Steve Downes

I'm a digital gun for hire. Consultancy, strategy, training - that kind of thing.

A big thing for me right now is helping both agencies and brands evolve and change in the new age of digital & content marketing, acquiring new skills as the old silos of Advertising, PR, Digital and Search break down.

I'm a very lucky guy, I get to work on loads of interesting projects, here in the UK and abroad. For example, I set the digital marketing strategy and guided the user experience on two of China's biggest websites. Quite a challenge for someone who doesn't speak proper English, never mind Chinese. I've also given multi-channel marketing seminars to East European retailers. Да, в самом деле.

Back in 2008 I founded Juice Digital, one of the UK's first specialist social media agencies. Get me. Mind you, it didn't impress my mum, she wanted me to be a policeman.

I'm working in the best city in the world - Manchester - and living in its frendliest village - Lymm, Cheshire. I'm fascinated by social media, for work, rest and play and when not social networking I have my hands full with a feisty family who are to the Waltons what Katie Price is to Princess Ann. When not working or hiding in the bathroom from my kids, you'll find me coaching Rugby, continuing my love/hate relationship with Preston North End FC or indulging my eclectic taste in music.

Oh - we've just got a puppy. That's Ralph there - say Hello.