Eloise Smith (fencer)
{{Short description|British fencer and children's author (born 1978)}}
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Eloise Smith (born 2 January 1978) is a British fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 2000 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/eloise-smith-1.html |title=Eloise Smith Olympic Results |accessdate=4 March 2012 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111162327/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/eloise-smith-1.html |archivedate=11 November 2012 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/eloise-smith-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230714/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sm/eloise-smith-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Eloise Smith Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=28 October 2018}} She was Commonwealth fencing champion in Individual Women's Foil in 1998 and 2002.{{Cite web| title=Commonwealth Fencing Championships Results | url=http://www.commonwealthfencing.org/events/open_commonwealth_champions.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526100929/http://www.commonwealthfencing.org/events/open_commonwealth_champions.pdf | archive-date=2010-05-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ausfencing.org/events/cf2002/CF2002_General.htm|title=Commonwealth Fencing 2002 - About Commonwealth Fencing 2002|first=White Gauntlet|last=Design|website=www.ausfencing.org|accessdate=28 October 2018}}
From 1997 to 2004, she represented Great Britain at every World Fencing Championships and was British Individual Women's Foil No. 1.
She was coached by Ziemowit Wojciechowski at Salle Paul.{{cite web|url=https://www.zfw-fencing.co.uk/ziemek-wojciechowski|title=zfw-fencing-club - Ziemek Wojciechowski|website=zfw-fencing-club|accessdate=28 October 2018}}
She attended Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Elstree, before studying English Literature and Language at St Edmund Hall, Oxford,{{cite web |url=http://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/about-college/notable-alumni |title=Notable Alumni |accessdate=22 August 2012 |work=St Edmund Hall |archive-date=23 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423115832/http://www.seh.ox.ac.uk/about-college/notable-alumni |url-status=dead }} where she graduated in 1999.{{Cite web|url=https://linkedin.com/in/eloisesmith/|title=Eloise Smith {{!}} LinkedIn|website=linkedin.com|access-date=24 August 2016}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Eloise was an Executive Creative Director in advertising before becoming a children's author.
International competitions
Writing
Eloise's debut middle-grade fiction title, Sister To A Star,{{cite book |isbn=978-1912626717|title=Sister to a Star |last1=Smith |first1=Eloise |date=5 May 2022 |publisher=Chicken House }} was published by Chicken House Books in May 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chickenhousebooks.com/books/sister-to-a-star/|title=Chicken House Books website}} Her second book, Winner Takes Gold{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Eloise |title=Winner Takes Gold |publisher=Chicken House |year=2024 |isbn=978-1915026309 |edition=1st |publication-date=4 January 2024 |language=English}} was released in Jan 2024. The Times awarded it Children's Book of the Week, describing it as "a gymnastics thriller with a twist . . . a lively whodunnit set in an elite training camp for young gymnasts."{{Cite news |last=Bannerman |first=Lucy |date=2024-02-22 |title=Winner Takes Gold by Eloise Smith review — a gymnastics thriller with a twist |newspaper=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/winner-takes-gold-by-eloise-smith-review-n76nlks9g |access-date=2024-02-22 |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}
Education
Eloise attended Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Elstree, before studying English Literature and Language at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where she graduated in 1999. In 2001, she studied at West Herts College for a diploma in Copywriting and Art Direction for Advertising.{{cite web|url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/campaign-beginners-ladies-punch-takes-balls-advertising-creative/184060|title=CAMPAIGN FOR BEGINNERS: LADIES WHO PUNCH - It takes balls to be an advertising creative|publisher=|accessdate=28 October 2018}}
Advertising career
Eloise began her career in advertising at marketing and communications company RKCR/ Y&R in 2001 as a creative. In 2004, she moved to St Luke's Communications, followed by digital agency AKQA and digital and social marketing agency Work Club as a creative lead.{{cite web|url=https://lbbonline.com/news/5-minutes-with-eloise-smith/|title=5 Minutes With… Eloise Smith - LBBOnline|publisher=|accessdate=28 October 2018}} Here she created The Carte Noire Readers featuring Dominic West, Joseph Fiennes and more.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/observations-joseph-fiennes-is-the-new-face-of-carte-noire-readers-1923469.html|title=Observations: Joseph Fiennes is the new face of Carte Noire Readers|date=19 March 2010|website=The Independent|accessdate=17 January 2019}}
In 2010, she moved to advertising agency Havas London as a creative director. Notable clients included Citroën, Kraft and evian.
In January 2014, she was appointed Executive Creative Director at digital marketing agency MullenLowe Profero,
becoming joint Executive Creative Director at MullenLowe London in 2016,{{cite web|url=https://www.mullenlowelondon.com/our-work/seat/|title=Missing Car - MullenLowe London|publisher=|accessdate=28 October 2018}} before becoming Group Creative Director of Amazon EU until 2023.{{Cite web |last=Crook |first=Charlotte |date=2022-03-31 |title=Cogs Agency - The Global Talent Agency |url=https://cogsagency.com/technology/the-women-who-inspire-the-people-of-cogs/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Cogs Agency |language=en-US}}
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Category:People educated at Haberdashers' Girls' School
Category:British female fencers
Category:Olympic fencers for Great Britain