Work with Emma
About Work with Emma
Hi, I'm Emma Wallace and this is how I can work with you
Why do I work with creative and neurodivergent people?
Because this is also me so I understand how your brain works! I can see your vision clearly without difficult explanations, be a great sounding board to your ideas and be a reliable external perspective that you can’t get from inside your head.
How do I help?
I use my divergent thinking strengths to connect the dots and figure out the best path forward to get from A to B and make the things that seem complex, simple. Whether I’m with you as a mentor, commercial consultant or chief-of-staff; I connect people, vision, product and customers to help creative entrepreneurs achieve their goals.
What do I do?
I connect deeply with the purpose behind your business and how you can best serve your customers and use this to help create and push forward a purpose driven flywheel to achieve the growth and mission you are passionate about.
My Journey Here
My journey working with creatives and entrepreneurs has taken me on a varied path as I have followed my own curiosity with fashion, lifestyle and social impact businesses.
Incubators and young fashion brands
Working with fashion start-ups before they were called 'start-ups'.
Scale up to exit
Scaling Rapha from £20m revenue to £200m exit. A cycling lifestyle brand. Leading the brand and lifestyle category and cross-functional teams.
Rebuilding a start-up
Rebranding and rebuilding product range and positioning for Mahabis. A wellness focused footwear brand.
Burnout recovery, studying and life after Covid
Taking on 100 new things to test myself, experiment, learn and find new passions, skills and stregths. I also discovered the stregths of my neurodivergent brain.
Portfolio mentor/advisor/ consultant/ Chief of Staff
Combining all my experience together to help neurodivergent people, creative and social impact businesses grow and thrive.
Experience
10+ years scaling fashion, lifestyle and sportswear brands
Learnt from the best brand creators at Rapha and scaling other D2C brands.
Entrepreneur and Intrepreneur
Known for being a change maker within the companies I've worked at. I've also started businesses and help others to grow theirs.
Global perspective
Worked on international brands and living in EU, UK and Australia.
Leading and building cross-functional teams
Grown teams from 3 to 20 people, lead cross-functional departments and managed external stakeholders.
D2C and omnichannel retail
Built and developed processes and systems for ecommerce, retail and marketing functions.
Start-up builder and advisor
Consulted and suported multiple early stage companies in scaling, customer growth, marketing, product and services.
My Super Skills
My toolkit I use to help clients build their unique path forward, be customer first and achieve ambitious goals.
Creative
Trained in creative processes and design thinking to solve problems
Connecting the dots
Spotting opportunities to make improvements and create value
Analytics and insights
Future thinking
Organisation and planning
Seeing patterns in data and communicating actionable insights
Trend forecaster by heart and always exploring what is coming next
Project management and critical path planning to setting OKRs and company wide goals
People leadership, mentoring and coaching
Able to bring people together behind a common mission
Fast learner and adaptable
Able to grasp new concepts and tech quickly and apply them in practice
Testimonials
Emma was my mentor for 3 months. She was reliable, consistent, and true to her word. Not to mention such a pleasant person to talk to and share ideas with. As a soloprenuer, it can be lonely and quite difficult to get outsider perspective on business decisions. I was reluctant to try another mentorship program after a bad experience in the past, but I'm really happy to have met Emma. If you need someone open minded, takes initiative, knows what they're doing and gives good advice, get first dibs on Emma!
Lauren Little - Founder
I worked with Emma for 5 years whilst she was at Rapha. A true self starter, Emma is someone who genuinely wants to improve the way that things are done, and rather than just thinking about it, she puts in the work and makes things happen. As her role and responsibilities evolved, Emma really stepped up to the challenge, demonstrating an enviable amount of resourcefulness and a passion to succeed. With this mentality and her easy going nature, Emma would be an asset to any organisation.
Laura Shipperlee - CPO
.png)
Emma was on our Advisory Board at Enna. Firstly, she was absolutely lovely and very down to earth, which definitely made working together easier. She was extremely helpful, always using her contacts and industry knowledge to provide us with informed advice. She is also great at listening, which is really important within this sort of position, as us founders always need someone thats willing to listen and help us approach problems in a different light. Thank you so much Emma!
Emily Banks - CEO and Founder
Emma helped me to understand my business in a new way. She has helped me to become my confident in scaling and promoting my business.
She has a personable and relatable manner and knows how to ask the right thought provoking questions.
I would definitely recommend working with Emma.
Daniel Harris - CEO and Founder
Explore my case studies to see more examples of how I help businesses with their growth challenges.
Current and Past Clients
.png)
.png)
Services
How I work with each client is completely tailored to the needs of your business and what you are looking to achieve. I don't just rely on the things I've done before or tell you what to do, I actively look for new unique solutions and make them happen with you. I can embed fully within your team if you need long term support or be an ad hoc consulting support. I prefer working with brands over a longer period as I’m driven by your long term success.
These areas below are my core pillars that I can support you with. I combine these with a focus on your purpose to create a flywheel of growth and impact. We can design a package together that works for you and your goals.
Media and Resources
I like to share insights I've learned so here are a few articles I have written and podcasts I've spoken on.
You can stay connected with me on Medium and LinkedIn for more of my insights.