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Read post →Hannah Laurence is an award-winning brand marketer with experience spanning large global corporates through to start-ups scaling across their series funding rounds. She designs the campaigns, communities and category-defining experiences that turn audiences into believers.
Hannah is a UK-based demand generation and brand marketer, currently leading marketing at Endor Labs where she was named Brand Marketer of the Year (2026). Her work spans global B2B campaigns, brand-led growth strategies, and community-first marketing for category-defining companies — from large global corporates to high-growth start-ups navigating their Series A, B and beyond.
She started her career in events and experiential marketing. That foundation in stagecraft, audience and storytelling now underpins everything she builds: brands you can feel, not just see. Her passion is in creative, outside-the-box thinking — and bringing unconventional marketing concepts into reality.
Selected campaigns, brand programmes and growth initiatives — built for companies at every stage, from global enterprise to Series A.
An invitation-only 3-day executive retreat co-produced with Rubrik and timed to coincide with Sundance Film Festival. From the physical invite to airport arrivals, curated sessions and moments of stillness in between — every touchpoint designed with intention to create genuine connection around AI.
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A full city-block brand takeover at RSA 2026 — 40ft building wrap, theatrical street props, AI photobooth, branded limo and a curated indoor programme. Designed to make Endor Labs impossible to walk past.
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A full-funnel global compliance campaign built around sweeping EU regulation changes — turning market anxiety into authority for Sonatype through webinars, roundtables, and an educational asset library spanning NIS2, CRA, DORA and beyond.
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A limited-budget event that became wildly oversubscribed — 165 target personas registered, 550+ total interest. No PowerPoint, no pitch. Just Star Wars under the London skyline with four partner brands alongside.
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Tools, templates and thinking — free for the marketers and operators building the next wave of category-defining brands.
A concise reference sheet covering where to start your EMEA expansion, campaign playbooks by region, go/no-go indicators and proven approaches from real campaigns.
A 5-section interactive checklist covering every stage of an EMEA marketing programme — from strategy and localisation through to execution and measurement.
Essays, opinions and frameworks on brand, growth, events and what it takes to build marketing people actually care about.
Nobody can fully explain the algorithm. The brands winning attention in 2026 aren't spending more — they're activating smarter.
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Read post →A session that turned real-world EMEA experience into a framework for any marketing team ready to scale beyond borders.
Open to speaking opportunities — panels, summits, podcasts and private leadership events. If you're building something interesting, let's talk.
For speaking enquiries, brand consultancy, press requests or just a hello — drop a note. Hannah responds personally within 48 hours.