The management

As a journalist, John has written for national newspapers and authored numerous books. As a copywriter, he has worked for all kinds of public, private and third-sector organizations.

He founded Write Arm in 2012 with the bright idea of exploiting the talents of a throng of gifted writers, then retiring to a tropical island. It didn’t quite work out that way as he found that he liked the buzz of meeting clients and winning new business.

These days he’s usually to be found working on business strategy and staring at spreadsheets.

The island can wait.

Hailing from Brighton – the birthplace of Write Arm – Matt spent over a decade leading recruitment for high-performing businesses on both sides of the Atlantic, including professional sports teams and media companies. At Write Arm, his role is to ensure that our teams and writers can excel every day, and help our clients to reach their objectives.

When not on a Zoom call talking to candidates and clients or tinkering with our project management system, Matt spends his time spearheading the growth of our US office in North Carolina.

Rosie’s had a deep appreciation for the power of language ever since childhood, when she twigged that some ways of asking for a chocolate biscuit yielded better results than others.

Originally from Somerset, Cathy took a degree in English literature and sociology in order to indulge her love of words and people. After a move to Brighton, she found her niche in internal communications and spent many happy years delivering comms strategies for a global insurance business.

To say that Daria is a brilliant all-rounder would be an understatement.

As well as a master’s degree in pharmacy, and qualifications in web development and project management, she’s fluent in three languages and has worked for organizations as diverse as the UN and Emirates airline. She joined Write Arm as operations coordinator after moving to the UK from Ukraine, and now sits at the heart of our engine room, expertly pulling all the levers needed to keep the show running smoothly. 

Having learned English by watching Star Wars when she was four, Mariana was always likely to land a career in foreign languages.

It took her a while though, as she first got a master’s in educational psychology, then ran her own clinic, before her love of the UK music scene brought her to London. Eventually she joined Write Arm where, as head of multilingual services, she marshals a worldwide team of linguists. As you’d expect, she still loves to learn new languages, though she admits to struggling with Ewokese.