Grace Buck, Brand Planning Lead, Nike UK & Ireland

Grace leads Brand Planning & Strategy for Nike in London, where she drives strategy, planning & processes to deliver Nike’s mission of bringing inspiration & innovation to every athlete* to life in the city.

She started out her career as an intern at J. Walter Thompson, where she learned the marketing & advertising ropes as part of an award-winning team working on HSBC global. From there, she spent 5 years at Unilever, working in local & global marketing roles across ice cream, homecare & beauty, on brands such as Magnum, VO5 & TRESemmé.

She is passionate about the role marketing can play as a force for good: from working to empower women & girls on TRESemmé, to inspiring & enabling more Londoners to access the benefits of sport at Nike.

Outside of work, you can find Grace walking, running or cycling along the trails of the UK, exploring new places. Or often, in the pub with friends.

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