Celia Forshew, Founder & Director of Strategy at Seed Marketing

Celia is Founder and Director of Strategy for Seed Marketing, a full service student marketing agency. A passionate, strategic and inspirational marketeer Celia has achieved an incredible amount within her 10 years in industry, including; founding her current business Seed Marketing, an industry leading student marketing agency with a current client list that includes Nike, Spotify, Budweiser, giffgaff & Cancer Research UK; winning investment on the Dragons Den; and founding and working as Brand & Marketing Director of Europe’s biggest youth music festival.

A firm believer that well executed strategic marketing can be the single most important aspect to any business, Celia has an amazing natural understanding of brands, their requirements and how to best meet these in a creative and results driven way.As a previous product owner, Celia approaches marketing with an exceptional level or realism and authenticity. Combined with her deep understanding of the millennial’s market and a specialism in peer-to-peer marketing, she is recognized as a leader in the field. Before embarking on her entrepreneurial journey, in 2005 Celia founded Vale Fest, a highly celebrated annual charity event in Birmingham. Celia places people at the centre of everything she does, never stops striving to develop and nurture the talent around her. Her long-term goal is to apply her knowledge and experience in marketing to enabling women in developing countries.