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Introduction

Founded in 1998 by Heather Finlay, Sainted is a leading independent music PR agency, offering clients an unrivalled service in publicity.

Sainted has developed a quality portfolio of high profile clients within the music industry, including; Massive Attack, Basement Jaxx, Air, Daft Punk, The Streets, Travis and The Kills.

The company prides itself on quality control, only undertaking work for credible clients that it wholeheartedly believes in and supports.

Sainted comprises 4 professionals, including 3 experienced senior consultants and 1 junior consultant, each with a passion for music and PR.

A well-respected, ambitious and dynamic agency which has great plans for expansion in the future, Sainted delivers excellent client service, a creative approach and great results.

Heather Finlay

Heather has worked in the music PR industry for over 15 years and has been responsible for creating and implementing numerous award winning PR campaigns.

Starting out at Jive Records, Heather was poached by Warners where she worked with Anita Baker, Quincy Jones and Seal - winning her first Music Week PR Award for her campaign to support Seal's first album.

Heather became Head of Press at Virgin for 5 years, working with the likes of the Spice Girls and Neneh Cherry. She left Virgin to found Sainted in 1998, taking with her Massive Attack, Daft Punk and Air - accounts that she holds to this day.

It is testament to Heather's professionalism and passion for her business that her major clients continue to extend and develop their contracts with Sainted. A highly principled individual, Heather will only work with clients that she respects and believes in and so guarantees fantastic results.

Heather won her 2nd Music Week PR Award in 1999 for the Massive Attack Mezzanine campaign.

Amanda Freeman

Amanda has worked in the music industry for 17 years, working with some of the biggest acts in the world today, including U2, Blur, Gorillaz and the Smashing Pumpkins.

A highly respected PR, Amanda recently joined Sainted in order to assist in its expansion towards building a more varied music client roster. She will take a strategic role in developing the company, forging new relationships with potential clients and initiating and directing on all campaigns.

For the last 8 years, Amanda was senior publicist at RMP, responsible for implementing and managing national campaigns for Blur and Gorillaz. She has also worked extensively with U2, managing the campaigns to support their last 3 album releases. Most recently Amanda travelled with U2 as Tour Publicist on their Elevation Tour, undertaking all promotional duties, liaison with promoters and overseeing the co-ordination of all media activity for the band.

Previously, Amanda was Head of Press for Island Records, managing campaigns for NWA, Anthrax, Stereo MC's and Julian Cope.

Doug Gray

Doug joined Sainted PR in Spring of 2003 following more than 2 years at Wall of Sound Records, where he worked closely with label artists such as Royksopp, Zoot Woman and Blak Twang.

With five years experience in the music industry and having assisted on press campaigns for the likes of Roots Manuva and Grand National, Doug now has a sizeable roster of his own including Coldcut, Blackalicious, Bugz In The Attic and the respected Smoove and Buzzin Fly labels.