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Rick Stainton is the Founder & Group Executive Director of Smyle, a 100 strong team based in London. As a leading creative agency Smyle delivers live and video projects for some of the top global brands in a range of sectors including IT, Telco and Media. It has won the UK Event Agency of the Year award a record 6 times in last 12 years – in 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018 & 2019.

Smyle has also been recognised as the fastest growing leading agency in the UK Events industry through its entry in The Sunday Times Virgin Atlantic Fast Track 100 in December 2018 and The Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200 in February 2019.

Rick is going to run you through some basics of what it’s like to be in the event industry, and answer some questions about his experience.