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THE TEAM
Right Angles is a team of experts. Dedicated, experienced people who genuinely know their stuff and always go the extra mile. Paul calls them his “hangers- on.”

Paul Blanchard Captain
Some people don’t like Paul, but these people are mad and not to be trusted. Don’t listen to a word they say. People in white coats will be coming in a van to collect them soon. The ones that do like Paul would say this: he is young, dynamic, passionate and bright. He’s successful at what he does because he’s a grafter. When working for clients, his high-energy approach and ‘whatever it takes’ attitude always gets results - lots & lots of them.

Paul’s achievements include starting his own internet hosting business at the age of 17. With servers at Telehouse in Canary Wharf, and a full voting member of the regulatory authority Nominet, his company won many awards; including ‘Growth Business of the Year’ in 2001, and ‘Best Business Web Site – Functionality’ in 2000. His company grew considerably because Paul is a natural marketer; he heavily used PR to grow the business, as in the early years he had literally no money for advertising.

In 2001, aged 26, Paul saw sense: he decided to focus on the bit he was good at and most enjoyed, and so started Right Angles. Still a bit of a techie geek though, he still has use for his vast knowledge of the internet and specialises in online marketing, social media, and the often-overlooked art of ‘offline’ promotion for ‘online’ businesses. He works internationally training in presentation & media skills for a variety of clients, from academic institutes to pharmaceutical conglomerates; and can speak from experience as he’s been a live studio guest on most major TV and radio news shows, representing clients, campaigns, and debating policy.

He is a bit political too. He is in his fifth year as a councillor in his hometown, and was recently being re-elected with a vastly increased vote. He also stood for Parliament in the general election of 2005 and got the best campaign result in terms of swing in the whole country, growing his party’s vote by 41%. He still lost though. He works internationally training in Presentation & Media skills for a variety of clients, from academic institutes to pharmaceutical conglomerates, and can speak from experience as he’s been a studio guest on everything –Sky News, Channel Four news, and even Richard & Judy!

So what’s the bottom line? Paul is a shameless networking whore and as a result he has excellent contacts in business, industry, law, politics, national and local government, public affairs, media and public relations. He knows the people you need to succeed; both regionally and nationally, in companies, newspapers, radio, and TV; and he isn’t afraid to pull strings, scratch backs, and call in favours. For you!

Why not email him at paul@90degrees.co.uk and arrange a no-obligation chat. He likes talking to people, but I’m sure you have worked that out anyway! And if you really do have nothing to do, visit Paul's personal web site at www.paul-blanchard.info



They do the real work!
The graft, the designing, writing, selling-in to journos, and photographering! Experts in their own right, they get the job done, right first time.


Maria Tonelli Account Manager
Maria decided to 'bat for the other team' after she was bitten by the Right Angles bug, crossing over into public relations from the bankrupt and lazy world of journalism.

She's worked on a number of different publications from local papers to consumer magazines and is what we like to call an 'all-rounder'. A cunning linguist, she speaks Italian (thanks to her Italian roots) as well as French and Spanish, and has a degree in European Languages from Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Despite her love for travel and swanning off in search of different cultures, London's always been the place for her. Always the first to laugh at bad office jokes (no Paul I'm not looking at you!), she's a hard-worker who always gets the job done. With her experience on both sides of the fence, her insider knowledge ensures the best possible experience at Right Angles.

 

Rowena Lee Account Manager
After dabbling in Fashion PR, Rowena has decided to sprinkle some fairy dust over the team at Right Angles (and to give Paul some tips on fashion, which he ignores). Before moving down to the rat race that is London, Rowena lived her life as a ‘textbook student’ at Newcastle University, and before you ask, she does still wear coats - having not been fully converted to the Geordie way...

After studying ‘Media, Communication and Culture’ for three gruelling years, she decided it was time to jump into the big scary world and tackle the dark force that is public relations. It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it, and luckily for Rowena, PR and her are a match-made in campaign heaven.

Eventually Rowena and Paul met up (and spent an inordinate amount of time discussing the film ‘ET’ – long story). Impressed with her energy and media insight, Paul snapped her up as an Account Manager right away. So if you ever need anything from Right Angles, Rowena is your girl - she literally has her fingers in all the pies, of course she makes everything a ‘sweet’ experience!

 

Emma Andersson Account Manager
Emma, a small-town girl from Ronneby in Sweden, is seeking fame and fortune in London. With her great persistency and determination, and a passion for marketing, she landed at Right Angles after studying Economics with Japanese at the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg, Sweden.

She is also a huge sports geek. If you cannot find her in the library reading page after page in her economics books, you can be sure to find her in a forest somewhere running, at the handball-court or - frankly - just anywhere doing cartwheels or somersaults. She simply cannot sit still too long. She looks nothing like the Swedish Chef from The Muppets, although often makes the same amount of sense.

 

Claire Fry Account Manager
Claire was convinced journalism was her calling, but having started to dabble in PR, she couldn’t get away. Paul poached her straight from Sky News and, before that, she worked as PR manager for a number of clients.

Her roots in broadcast journalism give her a good vantage point which differs from normal people. With three degrees, it's fair to say Claire has an academic approach. This has also provided her with a pedantic attitude: an obsession with getting the facts straight, and making sure every i is dotted and every t crossed.

Coming from a military family, Claire spent most of her childhood being a bit of a nomad. She has an appreciation of the finer things in life and a strong connection to the arts, but that doesn’t stop her frequenting the back streets of Soho at 3am on a Sunday morning. All for entirely legitimate reasons, of course...

In addition to her love of the sea and skiing, she has a penchant for a glass of wine or three, and a pathological phobia of mushrooms.

 

Rebecca McKeag Account Manager
Becca is the token American at the office, hailing from the exotic land of Wisconsin to join the Right Angles team to add four languages to our offering and gain a foothold in the wonderful world of PR.

Taking a break from studying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, majoring in Linguistics with minors in German and Middle Eastern Studies, not only does she speak Spanish, French, German, and Arabic fluently, but in addition to her language-nerd prowess, she has experience working as a reporter and photographer for a local Madison newspaper. As well as experience in radio news broadcasting too. There's nothing she can't do, really.

Addicted to coffee to the point where it concerns her doctor, she loves travelling, and photography. She's thrilled to be in London this year, so she can learn the proper British ways and brush elbows with big-city London folk.

 

Charlotte Prior Designer
Charlotte is a Northerner but has spent more years in London than she has up North. She left home a very long time ago to study for a degree in Graphic & Media Design at the London College of Printing. London was exciting so she stayed on in the big smoke working in and out of design and marketing agencies.

Being a child of the 80’s you’ll often find her designing to a bit of Wham! but she gave up stalking George Michael after finding public toilets too cold. Spare moments are spent wishing her iPhone had a better camera, reading & watching TV at the same time and longing for summer. Olives and jazz are not to be trusted but dogs and cats are on the approved list.

During the last 15 years Charlotte has worked on some rather big names and is proud to have also turned some small names bigger with use of clever design. Slightly schizophrenic, loving; cities/country side, Pop Art/Monet, minimal/farmhouse, high heels/joggers (never at the same time), she thinks it's important to design from both a marketing and creative angle. She’s all about ideas and has lots of these whilst sleeping, so keeps notebook next to her bed. It has a picture of a banana on it, but this is inconsequential.



No hassle. No fuss. No messing. No bull. Just results.