In this week's episode, Megan & Eilidh welcome Julia Bryce, Head of Food & Drink at DCT Media and renowned local foodie to the podcast.

We decided to bring you something a little different for this week's episode by chatting to someone who has experience on all sides of the branding experience - press, in-house and agency. Julia is passionate about supporting local food and drink businesses and shouting about the brands who are smashing it.

If you want to follow some of the social channels Julia oversees, you can do so on Instagram @PressandJournalfood and @TheCourierFood, as well as 'The Menu' Facebook Group by The Press and Journal. You can also follow Julia's personal Instagram @juliabryce92

‘The Brand Sessions’ is all about brands – how they look, sound, feel – everything that goes into creating a brand and maintaining it. This is a space where we can very openly discuss the topic of brands which we feel so passionately about and give people a behind the scenes look at what goes into making brands successful.

Eilidh McCluskie is the Managing Director and Founder of Bold St Media, a PR agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Megan Milne is the owner of Xana Creative, a social media and video agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Both Eilidh & Megan are passionate about working with great brands and creating awesome content for them.

For more from Eilidh & Megan, follow us on Facebook & Instagram or you can get in touch with us via email at [email protected]

In this week's episode, Megan & Eilidh welcome Emily Hailstones, founder of Olive Alexanders to the podcast.

Emily and her partner Hayley created the new delicatessen, Olive Alexanders to bring a something new to the Aberdeen landscape - something they share with a lot of our guests on The Brand Sessions. They appeared on the food and drink scene this year and made a splash with their unique vintage brand identity so we knew we had to find out more.

You can follow Olive Alexanders on Instagram at @olivealexanders

‘The Brand Sessions’ is all about brands – how they look, sound, feel – everything that goes into creating a brand and maintaining it. This is a space where we can very openly discuss the topic of brands which we feel so passionately about and give people a behind the scenes look at what goes into making brands successful.

Eilidh McCluskie is the Managing Director and Founder of Bold St Media, a PR agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Megan Milne is the owner of Xana Creative, a social media and video agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Both Eilidh & Megan are passionate about working with great brands and creating awesome content for them.

For more from Eilidh & Megan, follow us on Facebook & Instagram or you can get in touch with us via email at [email protected]

In this week's episode, Megan & Eilidh welcome Julia & Christina, Co-founders of Bloom & Blossom to the podcast.

Julia & Christina are sister-in-laws that created the beautiful skincare brand - Bloom & Blossom.  Taking inspiration from their own wonderfully complicated lives, they make skincare and wellness products full of real ingredients - to solve real problems, for real people. They want families of all shapes and sizes to feel good in their own skin.

Get 20% off on their website until the end of May 2021 with the discount code BRAND20. 

You can follow Bloom & Blossom on Instagram at @bloomandblossom

‘The Brand Sessions’ is all about brands – how they look, sound, feel – everything that goes into creating a brand and maintaining it. This is a space where we can very openly discuss the topic of brands which we feel so passionately about and give people a behind the scenes look at what goes into making brands successful.

Eilidh McCluskie is the Managing Director and Founder of Bold St Media, a PR agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Megan Milne is the owner of Xana Creative, a social media and video agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Both Eilidh & Megan are passionate about working with great brands and creating awesome content for them.

For more from Eilidh & Megan, follow us on Facebook & Instagram or you can get in touch with us via email at [email protected]

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In this week's episode, Megan & Eilidh welcome Francesca Geens, Founder of the HappySelf Journal to the podcast.

HappySelf are on a mission to create happier futures by encouraging positive habits in childhood. They create daily journals for children and teens that use scientifically proven methods to promote happiness, develop healthy habits for life and nurture curiosity. Beautifully illustrated and easy to use, with just a few minutes focus each day children benefit by being encouraged to express gratitude, reflect on their emotions and think about their actions.

You can follow HappySelf Journal on Instagram at @happyselfjournal

‘The Brand Sessions’ is all about brands – how they look, sound, feel – everything that goes into creating a brand and maintaining it. This is a space where we can very openly discuss the topic of brands which we feel so passionately about and give people a behind the scenes look at what goes into making brands successful.

