Stella Barker
Associate Account Director
Experience
Stella is an Associate Account Director at Sleeping Giant Media, bringing a blend of strategic smarts, commercial know-how, and an infectious energy to everything she does. With a background that spans SEO, Paid Media, Content, and Data, she’s all about translating business goals into meaningful, measurable results.
Since joining Sleeping Giant Media, Stella has built a reputation for her client-first mentality developing strong, trusted relationships and always striving to deliver work that genuinely makes an impact. She’s worked in senior marketing roles for global brands, where she led asset management and drove social media strategy across seven international channels. Whether it’s big-picture strategy or day-to-day delivery, Stella brings enthusiasm, clarity, and a focus on commercial results to everything she touches.
Talks and Recognition
Stella is often recognised for her leadership, clear communication, and solutions-focused approach. She has played a key role in agency-wide training sessions, knowledge-sharing initiatives, and strategic planning forums, and is a natural mentor always ready to share her experience and lift others up.
Stella was praised for streamlining asset management systems and accelerating social media performance across multiple platforms. Within the agency, she’s a go-to for new business pitches and creative strategy combining commercial thinking with a personal touch that leaves a lasting impression.
What Drives Me
What really drives Stella is client satisfaction she thrives on building genuine, long-term partnerships and being someone clients can truly count on. She’s also hugely motivated by a desire to be the best at what she does, constantly learning, improving, and pushing herself to grow.
Outside the 9-to-5, Stella is a girly-girl at heart think shopping, beauty, and all things pink, but don’t be fooled: she’s also a former personal trainer, passionate about health and fitness, and a bit of a golf addict. Whether she’s smashing targets at work or working on her swing on the weekend, she brings positivity, purpose, and a big smile to it all. She thrives on collaboration, storytelling, and solving problems in fresh, creative ways and always does it with style.