Here at Democracy, we are a passionate bunch of individuals. We love our clients, love our business and (most days) love each other.
We’re a creative blend of lipstick geeks, news hounds, sponges of mass culture, aspiring auto-biographers, mass conversationalists, online explorers, experimenters and trailblazers.
You should also know we’re a straight talking, results driven and hard working team who knock the socks off our clients, with our amazing results, every single day.
To start a proper conversation about working together, call Jennifer on 01618815941.
The Team
Jennifer O'Grady
The Boss
07515 810 451 | jennifer@democracypr.com
PR practitioner and a digital evangelist, Jennifer has 12 years experience of working in the industry. During that time, she scooped awards for consumer PR campaigns for some of the nations best loved brands, including Lambrini, Phones 4u, Duerr’s and Vimto.
Favourite moment: Watching Theo Paphitis bid £5K for the charity painting we made out of jam for our client Duerr’s.
Latest blog post: We are recruiting at all levels
Account Director, Account Manager, Account Executive
Senior PR, Junior PR, Graduate
Public Relations, Social Media, PR jobs
Search Engine Optomisation, SEO specialist read more »
Caty Cartwright
Senior Client Advocate
0161 881 5941 | caty@democracypr.com
PR practitioner and crisis management expert, Caty joined Democracy in May 2011 following a two year stint as Principal Press Officer at Manchester City Council where she built a little black book of national and north west press contacts that are second to none. Caty has worked for clients including Buckingham Bingo, Williams BMW, Urban Splash and West Properties.
Latest blog post: Is it the end of the World as we know it?
So, in the face of a united House of Commons, Rupert Murdoch drops his bid to take over BSkyB. The leading news mogul has been in the constant media spotlight since he landed in the UK on Sunday, for all the wrong reasons – and what a fortnight it has been for the news makers [...] read more »
Jenna Jenson
Strategist
0161 881 5941 | jenna@democracypr.com
Jenna has delivered PR and Marketing for many of the UK’s leading brands including Phones 4u, Amtico flooring, Boysstuff.co.uk and The Times newspaper. A seasoned PR professional, JJ is also a direct response and campaign specialist so she’s big on tactics and results unpinning the strategic picture for our clients. Job title could be Brief-seeker, Expectation Manager or Office Print Manager….take your pick on any given project.
Latest from Twitter:
Respect to the #DPR starlets at the Duerr's charity ball http://t.co/9aMnZeS8 #in
about 2 days ago
Latest blog post: Social Media … a love affair?
Being a virgin blogger, I thought that I should stick to a subject I know about. So that would be mountain biking. I know what the guys are thinking, what…not social media? Not PR or popular culture? Well I do still listen to Radio ‘bore’ and as I keep saying to ‘those guys’ it’s good [...] read more »
Hannah Lebon
Client Advocate
07838159878 | hannah@democracypr.com
Client Advocate Hannah joined Democracy PR in February 2010 from the Pleasure Beach, Blackpool press office. Hannah has a diverse portfolio of clients, covering fashion, food and sport. She is a queen of fashion, heading up the Black White Denim account and working with the highstreet brands on The Rock.
Favourite Moment: Seeing the Vogue.com coverage for the online launch of Black White Denim along with a full gallery of images.
Latest blog post: Online trick Miista be working
It isn’t easy to find the next ‘new’ thing on the block for fashion where it comes to retail, but the campaign by relatively unknown shoe brand Miista has taken an existing model - tweet and the price will drop and given it a little tweak. read more »
Maxine Riley
Client Advocate
07846205593 | maxine@democracypr.com
Maxine joins the Democracy team having started her PR career in London working with a number of high profile fashion brands. In 2008 she left the big smoke and packed her bags for the northern lights of Manchester, where she diversified her agency experience working with wine and spirit brands, and was heavily involved in a running a series of successful launch events for Lamb’s Spiced Rum and Brockmans Gin. Consumer expert Maxine works on the webuyanycar.com account, The Rock and Duerr’s jams and marmalades.
