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MEET THE TEAM
Hello, we’re The Lane.
A hand selected team of multi-disciplined marketing professionals working closely together in one of the country’s fastest growing and most exciting agencies.
Now meet the team.
Chris Bruce
Managing Director – The Lane Agency
With a track record honed within financial services, Chris brings strong leadership skills to the agency and is responsible for managing the team. Chris sets very high standards for those working alongside him. Almost as high as the ones he sets himself.
Paul Borthwick
Business Development Director
Paul works across both the creative and media side of The Lane, which means nobody knows more about our business. So, if you’re interested in our credentials or services, he’s your man. He’s also got an encyclopaedic knowledge of all the Laners – from favourite foods to taste in music – basically, there’s nothing he can’t tell you about our agency.
Rob Schmitt
Technical Director
Our trilingual Cape Town native has been building websites professionally since 1996, giving him a wealth of experience that’s put to good use overseeing our technical output. The usability and intuitiveness of a CMS is key for a man as skilled in programming languages as he is in verbal ones.
Ross Mackie
Design Director
With years of design experience working with some of the biggest names in the industry, Ross’ knowledge is second to none. Always in demand for fresh approaches, with high-tech looks in motion graphics and website design ensuring a site is as pleasing to navigate as it is to look at. Ross possesses an exceptional talent when it comes to making the complex, simple.
Jaimie Grosset
Account Director
From social media to fully integrated campaigns, there’s barely an area of digital that isn’t catered for by Jaimie’s extensive expertise. A globetrotting adventure junkie, Jaimie’s able to keep a keen eye on all the moving parts of whatever project she’s working on… and still manages to bring the banter.
Sallie Bale
Strategist
Sallie specialises in brand and comms strategy which suits her mix of “left brain creative, right brain rational” and makes her totally at home at The Lane. She’s also the president and founder of Bloom Scotland and dog mama to woman’s best friend, Betty. Ask her about how Fame, Fluency and Feeling can help your brand grow.
Liam Hall
Performance Media Director
Originating from the client-side, Liam brings a background in customer acquisition to his digital media planning and buying at The Lane. He’s Google Analytics and Ads certified, experienced in PPC and programmatic display, and always ready to jump into emerging channels, resulting in a minor TikTok addiction. He’s also dog dad to a labrador named Phoebe Buffay.
Will Campbell
Paid Search Director
The tallest guy in the office is also the one with the furthest reach in the world of paid search, with 15 years’ experience spanning multiple sectors from local to global. If you want your brand to be found online, Will is your man (his digital audits are the stuff of legend).
Vicky Anderson
Performance Media Manager
Coming from a marketing & advertising background and based in Lane Media, Vicky loves all things digital. Supporting on the day-to-day running of clients’ digital activity, she enjoys analysing the data to makes sense of it all. Need to ensure your campaign’s fully optimised? Look no further.
Orla Fitzsimons
Senior Account Manager
Never one to shy away from an Irish stereotype, Orla’s signature dish is Guinness wheaten bread. Her guilty secret, when she’s not working her socks off at the Lane is her obsession with The Kardashians but despite this she is impressively experienced in corporate comms across a wide range of sectors, and is always a calm, capable and reassuring presence for her happy clients.
Catriona Munro
Designer
Catriona is proudly from the Scottish Borders and coincidentally she’s bordering on the obsessive when it comes to design perfection, with a particular penchant for the Scandinavian aesthetic after studying design in Finland, via Aberdeen. Her other passion is cycling and during a virtual team challenge where we ‘pedalled’ the 14,000 km from Edinburgh to Cape Town, Catriona put everyone to shame by doing more than the rest of the agency combined!
Tony Haughey
Senior Artworker
Tony brings an invaluable skillset to the team with two decades of IT experience complemented by his experience as a Senior Artworker. Skilled in digital printing, typography, design, and origination having worked on a diverse client list including Edinburgh Leisure, St Columba’s Hospice, Kwik-Fit Insurance, Tennent’s and Stewart Milne Homes.
Mark Phillips
Designer
An all-round top digital designer with household brand names like Nando’s, RBS, Famous Grouse and IRN-BRU under his belt, Mark loves nothing more (except possibly Hibs) than using design to get a message across visually or, his personal favourite, creating motion graphics for social media.
Hazel Whyte
Performance Media Manager
Hazel describes herself as a ‘lively Glaswegian’ who loves her road bike and is a self confessed data geek. Highly analytical, Google Shopping/data feed optimisation is a particular speciality and her original study of Psychology has been invaluable for her work revealing customer trends and habits. She is The Lane’s secret weapon when it comes to Performance Marketing.
Emily Lou
Performance Media Executive
A zillennial always with an eye on emerging trends and an ear to a podcast, Emily proclaims herself to be tri-lingual in English, Cantonese and Dundonian and began working life in the public attraction and cultural sector. She’s a true devotee of all things social and digital.
Ashleigh Chalmers
Media Account Manager
Ashleigh has expert account management knowledge within the media sector. Curiosity never killed the cat – if there’s something Ash wants to know she will make it her mission to find out the ins and outs. Loves some free-styling cooking in the kitchen and once taught herself how to complete a Rubik’s cube…now there’s a party trick!
