Team | The Agile PR

Impactful communications
with an Agile twist

Agile PR brings together communications and marketing experts across disciplines to offer flexible agency support.

Rachel leads a team of experts, hand-picking the perfect talent from her pool of associates for each project.

All projects bring an element of Agile working: encouraging collaboration with customers, delivering work through sprints and embracing change whenever it comes around the corner.

Rachel Picken

Founder and Director

Rachel is a Chartered PR consultant, member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and qualified Agile coach. She holds the highest level of qualification for public relations in the UK, considered the “Gold Standard”. Rachel is a CIPR trainer and former associate tutor, having taught CIPR qualifications between 2016 and 2018.

Fiona Gunn

Executive assistant

Fiona has 15 years’ experience in clerical, secretarial and PA roles across public and private sector, including Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust, Cornwall Council and Consumer Direct South West.

Lyssa Fee-Crump

Agile marketing, social media, web marketing

Lyssa has over a decade of experience and knowledge working for and with tech, production and marketing organisations across Cornwall. In 2017 she was named one of Cornwall’s 30 under 30 and won business person of the year at Cornwall Business Awards.

Alex Graves

Branding and graphic design

With more than 17 years’ experience Alex has worked for agencies and as part of an in-house design team. His expertise covers creative direction, web design and build, branding, corporate identity and advertising.

Rob Coumbe

Branding and graphic design

Over the last 15 years working as a creative director and senior designer Rob has been a part of some major success stories. As a Senior Editorial Designer for Trinity Mirror/ Reach plc he designed for a range of titles including the award-winning Cornwall Today, Wavelength, West and PL magazines.

Susie Carter

Content strategy and development

Susie has worked in PR and media for nearly 20 years. Her experience is across 11 different industries including construction, facilities, infrastructure, information services and conservation.

Catherine Frankpitt

Strategic communications

Until recently, Catherine was Director of Communications & Creative Strategy at UWE Bristol where she was responsible for leading alumni engagement & philanthropy, strategic communications, marketing, and brand.

Jemma Dyson

Marketing strategy

Jemma is a marketing strategy and campaign manager with specialism in social media marketing and content creation. She has over 20 years experience in the education sector, holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing and is an Institute of Marketing Associate.

Claire Eason-Bassett

Event management

Claire is Director of Monkey Weasel, a creative business consultancy working with a variety of organisations to provoke, plan and support change.

Natalie Trice

PR training and coaching

Natalie is an award winning pr coach, lecturer and a senior consultant who has worked in the industry for over two decades for some of the biggest global brands and most innovative entrepreneurs.

Scott Hamilton

Media training and crisis communications

For more than 15 years Scott has provided specialist media training and crisis management support to established public, private and third sector organisations.