Stephen Kenwright
About Stephen
I'm a consultant, non-executive director and new business trainer, helping marketing agency founders and teams to grow by becoming more commercial and more strategic.
I founded SEARCH-FIRST creative agency Rise at Seven in 2019, serving first as Chief Operating Officer, then as Chief Commercial Officer; growing annual revenues to more than £7m; hiring 110 staff; opening offices in Sheffield, Manchester, London and New York; and winning more than 70 industry awards - about one every two weeks - before exiting after three years.
I held board positions at £15m turnover/200-strong content agency Ride Shotgun; and digital marketing agency Branded3, which I helped to merge into £22m/250 strong data business Edit after its acquisition; and served on the Edit board as Sales and Marketing Director. I was also Head of Digital at £4.7bn turnover automotive retailer Pendragon PLC and worked as a consultant to Missguided.
I've delivered talks on more than 100 stages in 10 countries and founded SearchLeeds, a digital marketing conference that attracted more than 2,000 delegates to the first direct arena in its most recent edition. I'm one of Business Insider’s 42 Under 42 and The Drum once turned me into a Top Trump card.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-kenwright/
Website: https://stephenkenwright.co.uk
