The Team

Heather Baker

CEO

Heather is a digital strategist, star blogger and trainer with a passion for technology that fuels the direction of the business.

Luke Budka

Head of digital PR and SEO

Luke is great at analysing the latest digital PR and SEO trends and applying gained knowledge to help clients conquer their comms challenges.

Jamie Field

Managing Director of TopLine Film

Camera man turned producer/director Jamie is great at spotting the creative opportunity in every brief and delivering projects on time and on budget.

Katy Bloomfield

Head of Client Relations

Katy leads TopLine’s client service teams. She uses her passion for creative brand storytelling to guide powerful campaigns and provide insightful counsel to many happy clients.

Andrew Bartlett

Science and Engineering Director

A former research engineer, a Chartered PR practitioner, and a member of the CIPR council and its STEM sectoral group, Andy helps scientists and engineers tell complex technology stories in a simple, direct, and compelling way.

Elaine Cobb

Senior Comms Consultant

Elaine is a mechanical engineer who caught the PR bug during a temporary assignment, Elaine knows how technology works – and uses this knowledge to help TopLine’s STEM clients sell their products and services.

Tom Pallot

Digital Strategist

A born digital specialist, Tom contributes to a number of team projects. He blogs, he pitches, he optimises websites – and he does it all with style and speed. He even speaks French!

Bronwen Dowman

Comms Consultant

Bronwen is a Comms Consultant at TopLine Comms. Bronwen is something of an all rounder – having accomplished a career in both consumer and B2B PR, outside of work, Bronwen spends her time upcycling and revamping furniture for her blog Hitched and Home. If she’s not at work, you can find Bronwen hanging out with her dog Milo or in the winelands with family and friends sipping on Chenin Blanc.

Robert Hart

Content Manager

Ben Beckles

Media Relations Consultant

Ben builds and maintains our network of media contacts – managing public relations across the agency.

Brent Peters

Graphic Designer

Brent spends his days drawing and designing. His creative branding and graphic design skills are bold and on point. He’s also pretty good with a pair of scissors.

Alicia Pearce

Comms Executive

Alicia is a Comms Executive at TopLine Comms. Using her previous marketing and teaching experience, she works to support the team across a range of clients, with both account management and media relations.

Jack Kelleher

Copywriter

Jack is a copywriter, writing bylines, articles, and editorials. He also edits content – he can spot an errant apostrophe a mile away.

Micky Lee

Office Manager

Micky is TopLine’s office manager extraordinaire. She juggles her hefty administrative workload with dog-walking and hand-standing. Her inappropriate one-liners are brilliant.

Devon

Chief Frisbee Officer

Labrador retriever Devon has been part of Team TopLine since she was just 12 weeks old and is critical to the wellbeing of everyone in the office. She loves going for long walks.