Eilidh McCluskie is the Managing Director and Founder of Bold St Media, a PR agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Megan Milne is the owner of Xana Creative, a social media and video agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Both Eilidh & Megan are passionate about working with great brands and creating awesome content for them.

For more from Eilidh & Megan, follow us on Facebook & Instagram or you can get in touch with us via email at [email protected]

In this week's episode, Megan & Eilidh welcome Laura Beckford, co-founder of Supernova Living to the podcast.

Created by husband and wife duo, Laura & Jermaine, Supernova Living is a wellness protein powder aimed at helping you live the life you've always wanted. We spoke to Laura all about the initial conception of the brand as well as their ongoing marketing strategy.

You can follow Supernova Living on d Instagram at @supernova.living

‘The Brand Sessions’ is all about brands – how they look, sound, feel – everything that goes into creating a brand and maintaining it. This is a space where we can very openly discuss the topic of brands which we feel so passionately about and give people a behind the scenes look at what goes into making brands successful.

Eilidh McCluskie is the Managing Director and Founder of Bold St Media, a PR agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Megan Milne is the owner of Xana Creative, a social media and video agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Both Eilidh & Megan are passionate about working with great brands and creating awesome content for them.

For more from Eilidh & Megan, follow us on Facebook & Instagram or you can get in touch with us via email at [email protected]

In this week's episode, Megan & Eilidh welcome Jimmy Buchan, Skipper at Amity Fish to the podcast.

Jimmy is a famous face around Aberdeen after he appeared on BBC's Trawlermen in 2006. Since then he's been a leading voice in the Scottish fish industry and has started up his own supply chain business. Jimmy is quite the character and we were delighted to welcome himto the podcast to talk about his personal brand as well as that of Amity Fish, as well as what it's been like in an industry that's had a particularly turbulent 12 months.

You can follow Amity Fish on Facebook and Instagram at @amityfishcompany

Thanks to Barre Balance for supporting The Brand Sessions this week. You can get 25% off your first month's membership of the BB Collective by using brand25 at barrebalance.co.uk

‘The Brand Sessions’ is all about brands – how they look, sound, feel – everything that goes into creating a brand and maintaining it. This is a space where we can very openly discuss the topic of brands which we feel so passionately about and give people a behind the scenes look at what goes into making brands successful.

Eilidh McCluskie is the Managing Director and Founder of Bold St Media, a PR agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Megan Milne is the owner of Xana Creative, a social media and video agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Both Eilidh & Megan are passionate about working with great brands and creating awesome content for them.

For more from Eilidh & Megan, follow us on Facebook & Instagram or you can get in touch with us via email at [email protected]

In this week's episode, Megan & Eilidh welcome Anna Hart, who is the Founding Director of influencer marketing agency - One Roof Social, to the podcast.

One Roof Social was founded in 2015 after Anna had watched the influencer marketing industry develop from both sides of the fence and saw the opportunity for a new approach from an agency. Anna set about creating a business that helped plug the knowledge gap between a brand and an Influencer as to how a campaign can best perform.

You can follow Anna on Instagram @annaelerihart as well as One Roof Social @oneroofsocial

Thanks to Barre Balance for supporting The Brand Sessions this week. You can get 25% off your first month's membership of the BB Collective by using brand25 at barrebalance.co.uk

‘The Brand Sessions’ is all about brands – how they look, sound, feel – everything that goes into creating a brand and maintaining it. This is a space where we can very openly discuss the topic of brands which we feel so passionately about and give people a behind the scenes look at what goes into making brands successful.

Eilidh McCluskie is the Managing Director and Founder of Bold St Media, a PR agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Megan Milne is the owner of Xana Creative, a social media and video agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Both Eilidh & Megan are passionate about working with great brands and creating awesome content for them.

