SPRING//SUMMER 2018 61 60 SPRING//SUMMER 2018 SidonieWarren, Founder, Papersmiths Sidonie founded contemporary stationers Papersmiths in 2013, which has bricks-and-mortar stores in Bristol and Boxpark,Shoreditch. She also established an online store. Emma Pearce, Designer, Hotchpotch Emma has been a designer for eight years,working freelance at first, and now for Hotchpotch.Her work is stocked at John Lewis,Selfridges, Oliver Bonas and Harrods. ScottWoodward, Marketing Manager, Nemo Group Scott has worked at the Nemo Group for more than five years. He manages marketing campaigns,has updated the corporate website and created an award-winning catalogue. Jennifer Rea, Director, Ink Monkey Art Jennifer founded the company in 2014 straight after graduating from Ulster University.She set up a retail space in Belfast to supply art products and accessible printing services to the local community. Christina Foreman, Creative Director, Papier Christina joined online personalised stationery retailer Papier in 2015. She spearheaded the launch of successful collaborations with leading artists,brands and institutions. Chloe Bayles,Wholesale Manager, A Gift From The Gods Chloe joinedA Gift From the Gods in January 2017 asWholesale Manager,and covers product development,trade shows and wholesale account management. Rebecca Ostrowski, Marketing Executive, Maped Helix In addition to Rebecca’s supporting role in the marketing team,she oversees all of Helix’s social media and organises major trade show exhibition stands. IN recognition of the importance of young professionals to the continued dynamism of the industry, Stationery Matters launchedThirty Under 30 in 2017 to identify and acknowledge the rising stars of stationery. The award judges selected 30 candidates they felt demonstrated drive and passion for their role, a desire to innovate and who were able to display knowledge of the wider industry. The award judges,Wendy Vickery, marketing manager at Pentel UK, Ruth Burgess, senior stationery buyer of B&M Retail Ltd, Julia Faiers, editor of Stationery Matters and Mark Janson-Smith, managing director of independent retailer Postmark, agreed that seven of the 30 candidates deserved special recognition for their exceptional talent and significant contribution to the stationery industry.To highlight the worthy achievements of these trailblazers, and to provide an insight into their vital roles within the industry, Stationery Matters asked its standout stars to tell us a little bit more about their daily working lives. AT WORK WITH... THE THIRTY UNDER 30 STARS SPECIAL FOCUS The judges’ seven Star Choices,revealed at the Manchester Stationery Show in October 2017: DKLMARKETINGLTD 11 Deer Park Road, Northampton, NN3 6QD, UK tel. 01604 678780 email. sales@dkl.co.uk web. www.dkl.co.uk facebook.com/DKL.Toys twitter.com/DKLtoys DON’T MISS THE SHOW DEALS! SCENTED STATIONERY VISIT US AT LONDON STATIONERY SHOW STAND G221 SCENTED STATIONERY