Nicola Harrison
As commercial content director, Nicola leads Retail Week's growing content marketing business Connect.
Her team produces intelligent and timely thought leadership content for a range of big clients such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft through products including comprehensive reports and live and virtual events.
Nicola’s job is to ensure quality content across all of Connect’s output and to lead on product development, while ensuring Connect hits its quarterly revenue targets.
She chairs panels, speaks at events and delivers client presentations.
Nicola has 14 years experience as a business journalist. She has held positions including news editor and content editor at Retail Week, during which time she led the editorial team to a digital-first approach. Nicola joined the Connect team in 2017.
Contact info
- Tel:
- +44 (0)20 3960 9206
- Email:
- nicola.harrison@retail-week.com
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