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Long time fam friend, [Paul Ruffles](https://www.instagram.com/pruffs/) (also known as Ruffs) is a trusted and recognised expert in global Sports/Street retail, business and culture.
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Starting from the shop floor at JD Sports he has a 25-year, proven track record of celebrating, creating, and delivering impact for brands, their products, and their stories. He passionately feeds off and thrives on the purpose and credibility of the work and whom the work is with.
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He is committed and empathetic to people’s thoughts and needs, and has a clear understanding of how other influences such as music and art inform other cultures and working with those to excite the market - people like Jon Burgerman, Dave White, and more recently Nicole Mclaughlin - honed over 10 years as MD of Size? and Footpatrol, various campaigns with brands such as Reebok and currently new brand directions for Merrell with the launch of Merrell 1TRL.

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Paul Ruffles

Fashion stylist, creative consultant and costume designer [Cynthia Lawrence-John](https://www.instagram.com/cynthialawrencejohn/) started off her career in photography, and quickly moved into fashion styling, becoming Fashion Director at the iconic Sleaze Nation. Her background in photography has seen her working as both a stylist and creative consultant across the fields of – fashion, advertising, music, narrative moving image and feature films.
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Her obsession with ‘style over fashion’ and attention to detail has led Cynthia to work for several high profile international brands such as adidas, Nike, Apple, Samsung, Absolut and BMW to name a handful. Her celebrity roster includes international recording artists, celebrities and sports people including Pharrell, Swizz Beats, Young Fathers, Little Simz, and Mahalia.
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While continuing to work in the fashion and advertising worlds, most recently Cynthia has moved further into short and feature films, enjoying the in-depth research aspect of the film world as well as the opportunity to explore human nature on a deeper level and exploring characters through the details in their style.

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Cynthia Lawrence-John

[Coralie Rose](https://www.instagram.com/coralie_blamo_rose/) is a casting director with over 12 years experience in music videos, short films, branded content and commercials for global brands including adidas, Facebook, Rimmel London, Heineken, Unilever, Volvo, Apple, Google and H&M.
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An early pioneer of street casting, she is renowned for her ability to find the freshest faces to deliver on the most challenging of briefs – and was one of the first casting directors to actively promote diversity in her work.
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In 2013, Coralie founded [Road Casting](https://www.instagram.com/roadcasting/), specializing in street casting, with particular focus on celebrating underrepresented people in advertising and film. She was delighted to receive the Entrepreneur of Excellence Award at the 2017 UK National Diversity Awards, honouring the achievements of those committed to diversity, equality and inclusion. On top of that, Coralie was selected as a mentee for the 2019 Women in Film & Television UK Mentoring scheme.

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Coralie Rose

Cannes Lions, Entertainment Stage, 2018