Another Optimist join Leeds digital agency

Leeds marketing agency, The Marketing Optimist, has hired Hannah Pearson to develop the agency’s digital marketing offering. She joins the team as a Marketing Executive and brings with her a range of agency and in-house marketing experience.

Managing Director Richard Michie said, “Hannah is a great addition to our team. Her experience working both sides of marketing gives her an understanding of our client's needs, pressures and aims but also the commercial needs of a marketing agency.”

Hannah said, “This is a great opportunity to join a fast-growing agency with a reputation for delivering effective marketing campaigns across the whole range of digital marketing. I really love working in digital marketing and the range of clients I’m going to be working with is very exciting.”

The agency has recently won three large clients providing ongoing search engine optimisation and social media marketing services, and has seen an increase in demand for the support they provide to other marketing agencies across the UK.

Richard continued “We’ve just turned six years old as an agency which is giving us the impetus to grow our skills and our customer base. We have built a reputation based on straightforward marketing understanding, and a no-nonsense approach to strategy, planning, campaigns and reporting. Feedback tells me that is something our clients appreciate, and it’s an ethos I ensure all our team understands and delivers on.”

Hannah has a Marketing Management degree from Northumbria University, graduating in 2018. Her focus for the agency is social media, but she also brings paid advertising and email skills to the agency.

Notes to Editors

The Marketing Optimist was founded by marketing professional Richard Michie in 2016.

The agency was nominated as one of the North’s top 10 marketing agencies by Prolific North in 2021.

The Marketing Optimist supports a wide range of businesses across the UK, USA and Europe with a range of digital marketing services.

Outsourced marketing services offered by the firm include:
Marketing Strategy
Search Engine Optimisation
Website Building and Design
Social Media Strategy
Paid Advertising
Digital PR


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About The Marketing Optimist

The Marketing Optimist are a digital marketing agency, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Nominated as one of the Top 10 Small Marketing Agencies in the North in the Prolific North Marketing Awards 2021, The Marketing Optimist are a fast-growing marketing powerhouse, supporting clients across the UK and beyond. The Marketing Optimist was founded by marketing professional Richard Michie in 2016 following redundancy from a full-time Director of marketing role for a major UK firm. Their team tackle every facet of marketing and help clients from a broad range of industries turn their marketing spend into sales leads. With an agile, no-nonsense approach, and by focusing their efforts on the areas which will bring greatest return on investment, The Marketing Optimist devise and deliver consistent, measured campaigns that drive sales and deliver long term value. Outsourced marketing services offered by the firm include: • Marketing Strategy • Search Engine Optimisation • Website Building and Redesign • Social Media Strategy • Paid Advertising • Digital PR


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