About Us

Our clients say we outshine our competitors.

That's because they are confident of how much print, broadcast and new media coverage we will deliver - before we deliver it.

Pro-active, highly experienced and passionate about PR, we cut through the noise to set and deliver objectives which are aligned with your business plan. See below for more details about the senior team. 

Sharon Cain - Managing Director

Sharon is a former Sky TV and BBC journalist who founded Quest as: "The home of good journalism."

Working at a strategic level, Sharon conducts in-depth interviews with senior personnel to ‘peel off the layers' and dig out appropriate angles. She draws on her writing expertise to target clients' messages across print and broadcast media.

A champion of female entrepreneurs, Sharon was selected by regional development agency Yorkshire Forward for the nationwide Women's Ambassadors' Programme. Running half marathons and cycle challenges for charity, Sharon is passionate about travel and has lived in Hong Kong and in a tree house in the Philippines. She is most proud of her team and Quest's raft of awards from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.  

Tim Curran - Deputy MD

Tim is a former BBC journalist, who joined Quest after heading the business-to-business teams at the two leading Leeds-based PR agencies, Ptarmigan and Brahm. At Ptarmigan, he developed his team’s business from a standing start to account for more than a third of the agency’s income and was a key figure in the organisation becoming the only one outside London ever to win the coveted PR Week Agency of the Year title. His clients have included National Australia Bank Group, top accountancy practices BDO Stoy Hayward and PKF, national top five law firm Irwin Mitchell, global financial connectivity provider TNS, manufacturing multinationals the Wheelabrator Group and Yarwood, plus public sector organisations the Waste and Resources Action Programme, the Homes and Communities Agency and Yorkshire Forward.   

Earlier in his career, Tim was PR manager at Bradford & Bingley, where he won a major national award and saw his press office team voted the best in the whole financial services industry, by journalists covering the subject in the national, local and trade media.  

Shona Nutter - Account Director

Shona has a decade of PR experience, gained at award winning agencies Ptarmigan and Citigate Dewe Rogerson. She is experienced at maximising national and regional PR campaigns for a combination of SMEs and large blue chip companies including Nestle, BMW MINI, npower, Morrisons, Peugeot and Yorkshire Bank. Her particular expertise is delivering strategic and results-driven consumer campaigns.

 

Paul Rayment - Account Executive

With four years publishing and extensive writing experience, Paul’s client delivery expertise extends to developers including Munroe K – Owner of White Rose Office Park and international developer. Severfield-Reeve Projects & Severfield-Reeve Investments - Design and build, construction & development specialist, Scotfield commercial and residential property developer behind Leeds’ Gateway building and St Paul’s Developments – Commercial property developer.

As former publication manager for Leeds Guide Paul grew its property supplement from 4 to 24 pages, increasing advertising revenue ten-fold.  

 

Harriet Cullum - Account Executive

Since graduating top of her class with a First in Linguistics and Phonetics from the University of Leeds in 2008, Harriet has worked as a Business Co-ordinator for the National Blood Service. In this role, she was responsible for co-ordinating a recruitment drive of platelet donors across Leeds, enabling her two donor centres to hit tough targets set for them by the Department of Health.

 

Whilst at university, she developed a keen interest in fund raising and event planning going on to win numerous awards including the ‘University of Leeds 2007 Award for Fundraising’ and Action Student Volunteers awards for ‘Best Initiative’ and ‘Outstanding Contribution’. Since 2005, she has been instrumental in raising over £47,000 for various charitable causes.

 

She is now eager to put as much hard work and enthusiasm into her PR career as she has put into her life to date.

 

In her spare time, Harriet enjoys keeping fit, watching sport, socialising and seeing the world (when finances allow!)

  

Sue Roberts - Office Manager

Sue is a highly-motivated office manager who spent six years managing the busy offices at Atlas Media Group in Leeds.

Sue is responsible for the smooth running of Quest's office and ensuring all procedures and processes are followed and quality standards maintained. An excellent organiser and communicator, her aim is to assist the Quest team with all administration and financial matters as we power from strength to strength. Sue was instrumental in helping Quest achieve its Investors in People recognition. In her spare time, Sue enjoys running 10Ks, family life and entertaining friends.

 

For a free audit to determine if your current PR activities are meeting your core objectives, call us now on 01423 564 192. 

Quest PR is an active member of the CSR Consortium; a group of companies well-versed in responsible business matters - from employee well-being to environmental behaviour, and diversity to community engagement. To find out more visit http://www.csrconsortium.co.uk/