BUGLER SMITH - Key Persons


Dean Smith

Job Titles:
  • Head of Design
Over the past 9 years, Dean has worked in large advertising agencies across London, Sydney, Amsterdam and Manchester,. He's led and delivered integrated campaigns for clients including eBay, Heineken, Virgin Atlantic, Natwest and Swinton Insurance.
 Dean has a vast amount of experience in design across all areas with a particular focus on digital, UX and campaign creative.

Lee Ashton - Founder, Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Managing Director
Lee has 20 years' experience working in the events and comms industry, and during this time has enjoyed working with brands such as Pets at Home, Mothercare, New Look and Intel. This has given him a unique understanding of how brands work, what they need from agencies and how teams can deliver large and smaller scale events and projects. As founder of Bugler Smith, Lee is involved at different levels in the majority of the agency's projects, while also managing the business, plans for growth and development of the team. As an agency, we're always looking for new and innovative ways to engage or excite our clients and their audiences.

Natalia Togher

Job Titles:
  • Client Services Director
Natalia has more than 15 years' experience working within both large global agencies and smaller niche independent agencies. She has worked as strategic lead for campaign/brand repositioning for some of the UK's largest independent and public sector brands, including Lambrini, Pets at Home, Airbus, NatWest and the NHS. As Client Services Director, Natalia is responsible for the leadership and development of the account management team, and ensuring projects are delivered to the highest standards. Natalia also works with our client partners on campaign strategy and measurable KPIs.

Victoria Burke

Job Titles:
  • Account Director
With more than 10 years industry experience, Victoria has delivered a range of campaigns for some of the country's top FTSE100 companies including Ashtead Group, Tesco and United Utilities, as well as retail giants B&M and Marks & Spencer. Specialising in events and experiential, Victoria understands the importance of face-to-face communications and how to use live events as a channel within an integrated marketing approach.