Manchester Area, United Kingdom
With over 10 years of experience as a furniture artist, interior designer and BBC Money for Nothing artisan, I create bespoke furniture art and design schemes for domestic and commercial interiors using sustainable materials and techniques. I have designed for celebrity clients including Alan Carr, Amanda Holden, Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen and Sam Fender, and have been featured in The Sunday Times, The Observer and Homes & Antiques. Additionally, I provide corporate workshop services, offering a full package of accessible arts activities with a sustainable theme. I enjoy collaborating with talented and award-winning colleagues in the creative industry, and have a background in fashion and beauty PR, marketing, and copywriting.
Renowned British designer & creative entrepreneur, Sarah Parmenter, creates bespoke furniture art for domestic and commercial interiors. Sarah’s work has featured widely in the press, including The Sunday Times, The Observer and Homes & Antiques. She is a regular designer on BBC Money for Nothing, and has designed for celebrities’ homes including interiors legend Laurence Llewellyn Bowen. Sarah shares her creative skills by hosting regular workshops at nationwide arts venues. She is also an experienced corporate workshop host, providing companies with a full package of accessible arts activities with a sustainable theme.
Working alongside talented, award-winning colleagues who specialise in creative web design / construction, brochures, marketing materials - all manner of graphic design work. Exciting new partnership in which my role includes creative direction and "rocket fuel" to add value for new and existing Planet Amazing clients. Many years expertise in PR, marketing and copywriting, with a specialism in lifestyle, property and consumer brands. This collaboration also enables me to work alongside Source Lab, a leading website and app development company based at Salford's Media City. Collectively we offer the whole gamut of branding and marketing services - from creation of logo / brand conception and website , sales copy, brochure design, right through to PR - online and print.
Account Director. Responsible for leading creative PR campaigns for consumer clients, including North West house builders, Barratt Manchester and David Wilson Homes North West. My experience in residential property PR was especially well utilised in this role, which was to generate maximum editorial press coverage for my clients.
Independent consultant with a special interest in lifestyle and property brands.
I have been commissioned to work on several short and longer- term projects. These include: Mountain Warehouse: P/T Media Manager for national out door clothing and accessories retailer(30 stores UK wide) (two and a half years) The Reel Fish Company: consumer and trade PR to support the rapid growth of this independent ethical tuna fish brand in to UK supermarkets including Waitrose, Booths, The Co-op and Sainsbury's. Tyler Johnston (internationally acclaimed session stylist and Schwarzkopf hair care creative ambassador) - strategic advice and help with brand presentation Express Yourself Mums: Media strategy and press liaison for specialist mother and baby website, a pro-breastfeeding consumer e-tailer and awareness/campaigning organisation. (6 month project): Modus Publicity - short term projects for MAC, L'Oreal, Aveda and Selfridges Rainbow House For Conductive Education: Informal ad hoc PR service provided for free, as this is where my son Archie receives therapy for his Cerebral Palsy. My role was primarily advisory, although I sold in regional & national features on behalf of the charity. As well as raising awareness for the charity itself, I am was focused on bringing the specific ‘holistic’ style of therapy taught there (Conductive Education) into the ‘mainstream’. I organised the production of a Rainbow House ‘Inspirations’ calendar which will be sold through MOTO service stations nation-wide. Eat Your Words: consumer PR campaign for on-line personalised chocolate company – www.eat-yourwords.com; strategy, release writing, national media liaison, celebrity sampling etc. (year project) Misc. media liaison and writing projects for Brazen PR (Manchester) and The Write Angle (Preston). Clients worked on included Magnet Kitchens and the North West Development Agency