Smiddy Marketing is open for business!

My great-grandfather was a blacksmith, living and working out of a smiddy in the south-west of Scotland in the early 1900s, so the name is somewhere in the blood. And the analogy felt right: a place where things get made properly, with skill and care, and where the work is shaped to fit the job rather than the other way around.

Over the past few weeks I'd been doing ad hoc marketing and pitch work for friends and contacts, and despite being constantly pushed outside my comfort zone, I'd loved the freedom, the flexibility, and the variety it brought to my days. So I decided to take it further and start my own business.

Smiddy Marketing draws on 20 years of experience working with some of the most iconic brands and individuals in the world across sport, music, whisky, beer, and everything in between. The focus is project-based work with a clear end goal, for businesses that want access to senior marketing expertise without the overhead of a full-time hire.

If you're working on something and think there might be a fit, I'd love to hear from you.