Favourite Moment: Getting national coverage for Scruffs WorkWear for the launch of the MANBADGES campaign – on Page 3 of The Express, The Star and the Sport – result!
Latest from Twitter:
Ha! Horse trying to stare out the dog on the side of this van outside the office. Amazing #dpr http://t.co/xBLKd5AC
about 3 days ago
Latest blog post: Technology vs the traditionalists
Julia Donaldson, author of the bestselling children’s book ‘The Gruffalo’ explained in an interview with The Guardian over the weekend, how she has refused permission for her award winning title to be published as an eBook, citing that if every publication was available electronically this would add to the decline of ‘real books’. Now I [...] read more »
Fraser McIntosh
Client Advocate
07814790717 | fraser@democracypr.com
PR Apprentice Fraser joined the team in December 2010. A French and Linguistics graduate, this smooth talking account handler is a real boys’ boy and can’t wait to get to grips working on webuyanycar.com, Duerr’s jam and marmalade and The Rock social media strategy. He certainly evens out the male/female imbalance in the office(!)
Favourite Moment: Dr Hillary agreeing that the newly launched Duerr’s Orbit cap would transform the lives of millions of arthritis sufferers in a six minute piece on Daybreak.
Latest from Twitter:
Nice touches by @Virgin Good news delivered stylishly #dpr http://t.co/p97vpB67
about 7 hours ago
Latest blog post: Google’s Contribution to Social Networks
Google+, remember that? It’s still there you know, although you are statistically less likely to know it if you’re a) not male or b) not a geek. It seems mad to suggest that with over 20m users the platform is not considered a popular social network, but with Facebook’s active users amounting to 800m and counting only [...] read more »
Olivia Bunting
PR Apprentice
07813202284 | olivia@democracypr.com
Olivia joined Democracy as PR Apprentice in June 2011, after graduating with a Masters in English Literature and gaining work experience at some of the UK’s leading PR agencies. She’s been quick to get to grips with accounts including Black White Denim – scoring coverage in key women’s publications such as Cosmopolitan, Stella and Stylist Magazine – and is about to embark on a ‘Love Your Liver’ campaign with Eisberg alcohol-free wine and The British Liver Trust.
Favourite Moment: Seeing Eisberg alcohol-free wine appear on the pages of seven key glossy magazines’ Christmas issues.
Latest from Twitter:
Team #dpr's superhero alter egos have made it into @cheshirelife at the annual @duerrs1881 charity ball! http://t.co/ggNikHm9
about 5 days ago
Latest blog post: Media Visits – what are they all about?
During my time at Democracy, I've hit the phones to book in media visits for many different clients from food to fashion. This week however, I got the chance to experience them for myself. read more »
Simon Wheatley
External Consultant
07971 687295 | simon@sweetinteraction.com
Simon Wheatley is well into his second decade of building websites and assisting clients with their digital affairs. Recently Simon has specialised in WordPress and has created sites for Stephen Fry, The Prince’s Foundation for Children and the Arts, the Royal Navy, and DFiD. Simon advises Democracy PR on online matters, and works on client sites as required by the project… it’s especially handy now as he’s in our new office and he’s on hand at all times for all our digital needs!
Patricia Heaney
Accounts
01618815941 | patricia@democracypr.com
Patricia is the rock at the heart of the Democracy business. She evaluates the media coverage, gets the invoices out and as a former school teacher she keeps us all on the straight and narrow.
After a job? We’re always looking for good people, if you think you can impress us then contact Democracy PR on 01618815941.
It isn’t easy to find the next ‘new’ thing on the block for fashion where it comes to retail, but the campaign by relatively unknown shoe brand Miista has taken an existing model - tweet and the price will drop and given it a little tweak. 
During my time at Democracy, I've hit the phones to book in media visits for many different clients from food to fashion. This week however, I got the chance to experience them for myself.