The Team
Vickie Robinson
A highly-experienced agricultural journalist and content editor, Vickie has an in-depth understanding of our readership.
She has held a variety of roles within AgriBriefing including News and Deputy Editor for Farmers Guardian.
In addition, Vickie has been instrumental in a number of highly successful editorial campaigns and projects, and for the past few years has taken a leading role in helping to develop effective client solutions.
Marjan Askins
Previously Marjan worked at Getty Images in the film archive department and in the overseas agents & delegates office.
Ajesh Visram
Ajesh has also held senior sales management positions at Faversham House, UBM and laterly RBI across Construction and Agriculture sectors
Mike Hartley
Before joining Briefing Media as Head of Commercial Solutions, Mike was the Sales Director of UBM Built Environment with responsibility for revenues across print and digital display and recruitment, as well as an events portfolio. Mike’s current role includes responsibility for the print and digital display revenues across the agricultural portfolio, as well as driving new user-centric revenue streams across all of the media platforms within the group.
Justine Sumner
Her key objectives are to ensure the best prices are negotiated for print and production of all print products, managing the production department’s day to day duties and the app edition of Farmers Guardian.
Tom Waddington
Tom is a highly skilled and versatile media producer. He is responsible for the many videos and graphics used across the AgriBriefing portfolio. His remit includes all UK agriculture events such as LAMMA Show, Croptec, British Farming Awards and Feed Additives alongside bespoke video content for the Farmers Guardian.
Tom is integral to our business and by working with us you get the chance to use some of his experience and expertise on your media projects
Alex Barker
Alex is a creative and very experienced media producer. He started his career at AgriBriefing in the production department while working as a freelance photographer and videographer. As Insightful Communications grew and started taking on bigger projects in 2017, we convinced him to come and work for us as a full-time media producer. Since then he has played a key role in some of our biggest projects.
Alex is not only a talented producer he’s also extremely organised and keeps our video and graphics production schedule running smoothly.
Gillian Dixon
As Head of Creative Services, Gillian is responsible for creative continuity, design and accuracy for the AgriBriefing portfolio. She works alongside all the agriculture teams to ensure all content is produced to the highest standard and for maximum user engagement.
As a graphic designer, Gillian also works across all platforms – print, online and events – to create and develop unique and attractive content for the portfolio, including event design, branding, logos, newspaper/magazine design and editing, as well as bespoke client solutions.
Angela Hughes
Angela is a highly-experienced and effective commercial marketeer. She has a sound knowledge of agriculture, gained during her extensive career in publishing. Whilst at AgriBriefing, Angela’s has worked across a wide range of disciplines.
Her specialist knowledge extends from event, digital, circulation, commercial and brand marketing. Angela delivers a range of marketing tasks for Insightful’s projects on a daily basis. These include Facebook PPC, Email marketing, analytics and client reviews.
Ryan Wood
Ryan began his journalism career at Farmers Guardian after securing a degree in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston.
During his first spell – Ryan worked with the digital team on both the website and the FG app before taking up a role as Head of Digital at the Lancashire Telegraph.
Three years later – Ryan returned to FG as Head of Digital Content and Engagement.
His new role involves boosting user numbers and time spent on site – ensuring our readers are getting the most from FG’s digital offerings.
You will often find him scouring Facebook for the latest viral content – or talking about his beloved Manchester United.
