A day in the life of Penelope Banton, Digital PR Manager

Find out what a day in the life of Penelope Banton, our Digital PR manager looks like.

How do you start your day?

If I don’t need to start work early, I tend to get up around 7.30am & jump straight in the shower to wake myself up. I make a coffee and listen to Radio X as I’m getting ready – Chris Moyles is my favourite (the DJ).

What’s your go to breakfast?

I hate to admit that it’s usually just a black coffee until lunch. That said, I’m really into bagels at the moment with marmite and cucumber… perhaps not for everyone’s taste.

What’s your top tip for managing your day?

I always make an effort to take my full lunch break and get out the house (if working from home). I’ll pop to the shop or go on a walk – it’s really important to give your head a break, especially when you’ve got a lot on the go. 

I’m also a big fan of a to do list, I genuinely don’t know how people operate without one!

Describe your typical day? 

This is a tough one as my days differ. I work remotely most of the time, so make an effort to switch up where I’m working from and it also depends a lot on if we have any upcoming deadlines. That said, I really enjoy no two days being the same so wouldn’t have it any other way.

Day to day, I work on new business pitches, concept ideation, media research and managing the campaigns from start to finish, including outreach to press. I also travel to London every other week to see the team and work from our London office.

Describe working at VERB in 3x words

Fun 

Empowering

Supportive

Are you an early bird or a night owl?

I’d love love love to be an early bird but I’m unfortunately not… I’m not particularly a night owl either. Maybe more of a mid-morning cat?

How do you wind down after a busy day? 

On a productive day (and if the sun is shining), I’ll go on a jog after work, but if not it tends to go the other way and I’ll cook a nice meal, have a glass of red and watch a period drama.

Anything else interesting you’d like to add? 

My best friend recently got me into swing dancing – for anyone who isn’t sure what that is, it’s the style of dance they did in the 20’s – 40’s with jazz music. I resisted her invitations for about 3 months but it’s actually amazing and I wish I’d done it sooner.