Duncan Ballantyne

Director

Duncan is the founder of Ballantyne Communications and continues to run it day to day whilst also acting as a consultant and arts manager, with extensive experience of campaigning and developing cross-cultural and international projects. The agency was born in 2012 and provides communications and PR services, now very much music focused, and for a range of clients and projects - from labels, agents, artists, and festivals. He co-founded Tiger's Milk Records with Martin Morales, a Peruvian music and arts company, delivers occasional workshops and eats breakfast all hours of the day.

Julia Baker

Music PR Officer

Julia's music background is diverse, much of it experienced in London via Colombia, Brazil and Cuba and studying ethnomusicology. As a music programmer at London's iconic Barbican Centre, she programmed the likes of Balimaya Project, Yazz Ahmed, Luzmila Carpio and Wacław Zimpel, and prior, she ran marketing for Sam Lee's Nest Collective and was part of the Sound and Music PR team. Since moving to sunny Lisbon, she's been DJ'ing, hosting radio shows and making podcasts and would love to go to Nyege Nyege festival.

 

Jennifer Cowling

Administrator

Jennifer previously worked extensively as a manager and administrator in a variety of sectors including the NHS, charities and councils as well as running her own retail and catering business for 12 years.

Joss Yerbury

PR Consultant

Joss has been working on the promotional side of music since he started his music industry tenure. Always involved in artist development and now working for the management wing of End of the Road festival, he spent considerable time at Kartel in London where he ran campaigns for the likes of Soundway Records, Believe Recordings, Fat Freddy’s Drop, Ibibio Sound Machine & Brownswood. He manages various bands and also likes a ramble.

Andrew Pretty

Creative Director of Pretty Media

A multi-channel graphic designer and creative director with extensive experience working on product branding, music and arts marketing collateral and  retail environments for both print and digital. Andrew has extensive knowledge on print production and procurement. Clients include: Habitat, Richard James Savile Row, Ceviche, World Circuit Records, Arcadia, M&S, TK Maxx, St Lukes Communications and RPM to name a few.