions on the road in a kitted-out, branded double-decker bus, visiting education establishments and reseller partners across the UK during the pandemic – when large-scale events and in-person visits on sites were restricted. It was supported by an integrated marketing campaign including content creation such as videos, digital advertising, a dedicated microsite, and social media campaign. This innovative approach not only showcased BenQ’s products and solutions effectively, it has made a lasting impact on brand visibility and engagement during challenging times.
Gasoline Media’s Sarah James
With a career spanning over three decades in the AV/entertainment technology industry, Sarah boasts extensive experience since 1987, with a specialisation in public relations since 1993. In August 2000, she took a pivotal step by launching Gasoline Media, a company dedicated to providing comprehensive communication and marketing services within the AV technologies sector. Sarah’s wealth of knowledge, gained over the years, coupled with her expertise in public relations, has positioned Gasoline Media as a trusted entity in the industry. Her enduring commitment to excellence has made her a noteworthy figure, within the sector.
For over twenty years, Sarah has developed Gasoline Media to deliver a complete range of communication services. From working with startup businesses to well-established companies, Sarah’s work includes employing diverse methods, including PR, marketing, events, video presentations, and internal communications, ensuring a holistic approach to exposure. Sarah’s success is rooted in creative thinking, in-depth market knowledge, focused research, and strategic planning. Her leadership ensures that clients not only gain brand awareness but also build customer loyalty and catalyse business development. Sarah isn’t just a marketing professional—she’s an industry ambassador advocating for crucial causes: Her collaboration with leading charities like Backup Tech, a UK registered charity offering financial aid to technical professionals in the entertainment industry, goes beyond marketing support. Through regular podcast sessions, she not only amplifies the charity’s message but also sheds light on significant industry issues.
Kinly’s Jeaneth Morum
Jeaneth’s commitment, passion and drive has seen her rise from a marketing executive position to global marketing director. This year, Jeaneth has been instrumental in driving Kinly’s group’s go-to-market strategy. The result is that the company now has a unified vision regarding how it can innovate, grow and deliver real business value for its global clients. Jeaneth combined this with the creation of a corporate and internal cross-platform communications strategy. Alongside implementing a global CRM, leading the transition to account-based marketing and redefining Kinly’s marketing structure.
Following multiple mergers and acquisitions across the globe and facing challenging market conditions, it’s been difficult get alignment on who Kinly is. Jeaneth led this initiative, which requires a deep understanding of strategy and cross-collaboration between the group, regions and different departments. As a result, Kinly has a clear vision on where to innovate and grow, streamline costs, deliver better value to clients, and is more aligned as a group than ever. The creation of an internal communications strategy that aligns all regions to dedicated platforms. Internal communications are more important than ever, and there is always room for improvement. By defining a corporate communication strategy, we were able to standardise the platforms we use for communication, build out intranet environment and provide our people with training and access. Collaborating closely with HR and IT, we have seen a huge improvement from last year and we continue to deliver as a cross functional team in our efforts to improve our corporate communication channels.