Scott Johnson
Stephen Barber
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Scott Johnson
Information Technology Management for Business , Class of 2012
Interim Head of HR
Stephen Barber
Politics and Sociology , Class of 2006 Head of PR , Amazon Prime Video
Stephen attended Keele between 2003 and 2006 , studying Politics and Sociology . After leaving Keele , he moved to London after earning a place on a two-year graduate scheme with Orange .
He moved to ITV ’ s Programme PR team in 2011 , working on shows such as I ’ m a Celebrity , Get Me Out of Here ! and Love Island . In 2016 , Stephen joined the BBC , working on top global brands including Doctor Who and Strictly Come Dancing - managing the publicity campaigns and crisis comms on some of the UK ’ s biggest shows .
Originally from Staffordshire , now based in South London , Scott looks back on his time at Keele with fond memories and has many lasting friendships that are still as strong today . After leaving Keele , Scott moved to the Southeast and ‘ fell ’ into recruitment with a small agency . He then moved ‘ in-house ’ to a large consultancy where he also embarked on MSc studies in HR Development and Consultancy . Having established and led Talent Acquisition and HR functions for several companies , Scott is now Interim Head of HR for a green tech business delivering long duration storage capacity for the UK energy market .
Since moving to Amazon Prime Video in 2021 , he has worked across brand , consumer and content PR across multiple territories including Africa , Netherlands and Central Eastern Europe .