Simon Corbett
Simon Corbett founded Jargon Public Relations in early 2008 having been involved in the UK public relations industry for over ten years. Since its launch the agency has grown steadily and employs four members of staff who are involved in both media and analyst relations campaigns. The agency has a growing client list from a broad variety of sectors.
Throughout his career Corbett has been involved in international public relations campaigns and has held positions at The Weber Group (WeberShandwick), Porter Novelli and Edelman. Corbett has worked on technology, corporate and consumer campaigns and has managed the reputation of organisations including HP, Oracle, Ribena, British Airways, Danish Bacon, Travelocity.co.uk and LG Electronics. Corbett has also managed public sector communications campaigns including the NHS’s NPfIT campaign and the DTi campaign for renewable energy.
Corbett has designed and ran various training workshops for clients including client media messaging seminars, crisis management planning and corporate media training. Corbett has a BA Hons in Business Studies and Marketing, and an MA in Organisation Studies from Warwick University. He has passed the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Chartered Institute of Public Relations qualifications at the highest level and is a part time lecturer at Oxford Brookes, Reading University and West London College. He is also a member of the market research society and in early 2009 was hired and retained by the London Development Agency to give a series of lectures on public relations to aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners. Corbett is a regular contributor for several publications/web sites including EnterpriseNation.com and BusinessZone.co.uk that are aimed at small/medium sized fast growing businesses.