For more from Eilidh & Megan, follow us on Facebook & Instagram or you can get in touch with us via email at [email protected]

In this week's episode, Megan & Eilidh welcome Lottie Unwin who is Head of Marketing at Elizabeth Scarlett to the podcast.

Elizabeth Scarlett was founded by artist and self-care sage Elizabeth Scarlett Petrides to inspire better care of ourselves, each other and the natural world. The brand sprung to life after Elizabeth turned to painting as her way of reconnecting with wildlife, nature and her compassionate, youthful spirit.

Elizabeth’s artwork and designs are inspired by the soft, colourful and playful beauty of our natural world. With a love of painting stretching back to childhood, she translates her designs with intricate embroidery onto beautiful fabrics. Using only the softest materials, and sourced with sustainability in mind and full of colour, they provide a little more luxury every day.

Today, their loveable, timeless, and much cherished products are available on elizabethscarlett.com and in partnership with the likes of Anthropologie, John Lewis, Birchbox, Bobbi Brown, L’Occitane and Estee Lauder. 

You can follow Elizabeth Scarlett on Instagram @elizabethscarlett .

Lottie was kind enough to give our listeners 10% off on elizabethscarlett.com with the code BRANDSESSIONS10.

Thanks to Solasta Skin for supporting The Brand Sessions this week. You can get 10% off your next order by using BRANDSESSIONS10 at solastaskin.com 

‘The Brand Sessions’ is all about brands – how they look, sound, feel – everything that goes into creating a brand and maintaining it. This is a space where we can very openly discuss the topic of brands which we feel so passionately about and give people a behind the scenes look at what goes into making brands successful.

Eilidh McCluskie is the Managing Director and Founder of Bold St Media, a PR agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Megan Milne is the owner of Xana Creative, a social media and video agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Both Eilidh & Megan are passionate about working with great brands and creating awesome content for them.

For more from Eilidh & Megan, follow us on Facebook & Instagram or you can get in touch with us via email at [email protected]

We're back! Welcome to Season 3 of The Brand Sessions.

After a very long hiatus, Megan & Eilidh welcome Dave Griffiths from Avo to the podcast.

Avo are an avocado eatery and were originally located within Aberdeen Market, as Dave will tell you in this episode, upon the recent closure of Aberdeen Market, Avo are now nomads but that doesn't mean they've stopped! Dave chats to us about the evolution of the Avo brand, his new project to help support other grassroots start-ups and the importance of collaborating and NOT competing with like-minded businesses.

You can follow Dave (@d.avo.g) and his other brands @avoabz and @staxx.abz on Facebook & Instagram. For more info on Staxx, head here.

Thanks to Solasta Skin for supporting The Brand Sessions this week. You can get 10% off your next order by using BRANDSESSIONS10 at solastaskin.com 

‘The Brand Sessions’ is all about brands – how they look, sound, feel – everything that goes into creating a brand and maintaining it. This is a space where we can very openly discuss the topic of brands which we feel so passionately about and give people a behind the scenes look at what goes into making brands successful.

Eilidh McCluskie is the Managing Director and Founder of Bold St Media, a PR agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Megan Milne is the owner of Xana Creative, a social media and video agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Both Eilidh & Megan are passionate about working with great brands and creating awesome content for them.

For more from Eilidh & Megan, follow us on Facebook & Instagram or via email at [email protected]

Today, Megan & Eilidh have decided to be guest-free for this episode and are flying solo.

They reflect on the first two seasons of The Brand Sessions and give you a little insight into their own businesses. 

‘The Brand Sessions’ is all about brands – how they look, sound, feel – everything that goes into creating a brand and maintaining it. This is a space where we can very openly discuss the topic of brands which we feel so passionately about and give people a behind the scenes look at what goes into making brands successful.

Eilidh McCluskie is the Managing Director and Founder of Bold St Media, a PR agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Megan Milne is the owner of Xana Creative, a social media and video agency based in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Both Eilidh & Megan are passionate about working with great brands and creating awesome content for them.

For more from Eilidh & Megan, follow us on Facebook & Instagram or via email at [email protected]