Our Team
Founder & CEO
Francesca O’Connor
An experienced leader and entrepreneur, Fran’s been helping people land their point for more than 15 years.
Having worked at some of the world’s most prestigious international PR agencies, her focus on people and communications has led to award-winning campaigns, commercial success, and strong client relationships. Ask her about the one that came to her wedding.
An energetic fusion of commercial acumen and creative flair, she’s helped grow multiple businesses from the ground up.
A qualified executive coach and Lego® Serious Play® Facilitator, all her communications experience and love of developing people is now distilled into Litmus, where Fran works directly with clients to help them back themselves and make the most of every moment.
For media and speaking opportunities, please contact francesca@litmuscomms.co.uk
In the lab
Coaches, Lego lovers. Big picture people. Story finders. Ghostwriters — we’ve got experts across a whole range of comms disciplines, and our team flexes to match your project.
Roanna
Lynch
BRANDING | CONTENT | GHOSTWRITING
Roanna helps people grow their businesses by building their personal brand. Blending strategy and content, she’s written on behalf of global leaders helping them turn their experiences and opinions into high-quality content for publications like Forbes, Wired, and The FT.
Celia Venables
PR EXPERT
With over 18 years PR and brand communications experience, Celia has led the PR for global brands, start-ups, charities and everything in between. Working across various sectors she has led the PR for organisations including eHarmony, MOO, Hoop. Over the last 8 years Celia has focused on purposed led campaigns and charity work, driving change with people and organisations including Dadshift, Global Black Maternal Health, Glomama, Flex Appeal and Pregnant Then Screwed, FiveXMore, Delivering Better - and many more. Celia is passionate about helping organisations and people to tell their story with impact and to drive change. She co-led the Pregnant Then Screwed team to win Communications Team of the year, has been awarded the power part timer award from Timewise, and has several award winning PR campaigns under her belt. As a self-employed mum of two, the injustice and the battles that women face at work for simply becoming mums brings her leading the media for the campaign and mission of Pregnant Then Screwed.
Janine Jacobs
CULTURE STRATEGIST
With director-level communications experience, Janine Jacobs, co-founder of HappyHQ, has worked with global brands such as LinkedIn, Hilton, and PepsiCo. Her career has spanned various countries and cultures, involving both agency and client-side roles. Driven by a passion for understanding people, she studied at The School of Positive Psychology in 2017, where she now applies the science of human flourishing to the benefit of individuals and companies. Janine is also a fractional People and Culture Partner for a fast-growth creative agency. She’s also a Girls’ Network mentor, helping teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds see their futures in a more positive light, gain essential skills, and build confidence.
Kate
Marlais
VOCAL COACH
Kate is a leading vocal and performance coach, with a background in TV, theatre, musical theatre and the music industry. An experienced facilitator, her holistic, bespoke and empathetic approach focuses on authenticity, confidence and connection, and she has worked with leading organisations, such as Tesco, Unilever, BBC, Frantic Assembly, Ballet Rambert and LAMDA. She also draws from her experience as an award-winning composer, writer, musical director, sound designer and performer for stage and screen.
Tina
Wilson
BUSINESS SUPPPORT
With over 30 years of executive experience, Tina has significantly contributed to numerous organisations' success. As a Business Support Executive, Tina excels at providing C-Suite level administrative support. A Fellow of The Institute of Professional Management (FlnstPM), Tina is highly organised, a skilled problem solver, and a forward planner who streamlines procedures to enhance efficiency. As the Founder of Ask Tina, she supports clients in all areas of business administration, especially during rapid growth, with a passion for all things admin.
Lucy
Kemp
EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE CONSULTANT
Lucy has spent over two decades across different industries, developing a keen understanding of employee experience strategy. She is committed to creating the workplaces we all wish we worked using her EX Audit methodology and by listening to and valuing everyone's input. Her approach is grounded in data, and she actively engages in research to genuinely grasp what employees desire from their experience at work so that she can advise companies on how they can do the right thing for the people that work for them.