About us

Status Social began life in January 2011 after award-winning BBC journalist Mark Saxby and successful blogger Martin Broadhurst joined forces to create the East Midlands first specialist social media agency. Since then, the growing Status Social team have trained more than 800 business people in social media from across the UK, Europe and the United States.

We have carried out social media strategy workshops for a variety of businesses and manage the social media for bigger companies from the United Kingdom and internationally. We have also appeared on the BBC to talk about social media on a number of occasions.

We have built our business around honesty and trust and believe our company should be an ethical one. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy includes free social media support for our chosen charities and a discount for all other charities. We also don’t add people to our email list who haven’t gone through our double sign-up process. We hate spam too!

For a free consultation call us on 01332 776910 or email us. Otherwise, find out more about what we do and what our customers think about us.

The Status Social team

Mark was trained in how to use social media by the BBC while news editor of BBC Radio Derby. His career in journalism spans 20 years and includes jobs in television, radio, newspapers, magazines and even running his own press agency. While at the BBC, his team won numerous awards and he raised listening figures at every station he managed at.

Mark runs most of Status Social’s training workshops and is a successful blog writer, generating more than 90,000 hits. He recently reached the final of the Institute of Directors East Midlands’ Young Director of the Year (even though he’s 42…)

Tania, a qualified marketer, was the internet manager at international publisher Mills & Boon and also worked at London’s South Bank University before joining Status Social in January 2013.  Her achievements include re-launching the Mills & Boon website and managing acquisition campaigns for its phenomenally successful Book Club.

Tania is responsible for Status Social’s marketing and is Status Social’s Pinterest expert. She runs Status Social’s Facebook and Twitter accounts and makes the best banana bread in the world.

As a director of Status Social, Kerry ensures the business runs incredibly smoothly at its Derby office and that our clients receive the best possible service. This follows a career as a debt counselling centre manager, office manager and accounts assistant.

Kerry manages Facebook pages, Twitter accounts and LinkedIn groups for clients and helps Status Social keep on top of the latest developments in the social media world. Kerry also took on the Dragons during the Derby Telegraph’s Local Business Accelerator competition… and won.