ABOUT
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Emma Slade Edmondson
Background
Emma Slade Edmondson heads up ESE Consultancy, a creative strategic marketing agency working to elevate brands, initiatives and organisations who are looking to focus their business for positive impact and social and environmental good.
Emma is renowned for her transformational approach to retail marketing and behaviour change and has worked with some of the UK’s biggest brands, charities and social enterprises such as Cancer Research UK, Shelter, Westfield, Universal and Mayamiko. Her projects are regularly featured in both UK and international press, including publications such as The Guardian, Huffington Post, Vogue, Grazia, Telegraph and many more...
Emma is also the creative strategist behind successful campaigns that celebrate thoughtful fashion consumption, including Charity Fashion Live & The Love Not Landfill pop-up stores and campaign.
Emma brings over a decade of experience and knowledge developed not just through running her consultancy, but through working at some of the foremost global advertising and marketing agencies including AMV BBDO, Proximity (Omnicom), The & Partnership and Wieden + Kennedy. During that time she’s worked across multiple industries, from fashion and FMCG, to automotive and finance.
On top of her campaign work, Emma is regularly invited to speak at events and conferences such as Retail Week, Drapers Sustainability Conference, and The Impact Summit Glasgow. Invitations have also included being an opinion leader on Channel 5 news, participation on The Fringe of It podcast in conversation with H&M, and hosting the book launch for Lauren Bravo’s ‘How to Break up with Fast Fashion’.
Talking
Due to her unique combination of knowledge around the conscious consumer and the inner workings of business driven by ethics and not just profit-Emma is regularly called upon to speak at retail and business industry events and in conscious sustainable lifestyle forums. Emma has spoken for Retail Week, Pure London, Drapers, The Fringe of It x H&M Conscious, and Know The Origin to name a few. Emma is also a Ted x Speaker.
“Emma spearheaded this movement into what it is today. Many of the new and innovative projects that are springing from the second-hand fashion movement have been influenced by her in some way…”
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—Hattie Lamb — Retail and Innovation Manager Shelter Boutique Coal Drops Yard
The Mixed Up Podcast is here... An insight into the mixed race identity.
A must listen for anyone looking for a deeper insight on ‘race’ and identity.
Guests include David Oyelowo, Anton Ferdinand, Lianne La Havas, Big Zuu and Ben Bailey Smith (Doc Brown), to name a few.
Brand Partnerships
Celebrating brands who are innovating and doing good work for people and the planet is Emma's passion. She has worked with the likes of Thought Clothing, Fashion Revolution, Onloan, The Feconomy, COCOON, eBay, Recycle Electricals, Make My Money Matter, Ocean Bottle and W’air.
Writing
Available for writing commissions, Emma writes for both lifestyle and industry publications.
Humble Brag
Emma is not one to blow her own trumpet, but she is very proud to have been written about and to have had her work featured in Grazia, Teen Vogue, Vice, Dazed, The Telegraph, The Evening Standard, Courier Magazine, Who What Wear, The Guardian and Channel 5 news to name a few.
Courses
Emma regularly runs courses focused on marketing sustainable lifestyle business, and is available for guest lectures for fashion and marketing university courses.
Partner With Me
“My audience know and trust that I follow a consistent, thorough process to research the sustainability and ethics credentials associated with any potential brand partnership. This means that you can be sure that I understand how to break down and communicate your sustainability road map, and they can be sure that the products and organisations I share represent their values.” Emma xx
