Leigh Smith (2007-2013)

Leigh went straight to university after his A-levels (Economics, Business Studies and Media Studies) to study Management and Marketing. During my 3rd year he did a placement at BMW, where he worked in the Marketing Communications team for a year. After this, he returned to university for his final year and graduated in 2017 with a first, achieving the highest grade on his course.

After graduating, he knew he wanted to pursue a career in marketing, and joined creative agency Havas Helia as an Account Executive, working on brands such as Pets at Home and Gap. Leigh was there for about 2 years and was an Account Manager when he left.

Leigh has recently joined the marketing team at Royal Caribbean, which is a brand he has admired for many years and allows great opportunity to gain international experience. He now oversees email marketing for UK and Ireland and will be picking up the rest of EMEA in the coming months.