Nicky Holt

Nicky Holt is Group Commercial Director for Bauer Media and leads a team of 160 sales people delivering commercial activity across 30 multi-platform brands. Nicky is well established in the media world, having worked across print, digital and events in senior marketing, publishing and commercial roles for some of the world’s biggest media businesses, including Bauer Media.  She’s passionate about the power of brands, and creating audience-centric, creative campaigns.  During her time at Bauer she has created some unique and successful partnerships,
including Closer and Matalan TV. She also launched heat Radio and the heat augmented reality App. While at Centaur Media, Nicky launched the award-winning e-learning programme – the Marketing Week Mini MBA. She also worked as part of the team that shaped The Festival of Marketing into an exciting and modern conference for global marketers.
 
Nicky is an NLP coach, using her skills to support her teams, but also mentors a group of female