Meet the team

David Lewis founded Memetic Communications at the end of 2018. 

He began his career in 2007 and has since worked in science and technology communications in small, mid-sized and large agencies, and as an independent consultant. He's worked with national and international science laboratories, startups, SMEs, big business and universities spanning biotechnology, materials science, clean energy, healthcare, artificial intelligence, and cyber security.

David is a firm believer in the importance of quality, an area he always felt was the missing ingredient in otherwise well-planned communications campaigns, and which led him to start Memetic.

As a law graduate with an enthusiasm for science and economics, and a longstanding interest in behavioural psychology, he brings a logical and informed approach that helps clients create content worth reading, and offers an alternative to the 'race to the bottom' battle for attention which has come to characterise modern communications.

Outside of Memetic, David trains in Parkour and performs improv and standup. He speaks not-quite-fluent Spanish and is trying to learn to swing dance.

Prior to Memetic, Richard founded Proof Communication in 2005, growing the business into the most successful science and technology communication agency in Europe, before selling it to Mission Marketing Group Plc.

Richard has 20 years’ experience in marketing and communications for science, technology and engineering organisations. Clients have included Microsoft, Oracle, Adobe, QinetiQ, GCHQ, National Physical Laboratory, CERN, AVEVA, and Dell.

Jon Hughes is a non-exec director and strategic adviser to Memetic. Prior to Memetic he spent more than 25 years in large corporate technology PR agencies and held several leadership positions including Joint CEO of Golin.

Jon’s experience of business and communications strategy has taken him around the world. He has worked in most continents and for international technology businesses throughout his career. In addition to his role in Memetic, Jon is a Senior Advisor at Edelman, one of the largest PR & communications agencies in the world.

Jack has over 15 years' experience as a professional writer and editor. Prior to Memetic, Jack worked as a freelance copywriter and journalist, starting out in entertainment journalism before moving to technology copywriting.

As a journalist, Jack has written for publications that include Computeractive, The Independent, The Guardian, The Express, Londonist, FHM, and EMPIRE. As a writer, his previous clients include Motorola, the UFC, the UK Government Digital Service, Unilever, Smirnoff, EY, BAE, Fosters and Dell.

Adam specialises in science, technology and public policy. He has delivered special projects for The Economist Intelligence Unit and MIT Technology Review, and written for Microsoft, Dropbox, Slack, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the World bank and UNICEF.

His projects have included forecasts, scenarios, evidence and academic literature reviews, global rankings, and interview-based trend analysis. He has covered topics including how big data can help cities prepare for disasters, the bioethics of gene therapy, and what the rise of quantum computers means for privacy and encryption.

Adam is also a regular contributor to Financial Times special reports and Sifted. 

Vittoria is an award-winning science journalist and communications specialist with strong international experience, having worked on four continents over 30 years. Her articles and strategic content on science- and health-related topics have been published in New Scientist, The Times, The Guardian, the South China Morning Post, SciDev.Net and International SOS, among others. She won an Amnesty International Press Award for her coverage of the enforced sterilisation of Tibetan women.

Vittoria originally studied biology and, outside Memetic, currently works part-time as the press officer covering the Faculty of Science at the University of Bath. She is also an active contributor to Horizon, the EU magazine dedicated to research and innovation.

Kamal is a content writer and communications consultant based in Liverpool, UK. With a Masters in Physics from the University of Oxford and stints in scientific publishing, she's confident with a complicated topic – even when it really is rocket science. She has well over a decade’s experience in communications, spanning pure science, AgriTech, and digital transformation, including working with pharma company Merck on communicating their latest innovations.

Her science background means she understands the importance of creating accurate content using reliable sources, while her varied experience in both B2B and B2C communications means she knows how to make her writing resonate with the right people.

Simon has over 20 years’ experience in media, marketing and PR and is now focussed on content writing for a range of purposes and voices. He specialises in B2B content, thought leadership articles, research reports, whitepapers, press releases, and blogs for IT, technology, and telecoms firms, whose products and services include cyber-security, IT networking, IoT, enterprise software, and communications infrastructure.

He brings breadth and depth of experience and knowledge along with a patient, calm and methodical approach to client servicing that has led to him being described as a 'safe pair of hands', ‘a sage’ and ‘the office Yoda’.

In the words of one former client: "Simon writes in a way that makes me understand what we do..."