Name: Kirsty Martin

Current Role: Category Range and Retail Operations Manager

Joined: August 2008

I am the Category Range and Retail Operations Manager at Seymour and lead a team of four talented analysts. Together we manage the flow of information from retailer to publisher, helping to build robust challenges to increase our magazine’s footprint in store and are constantly looking for new and exciting report building techniques to support our wider trading team. My day to day role enables me to service or work alongside various internal departments and I really enjoy the chance to meet so many publishers with such interesting and diverse portfolios. No two days are the same at Seymour and the energy and enthusiasm to create new opportunities for our clients is infectious.

I launched my career as part of the Marketing Services department and was responsible for the maintenance of so many different reports and databases and it is really there that I found my passion for data analysis. In my first year at Seymour, I was lucky enough to work with some fantastic leaders who really invested time into my training and professional development and after just over a year I moved to the Retail team. I have a young family and the flexibility awarded to me at Seymour has allowed me to grow both professionally and personally. Being part of the diversity and inclusion hubs at the Frontline Group for Neurodiversity and Gender Equality gives me the opportunity to pursue subjects I’m passionate about outside of work and drive meaningful change within our organisation