David Collyer
After graduating from the London College of Printing, David was a music journalist for ten years between 1995 and 2005. Most of this time was spent as a web editor at Capital Radio and London Indie Station Xfm, pioneering several then-groundbreaking developments such as offering music for download over the internet and e-mailing people in large numbers.
David founded Authority in 2005 in order to continue to combine his love of music and writing. Today, he continues to kind of be in charge.
Merek Cooper
Obsessed with music from an early age, in 2002 Merek immersed himself in the North American college radio scene, eventually becoming editor of CiTR Vancouver's monthly music magazine Discorder. Returning to London in 2005, he became Reviews Editor for Plan B Magazine, a contributing writer for music website PlayLouder and started his own podcast, Sleephouse Radio.
Merek joined Authority in 2007, and his fearsome work ethic has been essential in our expansion and growth since then.
Alex Fordham
Alex has over 8 years experience in online PR and digital marketing, with early successes including number 1 albums from Franz Ferdinand, The Libertines and Stereophonics. He has also masterminded online campaigns for Morrissey, Elbow, Paul Weller, Tom Jones and many more highly successful bands and artists.
As well as these world-famous artists Alex has managed campaigns for festivals and brands like Global Gathering, Homelands and Hi-Fi Festivals, and most recently looked after Nokia's 'Music We Like' campaign and the groundbreaking Pledge Music, fan-funded music model. Alex joined Authority in August 2010 to head up our Digital PR division.
Dan Melia
After gaining a degree in journalism from the University of Lincoln, Dan honed his skills as a freelance reviewer before taking a staff position at Gigwise in 2005. Starting off as a lowly intern he later became New Bands Editor before taking on the role of Assistant Editor and steering the site to its most successful period.
Dan joined Authority in June 2009 as Web Editor.
Lucius Yeo
Lucius brings over 5 years of digital PR and marketing experience to the Authority table and has strategised successful digital campaigns for Chapel Club, London venue XOYO, Metronomy, The Mighty Boosh Festival, Hop Farm Festival, Atari Teenage Riot, Mount Kimbie, Aeroplane and Fenech Soler plus a variety of campaigns for artists on Sunday Best, Warners and Polydor UK.
He brings considerable experience to the agency in the fields of social media marketing, blogging, data capture analytics, viral marketing and podcasting. Lucius joined us in the Spring of 2011.
Harjeet Mander
After studying Contemporary Media Practice at Westminster University, Harjeet worked as a copywriter at arts charity IdeasTap.com and was Assistant Editor at celebrity website Entertainmentwise before being snapped up by Authority in November 2010.
She likes to draw robots in her free time.
