I’m just over 2 months in to my new role as a Chatterino and I have to say I’m loving every single minute of life at Chatter HQ. I hop out of bed on a morning with a spring in my step as the dawn is breaking and the birds are singing, and skip into the office... Well mostly; 4am starts for a 20 hour day in Dublin are greeted with a little less enthusiasm, but that’s because I’m a girl who needs her sleep!

Anyway, I’m getting ahead of myself here as I’ve not even introduced myself. I’m the newest member of the Chatter team (although sadly that does not make me the youngest considering I’m older than almost everyone else here), so I’m what industry bios would usually refer to as a “stalwart” of the recruitment comms industry having clocked up almost 16 years in the business, first at Brilliant (now Mediacom) in Leeds and latterly over in Manchester at Sparks (formerly Feather Brooksbank/Carat). Along the way I’ve managed to get married and have 3 babies as well as indulging my dramatic side in various am-dram pantos, a few TV quiz show appearances and many, many nights at Charlie’s karaoke in Manchester...

All my adult life seems to have been spent zipping back and forth across the Pennines first because my boyfriend lived in Yorkshire and I lived in Cheshire, then after I moved over to join (and eventually marry) him, I ended up working back in Manchester at both my previous agencies. So first and foremost I am LOVING the fact that Chatter are based in Leeds and that everyone knows what I’m talking about when I mention where I’ve been on a weekend and work nights out don’t involve the midnight Transpennine Express and it’s many dubious characters. I am also loving my fabulous new colleagues and the wide variety of clients and projects that I’ve already had the opportunity to work on. The work we do here is so varied, looking at internal and external comms and all aspects of employee engagement.

The culture at Chatter is totally unique; a warm and friendly team (especially Harry and Tom who demanded a name check!) with Partners who have striven to create a genuinely inclusive, supportive and flexible woking environment that makes it impossible not to feel at home from day one. We have so much fun that even the most busy and stressful days are enjoyable and we can always find five minutes to have a dance around the office to a bit of Dolly Parton. What more could a girl ask for?!