Marketing has forever changed.

Algorithms decide what’s surfaced. Platforms filter attention. Being seen is no longer the same as being discovered.

Join Journey Further for a morning built for senior marketers who want to understand exactly what’s changed — and what to do about it. We’re bringing new research into the room for the first time, alongside the specialists engineering discovery for some of the UK’s leading brands.

 

The details

  • Date: Tuesday 13 October 2026
  • Time: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
  • Location: Central London — venue to be announced soon
  • Who it’s for: Senior marketers ready to rethink how their brand gets found, understood, and chosen

 

Speakers

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Lydia HinchliffVP of Strategy, Journey Further
paul-norris
Paul NorrisSenior Organic Director, Journey Further
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Becs JacksonOrganic Director, Journey Further
Toni SkidmoreSenior Client Director, Journey Further
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What to expect

9:30 AM
Arrival
Coffee, informal networking, and a first look at our new research report — yours to take away.
9:45 AM
Welcome
9:55 AM
Opening keynote: the state of discovery
Setting the scene: what's actually changed in how brands get found, and why visibility alone no longer cuts it.
10:15 AM
Discovery Framework
Introducing the system behind being found, understood, and chosen, and why it has to work as one connected thing, not separate channels.
10:35 AM
Break
Refreshments and time to connect with the room.
10:50 AM
Fireside chat
11:05 AM
Search: found in the age of AI
What happens when AI Overviews and LLMs (not just search rankings) decide what gets surfaced.
11:25 AM
Engineering discovery with paid media
How paid media builds visibility and preference deliberately, not by accident.
11:45 AM
Break
Refreshments and time to connect with the room.
11:55 AM
Panel: the system in action
Our specialists come together to show how strategy, search, paid media and AI work as one connected system, not four separate disciplines.
12:20 PM
Closing keynote: the brands that win
Pulling the morning together, and what it actually means to engineer discovery for your brand.
12:35 PM
Final note
How to keep the conversation going with Journey Further.
12:45 PM
Networking

Meet the speakers

Lydia Hinchliff

Lydia is VP of Strategy at Journey Further, where she has built the agency’s Marketing Science and Strategic Planning functions from the ground up into two of its core, profitable capabilities. With nearly two decades of marketing industry experience, she has consistently connected brand thinking with commercial performance at a time when the industry treated the two as separate disciplines. Beginning her career in independent agencies before moving into global network agency leadership, Lydia brings rigorous, evidence-led thinking to every brief. An award-winning active industry contributor and speaker, she is also a committed advocate for social mobility and diverse hiring across the marketing industry.

Paul Norris

Paul has over 16 years’ experience of driving organic growth for recognisable brands, including Dior, Barbour, and Dr. Martens. He leads Journey Further’s organic proposition across SEO, Digital PR, and performance content, bringing these disciplines together to deliver strategic impact for clients. Paul is passionate about helping brands unlock long-term growth by making channels work harder and delivering sustainable results.

Becs Jackson

Across a decade agency-side, Becs has led organic strategies for global brands such as Aston Martin, Fortnum & Mason and Maybourne Hotel Group, connecting legacy brands to new audiences.

As Director of Organic Strategy at Journey Further, Becs’s role is aligning our organic channels to achieve a holistic journey across SEO, Content & Digital PR.